Sarah Koenig, the narrator of Serial spent a year trying to disentangle a seem to be, simple puzzle. However, to some, it may seem more problematic with the minimum evidence provided. In 1999, a high school student was found dead and Sarah Koenig, along with many others spent over a year investigating this case. What day, time, area, and who connects to this case that makes it so difficult to solve? The gist of this case was that Hae Min Lee went missing one day after school and her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed must have been at fault. He was charged because he seems to be the most equitable person to blame, due to their recent breakup. The young women, Hae Min Lee was recorded dead on January 13th and on February 25, 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted …show more content…
Throughout season one of Serial, Jenn whom was one of Jay’s good friends had many suspicion actions which manipulated the court to not be in favor of Adnan. However, Jenn's words are not enough to sentence a 17-year-old to prison for life. According to the call log from January 13th, there were thirty-four calls that day. In fact, seven of those calls were to Jennifer Pusateri. This shows that Jay must have been in possession of Adnan's phone from 12:07- 8:05 pm because Adnan would not call somebody he does not know seven times in one day. On the night of the 13th, Jenn talks to the detectives and repeats back to Sarah what Jay said by saying, “He say's Jenn, you gotta swear you won't tell nobody what I'm about to tell you”(Episode 4). Continuing with the report of this conversation to Sarah, Jenn says “He's like, but I gotta tell you. I gotta tell somebody. I can't, you know. And I was like alright – what's up dude? He's like, um, Adnan killed Hae. And that's when I was just like – whoa – what do you mean Adnan killed Hae? Why? What? How? When? Where? You know?”(Episode 4). However, the day before the interview, on the 26th, the cops had gone …show more content…
Within his letter, he explained the prosecution's timeline that Hae was killed which was between 2:15 and 2:36 p.m. at the Best Buy parking lot, about a mile from Woodlawn High School. Sarah went on by saying “That’s the twenty-one-minute window in which to commit the murder”(Episode 5). In fact, when the final bell rings at 2:15 there are 1,500 other students filling the hallways and stairwells of a four-story building. Furthermore, you have to wait till all the buses fill up and leave before leaving the school parking lot. Which, Adnan wrote, “took about ten to fifteen minutes”(Episode 5). In addition, there are major intersections on the route to the Best Buy and Adnan said that there is “a ton of traffic at that time”(Episode 5). Moreover, Adnan would have to strangle Hae, a tall, strong, athletic girl by himself. Then, Adnan said in his letter, “remove her body from the car, carry it to the trunk, and place her in there in broad daylight at 2:30 in the afternoon. And then I walk into the Best Buy lobby and call Jay and tell him to come meet me there? All in twenty-one minutes”(Episode 5). Now, to prove that this timing does not check out, Sarah Koenig tried it out for herself. It took Sarah and Dana 22 minutes and 2 seconds to do the entire process which just seems too far fetched because there was absolutely no room for errors or pauses. In fact, Dana Chivvis said, “That should probably be the
“In the first taped interview, Jay says Adnan only told him that same day that he was going to kill Hae. Two weeks later, Jay says that Adnan had started talking about it beforehand – four or five days
First of all, if something monumental happens a person remembers the day it happened. In contrast, Adnan didn’t remember January 13. Yet, Jay remembers close to everything which points an arrow in his direction. However, Adnan says he didn’t ask Hae for a ride, but witnesses say he did. We can point that at Adnan for lying, but he may have failed
Adnan's innocence away from him? Jay's story was documented, but his first story kept changing, which seemed off, if he was there shouldn't there be one story and only one story? But his final story, the story that never changes is the one after the mysterious session. Although even that story has flaws. Many to be exact. He says Adan called him after he killed Hae, but we know that they were never friends, only mere acquaintances. Theoretically, would you call an acquaintance after you you killed
Sarah Koenig’s riveting 2014 podcast series Serial investigates the muddled case of Adnan Syed, a teenager who was accused and convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Han Min Lee, fifteen years ago. In order to do so she must speak to those whom were close to Adnan and involved in his day to day life. However, this yields a problem because whoever was close to him wanted to believe he was innocent but their intimacy may have tainted their statements about his character. When Koenig interviews Saad and Rabia, Adnan’s best friend and his older sister, they obviously take the viewpoint that he is innocent; however, through their curious phrasings and tendency to oversell his eminence, their doubt
