In hindsight, Adnan Syeds conviction for murdering Hae Min Lee was fraught with irregularities. "That's the best way I can account for the inconsistencies. Updated Its unlikely that well hear from Jay, given the recent events. Jay helped dig the hole for about 40 minutes, he told Vargas-Cooper, but refused to actually move the body. The motion to set aside Adnans conviction stated prosecutors no longer trusted Jay Wildss wildly inconsistent testimony. It was about Jay Wilds what he said, and whether it was true. I met him while I was still at Woodlawn, so around 1998. Andrew Davis Defense private investigator p78 And Jay's attorney from that time told me in an email that the prosecutor had threatened him, a black kid, with prosecuting him in Balt county, a white county & with the death penalty. Officer Adcock also testified that he was probably the 6:24 p.m. incoming call on Adnan's cellphone log, which would have been during that time. Its starting to get dark, so between 3p.m. I had a lot more on the line than just a few bags of weed. The reason I think @BaltimorePolice knew Jay/Jenn were lying (and were ok with it) is b/c they didn't try to find shovels till weeks later. The way Wilds tells it, Syed pressured him to help dispose of Lees body. In Wilds' newest version of events, Adnan was in his car with Jay instead of being at his last period of school. The problem is that Jay was, well, a bit of a liar. In that situation, he was the loser. Maybe Jays a liar. Before you would just go down there for drafting, shop, and everyone would co-mingle, and all the students interacted. It wasnt until they made it clear they werent interested in my procurement of pot that I began to open up any. Then he calls me and says, Come pick me up., So I go to pick him up, and when I get there he says, Oh shit, I did it. I say, Did what? He says, I killed Hae.. "He might really have just been bulls******* at the time. And they were getting sentenced to three and five years. Shes a high school girl, Oh, hes cute, Oh, whateverthings fizzleout. 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. Just a giant farce that would be comical if not for the devastating consequences. We accept credit card, Apple Pay, and Wilds told Vargas-Cooper that he didn't trust the police at the time. Why I believe Jay Wilds. But that testimony shifting and shot through with holes as it is is all the prosecution had. No. (Wilds would later lead the police to Lees car, parked on a residential street.) Historical Fact. We know: At trial, Jay and Jenn both said he went to her house that afternoon. I got the feeling the few times of interacting with Adnan that there was this enormous pressure from somewhere trying to make him into something he didnt want to be. Then there's the matter of where Wilds saw Lee's dead body for the first time. He did not go to prison, though. The Intercept is an independent nonprofit news outlet. What happened next? Hes gone with Haes car. We know: At trial, the "trunk pop" moment allegedly happened at Best Buy. I was a bit of an outdoorsman, adventure seeker, fishing, camping, learned to ride a motorcycle. Supposed evidence of this relates to how the reward money was paid out. Wieselman writes about and reports on the television industry. Nisha Adnans romantic interest p25 In one interview with police he tells them Adnan showed him Hae's body on Edmonson Avenue. It shouldnt really count against Jay's credibility after 15 years. Is this when you first saw Haes body in the trunk of her car? Ill call you from someone elses phone when Im done.. He feared the police. I believe she had a job also. I dont necessarily know if he meant to kill Hae before he did it or if it was a sudden moment thing, but looking at his life, from what I saw, he seemed to be far out of his realm when it came to Hae leaving him. Syed might still be prosecuted again, but its improbable. On the sixth day, Judge Quarles and Gutierrez had a disagreement and, despite the white noise machine, members of audience and crucially the jury overheard (p220). Syed will know his fate by August. Take a look at the run down on the forensic evidence in Hae's murder. Why is this story different from what you originally told the police? If you want to look up something that was said during one of the trials, such as Hae Min Lees mothers heartbreaking comments at the sentencing hearing, or what Debbie W said (or couldnt remember) at trial, or even whether the prosecutions closing arguments did or did not depend on a certain timeline, then youve come to the right place. Correction: The original version of this story incorrectly stated that Adnan Syed went to trial in December 2000. Jay's interview also undermines very specific charges. I remember Adnan standing next to me. Jay Wilds is a former classmate of Adnan Syed from Baltimore, Maryland. Hae was dead before she got to my house. #FreeAdnan #Serial #LyingMoFo! A large portion of The Case Against Adnan Syed and Serial focuses on why Wilds would change his story so many times. (See page 18-20 of Jan 24 transcript. But they don't need to. He wouldve gone to jail for murder!". What we do know about Wilds and Syed, which Syeds testimony