The first passage Chaudry highlighted comes back to the question of when or if Wilds knew Syed planned to murder his ex-girlfriend. Baltimore police were already focusing their investigation on Syed after an anonymous tip told them to look at Lees ex. The first season of Serial ended this month, but the story is far from finished. Theres nothing thats gonna change the fact that this guy drove up in front of my grandmothers house, popped the trunk, and had his dead girlfriend in the trunk. And it was really hard for him to deal with being on the losing end. I told [Adnan] that I wouldnt touch her car, or any of her possessions, and I say, Fuck it. Support our mission and help keep Vox free for all by making a financial contribution to Vox today. The police came to Jay; he didnt go looking for them. The story he tells her is, in some respects, more believable than the story he's ever told anyone else. Syeds trial, and Jays testimony, became the focus of a This American Life spinoff series, the 12-part podcast Serial, broadcast in the fall of this year. Ultimately, Wilds said he didn't feel he had anything to add to Koenig's investigation into Adnan Syed 's guilt or innocence. Her ex-boyfriend and classmate, Adnan Syed, was tried and convicted in 2000. He had a professional job in high school, he was aparamedic or something [Ed. She got a new boyfriend? And he didnt know how to deal with that. I spoke with Chaudry on Tuesday, and she explained why. In hindsight, Adnan Syeds conviction for murdering Hae Min Lee was fraught with irregularities. I said, Alright, cool. I dropped him off at school, went to the mall, then when I was done, I go back to my friend Jenns house, where I normally go, sit and smoke with my friend. Evidence from the Adnan Syed case | Previously undisclosed.wikispaces.com. By signing up, I agree to receive emails from The Intercept and to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. The following has been edited and condensed for clarity. Now I dont wanna tell the people at Cathys that this guy Im with just killed his girlfriend and the cops just called because then they would all be a part of this fucked up thing. Wilds has stayed private since the 2014 interview. It helped fan the flames of this story that people had already moved on from.. I also ran the operation out of my grandmothers house and that also put my family at risk. And detective notes capped Browns interview with the word REWARD, written in all caps. Of course, Chaudry isn't a disinterested observer a fact she freely admits. I dont think it meant that much to her. People had lives and were trying to get into college and stuff like that. For our age group, she was really independent. I had friends but the groups were small. Without Jays testimony, prosecutors have little chance of retrying Adnan. All we know about Alain Marceau, talked about the impact of Jays testimony. I had a lot more on the line than just a few bags of weed. "I dont necessarily know if he meant to kill Hae before he did it or if it was a sudden moment thing," he says. But the fact that Wilds' story shifted so much has many "Serial" fans saying he wasn't ever a credible witness. Its just on the street. How many covert wars, miscarriages of justice, and dystopian technologies would remain hidden if our reporters werent on the beat? Jay Wilds: I think that was Jay Wilds first real girlfriend, and I Philip Buddemeyer Baltimore City surveyor p93 You follow me some of the way, and then Ill take care of it.. The other thing to understand is something about the culture of Baltimorethis is where the Stop Snitching video comes from. He spoke with The Intercept's Natasha Vargas-Cooper about his version of events on the day Baltimore-area teenager Hae Min Lee was killed in 1999. Discussion re voir dire p3 Will we start over?' Your motion for mistrial is granted" - Judge Quarles Trial 2 January 21 to February 25 2000 Defendant: Adnan Syed So that would ruin her life too. And thats not necessarily mebut that is my family, that is my uncles and cousins. Thats led to some wild and totally unproven ideas on reddit, notably that Adnan hired Jay as a kind of hitman. But his manager was his mom. Where Is Jay Wilds From 'Serial' Now? He Last Spoke Out - Romper Maybe Jays a liar. Is this when you first saw Haes body in the trunk of her car? It ended prematurely when Judge Quarles declared a mistrial. It began with his fear of being prosecuted for dealing pot in his high school. Adnan's phone log also documents a couple of calls to Jenn's house, at 12:07 p.m. and 12:41 p.m., which make sense if Jay had the phone and wanted to see who was home. But they're comprehensible, even familiar. Jay From "Serial" Gave An Interview That Might Actually Help Adnan Syed So I said, Look man, Im not touching [Hae]. I rode BMX freestyle. She pointed to several apparent discrepancies on Twitter. ", Chaudry ticks off the changes. But when they put the magnet wing in, it was kinda like these people were different from us. And they didnt have to interact with us anymore. than she was letting on. Something went wrong. Adnan then threatened to expose Jay's drug dealing operation if he didn't help bury Hae. It all revolves around Jay. Adnan and Jay seemed to be good enough friends to one another and seemed to spend a good amount of time together. There was only Jay's testimony which seemed, at least in the prosecution's telling, to be backed up by cell phone records. "She looked kinda purple," he said. That would free Wilds to then collect the reward moneyafter detectives officially filed Syeds indictment to CrimeStoppers on October 1stin November. Don's manager had confirmed to the cops he was at work that day. No until they told me they werent trying to prosecute me for selling weed, or trying to get any of my friends in trouble. And the other thing about it, I mean, there looked like there was real hurt and pain. It wasn't like, 'Oh, we're down in the park, come on down.' We were friendly, we were. These interviews were set up by Urick, the state prosecutor, who gave an interview himself. We get into his car, and he drives up around the corner to Haes car. Where was Haes car? In another interview with police he tells them it was at a Best Buy. Andrew Davis Defense private investigator p78 Theyre gonna pin me to the fucking wall. What was your life likeduring1998 and 1999? Elon Musk and Bill Maher Warn Against the 'Woke Mind Virus,' a.k.a. @YAmericanMuslim Analysis in a nutshell: He can't stop lying. I dont want to talk about this for entertainment purposes,Wilds toldThe Intercept. Yes the serial team had these documents and did not report this. He tells the police he lied to them. Jay's actions here may not be right. Reason 2: Jay is one of the alternate suspects. Please enter a valid email and try again. 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. When reached by BuzzFeed News, a representative of Serial had no comment in response to Wilds interview, in light of the fact that the full transcript has not yet been released. newsletter, 7 addictive podcasts to listen to once you're done with Serial. He wouldve gone to jail for murder!". My New Years just go SO HAPPY. COMING NEXT: PART 2, Jays theory on the anonymous caller, why he agreed to testify in the states case against Adnan, and how Serial showed up at his front door. 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. Syed could be granted another trial, though, which could pull Wilds back into the spotlight. He recalls a tense meeting with Koenig, who was attempting to persuade him into participating in the podcast, and remembers Koenig telling him that there were new developments in the case. Though Wilds testimony seemed to have been trusted implicitly by Syeds jury, the Serial podcast shining a light on the key details of Wilds claims led many listeners to believe Wilds was not exactly truthful and that even the slightest bit of questioning could have unraveled his story.
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