Hae Min Lee Summary

Sarah Koenig explores the murder case of Hae Min Lee as an outside reporter and Serial is an account of her process. Many have wondered, Did Adnan really kill Hae Min Lee? It all begins by checking out everyone’s alibi’s and all this leads to even more questions until true facts. Many want to say that her death was a result of Adnan’s and Hae’s breakup that happened a month prior, but outside of Jay’s testimony saying that he still hated and was going to kill her (Hannafin, “Episode 1”); those that interacted with Adnan regularly said he was behaving normal and didn’t see any problems between them. After Hae was missing for three weeks an interesting character, Mr. S, found her inside Leakin Park which is a known body drop location. Although
One of these inconsistencies is that Jay stating that Adnan had called and asked him to pick him up from Best Buy and showed him the body there when call logs and cell tower records do not line up between the time frame of 2:15 to 2:36. In the process of investigating, Koenig gets some additional insight and opinions from students at the University of Virginia School of Law and a professional detective. They both agree that there is more to the case than that of which has been presented by the State. Jay, the counter-witness of Adnan’s testimony, provided the strongest witness of the events that could have transpired around the murder of Hae, but evidence suggests that there is a possibility he is lying about what happened to protect himself or the real murderer. Defense attorney Cristina Gutierrez, Adnan’s attorney, is important regarding Adnan’s trial considering her strong personality and argumentative traits. Cristina, some claim due to her illness, lost the case for her client by things such as: the evidence collected from the crime scene never got tested for DNA and was not addressed in court. These are questions apparent after several years, even after the case when Cristina died. With little evidence Adnan should not have been