Haes death and syeds trial was the focus of the 2014 serial podcast and the. The series was cocreated and is coproduced by koenig and julie snyder and developed by this american life. In case youve missed it, wilds testified against syed in 2000, claiming that syed murdered his exgirlfriend hae min lee in 1999. Stephanie had been friends with adnan since middle school, they were pretty close, they were in the magnet program together, and they had been crowned the king and queen of junior prom in the spring of 1998.
Jay got a sweet deal after his accessory after the fact of murder. Wilds was a drug dealer at the time of lees murder, who met adnan syed through his own girlfriend, stephanie. Jay wilds, the states key witness in its case against adnan syed, agreed to an ontherecord interview. The epic frustrations of the case against adnan syed e. Watch the full trailer for the case against adnan syed here. Wilds was the person who gave evidence at trial and his testimony is mainly what adnans conviction is based on. If the police figured out whod actually killed her, both jay and adnan would have their lives to worry about. So maybe they pulled straws for who would take the fall. The interview also includes emails from koenig to wilds and wilds feelings on his high school girlfriend stephanies relationship with syed.
Some reddit users have proposed wilds was cheating on his girlfriend, stephanie, and that lee knew it. Before becoming the subject of the 2014 podcast, serial, adnan syed was convicted of kidnapping and murdering his ex girlfriend hae min lee in 2000. Serial may be over until next year, but questions about adnan syeds guilt remain, torturing the podcasts devotees. Jay wilds, key serial witness, admits he contemplated suicide. Decades after the murder conviction of adnan syed, whose guilt or innocence became the subject of the wildly popular podcast serial, two former. Later in the episode, sk mentions sarah was among the friends that went to aishas after police found haes body. Stephanie is the former girlfriend of key witness jay wilds. What you need to know about jay wilds from hbos serial. Does jenn pusateri have doubts about jay wilds account of. New information about the trip to cathys, chaudry, simpson and miller shredded another vital, key piece of the prosecutions case against syedwhat purportedly went down january post murder, prebody dump, at the apartment of cathy real name christy, a close friend of the prosecutions star witness, jay wilds. Wilds, a former classmate of syed, has been relatively under the radar since the 2000 trial that sentenced syed to life in prison plus 30 years on charges of firstdegree murder and kidnapping of his exgirlfriend hae min lee. Episode four of serial, titled inconsistencies, goes into detail about both issues.
He wanted to ask jay if he had bought her a present and to. He claims that adnan threatened her, and that he did everything out of fear for. Part 3 of jay wilds interview about the 1999 murder case where he was a key witness in convicting adnan syed of killing his ex girlfriend hae min lee. Serial podcast key witness jay wilds breaks silence. Jay wilds new interview about serial is so completely. Justforserial theorizes that jay and jenn might have been carrying on an affair behind jay s girlfriend stephanie s back and hae knew about it. Fans of serial will remember that stephanie was one of adnans best friends and was dating jay at the time of haes murder. Jay wilds, serial podcast witness, breaks his silence. Two former classmates dispute account of alibi witness for. Hes the key witness in the 2000 murder trial of adnan syed, who was convicted of murdering his ex. Haeand adnan did terminate their dating before christmas. Today were publishing the third and last in a series of exclusive interviews with jay wilds.
Wilds was a central figure in the 2014 podcast serial, and was professed accomplice to adnan syeds crime, which further complicated. He graduated a year before adnan and hae, he knew them primarily because of stephanie, his girlfriendstephanie and jay had dated since middle school. Her exboyfriend adnan syed was sentenced to life behind bars, but as the podcast showed, there has been doubt raised about syeds conviction, especially as the crux of the case against him came from classmate jay wilds. Wilds, who was an acquaintance of syed, confessed to.
Season one investigated the 1999 murder of hae min lee hangul. Physical evidence collected in 1999 was not tested for dna during the initial trial process. Jay wilds talks about how serial affected his life. So stephanie goes inside past jay and he steps out onto the porch with adnan and he says youre not going to terrorize me, and adnan says you keep your mouth. Whether or not hae and stephanie were good friends seems to be a matter of debate. I think it is so odd that nobody questions what jay was doing on stephanie s birthday. The best theories about the serial podcast business. Jay from serial has spoken out and changed his story again. Jay from serial gave an interview that might actually. Ep 1 adnan says the day hae went missing stood out partially because it was stephanies birthday. In a followup special broadcast a week later, titled, addendum 1.
