I said, Isnt he a paramedic? And she said, Nah, hes cool, plus he wants to buy., I didnt trust him at first, since he wasnt like the people I knew pot smokers you know? Wilds also said he has been misunderstood because of Serial. He just couldnt come to grips with those feelings. Sergeant Kevin Forrester BPD homicide sergeant p56 Wilds was also an adult who sold marijuana to high school kids, which made him vulnerable. Young Lee Haes brother p4 The one interview Wilds gave was to The Intercept in 2014. Jay says: He and Adnan hung out at Cathy's. He was magnet. The other thing to understand is something about the culture of Baltimorethis is where the Stop Snitching video comes from. Jay's interview also undermines very specific charges. 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. Please enter a valid email and try again. #FreeAdnan pic.twitter.com/4iCiYVHtFl, EGAD he cannot keep his lies STRAIGHT #FreeAdnan #ThanksJay! Hae. They often smoked weed together and quite a lot on the day Hae went missing. 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. 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. Why is this story different from what you originally told the police? ("Serial" host Sarah Koenig attempted, but failed, to convince Wilds to open up on the podcast. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I was also running [drug] operations from my grandmothers house. Syed's case has been publicized in the podcast Serial, as well as the HBO true crime documentary The Case Against Adnan Syed. I don't know what happened, what occurred between them that day," he said of Lee's death. The way Wilds tells it, Syed pressured him to help dispose of Lees body. Philip Buddemeyer Baltimore City surveyor p93 EGAD he cannot keep his lies STRAIGHT #FreeAdnan #ThanksJay! Syed was previously sentenced to life in prison. Something went wrong. Heres everything we know about Jay Wilds before the premiere of HBOs documentary series, The Case Against Adnan Syed. He's now. Inside Sheins controversial culture, Does Noom really work? appreciated. Adnan Syed is currently serving life in prison, plus 30 years, for a murder he claims he didn't commit, and he may not have ended up there if it weren't for his former classmate, Jay Wilds. But in his interview with the Intercept, Jay doesn't seem to think the evidence for premeditation was beyond a reasonable doubt. That's over, Chaudry says. March 9, 2019 at 2:00 PM. I played lacrosse, was a bit of a jock. The Dark Brandonmeme and why the Biden campaign has embraced it explained, Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword, Sign up for the I had a lot more on the line than just a few bags of weed. #FreeAdnan, Not gonna lie. If you are searching for something said by (or to) a specific witness said, you could try the smaller files we made for each witness. In one police interview, Wilds said he saw the body, it was in a car in the parking lot of a Best Buy. I didnt know it was that close. I dont know what happened, what occurred between them that day. Of course, Chaudry isn't a disinterested observer a fact she freely admits. Getting them in trouble for anything that they knew or that I had told them I couldnt have that. He might really have just been bullshitting at the time. Many questions remain about Wilds true role in the case, but theres no shortage of theories. Andrew Davis Defense private investigator p78 And he wasn't talking. Courts not in session, Detective Gregory MacGillivary BPD homicide detective, Judge Heard instructions to the jury p23. And they wouldnt stop interviewing me or questioning me, he said of the police, in part one of the interview. Its in the evening after school, we never hung out in the morning. 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. He also stated that Adnan drove Hae's car from the I-70 Park and Ride to a nearby McDonald's, where Jay was waiting in Adnan's car. Urick did not let him walk into that interview blind. 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. 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. The problem is that Jay was, well, a bit of a liar. I really didnt know much about their relationship, if they hung out, where they hung out, when they hung out. as much as $250,000 to cover the cost of a possible appeal. Yes. Haes mothers statement p7 Rabia Chaudry is a lawyer and national security fellow at the New America Foundation. Ok, so you arrive at Cathys with Adnan after he tells you he murdered Hae? 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. He asked me if I had shovels, so I went inside my house and got some gardening tools. Jay gives Vargas-Cooper a simple reason for his lies: he was a serious drug dealer living in a culture that feared and mistrusted the police. 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. I only smoked with him two or three times. Which is to say, Jay always said Adnan choked Hae to death and asked Jay to help him bury the body. And as Koenig puts it, "the spine" of Jay's story has never really changed. Its starting to get dark, so between 3p.m. Each week, we explore unique solutions to some of the world's biggest problems. Jay said: I was also running [drug] operations from my grandmothers house. Part of HuffPost Entertainment. Listening to Serial, the hole for me has always been motive. Attorneys for the State: Kevin Urick and Kathleen C Murphy, Judge:William Quarles, Associate Judge for Baltimore City Circuit Court. Jay Wilds Some think Wilds could have killed Lee himself. Wilds' testimony in the murder trial was central to the conviction of Syed due to the nature of his account of events. So I said, Look man, Im not touching [Hae]. "Anything that's going to make him innocent doesn't involve me. 2023 Cable News Network. We've finally heard from Jay Wilds, the key witness in the murder of Hae Min Lee. ", Chaudry ticks off the changes. At this point, Jay apparently drove himself and Adnan over to Cathy's to smoke. Evidence from the Adnan Syed case | Previously undisclosed.wikispaces.com. "Jay testified early on that the police said were considering charging you with this murder. pic.twitter.com/46kbjMwgPX, Well, according to Chaudra, Wilds attorney told her that the prosecutors threatened him by promising to prosecute him in a predominantly white county, and Wilds, who is black, was frightened enough to do what he was told. note: Adnan worked as an emergency medical technician, not a paramedic.]. Following a rare 2014 interview with Natasha Vargas-Cooper ofThe Intercept, the outlet reported that Jay lived with his wife and children in a two-story suburban home., Wilds accused Sarah Koenig of trying to strong-arm him into giving an interview onSerial. From the mall. Judge Wanda Heards comments p15. 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. Again, here's Jay: I wasnt openly willing to cooperate with the police. And the burden of proof for a crime like this is extraordinarily high: beyond a reasonable doubt. Proceedings close p256. #FreeAdnan #Serial #LyingMoFo! He feared the police. However he ended up doing itwhether it was premeditated, an involuntary reaction at that point in timehe just couldnt come to grips with being a loser and failing.
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