Wed worked for this for so long, and I was terrified this was our last chance. May 22, 2018 OH also at around 7 P.M. Pusateri and Wilds were close friends, and their matching stories helped put away Syed for life for Lees murder. Throughout the Serial Podcast we have come to know and understand several individuals. Lees father wasnt present, as he was against emigrating to the United States and had decided to remain in Korea. This would give them a web of practical data regarding calls made to whom, for how long, and from where to map out Syeds location on the day of the murder. PinterestHae Min Lee, pictured with two of her friends from Woodlawn High. HBO's four-part documentary The Case Against Adnan Syed, which began filming in 2015 and wrapped last year, chronicles the many developments in Syed's case since Serial and presents new evidence and new interviews with key figures. Although parts of Wilds account would change as the case carried on, Pusateri would ultimately tell a court that Wilds told her that Syed confessed to killing Lee, and that Syed had shown him Lees dead body after the murder. The groundbreaking podcast Serial, which re-investigated the 1999 murder of Baltimore high schooler Hae Min Lee and subsequent conviction of her former boyfriend Adnan Syed, ended on an ambiguous note. The new appeal was for post-conviction relief on the basis that Syed had inadequate assistance of counsel during his trial. Remember, Hae is supposed to be dead by 2:36. The court heard testimony from a number of key witnesses including Asia McClain and Gerald R. Grant, an expert witness on cell phone technology. In this scenario, Wilds did not want his girlfriend. Hae. Wilds sold weed and would smoke with Syed. Students who find writing to be a difficult task. The problem here is that rigor mortis wouldve partially set in within that timeframe, yet the autopsy report said that lividity was present and fixed on the anterior surface of the body, except in the areas exposed to pressure.. As the case has progressed and re-opened recently I cant help but to present the question of, Where are they now?. Adnan Syeds family turned to defense attorney Maria Cristina Gutierrez to represent him and it was clear that there would be problems with her almost immediately. If the judge had ruled differently, there would have been nothing else we could do.. Koenig and others have repeatedly tried to interview Wilds and get his side of the story. The trial saw Lees mother, Youn Wha Kim, deliver a heartwrenching testimony through an interpreter. He wanted nothing more than for people to know he had a clear name in the case. Tragically, she never did. Listeners may remember Jenn Pusateri as Jay Wilds friend in high school and during a police interview she said she had seen Wild and Syed together on the night of the murder and that Pusateri had been notified by Wilds that Syed had murdered Lee. Hes like, the only thing I could offer is I remember theres a girl I go to school with. I guess at first, you know, like, I ran from it, Pusateri says in the docu-series. A subsequent petition to allow Syed out of prison on bail until his new trial was denied. Additionally, authorities failed to interview Clinedinsts coworkers to confirm that he was indeed working that day. It didnt help his case that Dorsey also conceded that Syed made a bad decision. Still, Syed directly addressed Heard to reaffirm his stance. Even retired Judge Martin Welch who denied Syeds 2003 request for a new trial ended up vacating his conviction and ordering a new trial. However, an appeals panel of seven judges ruled on March 9 (on a 4-3 vote) that Syed will not receive a new trial. Arguments in the post-conviction relief case were heard in October of 2012, and two months later, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City denied Syeds petition for relief. We would smoke weed together," Adnan explains over the phone in the documentary. Some believe that both Syed and Wilds committed the act, and then the latter turned on the former. At his second trial, Syed, then 19, was convicted of first-degree murder, and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. If Jay gets pulled over and you're in a car with him, and he's dirty or he feels like there's a chance he's going to go to jail, he's going to try to dump every responsibility for anything onto you. Jay Wilds tells you that as they're entering the park, preparing to bury the body of Hey Lee, Jennifer Pusateri returns that call. This essay has been submitted by a student. She told detectives and at trial that that Adnan killed Hae. But on Friday afternoon, the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed the lower appellate courts decision and reinstated Syeds conviction. An old photo of Adnan Syed from when he was on the football team. Adnan Syed was convicted for the murder of Lee and is currently in prison. One can hope and assume that the individual in the Facebook profile is the same woman; the woman on Facebook is from Maryland and has the same first and last name as the court documents. The Lord knows I didnt kill her., Syeds attorney Charles H. Dorsey III (who replaced Gutierrez after the conviction), pleaded with Judge Wanda K. Heard to reduce the sentence because, according to him, Lees murder was a crime of passion.. We continue to believe justice was done when