The lividity is in complete contradiction to any of Jay's versions of events. And my doubt of Adan's guilt is based on evidence, not on Jay--other than that there is a tape of one of his critical interviews, where he does appear to be prompted-and certainly has difficulty keeping his story straight. There are also a lot of valid questions around the defense attorney Syed had. She was suffering from late stages of MS and had taken on a larger work-load than would have been advisable, even for a healthy attorney. Her performance is also in question.
Undisclosed and all the supporting blogs around that podcasts, present data to at the very least support a valid questioning of the outcome of this case. The findings are not conclusive, but definitely point to a need to revisit the evidence. I think Syed deserves a new trial.
The lividity does not contradict the version he told Intercept. The details that change are the actions that took place around 3 until late evening. I fully believe that Adnan murdered her, left her somewhere undiscovered then decided to return to bury her around midnight. The time between that is almost irrelevant. They were hanging out and trying to look "normal".
I'm not sold on any police prompting. I think they were getting tired of him changing his mind and telling such wishy-washy details. They wanted a simple story to present to the court and jury. They probably stopped that tape so many times and told him to keep it simple, stop with the tangents. As far as that's concerned, why not stop the tape when you want to "prompt" him? My guess is that he would derail and after hours of talking they began to get sick of it and tap on the table and point to his statement, as to say "stick to one story and stay on track!". Again, I realize police are often corrupt, I get it. I also know many have been hung out to dry by police, but this required a starting point. Jay informed them of the car's whereabouts and he told a story, albeit loosely told, that points the finger at Adnan. The police were also called by someone and informed that they should look at Adnan. Why is that? Those calls happen for a reason.
This is frankly one of those cases, where the more you look at the evidence, the more guilty he becomes. He had motive, time, was angry about being dumped and Hae dating again (October note reveals instability), has an associate pinning it on him, and has corrupt police, an inept lawyer, a shady prosecutor, and lord knows what else stacked again him. Talk about unlucky...eh?
And Asia, well, you don't find her story a little suspect?? Why is she pining for his affection? Why does she care about how she spelt his name? Why is she uncertain of his guilt? Her story is bizarre and almost worthless.
So I ask again, why did Jay finger Adnan? How did Jay know about the car? If Adnan wants people to believe he is innocent, then why admit that he was with Jay that day and allowing him to use his vehicle and phone if Jay has implicated him in a murder??
As stated by a homicide detective in Baltimore: "The first rule of homicide investigation is this: everyone lies. The witnesses. The family. Everybody, no exceptions. The job of a cop is to find out who lied about what and why."
Call me jaded and cynical after working in corporate debt collection and now mental health, but I fail to see how anyone could listen to Adnan and hear innocence. He sounds like all the manipulative liars I've dealt with over the years trying to scam their way through life.
