The Case Of Hae Min Lee

On January 13th, 1999, a popular senior at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland, disappears. The girl, Hae Min Lee, was later found in Leakin Park with marks proving she was strangled to death. Six weeks later, Adnan Syed, Lee’s classmate and ex-boyfriend, was arrested and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. A friend of Adnan, Jay, who graduated the spring prior from Woodlawn, is the only person with a timeline for the 13th of January and, unfortunately, it makes Adnan look guilty. But, with multiple inconsistencies and stories that do not match the other gathered evidence, Jay’s story is not perfect. Adnan claims that his involvement in the crime is nonexistent, but, with no clear evidence proving his innocence, no one knows

No one really knows what happened to Hae Min Lee that afternoon, except the one who killed her. But, with no evidence, the jury and the judge decided to sentence Adnan for a crime that were not sure he committed. The inconsistencies alone in Jay’s story show that there is not enough solid evidence to show that Adnan truly killed Hae. Plus, the phone records clearly show that Jay is lying about what happened or where they were at what time. The statements from the classmates or people that knew Adnan also show that Adnan was not with Jay or Hae at the time of her “death” and that Hae was not dead by 2:36 that afternoon. More than 3 people said that they saw both of these people around 3. Although Jay was able to show the police where Hae’s body and car were on that day, he is unable to show the police where the body was buried. This is weird because Jay claims he was with Adnan when they drove to Leakin Park and buried the body on the side of the road. Surely, one cannot forget where they buried the body of a girl they just killed. With the changes in the stories and the different statements from the people around the town, the idea that Adnan killed Hae doesn’t add up. There is no direct proof that Adnan killed her, and Jay is the only person who has a timeline. Instead of accusing Adnan of killing Hae, maybe everyone should be accusing someone