Mr. Syed was convicted of killing Hae., Heres What to Know Before Watching The Case Against Adnan Syed, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/arts/television/the-case-against-adnan-syed-serial-hbo.html, Adnan Syed leaving the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse in 2016. But the podcast did ignite a level of public interest that breathed new life into the case, and less than two years after Serial ended, a judge vacated Syed's conviction and ordered a new trial. There is no forensic evidence linking him to this crime. In an email to the Sun, Brown wrote: While these DNA results do not reveal the true killer, they do go a long way in showing that the wrong person is in prison." Yet others have wondered whether the stranger who originally found her body in the woods was actually the one responsible. Syed and Wilds were regularly with one another. (Click here for part one and here for part two.). But this theory was soon dismissed when the Baltimore Police Department received an anonymous phone call claiming that Lees ex-boyfriend, 17-year-old Adnan Syed, was responsible for the murder of Hae Min Lee. But theres much more to discover about this complex mystery. He leaves that confusing message that she tells you about. Sarah and her team were not investigators. Welch also added that some outstanding questions about the cellphone tower evidence shouldve been raised by Syeds original defense. The docu-series, however, gets Pusateri herself on camera to discuss her relationship with Wilds. It feels as if Asia has created a career and a name for herself through the use of this case. Lees family has always maintained that Syeds conviction was just. But others, like Rabia Chaudry a childhood friend of Syeds, the author of Adnans Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial, and the cohost of Undisclosed believed that Syeds confession of these details was mere honesty about the facts of his romantic life to those trying to find Lees killer and not a careless revelation of his motive. A mugshot of Adnan Syed, shortly after he was arrested for Hae Min Lees murder in 1999. Me and Jay we were pretty inseparable, we were pretty tight, Pusateri says in the second episode. Judge Welch vacated Syeds original conviction and ordered a new trial on the basis of the evidence given in the February 2016 hearing. The obstacles to getting a new trial are simply too great." And she said she specifically remembers me being at the library, at the public library, right after school. (The Alibi: Serial, 2016, 9:13). During the episode titled The Alibi in the Serial podcast Koenig talks with Rabia Chaudry about where she or Adnan knew McClain from. At that point, the Korean American teenager had been missing for almost an entire month and officials had yet to assess how exactly she died, but they did suspect homicide. As described on the Serial podcast, Lee and Syed dated for much of 1998, and had broken up towards the end of the year. Wilds has a sizable court record. According to the call log provided on the Serial Podcast website, Syeds call record shows that he called Pusateri numerous times the night of the suspected murder. One such person was Jennifer Pusateri, who had a vital interaction with Syed and alleged accomplice Jay Wilds on Jan. 13, 1999, the night Lee, a high school student in Baltimore, was murdered. Pusateri's police interviews and court testimony (along with Wilds' own) were instrumental in convicting Syed of the killing. Syed was a well-liked student. Lees family has maintained that it was Syed who killed her. Perhaps the biggest revelation in Serial was the existence of an alibi witness for Syed, a young woman named Asia McClain, who has said she was with him at the Woodlawn Public Library. Eighteen-year-old Hae Min Lee was reported missing by her family after she failed to pick up her younger cousin from elementary school on the afternoon of January 13. Still, Chaudry and the rest of Syeds loved ones arent giving up. Jay admits several times to assisting Adnan in Hae's murder . In the petition, Syeds new attorney, C. Justin Brown, laid out a number of failures on the part of original attorney Cristina Gutierrez. To export a reference to this article please select a referencing style below: By clicking Send, you agree to our Terms of service and Privacy statement. We use cookies to personalyze your web-site experience. Adnan. Jay Wilds: Knows only as Jay in the series, he provided evidence which led police to Syed, then testimony at his trial. Additionally, the interviews with Wilds originally published by the Serial-inspired podcast Undisclosed: The State vs. Adnan Syed reveal numerous lengthy pauses and an odd tapping sound at several junctures of his recounting of the days events that suggests possible coercion by investigators. Several of the Serial individuals were easily found through the Maryland court system. Pusateri's first statement to the cops said that she'd gotten a call from Wilds on Syed's phone, while a later statement included information that Wilds had confessed to her that he'd . In episode eight of Serial, Koenig mentions a conversation she had with Pusateri at the time of the recording. Some argue that the supposed confession is wildly inconsistent with previous versions of Wilds account regarding the series of events that day. The arrest came after police had subpoenaed Syed's cellphone records, and questioned two people from his call log: Jay Wilds and Jennifer Pusateri. From the perspective of the defendant, there is no stronger evidence than an alibi witness.". But that belief seems to have been shaken in the years since, considering what Pusateri says on camera in the docu-series. 