Hae Min Lee Research Paper

Pusateri told the police about Wilds using that same phone to contact her and admitting that he had helped Syed bury Hae Min Lee’s body. Although Wilds denied involvement regarding Hae’s death at first, he eventually confessed to helping Syed bury her body and dispose of the car in which the body was carried. After days of anguish and intensive search, on February 9, Hae's body was found in Leakin Park, a rambling forest in Baltimore. Her body was found by a maintenance guy who said he'd stopped to urinate on his way to work and noticed black hair poking out of a shallow grave. The cause of her death was manual strangulation. Although Lee’s younger brother Saad who was Syed's best friend believed that he is innocent, on February 28, 1999, Syed was charged with first-degree murder and has been in prison ever since. In 2016, after more than 17 years of incarceration, and multiple denied appeals, Adnan Syed has finally been granted a new trial. Investigations have shown that Adnan might not be, after all, responsible for the death of Hae Min Lee, since it was proven that Jay Wilds’ testimony was unreliable and

Firstly, the Nisha call placed Adnan with Jay after the murder. This call could have been a butt-dial that rang for 2 minutes. The call could have been from Adnan, who wanted to make Jay talk with Nisha. The Nisha call does not prove Adnan killed Hae, as it simply just puts him with Jay at the time. Also, the prosecution stated that Adnan was constantly doing bad things. Everyone does bad things, but it does not make them murderers. Finally, Jay knew the location of Hae’s car. The fact that Jay knew the location of Hae’s car should arouse suspicion on him. The evidence utilized by the prosecution is circumstantial and can be disproved, and the lack of strong evidence proves Adnan’s

Physical evidence was extremely lacking, and all DNA tests conducted were clear of Syed’s DNA. Therefore, it is more than likely that Syed is innocent. The evidence, or lack thereof, presented in the case of Adnan Syed v. State of Maryland proves that Adnan Syed is not guilty of the murder of Hae Min Lee.

One piece of evidence that supports this theory is the fact that Jay had Adnan’s phone. During the timeframe of the murder a number of calls were made from Adnan’s phone to different people. All these calls made were only to people that Jay knew himself. Jay was in possession of Adnan’s phone before, during and after the 21 minutes in which Hae was murdered. These calls were all in the area of the murder clearly shown by the cell phone tower map. Phone records show calls to and from Jen, one of Jays best friends from high school, who Adnan had only met once or twice whilst with Jay. It doesn’t add up that Adnan would call Jen more than once, before and after the murder if he didn’t know her.

With the State’s defense crumbling without Jay’s testimony, what is the evidence against Adnan? There is physical evidence linking him to the murder, that is undisputable. So what does the state have? A palm print of Adnan’s on the back of an Atlas but not on the most incriminating page is about it for the State. If we stripped this case of Jay and all the “maybe” evidence you’re left with motive. It’s simple because Adnan didn’t have one. He was friends with Hae, Adnan was civil towards her and her new boyfriend, and he himself had already moved on as well. If we put this case back together and include all the so-called evidence then we need an alibi for

The State of Maryland has charged Adnan with Hae’s murder solely using Jay’s alibi as their premise; they overlooked the alibis of former Woodlawn High School students who knew of Adnan, Hae, or Jay. Asia McClain, a

or something. And I sat down next to him. We starting chatting,” by Asia Mclean. This piece of evidence gives Adnan an abili to where he was after school and it causes us to believe that he couldn’t have killed Hae. The final piece of evidence Adnan and how he was during the

Proving whether or not someone is innocent or guilty is a difficult task. That's why we rely on court hearings, lawyers, judges and unbiased jury members to help decide whether a person is guilty or innocent of crime. In the court of law, Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty. On January 13th, 1999, Adnan Syed supposedly murdered his 18 year old ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee by manual strangulation. Hae Min Lee’s body was found in Leakin Park located in Baltimore City Maryland. On February 25, 2000 Adnan Syed was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years, for the murder of Hae Min Lee. During the trial, Jay Wilds testimony became the sole focus of the investigation and eventually the conviction. 15 years later, extensive

