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Research Paper On Hae Min Lee's Murder

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Aurora Carnes Mr. Dais English 11 18 May 2017 The Mystery of Hae Min Lee’s Murder Hae Min Lee, a student at Woodlawn High School was found dead in Leakin Park in January of 1999. Adnan Syed was the main suspect due to the fact he is Hae’s ex-boyfriend, and Adnan's former friend Jay Wilds testified against him, securing Adnan's conviction. People who know Adnan describe him as a nice person, surely not capable of murder. Adnan should not have been convicted of this crime because his lawyer looked over key evidence, Hae’s diary says only positive things about Adnan, and there is no physical evidence linking him to the crime. Every day after school, Hae gave her younger cousin a ride home. When the school called Hae’s family, stating that the …show more content…

In the first interview, Jay tells police he had nothing to do with burying Hae. Later, he tells investigators he was forced to help. Jay claims in his first interview Adnan showed him Hae’s body in the trunk of her own car at a strip mall. In the second interview and at trial Jay states he was shown the body in the Best Buy parking lot. Jay later changes his story for the third time, saying he saw Hae’s body in front of Jay's grandmother's house. Jay stated, "I lied about the location because I'm associated with murder, I figured there were cameras." If there were cameras, that would only help Jays case, proving his story. He has no good reason to lie if he's innocent. Sadly, there is no security footage to prove one way or the other. Jay also claims Adnan said he was going to kill Hae 4 or 5 days before, then the night before, then that day at lunch. Jay tells investigators that Adnan was carefully plotting Hae’s murder. Later he says he didn't believe Adnan was serious and thought it was all a big joke. When Jay is questioned on why he didn't come forward to prevent this murder, he says he was afraid that he would be put in jail for selling drugs. Jay also says he kept quiet because Adnan threatened to hurt Stephanie, Jay’s girlfriend. Keep in mind Jay’s testimony is the state's main indication Adnan is guilty. Jay cannot keep his stories straight, he’s a drug dealer, and worked at an adult film store. Jay is not a credible …show more content…

Adnan states he liked Christina and believed she put a lot of effort into his case. Adnan had trust in the judicial system and pleaded his innocence. He believed if he told the truth, justice would be served. Christina was sick while representing Adnan. She had multiple sclerosis complicated by diabetes, ultimately dying in 2004. Christina failed to exhibit all of the evidence supporting Adnan's innocence. Adnan's new lawyer, Justin Brown, brought to the judge's attention the unreliability of the cell phone tower evidence. At the time of the murder, Adnan's cell phone was used near the burial site. Adnan states Jay had his phone. The state claimed that the cell phone tower evidence inferred Adnan murdered Hae. Jay Wilds claimed the murder took place around midnight, while the cellphone records linked him to the burial sight at 7:00pm. The case was already on edge of whether Adnan was innocent or guilty, and the cell phone tower evidence was the straw that broke the camel's back. One of Adnan's classmates, Asia McClain, claims she remembers talking with Adnan in the library during the time Hae was murdered. These facts were brought to Christina's attention, but were never used in court. Adnan’s case has recently been reopened to evaluate this new

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STATEMENT OF THE CASE On January 13, 1999. the defendant Adnan Syed (seventeen), lived in Baltimore County, Maryland and was accused of the murder of his ex girlfriend, Hae Min Lee (seventeen). Jay Wilds is involved in the crime, an acquaintance of Adnan who claims to have helped bury the body of Hae Min Lee. Stephanie Mcpherson, was Jay Wilds girlfriend at the time of the murder.

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These inconsistencies have led some people to doubt Jay's testimony's credibility and question whether he was telling the truth about his involvement in the case. Jay Wilds was Adnan Syed’s drug dealer. He was trying to confuse people with his stories. He shouldn't have been called in to testify and this proves itself with all four different versions of his stories. For the defense team, it should have been a win.

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However, because that payphone is non-existent, Adnan never called Jay when he was done with the killing, from the best buy ‘payphone.’ Another point to prove Adnan's innocence is that the “witness” Jay was not a trusted source of information, nor was he reliable to tell the truth. Jay’s story was the main story used by the cops and detectives to first convict Adnan. However, Jay's story changes between the first time he told the detective and the first time he was in the trial. For example, these are quotes from parts of the serial podcast showing the inconsistency, “You say at Edmondson Avenue off of a strip?

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In September 2022, the prosecution no longer felt their evidence strong enough to keep Adnan in prison, and the investigation has since reopened. Adnan Syed was still charged with the murder of Hae but was allowed to be on house arrest. Jay got no jail time because of his dealings with the investigators. The evidence implies that Adnan must have been involved in Hae Min Lee’s murder, even if he did not strangle her. To truly solve this case, more DNA testing should be done, and Jay should be questioned

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Imagine you're in the relationship of your dreams. You're madly in love and sacrificing everything for this one person. Then out of nowhere she loses feelings and dates someone else shortly after. Would you go as far to kill this one you loved so much? Whatever your answer may be Adnan Syed was deranged enough to kill his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee.

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In court, the state of Maryland uses Jay’s testimony to prove Adnan’s innocence. Police interview Jay multiple times before the trial. In each of the interviews, Jay testifies differently. “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 before”(Episode 4. 00:25:39-00:25:51).

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Relationships, lies, murder, conviction. These are all aspects that come into play when talking about the January 13th, 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee. Adnan Syed, Hae’s 17-year-old ex-boyfriend was convicted of her murder in 2000. The problem with this is that the only evidence the state had to convict Adnan was the stories told by others, specifically someone named Jay who was with Adnan for some of the day Hae went missing and had possession of Adnan’s car and cell phone. He claims Adnan made him come pick him up after the murder was committed and assist him in burying Hae’s body.

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