based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he helped
What would you do if you were convicted of a crime you didn’t do? The story of Serial narrated by Sarah Koenig is about a man named Adnan Syed. Adna Syed was wrongly convicted of killing his ex girlfriend Hae Min Lee.Jay Wilds is a friend of Adnan who used to smoke weed with him sometimes after school,but he is also a suspect in the case. This story is interesting because Koenig is trying to find out who the murderer is of Hae Min Lee or if Adnan can be proven innocent. Believe that Adnan is innocent of the murdering of Hae Min Lee because one piece of evidence which are letters that a woman named Asia wrote to Adnan claiming that she saw Adna that day and at the time Hae was murdered at the library and that she even had a little chat with him. Another piece of evidence is that Best Buy tweeted a tweet saying that they never had a payphone which Jay claims that Adna called him from to come pick him up.
The first piece of evidence against Adnan is a testimony given by his acquaintance and partner-in-crime, Jay. The State uses this as one of their main claims. However, there are many reasons why this was the wrong way to go. First
Family’s usually tend to force their kids in to the religion they follow and expect them to make no sin which leads to the hide and seek game between the parents and the kids. Adnan’s family were Muslims that migrated from pashuar, Pakistan. Where the smallest thing as a man and women that are not related cannot be having a conversation what so ever. Dating was not acceptable, it’s either marriage or single. Adnan was not allowed to date or have girl friends or be a normal American teenage but he did it anyways without his parent’s knowledge. The prosecutor at the time claimed that Adnan’s motive to strangle Hae is that he gave up his religion, put himself in a river of sin and dissed his parent’s by dating a girl but when Hae called it off he was left with nothing. He killed her out of not love but pride. Even though this is an understandable point, Adnan was never really a strict Muslim. He goes out clubbing, drink alcohol, have sex with different girls…pretty much everything a Muslim person should not be doing. Him dating Hae didn’t make him anymore sin that he usually make in a daily basis. He never felt like hae have taken him out of his religion road because he was never in one. He didn’t have a motive to kill Hae because they both moved on in to other people but kept a good friendship between them so all of a sudden he couldn’t have felt betrayed enough to kill her. The reasonable question here is why did Adnan tell the police officer in the first interview that he was expecting a ride from hae that day and later when interviewed again denied asking hae a ride because he have his own car and don’t have a reason to ask her for a ride knowing that she always picks up her little cousin from school right when she gets out of school. Why would he lie about that, and did he really ask her for a ride as Jay and some of Hae’s friends claimed or he did not. Even though this
You are 17 years old, still in school, your girlfriend just broke up with you, and now you are convicted of first-degree murder for the death of your ex-girlfriend. What would you do? Also, what if there wasn’t enough evidence to prove that you did it, but then not enough to prove that you didn’t do? What would you do then? What would you tell people? Would you lie to them if you actually did it? This is a story of a teenager who was in a similar situation. His name is Adnan Syed. He was convicted of killing Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend, in Maryland in 1999. 15 years later Sarah Koenig started a podcast, Serial. In this podcast Sarah explores and digs deep into the two options, is Adnan guilty? Or is Adnan innocent? Adnan Syed should stay
Have you ever wondered how detectives solve a murder case? So far in this book, Lindsay and her team try to figure out clues and connections to who the murderer of the two crime cases could be. One of the unsolved murder cases is a repeating event that Lindsay and her friends call “Claire’s Birthday Murder” and the other case includes three men that rob small stores and then kill the employee working. This book has given me the opportunity to evaluate Lindsay and Joe, predict that Lindsay and her team will find out who the murderer is, and question if the men dressed in police uniforms are actually who they say they are.