confirms, is that Wilds and Syed were together on the day of Lees murder, and Jay had Syeds phone and car for an unspecified period of time. I stonewalled them that way. In another interview with police he tells them it was at a Best Buy. Though Wilds didnt participate in Serial, he did conduct a .css-16acfp5{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.125rem;text-decoration-color:#d2232e;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-16acfp5:hover{color:#000;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;background-color:yellow;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}three-part interview with The Intercepts Natasha Vargas-Cooper, and attorney Rabia Chaudry (also Syeds childhood friend) launched the Undisclosed podcast, both of which add layers to the mystery enshrouding Wilds testimony. Wilds said he gave false testimonies because he feared the police would convict him for selling marijuana. If that paragraph doesn't make much sense to you, then you probably haven't been following Serial, the wildly successful podcast in which Sarah Koenig reopens and reinvestigates the 1999 Baltimore murder case that put Adnan, who was then 17 years old, behind bars for the rest of his life. Panel of prospective jurors sworn p43 But Brown wantd to sell soon & Jay couldn't get paid till Nov. But his manager was his mom. Football paid for everything at the school. And the burden of proof for a crime like this is extraordinarily high: beyond a reasonable doubt. We dont have ads, so we depend on our members 35,000 and counting to help us hold the powerful to account. A big part of the Serial podcast is to speculate on Adnans motive. And then I would only give them information pertaining to my interaction with someone or where I was. This is where it was produced. Courts not in session, Detective Gregory MacGillivary BPD homicide detective, Judge Heard instructions to the jury p23. Yes we dig for about 40 minutes and we dig and dig, and hes digging less and less. In Wilds' newest version of events, Adnan was in his car with Jay instead of being at his last period of school. Google Pay. (Although he could have used a different phone.). The teacher, Mr. Brown, didnt know either Syed or Lee, raising eyebrows at his participation in the investigation. Again, here's Jay: I wasnt openly willing to cooperate with the police. Please enter a valid email and try again. When did you two get closer to each other? Without Jays testimony, prosecutors have little chance of retrying Adnan. What did you know about Adnan and his relationship with Hae Min Lee? There are files with all the events from each day, but beware, those files are often very large and may take a little time to open or download. Final part of the three-part interview is expected to publish Wednesday, "Serial," a popular podcast, detailed an investigation into the 15-year-old murder of Hae Min Lee, Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was convicted, Key witness in the case against Syed was Jay Wilds, who spoke to The Intercept. The taps on the recording, some have decided, may have been the sound of someone writing pen to paper very quickly on a hard surface, or just a little physical cue that Wilds needed to come up with the right answer fast. It wasnt just like I was selling a nickel bag here and there. So that would ruin her life too. Wilds has stayed private since the 2014 interview. She quotes the prosecutor saying, "he tells police a consistent story about the defendant, he tells consistently the defendants involvement, the defendants actions on that day. Here's that new story compared to the facts we know. Jay Wilds was a crucial player in Adnans conviction he testified that Adnan confessed to him about killing Lee, saw Lees body in the trunk of her car, and helped bury her body in Leakin Park. After the earlier mistrial, Judge Quarles recused himself from sitting for the next trial, and so the case was held before a new judge (Heard) and of course a new jury. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. I don't feel comfortable drawing conclusions like that. From the discussions the following day we do know it was the first day of the trial and included jury selection (voir dire) as well as discussions, and probably agreements, about items which might later be introduced into evidence. I was also around a bunch of people earlier the day [at Cathys], and I didnt want them to get fucked up with homicide. He just seemed like someone who didnt smoke weed too much. I can't be as confident as Chaudry. I was pretty distraught, fucked up, feeling guilty for not saying nothing. Contact Jarett Wieselman at jarett.wieselman@buzzfeed.com. You follow me some of the way, and then Ill take care of it.. Almost by definition, the testimony of someone who repeatedly lies to you is not beyond a reasonable doubt; it's testimony that you would be unreasonable not to doubt. No one is quite sure what they are, but the timing of the taps on the recording seems suspicious. Who would hold party elites accountable to the values they proclaim to have? Jay feels strongly that he was unfairly depicted by Koenig and that she painted a highly misleading portrayal