A lot of people wonder if Adnan Syed is guilty or innocent, today as a legal assistant I'm going to tell you one important reason why he is innocent. Adnan is not guilty because there is another potential suspect like Jay. Jay's story that "proves" Adnan's guilt, has changed every interview and testimony. Jay had intimate knowledge of the crime he knew things, like if he knew every single thing that Adnan was thinking about which makes everything looked suspicious. Also Jay's stories don't quite match Adnan's cell records.

Adnan Syed is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, and various factors present him as a very likely suspect. Information put together by the state don’t add up, but instead prove he is innocent. Is Adnan guilty or innocent for his ex-girlfriend’s death? In the Serial Podcast, journalist Sarah Koenig discusses the case, committed almost seventeen years ago, and uncovers new evidence that indicates Adnan’s innocence. Adnan Syed has been viewed as a boyfriend, honor roll student, and a murderer. Many described him as a smart, flirtatious, and a likable high schooler. On January 13, 1999, his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, was murdered. Investigators immediately assumed Adnan as the primary suspect because Hae had broken up with him, a month

That witness was Jay Wilds. As I stated previously Wilds has lied many times in interviews and now has a record with the police. Not only has Wilds lied on multiple accounts but he is very inconsistent with his story of the day Hae Min Lee was killed. When Wilds first was recorded in the interview with the police the interview he signed a waver three hours before saying he was willing to be recorded( Episode 8).Within those three hours of unrecorded time Wilds could have been cleaning up his story to match the police's information. Wilds was shown the phone recorded recovered before he was recorded on tape. During the interview tape that the podcast Serial played the investigators were almost helping Wilds along with his story. The main points of the story was Syed called Wilds from a payphone at Bestbuy to pick him up. Adnan pops the trunk at Best Buy to show Wilds the body, they drop the car and the body at the I-70 park and ride, came back after track practice and drove to buried the body in Leakin park and ended by dropped Wilds off at his house (Episode 1). Within the first couple of time Wilds tell this story major inconsistencies start to appear. First where Syed and Wilds went after they dropped off the body. First Wilds said they took a drive around and smoked weed, then Wilds said they went to Patapsco state park and lastly a friends house by the name of Cathy which was later confirmed.

There has been a lot of speculation and internal conflict as to who committed Hae’s murder. At some points, I thought that surely Adnan had done it. However at other points, there was no way that he had killed her. Based on the lack of physical evidence against him, I do not believe that Adnan committed the murder.

Although there are many contradictions related to Adnan’s alibi, the evidence and the fact that they had a previous relationship with Hae point to him in many ways. If I were a judge in the jury, I would still convict Adnan since he does not provide sufficient evidence beyond proof to demonstrate that he did not have the motive to kill her. Although there are unresolved discrepancies, it is evident that life was lost in the case. Since neither Adnan’s story nor that of Jay aligns with evidence, it is evident that the circumstantial evidence points to Adnan. The doubts should be cleared by conducting an analysis of the evidence brought in the story and all the possible accounts to put a rest to this

What would you do if a convicted criminal’s guilt was being questioned? Would you have the urge to let your inner detective shine? If you are one of those people, the perplexity of this murder would be right up your alley. On January 13, 1999, in Baltimore, Maryland, 18-year old high school senior Hae Min Lee mysteriously disappeared after school, leaving her family and friends worried. Weeks later, on February 9, 1999, the innocent young woman’s body was found buried in Leakin Park. Many people, including the whole state of Maryland, pointed fingers at Adnan Syed. Syed comes from a traditional Muslim family, yet he did “American teen-like” things, such as dating and going to

After many years of misery and heartache, Jang Yeong-Jin risked his life crossing into South Korea in hopes a new beginning. Jang described him self as double-alien in a place dealing with his sexual orientation as a homosexual man.