Jan 14, 2015 · Urick’s interview touched on DNA evidence, Syed’s lawyer Cristina Gutierrez, and why Urick helped key witness Jay Wilds find a defense attorney. Here are some highlights:
Jan 14, 2015 · Urick's interview touched on DNA evidence, Syed's lawyer Cristina Gutierrez, and why Urick helped key witness Jay Wilds find a defense attorney. Here are some highlights:
Mar 10, 2019 · What exactly did Jay Wilds do to help Adnan Syed? The way Wilds tells it, Syed pressured him to help dispose of Lee’s body. In one police interview, Wilds said he saw the body, it …
Mar 19, 2019 · Pusateri and Wilds were close friends, and their matching stories helped put away Syed for life for Lee’s murder. Although parts of Wilds’ account would change as the case carried on, Pusateri would ultimately tell a court that Wilds told her that Syed confessed to killing Lee, and that Syed had shown him Lee’s dead body after the murder.
Though Wilds didn't participate in Serial, he did conduct a three-part interview with The Intercept's Natasha Vargas-Cooper, and attorney Rabia Chaudry (also Syed's childhood friend) launched the Undisclosed podcast, both of which add layers to the mystery enshrouding Wilds' testimony.Mar 9, 2019
It was Jay's testimony that helped to put Adnan in prison with a life sentence for the February 1999 murder of his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. As the state's star witness, Jay testified that he helped Adnan bury Hae's body after allegedly confessing to the murder back in February 1999.Oct 18, 2019
We talked to six jurors and none of them had any lingering doubts about the case. None of them wondered if the investigation was shoddy.
Jay Wilds, the main witness in a case that put then-18-year-old Adnan Syed into jail for the murder of his ex girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999, has done an interview with The Intercept and changed his story.Apr 8, 2019
Baskerville was part of Jay's story, but was never questioned by police. Speaking in the documentary series, Chris said that "anything that I know is hearsay". He revealed that Jay had told him that Adnan had shown him Hae's body in the boot of the car outside of a pool hall.Apr 1, 2019
He did not go to prison, though. For his testimony, Wilds was given probation instead of a jail sentence for his said involvement in the crime. Syed's case has been publicized in the podcast Serial, as well as the HBO true crime documentary The Case Against Adnan Syed.Mar 9, 2019
“As a juror, I vote to acquit Adnan Syed,” she finally concluded. “I have to acquit. Even if, in my heart of hearts, I think Adnan killed Hae, I still have to acquit. ... Even IF, in my heart of hearts, I think Adnan killed Hae,…”Mar 14, 2017
Hae's car was a silver 5-door, 1998 Nissan Sentra GxE – tag FSV 645. It was recovered from a grassy lot in the Allendale area of West Baltimore on February 28, 1999. It was not processed immediately, but towed to BPD Headquarters on E Fayette St, downtown, and released to the Lee family in March.
In 1998, Adnan and Hae were students at Woodlawn High School outside of Baltimore. The two were classmates and friends — both athletic, smart and outgoing. After attending the prom together, as teenagers do, the two fell into an intense relationship.Mar 9, 2019
Many believe Adnan is innocent for multiple reasons: evidence used in his second trial has since been contradicted, a potential witness can prove his innocence, and there are more persons of interest who can be investigated.Mar 5, 2021
One such issue is the story of Asia McClain, who said back then that she'd seen Syed at the library on the day prosecutors claimed that he murdered his former high school sweetheart, Lee.Mar 11, 2019
Since the podcast debuted in 2014, Lee's family has denounced the series as an inaccurate portrayal of real life events. In February, during Syed's hearing for a new trial, Lee's family released a statement, saying the hearing has “reopened wounds that few can imagine.”Jun 30, 2016
Jay Wilds was a central figure in the Serial podcast and now, with a new documentary offering a fresh perspective on the true crime story, he's once more fresh in the minds (and internet searches) of the people. The podcast, which launched in 2014, offered a deep-dive into the murder of Hae Min Lee and the 2000 conviction ...