of him and his role in the case. I was also running [drug] operations from my grandmothers house. But in terms of whether Adnan should be in jail right now, the question is whether his guilt is beyond a reasonable doubt. When we were digging the hole, its not like Haes body was just lying next to us. If Wilds did receive the reward money for being the tipster, but that information wasnt disclosed, that would have immediately led to a new trial. In fact he had a meeting with them for weeks. This fact cannot be disputed. That would free Wilds to then collect the reward moneyafter detectives officially filed Syeds indictment to CrimeStoppers on October 1stin November. Wilds also shares a follow-up email. By signing up, I agree to receive emails from The Intercept and to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Wilds also said he has been misunderstood because of Serial. In HBOsThe Case Against Adnan Syed, Rabia Chaudry, a longtime friend of Adnan and host of theUndisclosedpodcast, talked about the impact of Jays testimony: Jay is the center of gravity in this case. 9:41 PM EST, Tue December 30, 2014. Wilds told Vargas-Cooper that Adnan called him, said he killed Hae, and requested pick-up from Best Buy. It is possible that Jay could be lying while Jenn is still telling the truth, I'm not sure they should be put in the "same box" in that regard. I dont know if she said something he couldnt handle, and he went off the edge or if he had been seriously speculating about it. And as Koenig puts it, "the spine" of Jay's story has never really changed. Im going to be late for practice, so just drop me off. We get into his car, and he drives up around the corner to Haes car. 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. It was at least a week before she died, when he found out she was either cheating on him or leaving him. He has only given one interview since Syed's conviction. Drug law enforcement was harsh, he explained, and he "had a lot more on the line than just a few bags of weed.". This interview is the first time Jay has spoken publicly about events surrounding Lees death and the trial that ended in Syeds conviction. And I said, Hey, I need to run to the mall cause I need to get a gift for Stephanie., He said then, No, I gotta go do something. I think that was his first real girlfriend, and I think thats why his reaction was so strong. And then I would only give them information pertaining to my interaction with someone or where I was. "Anything that's going to make him innocent doesn't involve me. The problem is they completely undermine the state's case against Adnan. "If Jay gets pulled over and you're in a car with him and he's dirty or he feels like there's a chance that he's going to go to jail, he's going to try to dump every responsibility for anything onto you," Jay's close friend Christopher Lee Baskerville claimed. Anything thats going to make him innocent doesnt involve me. Chaudry doesn't buy it. From the mall. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Adnan apparently opened the trunk of Hae's car and showed Jay her body. I think there was another dude or something, or whatever. Jay says: He went to Jenn's house.Jay told The Intercept he remembered going over to his friend Jenn's to hang out after leaving the mall. When I ask her for her theories of what could have happened that day, she says she doesn't know, but she offers three possibilities Adnan murdering Hae doesn't even make the list. But they're comprehensible, even familiar. on about your day, ask yourself: How likely is it that the story you just read would have been produced by a different news outlet if The Intercept hadnt done it? At times he even apologizes, as though he were trained to say something specifically and had forgotten. It helped fan the flames of this story that people had already moved on from.. Wilds, who was an acquaintance of Syed, confessed to helping Syed bury Lee's body, though he originally denied having anything to do with the murder. How old were you when you first met Adnan Syed? 2. I had friends but the groups were small. Jay suggested going to the mall to find a present for Stephanie, but Adnan said he had to "go do something," and told Jay to drop him at school, letting Jay borrow his car and phone. In one police interview, Wilds said he saw the body, it was in a car in the parking lot of a Best Buy. ", Chaudry ticks off the changes. Roll call of the panel of prospective jurors p43 Wilds originally told police that he saw Lees body in the parking lot of a Best Buy near the high school. From your perspective, what was Adnans reputation at Woodlawn? He seemed a little bit more uptight than the other Muslim kids that I knew. "I don't know if she said something he couldn't handle, and he went off the edge or if he had been seriously speculating about it. Consequently, Wilds is a looming figure in Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyders reporting about the trial. What exactly did Jay Wilds do to help Adnan Syed? He says he was unfairly portrayed in the podcast, which revisited in-depth the investigation and trial of Syed a key part of which was centered on Wilds testimony. Her