And they were getting sentenced to three and five years. I worked a lot. The kind of reporting we do is essential to democracy, but it is not easy, cheap, or profitable. Though Wilds stands by his storyat least the one he told The InterceptChaudry and Undisclosed have continued to dig up evidence that wouldnt just exonerate Syed, but also Wilds himself. Dorseys sentencing argument (Adnans new lawyer) p13 Contact Jarett Wieselman at jarett.wieselman@buzzfeed.com. #FreeAdnan #PerjuryFTW, "If what hes reporting is the truth right now," she said, "then what hes saying is that when he took the stand under oath at trial one, he lied, and when he took the stand under oath at trial two, he lied If there was a third trial, that could be used to impeach his credibility. I played lacrosse, was a bit of a jock. But she seemed to be more mature, like she was two, three, four years older than us. And the burden of proof for a crime like this is extraordinarily high: beyond a reasonable doubt. And at a certain point I say, Well fuck, Im finished. I dont know. 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. The problem is that Jay was, well, a bit of a liar. Jay Wilds, the key witness in the 2000 Adnan Syed trial, revealed in part two of his interview with The Intercept that he contemplated suicide after telling police he helped bury Hae Min Lee in 1999 -- read his quotes here I stonewalled them that way. Jay Wilds assumed a private life after playing a pivotal role in the prosecutions case against Adnan Syed. 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. All about the workings of this global humanitarian organization, Was Charles Stanley sick? Ultimately, Wilds said he didn't feel he had anything to add to Koenig's investigation into Adnan Syed 's guilt or innocence. Its starting to get dark, so between 3p.m. Now he's given us a whole new timeline of the supposed events of that day. He also makes clear that his cooperation with the police was reluctant at best. She got a new boyfriend? And he didnt know how to deal with that. I don't feel comfortable drawing conclusions like that. "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. This is where it was produced. There is no mention of McDonald's or, again, the Park and Ride, in Jay's new timeline. I think most of us would agree this is extraordinarily unlikely. This fact eliminates all random killer (s) (Roy Davis or Mr. S or Space Aliens). We drive over toCathys house to smoke. I only smoked with him two or three times. Jay Wilds leaves the courtroom p86 Jay said:I feel like [Koenig] created an evil archetype of me and sensationalized my motives. Wilds originally told police that he saw Lees body in the parking lot of a Best Buy near the high school. 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. Then there's the matter of where Wilds saw Lee's dead body for the first time. Part three is scheduled to be published on Wednesday. He tells a friend it was at the library. It shouldnt really count against Jay's credibility after 15 years. That would free Wilds to then collect the reward moneyafter detectives officially filed Syeds indictment to CrimeStoppers on October 1stin November. Thats about burying her. than she was letting on. The first passage Chaudry highlighted comes back to the question of when or if Wilds knew Syed planned to murder his ex-girlfriend. "I only smoked with him two or three times. Did you make the anonymous call to the police to tip them off about Adnan? Jay says: He and Adnan hung out at Cathy's. All we know about Alain Marceau, talked about the impact of Jays testimony. In Wilds' newest version of events, Adnan was in his car with Jay instead of being at his last period of school. "Jay testified early on that the police said were considering charging you with this murder. All the trial transcripts in one place-Adnan Syed's first and second Even to Serial, the podcast that detailed nearly every part of Syed's case, Wild remained off the record to provide background information, according to Rolling Stone. 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. 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. I believe I told them it was in front of Cathys [not her real name] house, but it was in front of my grandmothers house. I really didnt know much about their relationship, if they hung out, where they hung out, when they hung out. He had this very detailed story of pulling into Best Buy; Adnan is wearing these red gloves. But look, if we start speculating what he was thinking that far ahead I dont know. Elon Musk and Bill Maher Warn Against the 'Woke Mind Virus,' a.k.a. He feared implicating people he loved. We know: At trial, lot more happened before Cathy's.Before going over to Cathy's, Jay said that he and Adnan dropped Hae's car at the I-70 Park and Ride. Jay Wilds guilty plea, Anne Benaroya, Elizabeth Julian and playing videos in court p34 Haes car could have been in the parking lot, but I didnt know what it looked like so I dont remember. He seemed a little bit more uptight