Sarah Koenig's Murder Case Analysis

In the podcast ,Serial, Sarah Koenig analyzes the murder case of victim Hae Min Lee and Adnan Syed, the convicted ex boyfriend. However this case isnt like any typical murder case, there are many holes in evidence, making it difficult to conclude if Adnan Syed actually killed Hae Min Lee or if his conviction was a mistake. Sarah Koenig exploits these holes in the case by introducing contradicting evidence & multiple theories of who couldve killed Hae to convince the reader that there was not enough supporting proof to convict Adnan Syed of Hae Min Lee’s murder.
Koenig attempts to confuse the reader by introducing multiple contradicting interviews. In the first episode, theres an interview with Jay, Adans bestfriend, that claims “[they] drove
Koenig develops these theories as an advantage to overwhelm the reader. One of which is that Adnan Syed is a psychopath that actually did commit the crime, although Koenig never reveals if she agrees with this theory, she does present evidence for it such as Adnan making a phone call from towers by Leakin Park (episode 6) and Adnan allegedly asking Hae for a ride the evening of January 13th (episode 5) suggesting that it was Adnan’s motive to kill Hae. Another shocking theory was mentioned in the last episode, it reveals the murderer to be, Robert Lee, a serial killer that escaped jail 13 days before Hae went missing and was known for targeting korean women. While he was out he was actively involved in crimes involving 2 rapes and a murder case (paraphrase of ep. 12). Along with these two huge plot twisting developments to the podcast there were several small theories analyzing Adnans initial motive to potentially kill Hae, to the possibility of Dawn, Hae’s current boyfriend at the time, being involved in the murder, even theories analyzing certain phone calls made from Adnan’s phone throughout the day. Ultimately there are infinite possibilities of exactly what happened the evening of January 13th, 1999. Koenig remains seemingly unbiased & introduces each theory equally to make it difficult to choose just one over the other. This cracks the listener & influences the audience that perhaps no one theory can singley explain such a mess of a crime case. With many multiple theories & supporting evidence for each, Koenig ensures it is impossible to decipher which theory to beleive because there is not enough supporting evidence for any of