ex-boyfriend and classmate, Adnan Syed, was tried and convicted in 2000. He was a little pompous, a little arrogant, but he seemed really driven as far as his academics, but all those magnet students were. Jay Wilds, testimony resumes p122, Discussion: Mr Ss indecent exposure conviction p2 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. He left in his car and I was trying to collect myself at my [grandmothers] house. When I pick him up at Best Buy, hes telling me her car is somewhere there, and that he did this in the parking lot. But Jay admits he's a liar. He has firsthand knowledge on how Hae was murdered (strangled), where she was buried (Leakin Park) and the disposal of the car (300 Edgewood St). And she's right. In another he says it was at Patapsco State Park. Will we start over? Jay told the story that convicted Adnan. Because I knew football had paid for all of that, but there were few football players down there. He feared implicating people he loved. He had to give hair and blood samples. The following has been edited and condensed for clarity. The first season of Serial ended this month, but the story is far from finished. Related: 7 addictive podcasts to listen to once you're done with Serial. It wasnt like, Oh, were going bowling, and lets call it in before we go bowling and call the rest of our friends and call Jay. I dont remember ever going to any kinds of functions or endeavors together, or any concerts or clubs together, you know. But she seemed to be more mature, like she was two, three, four years older than us. To which, Wilds responded, [T]his guy drove up in front of my grandmothers house, popped the trunk, and had his dead girlfriend in the trunk. And at a certain point I say, Well fuck, Im finished. In a piece for The Guardian newspaper, she argued there may be enough evidence for the state to pursue a perjury charge. Attorneys for the State: Kevin Urick and Kathleen C Murphy, Judge:William Quarles, Associate Judge for Baltimore City Circuit Court. Or. "I guess I was being kind of a jury on whether or not people needed to be involved or whatever, but these people didn't have anything to do with it, and I knew they didn't have anything to do with it," he said. Salvatore Bianca BPD Trace Analysis Unit tech p71 I knew him because I knew Muslims in the community from playing basketball at the mosque. 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. Chaudry claims Wilds' account of how Lee's body was buried directly conflicts with his earlier testimony. He also doesn't mention looking to buy weed in Forest Park, which he testified to doing after ditching the car, or dropping Adnan at track practice, which Adnan claimed to have attended (although his coach wasn't able to confirm). (Again. Wilds and his family have tried to stay out of the spotlight, with Wilds citing the danger his cooperating with the police puts his family in, even though he claims he tried to stonewall the cops for as long as possible until they broke him down. Koenig tried to interview Jay. What happened before that, I dont know.. I remember the highway traffic to my right, and I remember standing there on the curb. "There was never a real friendship," Wilds told The Intercept. This page hasall the trial transcripts from both Adnans first, prematurely ended trial in 1999, or the second trial in early 2000 (this verdict was overturned in 2016). It's guilt that has to be proven. )Jay testified that moment happened hours earlier at a completely different location. At this point, Jay apparently drove himself and Adnan over to Cathy's to smoke. Thats the best way I can account for the inconsistencies. This is the first part in a multipart interview. Get started for FREE Continue. than she was letting on. Thats all it takes to support the journalism you rely on. Commencement of voir dire questioning of jury pool members p64, Emmanuel Obot BPD Mobile Crime Lab tech p168 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. The surprising truth, Broker: the baby box drama movies ending, explained, Colleen Hoovers It Starts with Us: the sequels ending, explained, Why is SHEIN so cheap? #FreeAdnan pic.twitter.com/4iCiYVHtFl, EGAD he cannot keep his lies STRAIGHT #FreeAdnan #ThanksJay! I know it didnt happen anywhere other than my grandmothers house. Jenn's evidence is only relaying what she claims Jay told her. I saw the ATF and DEA take down guys in my neighborhood for selling much less than I was at the time. Did you go to Leakin Park immediately after agreeing to help? I follow him halfway back down the hill, park, smoke some cigarettes. You can also contribute via. In keeping with the Serial model, The Intercept says this was part one in a series of interviews with Wilds, so keep an eye on Chaudry's Twitter for further reactions. Yes. Pusateris first statement to the cops said that shed gotten a call from Wilds on Syeds phone, while a later statement included information that Wilds had confessed to her that hed helped Syed bury Lee, though the police may have already been looking at him as an accomplice before theyd even spoken to Pusateri, and also bringing him him for questioning.
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