Jay’s story shifts from statement to statement, and from trial to trial. It’s not the calm recollection of an involved party, but the remorseless web of lies from a guilty man. For example, at first Jay says he didn’t help Adnan bury Hae, then he says that he did. In his first statement Jay tells police that Adnan only
Jay had described the moments of what Adnan planned to do to kill Hae ever since the morning of January 13th, to the detectives. When Adnan kept rambling about killing Hae for what she did to him, Jay didn’t take it that seriously until the day progressed. When Jay dropped him off at Woodlawn High School he would leave his car and phone in Jay’s possession. Jay would later meet up with him at Best Buy and to Jay’s shock, Adnan revealed Hae’s body to him in the trunk of her car; he wanted Jay to help bury Hae’s body. Jay was very distraught about the whole situation when he met back with Jenn.
I believe Jay Wilds is a prime example of with the law for the reason that in the beginning he doesn’t say anything about what happens the day of Hae’s murder. Then, a few weeks past and he tells the story of what happened, how and why Adnan wanted to kill her, helping him bury his body and tells everything went down in the Best Buy parking lot. I believe Jay lied to the police to help himself because he didn’t want to deal with the consequences. I think he was involved in Hae’s murder for the reason being because there was more evidence linking Jay to the murder than Adnan although the only evidence towards Adnan is Jay. In serial episode 4, “Inconsistencies”, Jennifer, Jay’s friend discusses the night of Hae’s murder and what really went
He was not shy about this fact. Ask Jay why he lies, and he’ll tell you: he lies because he didn’t want to get in trouble. For instance, in Jay’s third police statement, he gave a completely different story than he had give in his first two statements. And when the cops asked why he has not told the truth before, Jay “admitted that he lied on the two previous occasions to cover up the fact that he bought and sold marijuana” ( Episode 4). When one of the interviewers stated why he would voluntairly help cover up Hae’s murder unless Adnan had some sort of leverage, he responded that Adnan knew that he sold drugs and could turn him in for that.
Jay had Adnan’s phone because when Adnan was done with Hae he’ll call so he did. Adnan called Jay to come for him. Hae’s body was placed in the trunk of her car. Adnan open the trunk to show Jay, Jay was terrified and shocked
But if look at Jay's testimony he doesn’t have an alibi for that time frame. Many argue that it couldn’t possibly have been Jay because he didn’t have any motive to kill Hae, but I can argue he did because after Adnan's and Hae’s breakup Adnan was depressed and probably talked a lot about his feelings to Jay. This could even explain the conversation Jay mentions in his testimony where Adnan, under the influence of marijuana and on emotions, says, “I’m going to kill her [Hae].” But Jay was also under the influence of marijuana and after hearing lots of complaining from Adnan about Hae and the breakup, Jay could have decided to go talk to Hae about it. But the conversation soon turned into a argument, then with some harsh decision making while under the influence, Jay ended up killing
After every interview with the authorities, Jay’s story would change in either small details or vastly different. In episode 4, Jay originally said that he found the body at Best Buy parking lot, but now it was a strip on Edmondson Avenue. His story changed in order to minimize his involvement because his relationship with Adnan isn’t worth going to jail for. The other piece of evidence was Adnan’s phone records which were used a confirmation to Jay’s witness statement. Most of the calls add up to what he said, but the phone was in the possession of Jay while Adnan killed Hae.
However, the beginning ends with detectives interviewing Jay, an acquaintance of Adnan, who claims that Adnan repeatedly spoke about murdering Hae, and called him when he had supposedly
Recently, I foucused on the famous podcast serial that a teenager, Hae Min Lee was killed in January, 1999. Hae’s ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed, the convicted murder has gone in the jail suffering the life sentences for about fifteen years. As the new investigation started, more and more factual evidences and testimonies testified that Adnan was still the most potential murder for Hae’s case. The motive for Adnan murder Hae was Hae broke up with Adnan.
When he’s asked why he didn’t warn Hae that Adnan wanted to kill her, he says it was because he didn’t think Adnan was serious. “I took it as a grain of sand instead of concrete.” And when he’s asked why the image of Hae in the trunk of a car stuck with him, he says “I’ve never seen anyone dead before, and the first thing I thought was how fragile Stephanie was.” This quote suggests that Jay could have just been very strategic about his words and the way he presented himself in court. Also, because he displayed this behavior, he won over the majority of the court.
He has a 50 percent chance of going to a state where he doesn’t remember himself doing any bodily harm to Hae. Jay ultimately helped the cops solve the case with his first hand experience of being with Adnan for the most part of his quest to kill Hae and assist to bury Hae and leaving her car behind. Ultimately Jay may have had some inconsistencies but for the most part he kept his story a lined. I mean what are the chances of getting the right story to fit the cell records for the major events that happens during the crime
Some argue this because if there wasn’t an actual murder committed by Adnan, then Jay wouldn’t know these important details. However, this knowledge provided by Jay could just be proving that Jay is the murderer. For example, Jay claimed he refused to help dig the hole for Hae’s body, but then he claimed he did help dig the hole (Koenig, “Inconsistencies”). That is such a big detail that you would think is hard to forget or mess up. Well, he could have just been saving himself but he was already tied into the murder when he talked with the detectives.
She states “A year after Adnan was arrested and the case came to trial, Jay walked up to the witness stand. There’s a moment when Adnan muttered something to him” (45). By Adnan calling Jay pathetic he showed that he couldn’t believe Jay would rat him out. This incident shows that Adnan is a liar and is mad at Jay for going to the police, showing that he is guilty. Even after controlling himself through the whole case he snapped when he saw the man that betrayed him.
and before he help Adnan. Jay does say that Adnan called him after the killing, asking him to pick him up from Best Buy parking lot. Jay claims that he went over to Jen’s house to hang with her little brother Mark. They were playing video games together. Jen said that Jay was at her house pretty much all day and he never left.
These two reasons are all that a person should need to believe that Adnan didn't have enough motive, or time, to kill Hae. Jays testimony sets the timeline and proves there is enough evidence, which is not presented by Adnan’s lawyer, to say Adnan is innocent by a straying story. The time period where Hae could've been killed does not match Adnan’s timeline. Jay, who is a convicted felon, was the only witness and is trusted to give a good story. Cristina Gutierrez, who was Adnan’s lawyer, had medical issues that distracted her from using useful information in his case.
