Adnan’s innocence is supported by the unreliable story that Jay Wilds gave to the police. Jay is a friend of Adnan but they were not close at all. They had mutual friends and they smoked together every now and then. On February 18, 1999, Jay was interviewed about Hae’s murder, and he explained that Adnan was the killer. He describes all aspects of that day from start to finish, however after several interviews, his story changes every time. There were some small changes that he made that had little significance and there were big ones that question if he is telling the truth. For example, Jay mentioned in the first trial that they both were smoking on the day of the murder, but at the second trial he changed this statement that Adnan was not
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These were little changes that draw hesitation to believe him, but there were far bigger changes that prove Jay to be unreliable source. An important piece of the murder story was that Adnan received a phone call from a police officer asking if he had seen Hae. At the first interview, Jay says that they are at a restaurant when Adnan gets the call, but later on he says they were at a friends house. Another thing Jay said at the first taped interview, that changed later on, is that he refused to help Adnan dig the grave. Two weeks later, this was changed to they both dug the grave for Hae Min Lee. Aside from all of these changes in his story, one of his biggest changes in his story is whether or not he knew Adnan was going to kill Hae previous to January 13th. In the first taped interview, Jay specifically says that he only knew Adnan was going to kill her on the same day he did it because it was the first time he mentioned anything about wanting to hurt Hae. In an interview two weeks later, Jay says differently. He states, “I think I'm gonna kill her. Yeah, he said he, he said that a lot. In my conversations with him, on several occasions he said that” (Serial …show more content…
This is the most unsettling change, because seeing a dead body not something a person just forgets. Jay at first said he saw Hae’s body in the trunk at Edmondson Avenue, but then admits to lying and says that he saw the body in the Best Buy parking lot. Jay cannot keep his story straight and is adding, changing and taking parts out that make his story very unbelievable and clearly a lie. With so many changes to his story, it is astounding as to why he was believed. Adnan most likely would not have gone to jail if it wasn’t for Jay’s testimony. Jay was so inconsistent, it was unfair to Adnan that he was convicted on mainly the story Jay told, and most likely made up. Jay’s story was very unreliable and an experience like that would have been easily remembered. Other than the fact that Jay’s whole story is widely unbelievable, he was a very sketchy character in the eyes of others. No one seemed surprised when they found out that Jay was wrapped up in a murder, but most were surprised when they found out that Adnan was. According to many people, Jay had a reputation of lying and an being overall bad person. He worked at a porn store, did a lot of bad things and was really
These were little changes that draw hesitation to believe him, but there were far bigger changes that prove Jay to be unreliable source. An important piece of the murder story was that Adnan received a phone call from a police officer asking if he had seen Hae. At the first interview, Jay says that they are at a restaurant when Adnan gets the call, but later on he says they were at a friends house. Another thing Jay said at the first taped interview, that changed later on, is that he refused to help Adnan dig the grave. Two weeks later, this was changed to they both dug the grave for Hae Min Lee. Aside from all of these changes in his story, one of his biggest changes in his story is whether or not he knew Adnan was going to kill Hae previous to January 13th. In the first taped interview, Jay specifically says that he only knew Adnan was going to kill her on the same day he did it because it was the first time he mentioned anything about wanting to hurt Hae. In an interview two weeks later, Jay says differently. He states, “I think I'm gonna kill her. Yeah, he said he, he said that a lot. In my conversations with him, on several occasions he said that” (Serial …show more content…
This is the most unsettling change, because seeing a dead body not something a person just forgets. Jay at first said he saw Hae’s body in the trunk at Edmondson Avenue, but then admits to lying and says that he saw the body in the Best Buy parking lot. Jay cannot keep his story straight and is adding, changing and taking parts out that make his story very unbelievable and clearly a lie. With so many changes to his story, it is astounding as to why he was believed. Adnan most likely would not have gone to jail if it wasn’t for Jay’s testimony. Jay was so inconsistent, it was unfair to Adnan that he was convicted on mainly the story Jay told, and most likely made up. Jay’s story was very unreliable and an experience like that would have been easily remembered. Other than the fact that Jay’s whole story is widely unbelievable, he was a very sketchy character in the eyes of others. No one seemed surprised when they found out that Jay was wrapped up in a murder, but most were surprised when they found out that Adnan was. According to many people, Jay had a reputation of lying and an being overall bad person. He worked at a porn store, did a lot of bad things and was really