2019 Jul 10 [cited 2023 Mar 2]. An appeals panel of seven judges heard oral arguments relating to the final appeal in Syeds case. The groundbreaking podcast Serial, which re-investigated the 1999 murder of Baltimore high schooler Hae Min Lee and subsequent conviction of her former boyfriend Adnan Syed, ended on an ambiguous note. But an olderPusateri seems to bequestioningWilds version of events several years after the fact. This simple, off-the-cuff remark led many to question Syeds word choice: If he was going to insult Wilds, why wouldnt he call him a liar or something to that effect? Though originally scheduled to last two days, the PCR hearing was extended and ultimately went on for five. And they believe hes innocent. (Koenig, The Alibi: Serial, 2016, 38:30) According to Syed, Chaudry was the first person to send Syed a letter in prison. The police confirm to the press that they are investigating her death as a homicide. "We are devastated by the Court of Appeals decision but we will not give up on Adnan Syed," Brown wrote in a statement. Koenig has introduced us to all of the major suspects regarding the case. In it, she says she and Adnan spoke for about 15 to 20 minutes while she was waiting for her boyfriend to give her a ride. Horton was the one that wanted the whole family to stay underneath the radar and was so caught off guard when Koenig found them. But the story that Serial tells is incomplete. If you dont remember who Asia McClain is, or why she is important, you probably arent alone the details of this case were fuzzy from the start. He'll trade places with you in a heartbeat, which is why people don . That is not to say that she didnt move and have a record elsewhere. "But then for a period of time we may not see each other. She has made a career and name for herself just the same as McClain by the use of the information in the Serial case. This highlighted a majorinconsistencyin Wilds story:He flip-flopped between telling the police that he saw Lees dead body in the trunk of her car either behind rowhouses on Edmonson Aveor the parking lot of Best Buy. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Jay spent most of his time with his girlfriend, Stephanie McPherson, and his best friend, Jennifer Pusateri. I dont know if thats why she didnt testify at the hearing or why she made the call to the prosecutor. The trip was supposed to have Wilds show the detectives where he helped Syed bury Lees body, yet the notes include irrelevant details, such as information specific to a Suzuki motorcycle with 9,000 miles on it belonging to a Mr. Karl Brown, and the word REWARD written in all capital letters. Brown questioned the court's assertion that McClain's testimony would not have affected the outcome of the proceedings: "We think just the opposite is true. I called the phone that @JayWilds1 His ex-wifes name is Nikisha Horton. The petition argued that McClains testimony would have directly challenged the States theory of the case, and potentially changed the outcome of the trial. He said that he strangled her. Syed was arrested at his home by Baltimore police in the early hours of the morning, and charged with first-degree murder as an adulteven though he was only 17 at the time. The court later sent Syeds case back to the Baltimore City Circuit Court, where Syeds attorney filed a motion asking for the post-conviction relief case to be reopened. Interestingly enough, investigators in the podcast never really looked too hard at this simple fact about Wilds that can easily be found on the internet. Wikimedia CommonsWoodlawn High School in Gwynn Oak, Maryland, where Hae Min Lee was last seen alive. Koenig talks about McClain saying, Asia wrote out an affidavit on the spot. The new appeal was for post-conviction relief on the basis that Syed had inadequate assistance of counsel during his trial. It was Jay's testimony that helped to put Adnan in prison with a life sentence for the February 1999 murder of his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Undisclosed argued that Wilds was keen on snagging the $3,075 reward money for any information that led authorities to the arrest of the person who killed Lee. I felt the most overwhelming relief imaginable, she said. jacobtfromtwilight 2 mo. Hes like, right after I got arrested, she wrote me a couple of letters. The Baltimore Sun released documents relating to DNA testing that was carried out in the fall of 2018. As the case reopens and begins to rise to popularity again it will be interesting to see how Wilds responds to the boost in interest in his partaking in the case. According to the court transcripts from Syeds trial, Syed allegedly called Wilds pathetic as he approached the witness stand. And on February 25, 2000, Syed was convicted of the murder of Hae Min Lee. While authorities were initially suspicious of how far he walked out, he was cleared after he passed a polygraph test. During her time as a student at Woodlawn, Lee was a valued member of the lacrosse and field hockey teams as well as the manager of the wrestling team. According to Wildss court testimony, Syed had told him earlier that day that he intended to kill Lee. Both Serial and The Case Against Adnan Syedhighlight Pusateris discussions with police and in-court testimony, examining what it meant for Syed,as well as her tight relationship with Wilds in their teen years. As the state's star witness, Jay. Another witness, Jennifer Pusateri, also helped confirm parts of Wildss testimony; she told the court that Wilds told her that Syed had shown him Lees body and had confessed to the murder. Initially, as Serial pointed out, she lied during her first interview essentially denying she knew anything seemingly out of fear. Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor. False. Pusateri later said, "You know, I didn't really want to face it - was hoping I could just do anything to make it go away." A second interview on February 27 pressured Pusateri into opening up. February 27: Jennifer Pusateri tells detectives Jay Wilds has told her that Syed killed Hae. There is no one better to help tell my story, and no one that I trust more to tell it, than Rabia. (Chaudry, 2016). Theyre doing whatever they can to get him a new trial. February 3, 2016. how a podcast helped solve the murder of beauty queen Tara Grinstead, Michael Peterson and the murder mystery behind The Staircase.. I spoke to [Pusateri] briefly at her work, she works at a discount store. Jay's first inconsistency comes when Jennifer Pusateri is introduced. Any incoming calls will NOT be considered reliable information for location.. Chaudry along with her blogs and podcasts also has been selling quite a bit of merchandise relating to her and the case. Wilds was Syeds friend during the time of the murder. We are frustrated that this process has dragged on so long, Brown wrote in an online update. HBO has said that its new series, directed by Amy Berg, contains new discoveries as well as groundbreaking revelations that challenge the states case.. She was questioned by the police and told them what Jay Wilds told her. Numerous medical experts familiar with the report told Undisclosed that Lees lividity suggested that she was positioned face down, stretched out soon after her death, and then her body stayed in that position for at least eight to 12 hours before her partial burial in Leakin Park. Of course, these potential miscarriages of justice in the murder of Hae Min Lee would only be uncovered years later. During that sit-down, Pusateri said that Wilds told her Syed strangled [Lee], and that Wilds said that Adnan said that Hae broke his heart.. The area of Leakin Park where Hae Min Lees body was discovered. (His testimony had changed on several important points over time.) The cause of death was strangulation. There is nothing here to excuse or explain.. He essentially cut off all contact with the rest of his family, with no record of how he received the news. Gutierrez later told him she had, and that nothing had come of it. This essay was donated by a student and is likely to have been used and submitted before, Free samples may contain mistakes and not unique parts. So I can close Pusateris current status on the fact that we know based on her court documents she is not in jail or prison, and she has not been able to be easily located except for being in Maryland in 2014. Koenig, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, spent one year investigating the 2000 trial of a Woodlawn High School student named Adnan Syed, who was found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee the year prior. When I die, my daughter will die with me. Inconsistencies on several major details have been pointed out among the three accounts. Authorities initially considered a possible connection between the murder of Hae Min Lee and the body of another 18-year-old Woodlawn girl, Jada Denita Lambert, who had been found strangled in the wilderness a year prior. Wilds then borrowed Syeds car for the day. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. Pusateris police interviews and court testimony (along with Wilds own)wereinstrumental in convicting Syed of the killing. Pusateri's police interviews and court testimony (along with Wilds' own) were instrumental in convicting Syed of the killing. This, Brown wrote, showed that the cell tower evidence used against him was unreliable and should have been excluded from trial." In Wilds testimony he portrayed Syed as a cold blooded killer that he had to meet with and help to hide Lees body. Sied's friends, Jay Wilds and Jennifer Pusateri, were also questioned. Maryland Attorney Generals Office spokeswoman Raquel Coombs said in a statement that these results "in no way exonerate" Syed. "Our criminal justice system is desperately in need of reform. Ahead of tonight's final episode, here's a full timeline laying out the essential facts of Syed's case. Rabia knows Adnan pretty well. The two decades-long case is extraordinarily complex. The judges full written decision is available to read online in two parts. I hope the readers can be enlightened throughout this paper on where these individuals are now and gain a new perspective on who they are as the case has been opened back up. [Marylands highest court said there would be no retrial for Adnan Syed. T. 2/17 154-58. The theory is that