than the other Muslim kids that I knew. We got in his car and start driving. "Definitely the idea that the body was buried after midnight. The star witness at Syeds trial was Jay Wilds, a former classmate who testified that he helpedSyed dispose of Lees body. Photo credit: HBO. Were sitting there smoking and he receives a phone call from the police and gets all panicky. Joining is simple and doesnt need to cost a lot: You can become a sustaining member for as little as $3 or $5 a month. He did, after all, give multiple conflicting locations for where the murder took place and where the body was found. I dont think it meant that much to her. He just seemed like someone who didnt smoke weed too much. Your culture and entertainment cheat-sheet. Yes. Jenn's evidence is only relaying what she claims Jay told her. It went national, but it was produced in Baltimore. In September, a legal team formed to represent Wilds and also quickly worked out a plea deal to testify against Syed. Shes a high school girl, Oh, hes cute, Oh, whateverthings fizzleout. I had a lot more on the line than just a few bags of weed. From the way he carried himself, at least, it looked like he had never lost anything before. @YAmericanMuslim Analysis in a nutshell: He can't stop lying. The final part will publish Wednesday. But, like I said, I dont know how to come up with this story about how Adnan did it, why he did it, what he was thinking, how he was thinking, and why he was thinking that. I know that he came from a very strict religious background and that he was uneasy with some of the things he was doing. About a month later, police uncovered her body in a nearby park; an autopsywould later find that she was choked to death. Where is Jay Wilds now? His secretive life detailed - OkayBliss Syed was previously sentenced to life in prison. Serial, she said, might be addicting entertainment for most people, but not for her. In hindsight, Adnan Syeds conviction for murdering Hae Min Lee was fraught with irregularities. 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, The secret delegate battle that will decide the 2024 Republican nominee. According to Simpson, whenever Wilds cant recall a detail or pauses for a long period before answering a question, there can be heard a series of taps, after which Wilds always miraculously comes up with the right answer. 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. She was still in the trunk. And thats not necessarily mebut that is my family, that is my uncles and cousins. (Again. They didnt have to go by us, except to come to lunch, and that was it. 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. For his testimony, Wilds was given probation instead of a jail sentence for his said involvement in the crime. ", The argument for trusting Jay has been that while the details of his story change, "the spine," as Koenig put it, holds. In another he says it was at Patapsco State Park. Adnan apparently opened the trunk of Hae's car and showed Jay her body. She didnt look beat up. And as Koenig puts it, "the spine" of Jay's story has never really changed. In Wilds' newest version of events, Adnan was in his car with Jay instead of being at his last period of school. This carefully planned out timeline with all the phone records is wrecked.". Well first of all, I wasnt openly willing to cooperate with the police. Syed is currently serving a life sentence. Thats the best way I can account for the inconsistencies. I wasnt fully cooperating, so if they said, Well, we have on phone records that you talked to Jenn. Id say, Nope, I didnt talk to Jenn. Until Jenn told me that she talked with the cops and that it was ok if I did too. He was a little pompous, a little arrogant, but he seemed really driven as far as his academics, but all those magnet students were. We know: At trial, it allegedly happened at Best Buy. 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. In that situation, he was the loser. 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. "I just felt like she was lying," Wilds says. She's a high school girl,' Oh, Jay Wilds's cute, Oh, whatever' -- things fizzle out. He was magnet. It went national, but it was produced in Baltimore. Jay testified at the second trial that he and Adnan actually went to the mall together, and that Jay dropped Adnan off at school afterward, around 1 p.m. Adnan's last period Psychology teacher made a note that Adnan arrived to class late, at 1:27 p.m. Adnan always claimed he never went to the mall with Jay. Yes. Hae was dead before she got to my house. Adnan apparently told Jay he killed Hae in her car, which was somewhere around, but Jay was doubtful -- he thought the car was somewhere else. I believe she had a job also. Google Pay. Wieselman writes about and reports on the television industry. Jay all but admitted to @BobRuffTruth that he got the reward. ", He also revealed why there may be inconsistencies in his story. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. 