In fact, this seemed to have been a big draw for director Amy Berg, who is acclaimed for her true crime films. "I was just really dissatisfied with the information that was available.
The Case Against Adnan Syed, a new four-part documentary series, will take another look into the crime and the trial. It will feature interviews with those that knew Lee and Syed, as well as members of law enforcement. According to reports, it seems that Jay Wilds did not give an interview for this series either. HBOSky.
There aren't any updates about Jay Wilds in 2019, the teenager who alleged that he helped Syed bury Lee's body, in this documentary unfortunately.
At trial, he said Adnan killed Hae in the parking lot of Best Buy, and then he also said he helped Adnan bury her in Leakin Park. The thing is that the story Jay told at trial is not the same story Jay told police the first time.". Without Wilds sharing his side of the story for The Case Against Adnan Syed, everything is all speculation.
Syed's younger brother Yusef told People following Wilds' interview that he felt like he hadn't been honest about what actually happened to Lee: I know it sounds bad, but I was really happy [about Wilds’ interview]. This is the thing about Jay – I believe he’s scared of the truth. I think Jay knows what happened.
Many who have followed Syed's case thanks to Serial have also questioned the validity of important testimony from Jay Wilds, a high school acquaintance of Syed who told the court that Syed had confessed to him that he killed his girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, and had helped him dispose of her body. Where is Jay Wilds from Serial now, ...
But Jay spoke to the Intercept's Natasha Vargas-Cooper. The story he tells her is, in some respects, more believable than the story he's ever told anyone else. But it also undermines the case against Adnan.
We've finally heard from Jay Wilds, the key witness in the murder of Hae Min Lee. And while the story he told the Intercept's Natasha Vargas-Cooper is more believable than the one he told the police or Adnan Syed's juries, it also makes Jay, as a witness, less credible — and thus it makes the case against Adnan much weaker.
Adnan is in jail for life because of the testimony of Jay, who lied to the cops, changed his story under oath, and is still changing his story even today. Colin Miller, a law professor who writes at the EvidenceProf Blog, is unsparing in his evaluation of what this does to the state's case.
Listening to Serial, the hole for me has always been motive. Adnan's motive for killing Hae never made much sense. None of his friends thought he reacted particularly badly to the break-up. But nor was there good reason to disbelieve Jay. After all, Jay did know where Hae's car was, and while Adnan didn't have much reason to kill Hae, Jay had even less reason to kill her.
And as Koenig puts it, " the spine" of Jay's story has never really changed. She quotes the prosecutor saying, "he tells police a consistent story about the defendant, he tells consistently the defendant’s involvement, the defendant’s actions on that day. He has never wavered on that point.".
The problem is they completely undermine the state's case against Adnan. Rabia Chaudry is a lawyer and national security fellow at the New America Foundation. But she's also a family friend of the Syeds, and she brought the case to Koenig's attention.
He claims Adnan strangled Hae, showed Jay the body and made Jay help bury Hae's body. Jay later led police to Hae's car. There wasn't any physical evidence linking Adnan to the crime. There was only Jay's testimony — which seemed, at least in the prosecution's telling, to be backed up by cell phone records.
That means, it probably would have taken them a lot longer to find Hae's car, but I suppose at one point they would have found it. Mr. S still found Hae's body in Leakin Park. What do you think? How would the case have turned out?
Does anyone know any podcasts that delve into the case and conclude Adnan is guilty? And not Sqord and Scale. Mike Boudet is an asshole. Thanks!!
So does this mean Adnan is going to get a review for possible parole? He was arrested at 17, convicted at 18. I am sure the process would be similar to parole where the inmate has to demonstrate remorse so I guess that would mean he still would not pass the review.
A few years ago I was a big fan of a controversial podcast in true crime that has a douchebag of a host. I joined a fan club Facebook page. I have wised up. Don't judge me. I had forgotten I was a member until today when a post caught my eye. It said, "what if I published the Adnan Syed crime scene photos here?"
What is up with that cell phone ping at Leakin park the day Jay is arrested?