In 2015, 149 people were cleared for crimes they didn’t commit after serving years of time (Ferner). In this case, Adnan Syed isn’t that lucky. In January 1999, Hae Min Lee went missing and was later found dead in Leakin Park. Authorities charged Adnan Syed, Hae’s ex-boyfriend, for her murder. But here’s the catch. Authorities did not confront Adnan until six weeks after Hae was found. As you can imagine, the memory was hazy for Adnan from six weeks ago. This story was given to us through the podcast called Serial. The narrator in this podcast is Sarah Koenig; this series of podcasts drew attention to Adnan’s case. Jay Wilds, Adnan’s friend, testified that he helped Adnan bury Hae's body and he knew all the details. But Jay’s story had many inconsistencies. Also, many people testified that Adnan was a great guy who has never been in a fight. Lastly, Adnan Syed was seen during the time frame he was supposedly killing Hae. Asia McLean wrote …show more content…
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. Another example that sticks out is how Jay knew where Hae’s car was (Koenig, “The Deal With Jay”). This proves that Jay knows more about the murder than he probably should. These two pieces of evidence, along with many others, prove that Jay has had more involvement in the murder than we think. These details could prove that Jay is guilty instead of Adnan and he just pinned it on