9:41 PM EST, Tue December 30, 2014. It ended prematurely when Judge Quarles declared a mistrial. She's trying to free a loved one from serving a life sentence for a murder she believes, firmly, that he didn't commit. Because I knew football had paid for all of that, but there were few football players down there. Baltimore police were already focusing their investigation on Syed after an anonymous tip told them to look at Lees ex. I guess I was being kind of a jury on whether or not people needed to be involved or whatever, but these people didnt have anything to do with it, and I knew they didnt have anything to do with it. I remember Adnan standing next to me. Wilds was also an adult who sold marijuana to high school kids, which made him vulnerable. She just seemed like an older chick who happened to be in high school. None of his friends thought he reacted particularly badly to the break-up. So Jay starts describing Adnan's gloves, before launching into a story about a conversation he and Adnan had about those gloves: Jay: Yeah, they're like wool with ah leather palms and and that sparked you know, "what the fuck you walking around with gloves on for," and then, I'm sorry, um and then he goes "I did it, I did it. )Jay testified that moment happened hours earlier at a completely different location. 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. And hes like, Ive gotta put her car somewhere. So I follow him around for a few minutes, and he just picks a place at random behind some row houses, leaves her car, gets into his car, takes me home. I know it didnt happen anywhere other than my grandmothers house. Defendant: Adnan Syed Syed was put on trial in February 2000 and was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Hae Min Lee. All of these ping towers are near Best Buy, Koenig states in Episode 5. 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. Read the latest news, or follow the development of the legal case on the Appeals page. 7 acceptable_bagel 6 mo. Nisha Adnans romantic interest p25 My New Years just go SO HAPPY. Reason 1: Jay willingly comes forward to implicate himself and his friend in a murder that neither of them had anything to do with because it was committed by an alternate suspect. Fans of "Serial" were given a bit of an epilogue on Monday: Jay Wilds, the state's key witness in its case against Adnan Syed, agreed to an on-the-record interview. 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. Jays testimony was critical to the states case; indeed,without his testimony its virtually impossible that the state could have even brought Syed to trial. Take a look at the run down on the forensic evidence in Hae's murder. Will we start over?' Your motion for mistrial is granted" - Judge Quarles Trial 2 January 21 to February 25 2000 Defendant: Adnan Syed In one interview with police he tells them Adnan showed him Hae's body on Edmonson Avenue. I saw the ATF and DEA take down guys in my neighborhood for selling much less than I was at the time. The call log, though, could maybe support part of Jay's new timeline. Serial Podcast - Episode 8: The Deal With Jay | Genius I don't know Adnan, andI don't think Jay's lies prove Adnan's innocence. 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 in terms of whether Adnan should be in jail right now, the question is whether his guilt is beyond a reasonable doubt. The first season of Serial examined the complex case of the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, in which there seemed to be much evidence but no conclusive proof of what happened. And it's hard to imagine, right now, how anyone could be free of doubt about Jay's testimony. Jay Wilds' New Interview About 'Serial' Is So Completely Frustrating. Jay says: Adnan probably wasn't with Hae's car at Best Buy. "He'll trade places with you in a heartbeat," he continued. Jay was undoubtedly prepped before the interview. The fight to make it harder for landlords to evict their tenants, On Succession, Sisyphus rolls the rock uphill, Ecuadors political instability, explained. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much pic.twitter.com/RHnkXYzRXJ. What exactly did Jay Wilds do to help Adnan Syed? Philip Buddemeyer Baltimore City surveyor p93 Jay Wilds Some think Wilds could have killed Lee himself. At Vox, we believe that everyone deserves access to information that helps them understand and shape the world they live in. One big theory being floated around is that Wilds was the anonymous tipster who called Detective Massey and told police to focus on the ex-boyfriend. And then in his Intercept interview, Wilds said the body was actually in front of his grandmas house, but he told police it was at the Best Buy, because he didnt want to involve his grandma. Wilds told Vargas-Cooper that Adnan called him, said he killed Hae, and requested pick-up from Best Buy. I say, Well we need to part ways. I dont remember if he dropped me off at my house or if I got a ride from somebody else. What the Undisclosed pod offers up for an explanation is that because