

Justice Martin Welch vacates the original conviction, saying there should be a new trial.
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June 30, 2016: Syed is granted a new trial The five-day hearing includes witness testimonies from McClain, as well as a cell phone expert, Harper’s Bazaar reported.

The case is reopened to take into account McClain’s new testimony, new cell phone data and allegations of “ineffective assistance of counsel” as well as “prosecutorial misconduct,” according to Harper’s Bazaar. November 6, 2015: The post-conviction relief case is reopened Syed is given the chance to overturn the Baltimore City Circuit Court ruling that denied him post-conviction relief, thanks to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Vulture reported. The Lord knows I didn’t kill her,” The Baltimore Sun reported.įebruary 6, 2015: Syed can appeal the post-conviction relief denial He remains calm as handcuffs are being put on him, saying, “I'll be alright.I have faith in the Lord. February 25, 2000: Syed is convictedįollowing a six-week trial and two-hour jury deliberation, Syed is found guilty. The trial begins the second week of December and quickly ends as a mistrial, the court appeals papers say.Ī second court proceedings begin, the papers say. Just after his arrest, McClain writes a letter to Syed and details talking to him in the library on January 13, Serial reported.ĭecember 15, 1999: A mistrial is declared March 1, 1999: McClain writes Syed a letter “We were kind of surprised because she told us that he was one of her best friends,” he said. Lee’s 16-year-old brother, Young Lee, speaking for his grandparents and mom, tells The Baltimore Sun that the news provided “some closure and some peace." But they were just as shocked. He’s 17 at the time but charged with first-degree murder as an adult. and around 6 a.m., Syed is arrested at his home on the 7000 block of Johnnycake Road. In the wee hours of the night, Lee’s car is found around 4:30 a.m. Autopsy results later show that Lee was strangled, The Baltimore Sun reports. Sellers had a previous record as an alleged streaker. And I looked real good again, and that’s when I seen what looked like a foot.” He later becomes a suspect because he walked 127 feet to find a place to use the restroom. “I walked around through the bushes and everything and I got back that way and I was getting ready to urinate when I looked down I seen something that looked like hair, something was covered by the dirt. “I had to go to the bathroom so I pulled over and I went further in the woods so no one could see me,” he said on The Case Against Adnan Syed. S” on Serial, claimed he was drinking a 22-ounce Budweiser while driving when he made a pit stop.

Maintenance worker Alonzo Sellers, known as “Mr. Classmates last saw her leaving school around 2:15 p.m.įebruary 9, 1999: Lee's body is found in Leakin Park Syed then picks up food on his way to meet his dad at the mosque for evening prayers, Serial reported.Īs for Lee’s family, all they knew was that she didn’t show up to pick up her cousin, which is when they reported her missing. The student told the official that “he was suppose to get a ride home from the victim, but he got detained at school and felt that she just got tired of waiting and left,” according to the 2019 appeal. It’s while he’s there that Officer Scott Adcock calls Syed asking if he knew where Lee was. Wilds picks him up and the two go to a friend’s house.
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Wilds then drops Syed back off at school, where he has a free period and then arrives late to his psychology class - it started at 12:50 p.m., but he entered at 1:27 p.m., as his teacher notes.Īfter class, he goes to the Woodlawn Public Library to check his email and chats with friend, Asia McClain. As described by Syed to Serial, he goes to his photography and English classes and then calls his friend Jay Wilds, offering to lend him his car during his lunch period. What happened on this particular day depends on who you talk to. January 1, 1999: Lee and Don Clinedinst go on their first dateĪccording to the Undisclosed podcast, Lee goes on her first date with her LensCrafter co-worker Don Clinedinst, who happens to be the son of the store manager.
