Mikaela Callahan Senior Nonfiction English Murderer of Hae Min Lee Persuasive Essay The Murder of Hae Min Lee Adnan Syed has been a prisoner since his senior year of high school, whose destiny is to die in his jail cell someday and never come back to the world. At least, that's what his indictment is. Syed was arrested for the murder of Hae Min Lee, an ex-girlfriend of his, despite there being an overwhelming lack of evidence and support for his accusation. The only real case the accuser had was the witness statement given by Jay Wilds, and cell phone tower pings that synced up with it. But this case was disgustingly mismanaged and poorly carried out. The person police should have investigated was the witness himself. There is reason to believe …show more content…
The “Anonymous Tip” is a factor that has been heavily scrutinized by fans of the podcast; there was an anonymous tip given to police on February 1st that hinted at the “ex-boyfriend” would be a lead for the Hae Min Lee case; this tip is what put cops on Adnans trail and eventually lead to his arrest. It is now a popular belief that Wildes was the anonymous tipster, because apparently at one point in the message, the tipster indicated that Adnan and Hae had been broken up for a week before her disappearance, and the only other person interviewed about this case whom thought they had been broken up for a week was Jay. Adnans other peers knew that it was around three weeks. If it is in fact true that Adnan was the one whom called in the tip, then not mentioning this at the trial would be a constitutional violation. There was also a reward of around …show more content…
The main motive that Jay, police and accusers gave to Adnan was anger and resentment towards Hae after she broke up with him. Jay stressed how often he would say “I’m going to kill her” after the two split, and how enraged he seemed to be. However, Jay is one of (if not) the only people interviewed whom says that this is how Adnan acted. Nearly (if not) everyone else said Adnan was sad and down at first, but got over her and moved on fluidly and ordinarily, without any signs of resentment: certainly, he didn't threaten to kill her. It should also be mentioned that Jay stated he was close to Adnan, but people whom are known to have been very close friends with Adnan at the high school stated that they were not close at all, barely friends- acquaintances, perhaps. Now, if Jays possible motive is looked at, there is actual substance. It is mentioned over the course of the season several times that Jay really really loved his girlfriend, Stephanie. It is said that, “through all the craziness, she was his amazingness,” as cheesy as that sounds. She was a huge part of him. It is also well known that Adnan was really close friends with Stephanie. He stated it himself whilst describing their relationship to Sarah from the prison phones, and Christina said that this should have been brought up during the investigation as a more “troubling” aspect of Jay and Adnans relationship. In