Wilds himself came under investigation, he could not recover the money. And he wasn't talking. Anything thats going to make [Syed] innocent doesnt involve me. A large portion of The Case Against Adnan Syed and Serial focuses on why Wilds would change his story so many times. A Warner Bros. Im gonna kill that bitch, man. Nothing real pointed or anything, not like, I know his name, or I caught her. But I just thought he was just shooting off like everyone else shoots off when theyre mad at their girlfriend. I think and, look, its been 15 years about 6 p.m. Hallelujah, it worked,keep talking buddy. It takes him about half an hour, 45 minutes, and he comes back with gloves on, panting, like, She was really heavy. Thats all he says. Why is this story different from what you originally told the police? Lee and Syed were seniors at Woodlawn in Baltimore County, Maryland, in January 1999, when she disappeared. He just started opening up. Without Jays testimony, the prosecution had no case. Jay says: The "trunk pop" happened outside his grandmother's house.Back at his grandmother's house trying to collect himself, Jay told The Intercept he received a call from Adnan, who was either outside right then or on his way over. Jay's interview also undermines very specific charges. #FreeAdnan pic.twitter.com/6u3wT4H14R. I pick him up he doesnt have any car with him. 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. So that would ruin her life too, Wilds told Vargas-Cooper. Jay says: It wasnt just like I was selling a nickel bag here and there. There is no call to Jay on Adnan's phone log in the evening. Some of what Wilds claims in the new interview also contradicts what he told police a point he addressed. I saw her body later, in front ofof my grandmothers house where I was living. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. as much as $250,000 to cover the cost of a possible appeal. Rabia Chaudry, the Syed family friend and attorney who originally brought Syed's case to the attention of Serial host Sarah Koenig, today took to Twitter to point out what she sees as inconsistencies in the story Wilds is now telling compared to the account of events he offered at Syed's trial. Are Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in love, or are they good actors? Number of seasons: Three. With this interview, Jay has now burned the corpse.". I didnt know that he planned to murder her that day. 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. Support our mission and help keep Vox free for all by making a financial contribution to Vox today. He had this very detailed story of pulling into Best Buy; Adnan is wearing these red gloves. Getting them in trouble for anything that they knew or that I had told them I couldnt have that.. From the mall where he met Syed to the time, and even which friend's homes he visited the day of Lee's murder, there are questionable aspects of his testimony. Serial: More Details About Jay's Transcripts Than You Could Possibly Undisclosed proffers that Wilds was going to use the reward money to purchase the motorcycle, but Brown says he sold it to someone else. He was having a hard enough time with that itself. We've finally heard from Jay Wilds, the key witness in the murder of Hae Min Lee. Losing track of how many times Jay's story has changed. People had lives and were trying to get into college and stuff like that. Adnan then threatened to expose Jay's drug dealing operation if he didn't help bury Hae. 2023 Cable News Network. What happened next? He failed; he lost the girl. For our age group, she was really independent. Koenig tried to interview Jay. Got called an Oreo. "I feel like [Koenig] created an evil archetype of me and sensationalized my motives. 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. It's guilt that has to be proven. The trial transcript for this day is not available. And Wilds was also a professed accomplice to Syeds crime, which further complicated his role as the prosecutions sole witness. I met him while I was still at Woodlawn, so around 1998. And in the hours after Jay's interview broke, her Twitter feed was an almost unbroken celebration. But at 5:38 p.m., when Adnan is supposed to be at track practice, a call placed to Adnan's friend Krista pings a tower "sort of where" Hae's car ends up, Koenig says in Episode 5. "The embarrassment is just going to keep growing over this," Laura Harth, the campaign director at Safeguard Defenders, told Newsweek. Wilds also shares a follow-up email. Adnan received a call from the police regarding Hae's disappearance and got "all panicky," so Jay suggested they separate. He continued:People had lives and were trying to get into college and stuff like that. Im not a lawyer and Im not a cop. Jay says: He went to the mall alone. ("Serial" host Sarah Koenig attempted, but failed, to convince Wilds to open up on the podcast. 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. 