Wilds wanted to buy a motorcycle a claim substantiated during a ride-along Wilds took with Detectives William Ritz and Gregory MacGillivary on March 18, 1999. Marylands Court of Special Appeals grants Syeds application to appeal the denial of post-conviction relief. All rights reserved. The move happened after Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby filed a motion to vacate Syeds conviction, citing evidence that casts doubt on the original case. She told the interviewer that she was exhausted and really had no thoughts about writing a book prior to about a few weeks into the Serial podcasts beginning (Chaudry, 2016). McClain keeps an active blog and also holds events for people to come meet and speak with her (McClain, 2016). Furthermore, theres the matter of the reliability of Jay Wilds testimony, given his inconsistent claims, the number of times that his story changed, and the possible coercion on the part of investigators. There is no forensic evidence linking him to this crime. In an email to the Sun, Brown wrote: While these DNA results do not reveal the true killer, they do go a long way in showing that the wrong person is in prison." You know, I didnt really want to face it was hoping I could just do anything to make it go away.. He talked in Serial of smoking weed, but there was no indication he was into anything more extreme. The Intercept interviews Jay at length for the . Syeds appeal was submitted by new attorneys on February 27, 2002, and was denied just over a year later. She had nothing to hide, she said, she just did not want to talk about that time in her life, period,. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. Koenigs investigations had offered no clear opinion on Syeds guilt, but they had brought to light the potential holes in the prosecutions case and intensified public pressure to re-examine it. Jennifer Pusateri is not a friend of Adnan but is a friend of Jay's. In episode 4 when Jennifer is being questioned, she states, "Detective: Jay wasn't along when the body was buried? That would mean that the two most important phone calls for the prosecution which allegedly placed Syed at the scene at 7:09 p.m. and 7:16 p.m. were attributed to him in bad faith. The arrest came after police had subpoenaed Syeds cellphone records, and questioned two people from his call log: Jay Wilds and Jennifer Pusateri. Two of Syed's acquaintances, Jay Wilds and Jennifer Pusateri, were also questioned. The podcast asked whether her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed, who was convicted of her murder, may actually be innocent, which led to several key people involved in the case being re-examined. An appeals panel of seven judges heard oral arguments relating to the final appeal in Syeds case. The court heard testimony from a number of key witnesses including Asia McClain and Gerald R. Grant, an expert witness on cell phone technology. Brown questioned the court's assertion that McClain's testimony would not have affected the outcome of the proceedings: "We think just the opposite is true. Part of what seems to have driven her and Syed apart was her frustration over not being able to bring their relationship into the open. Jennifer Pusateri: In my opinion, no. The Baltimore Sun released documents relating to DNA testing that was carried out in the fall of 2018. Many of the individuals have a record due to them selling and possessing marijuana; a handful of others have been arrested for counts of fraud and debt. Wilds gave two recorded police interviews and testimony in court. It is important to remember that this case while it has been reopened, still was a case that took place in 1999. We continue to grieve. The almost two decades-long case is extraordinarily complex, featuring numerous timelines, theories and conflicting testimony, and the nuances are explored extensively in Serial, the Undisclosed podcast, and the HBO series. As such, police filed an application to subpoena AT&T Wireless for call records and 13 cell site locations for Syeds phone. I thought he told me it happened at Best Buy, she says. The tenth episode of Serial goes into detail about both of Syeds original trials, the first of which lasted just three days in December of 1999. HBOAn old photo of Adnan Syed from when he was on the football team. And its unclear how his long history with the criminal justice system will resolve itself. Jennifer "Jenn" Pusateri Listeners may remember "Jenn" Pusateri as Jay Wild's friend in high school and during a police interview she said she had seen Wild and Syed together on the night of the murder and that Pusateri had been notified by Wilds that Syed had murdered Lee. The case continued to drag on into the summer of 2018, as Marylands Court of Appeals responded to the States appeal by agreeing to review the decision made in March by the Court of Special Appeals. Eighteen-year-old Hae Min Lee was reported missing by her family after she failed to pick up her younger cousin from elementary school on the afternoon of January 13. For both the observers and the investigators, this is a difficult case to consider, as there is [], In my opinion, Adnan Syed should not have been found guilty under his circumstances; he was wrongfully convicted for the murder of Hae Min Lee and should be exonerated. 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