Sarah Koenig
(Host)
Best Buy Near Woodlawn High School
Woodlawn High School
Adnan Syed and Saad Chaudry
Cristina Gutierrez
Adnan Syed is Innocent
the evidence in his case is inconclusive and was handled poorly. His Islamic faith was taken ignorantly by those in the court. It is clear this case should have been handled differently.
Christina Gutierriez
Fought hard for Adnan
Losing many of her cases at this time
Was once a very well known
and successful lawyer
The reason Adnan's family had
hired her in the first place
Her deliveries are messy
Many are confused on her strategies
and can tell she was not doing well
during this time
Her health is declining
This idea of which Adnan backs up
Main Points of the
Case have never
been proven
Phone Calls
Cell Towers
Technology later proven
to not be as accurate as previously
thought
Best Buy Call
Man who used to steal
CDs from Best Buy stated
that the Best Buy never had
a place to make phone calls
Anger
(Drive to
kill Hae)
Story brought into court that
Adnan has this anger towards Hae
after they broke up
Stating "I'm gonna kill that *****"
Religion
(Islam)
Adnan and his family
state that he had
dated other girls in the
past and that even
after their relationship he
continued to do unfaithful things
such as smoke weed
Hae mentions in
her diary that their
relationship was jeapordizing
his relqationship to faith
which caused him to be face a
moral dilemma
Woodlawn High
School
Library
Stated by the courts
as seperate entities
Stated by students to
be on campus
Twenty one minute drive
(from school to Best Buy)
Adnan states that because you have to wait for the buses the drive is longer
Tested by Sarah Koenig and the twenty one minute mark is reasonable
(she waits for the buses as well)
Saad Chaudry
Attends the same
Mosque as Adnan and are
family friends
Rabia Chaudry
Sister of Saad Chaudry
Friend of Adnan Syed
Attorney
Stands by Adnan's innocence
Hae Min Lee
Asia McLean
The Asia McLean Letters
In the library
Says she saw him
studying there
after school
Went back on her
statement later on
Currently stands by
her statement
The only real
witness for Adnan being
in the library during the
time Hae was murdered
Was not used
in the original trial
Jay Wilds
Changes his story a lot
Lies and claims to come clean
First and second statements vary
Major changes in location
and who was with him
Inconsistencies
States he helped Adnan burry the body
Cell records corroborate with his story
Smoked with Adnan after helping him
with the body
Mr. S
Construction
Worker
Leakin Park
Park known for crime
Drugs deals
Specifically burrying bodies
Walked quite far into the park
(claimed for privacy reasons)
Found the body on his way to work
Body was really well hidden
from view
Autopsy shows she
was strangled
Sarah Koenig
Journalist/ Reporter
WKBZ Chicago
Reporting experience
Bias for Syed
Adnan Syed
Convicted Killer
Had to be at track practice in time
Was in the library
Cellphone tower evidence
Places him and Jay at the Best Buy
Supposedly where Hae was killed
Don
New Boyfriend
Had only been
dating for two weeks
Alibi
Was at work
Lenscrafters
Where he met Hae