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. Each week, we explore unique solutions to some of the world's biggest problems. I had friends but the groups were small. Syed was actually convicted in February 2000. #FreeAdnan #Serial #LyingMoFo! You cant start drawing conclusions like that. Now, he doesn't mention this at all, because he said he wasn't sure where Hae's car was at the time. Was it in the Best Buy parking lot? 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. They had to chase me around before they could corner me to talk to me, and there came a point where I was just sick of talking to them. No. From the statements Wilds made in 2014 with The Intercept, it seems unlikely he would do so. So, Jay is now saying that what he alleged at the second trial -- Adnan was with Hae's car and he showed Jay her body at Best Buy -- didn't happen. Yes we dig for about 40 minutes and we dig and dig, and hes digging less and less. The story he tells her is, in some respects, more believable than the story he's ever told anyone else. A layperson could tell you neither Jay or Adnan were involved. 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. Jarett Wieselman is a senior entertainment editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles. There were some big forces going on that didnt have anything to do with Hae. "Im coming at this as someone who knew Adnan since he was young," she says. He declined to be formally interviewed for her broadcast., which is a spinoff of the radio program This American Life.. A star witness in the case against Syed was fellow Woodlawn High School student Jay Wilds, who stirred debate this week . Please enter a valid email and try again. And I found that to be a bit of a slap in the face. Because at the time I was convinced that I would be going to jail for a long time if he turned me in for drug dealing, especially to high school kids. I was also running [drug] operations from my grandmothers house. When police were investigating Lees murder, CrimeStoppers offered a $3,075 reward for any information that would lead to the arrest of the murderer. Everything We Know About Jay Wilds From HBO's Serial Documentary, 9 Celebs You Didn't Know Guest Starred On Seinfeld, police may have already been looking at him as an accomplice, an adult who sold marijuana to high school kids, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. But she's also a family friend of the Syeds, and she brought the case to Koenig's attention. "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. Adnan's motive for killing Hae never made much sense. That's where I'm at with this interview. Listening to Serial, the hole for me has always been motive. #FreeAdnan pic.twitter.com/4iCiYVHtFl, EGAD he cannot keep his lies STRAIGHT #FreeAdnan #ThanksJay! .css-13y9o4w{display:block;font-family:GraphikBold,GraphikBold-fallback,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-13y9o4w:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(max-width: 48rem){.css-13y9o4w{font-size:1.05rem;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:0.25rem;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-13y9o4w{font-size:1.28598rem;line-height:1.2;}}@media(min-width: 48rem){.css-13y9o4w{font-size:1.39461rem;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:0.5rem;}}@media(min-width: 64rem){.css-13y9o4w{font-size:1.23488rem;line-height:1.3;}}9 Celebs You Didn't Know Guest Starred On Seinfeld, Here's When Every Episode of 'Succession' Airs, The Final Season of Barry Is Hilariously Dark, That Heartbreaking 'Barry' Moment Was Inevitable, Chris Pratt Improvised MCU's First F-Bomb, Why Luke Bryan Called Out Taylor Swift on TikTok, GotG's James Gunn confirms MCU return for actor, Season 3 of 'Sweet Tooth' Could Be Its Last, Watch The 25 Best Anime Shows on Hulu Right Now, Citadel Is Prime Videos Latest Expensive TV Bet. 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. Is Night Court a real thing? 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 around a bunch of people earlier the day [at Cathys], and I didnt want them to get fucked up with homicide. #FreeAdnan #MerryChristmas, I just can't even. In one police interview, Wilds said he saw the body, it was in a. Who Killed Hae Min Lee if Adnan Syed Is Innocent? A Look - Newsweek When she mentioned it to Wilds, "he quickly brushed it off: No ' [I was an] an accessory,' 'no, I did this, nothing," Horton says. He did not serve time in prison after testifying for the prosecution. Jay helped dig the hole for about 40 minutes, he told Vargas-Cooper, but refused to actually move the body. I dont know whether he calls me when hes on his way back to my house, or if he calls me right outside the house. 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. It helped fan the flames of this story that. But in his interview with the Intercept, Jay doesn't seem to think the evidence for premeditation was beyond a reasonable doubt. Ultimately, Wilds said he didn't feel he had anything to add to Koenig's investigation into Adnan Syed 's guilt or innocence.

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