Podcast Of Serial: Sarah Koenig's Case

A girl goes missing after a breakup and is reportedly found dead at a park later that day. Who’s guilty? In the podcast of Serial, Sarah Koenig is the narrator. She talks about the case of Adnan Syed and whether he is guilty or innocent of killing his ex girlfriend, Hae Min Lee on January 13th, 1999 in the city of Baltimore. Sarah talks about the evidence provided and interviews some of the people that may know something about the crime. Sources of memory say that Adnan strangled Hae and buried her at Leakin Park. After exploring the case, it is clear that Adnan Syed is innocent because none of his DNA, fibers, or hairs were found at the crime scene, he was reportedly seen at the library when Hae went missing, and finally, Adnan didn’t

1, p. 6). DNA is a very powerful and important key to a story of a crime. If DNA for Adnan’s case displays that Adnan didn’t have anything to do with the murder, it’s a general rule that that information can be trusted. In addition, according to the National Institute of Justice, “DNA does more than just identify the source of the sample; it can place a known individual at a crime scene, in a home, or in a room where the suspect claimed not to have been. It can refute a claim of self-defense and put a weapon in the suspect's hand. It can change a story from an alibi to one of consent. The more officers know how to use DNA, the more powerful a tool it becomes.” This proves that DNA evidence is very reliable and is hard evidence that cannot be argued upon. DNA is either found at the scene of the crime or isn’t. Usually the officers that keep us safe around our community use DNA evidence all the time. Given these points, it is evident Adnan couldn’t have been the killer of Hae since none of things at the crime scene lead up to

While Jay was being interviewed by the police, he went into deep detail about that night of the murder. He says, “I noticed that Hae wasn't with him. I parked next to him. He asked me to get out the car. I get out the car. He asks me, am I ready for this? And I say, ready for what? And he takes the keys. He opens the trunk. And all I can see is Hae's lips are all blue, and she's pretzeled up in the back of the trunk. And she's dead” (Ep. 1, p. 9). Usually, people would want to stay safe around their community. It makes sense that Jay wouldn’t want to be around a murder and would turn Adnan in, even if they were or weren’t friends. This may be true however, but a person from the podcast and the podcast itself shows that Jay’s stories aren’t consistent and that he keeps changing them. Deirdre Enright says, “So you’ve got bad feelings and you’ve got Jay changing his story. I look at this as, this is just a case that wasn’t ready to be brought. You don’t have enough to put Adnan away. Not to me, you don’t” (Ep. 7, p. 105). Since we’ve got Jay changing the story of the murder throughout the podcast, that usually is a major sign that someone is lying. If he’s lying, the evidence wouldn’t be used because lies are unacceptable to determine someone’s guilt. If he forgot what happened that night and keeps changing his assumptions, the