Adnan began calling her after they met new years eve, 1998. Jay from serial speaks, gives new timeline of hae min lee. Jay from serial gave an interview that might actually help adnan syed. In part two of his first public interview since the conclusion of the hit podcast serial, jay wilds, the states key witness in the case against adnan syed, said he believes a. Part 1 of natasha vargascoopers interview with jay wilds, made notorious by the podcast serial, was published by the intercept monday. The teachers of woodlawn high speak out for the first time, the people who knew and nurtured adnan, jay, hae, and stephanie share their thoughts by peter decandia 020515 4. Serial is an investigative journalism podcast hosted by sarah koenig, narrating a nonfiction story over multiple episodes. Jay wilds, the key witness in a 1999 murder which gripped the world when it became the focus of the wildly popular serial podcast, says he fears for his familys safety after selfappointed. Syed was arrested on february 28, 1999, and charged with firstdegree murder. Adnan syed launches its first episode today, and the new podcast hopes to reframe everything about the murder of hae min lee presented in. Others suggest wilds killed lee as part of a drug deal gone wrong, a suspicion reinforced by wilds sideline as a pot. The intercept posted part 3 of its interview with jay wilds, the enigmatic state witness made a nationwide object of curiosity by the podcast serial, in the last few hours of 2014. A number of unfounded claims from there imply that the users think wilds either committed the crime, or that is was stephanie.
Despite being close with both jay and adnan, no calls were. Wilds s testimony played a giant part in convicting syed of murdering his high school girlfriend, hae min lee in 1999. Jay from serial interview in the intercept, part 3. Everything we learned about jay wilds from the case. More likely, they figured adnan had a way better chance of getting off. As any listener will know, jay was a problematic witness for serial narrator sarah koenig, because of the way he kept changing his story as. After jay wilds, the key witness in adnan syeds 2000 murder trial and this american life spinoff serial, confessed to police he helped syed bury his ex girlfriend hae min lee in 1999, he told. Jay wilds, key serial witness, admits he contemplated.
Told police he was driving to work when he stopped in the park to pee and found haes body. Jay wilds was star witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of adnan syed in 2000 syed was convicted of strangling to death his ex girlfriend, hae min lee, in 1999 as payback for breaking. One that crops up again and again is the idea that stephanie, jays girlfriend and adnans close friend, was involved with haes murder. In serial, the podcast which originally brought the case into the public eye, jay remained largely an enigma. Her former teacher called stephanie gorgeous inside and out, a lovely girl, just like hae. Stephanie first met hae min lee during her freshman year. Jay wilds, marylands key and only witness at adnan syeds 2000 trial for murdering hae min lee which was chronicled on the hotly debated serial podcast, which launched in october 2014 and completed its 12episode run earlier this month has consented to. The baltimore sun reported that in the case against adnan syed, chaudry makes the allegation that police helped wilds with his story to lead to syeds conviction. Five theories about who killed hae min lee from the serial. A number of unsubstantiated theories claim there is more to jay wilds story than has been made public. The hbo team was able to talk with jay wilds in january 2019, and, among. What everyone from serial looks like in real life youtube. Fans of serial were given a bit of an epilogue on monday. Stephanie jays girlfriend came to me and said adnan is pretty cool.
There is a part where gutierrez tries to suggest that jay was cheating on his girlfriend stephanie with jenn pusateri. Jay, key witness from serial tells his story for first time. In the wildly popular first season of serial, a podcast that debuted in 2014, millions of viewers learned about the 1999 murder of baltimore high school senior hae min lee. Why nikisha horton, jay wilds exgirlfriend, matters in. Why is she left out of serial, trial, hbo documentary, police notes. His case became internationally famous by the podcast serial in 2014. Jay was the prime witness for the prosecution and his eye witness testimony directly led to adnans conviction for the murder of his ex girlfriend, hae min lee. In this scenario, wilds did not want his girlfriend stephanie to know about it. After denying serial host sarah koenig an interview, wilds has finally broken his silence to the intercept. Stephanie mcpherson was jays girlfriend and adnans friend. Jay wilds, the key witness detailed in hit podcast serial, has broken his silence in an interview with the intercept find out what he had to say. What happened on serial, the podcast that introduced the world to the case of adnan syed. The 12part podcast serial never formally interviewed jay wilds, the star witness who helped convict adnan syed of hae min lees murder.
As for serial, wilds the widespread backlash that has come from it has changed everything, not just for him, but for his family too wilds. However, as the documentary shows, wilds testimony is highly contradictory and very significant. Jay wilds describes how he first came to meet syed at. So its little wonder that when news broke of key witness jay. Adnan syed is a muslimamerican man who was convicted of murdering his ex girlfriend hae min lee in 1999. He spoke with the intercepts natasha vargascooper about his version of events on the day baltimorearea teenager hae min lee was killed in 1999. Jay wilds, the key witness in adnan syeds trial, gave his first interview in years, and now rabia chaudry, the woman who introduced sarah koenig to syed, claims it proves wilds. The 12part podcast serial never formally interviewed jay wilds, the. Wilds and wilds feelings on his high school girlfriend stephanie. Jay wilds, the main witness in a case that put then18yearold adnan syed into jail for the murder of his ex girlfriend hae min lee in 1999, has done an interview with the intercept and changed his story. Chris says jay told him adnan showed up at jay s house with stephanie not long after the crime and made a gesture to indicate ill hurt her if youre not careful. He got 2 years probation with no jail time for testifying against adnan who got life in prison. The key witness we never heard from in the case against adnan. He was the straightlaced kid from the good home that everyone liked.