On the morning of July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard was violently beaten in her home in Bay Village, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. She was four months pregnant and had been felled by 35 vicious blows (Quade). Right away Sam Sheppard was accused of being the victim to do this. Sheppard had told investigators that he had been asleep downstairs and was awakened by his wife’s screams. Sheppard said when he went upstairs and entered the room he was knocked unconscious by the intruder. He denied any involvement and described his battle with the killer he described as “bushy-haired” (Linder). After a police investigation, Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. With the hectic media covering it, they were quick in decision that it was him that committed the murder. This was an unfair trial, ruined a man’s life, and gave him no time for a career.
The timing of the murder according to the State had to happen between the time of 2:15-2:36. In Serial, Sarah Koenig, host and executive producer of Serial, actually recreates the steps Adnan did according to Jay’s story. Now the murder could of happen during this time and all the steps do fit from the time the bells ring from Woodlawn High School to the time Adnan ‘killed’ Hae. The big problem with this timeline is that Adnan would of have to have done everything perfectly, with no mistakes or delays, and that is impossible for someone to do that, especially Adnan. The State claiming this means Hae couldn’t of have fought back, there was no traffic, or even that Adnan can strangle her in a small amount of time, which is highly unlikely. Adnan could not have killed Hae in this amount of time. The timeline the State stated makes Adnan look not guilty due to the fact that he would have had to make the murder perfect and this murder case is not perfect at all but
This was something that honestly suited Adnan’s defense more than Jay’s. Remember when I said “He didn’t seem like some sort of assasinator?” Well, he really wasn’t. Why would he kill Hae anyway? Hae and Adnan had dated for about two years, but during the end, it’s like most high school relationships. Someone in the group, or both members, eventually lost interest and break up, which in this case, Hae was the one who broke up. She fell in love with another person, named Don. When they had a break up, Adnan was emotional, and upset. Now, that would make sense, but that was two months before Hae’s death. Why would Adnan kill Hae 2 months after they broke up? I mean, he was described as a player, and sometimes he’d cheat on her. Even after they broke up, many friends his said Adnan eventually got over it.
That definitely surprised her. “Hey, how are you? I’m so sorry about what happened,” said Jenny. “I’m just sad and very shocked. You shouldn’t be sorry you didn’t murder Lotus.” or did she, thought Ivy. Jenny and Ivy talked for a little longer, but then Liam came out of nowhere. Liam rushed over to Ivy and Jenny said goodbye, mentioning something about her mom, and walked away. Ivy and Liam talked for a while about Lotus, but soon Ivy just couldn’t talk about her anymore so she said that she needed to get home. Ivy just wanted to talk to someone she knew couldn’t have murdered Lotus, because being around all these possible suspects was making her head spin. She turned onto Apple St. and went about 4 houses down until she found Emma’s. Ivy walked up the creaky steps to Emma’s house and slowly rang the doorbell expecting someone to answer. She waited for about 3 minutes until Emma finally decided to let her in. As Ivy walked through Emma’s house no one else seemed to be home. That was a relief because Emma’s parents weren’t the most normal people. However Emma’s brother, a creepy kid who was supposed to be in college years ago, was home. Some people say he was in college, but got kicked out due to behavior issues (mental
According to federal law The term ‘serial killings’ means a series of three or more killings, not less than one of which was committed within the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest the reasonable possibility that the crimes were committed by the same actor or actors. Throughout history serial killers have always been a fascination among many individuals. On numerous of occasions law enforcement has tried to dive into the psyche of these killers to determine why they kill. There have also been numerous stereotypes placed on serial killers. Typical stereotypes are serial killers are all white males, loners, and that there crimes are driven by sex. However, through the capture of these individuals we have found said stereotypes incorrect. One of the most interesting cases being of the Beltway sniper attacks.