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Adnan Syed Case
What would it be like if a person was convicted as guilty, but was really innocent? The murder of Hae Min Lee was committed on January 13, 1999. The person found guilty of this crime was Adnan Syed. Adnan was Hae’s boyfriend for a while and they were happy together, according to friends. Sarah Koenig is just a random person to Adnan Syed. She was told about the case by Rabia Chaudry whose brother was Adnan’s friend. Sarah heard what Rabia had to say about the case and was very interested. Since that time, she has done a podcast called, Serial. After investigating, it is clear that Adnan Syed is innocent because after school on the day of the murder, Adnan talked to Asia McClain at the library for a few minutes at 2:30 p.m., Adnan did not obsess over Hae after their breakup, and Mr. S was going to use the restroom in Leakin Park where he found Hae.
First, Adnan Syed is innocent because he was talking to Asia McClain in the library at 2:30 p.m. One very crucial detail to this is that the murder was at 2:36 p.m.. Asia McClain told Sarah Koenig that she was talking to Adnan on the day of the murder.
Asia McClain
“Because I know school let out around 2:15. So it was probably around 2:30.” (Episode 1: The
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S happened to be walking to take a pee and he found Hae’s body even though Philip Buddemeyer was told the exact location and couldn’t find it. Not to mention, he was still fairly close to the road where it was visible. On that day, Mr. S had to take a pee really bad and went out into Leakin Park. He went 127 feet into the park. When Sarah had gone to go 127 feet into the park, she found that it was fairly close to the road and could be seen by cars. So why would Mr. S go so close and stop there? There wasn’t much privacy. So maybe, he was actually looking for the body. Not to mention, Philip Buddemeyer couldn’t see the body while knowing the location. Sarah Koenig is talking about Philip Buddemeyer who knew where the body was, but still couldn’t find

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