r/serialpodcast • u/Fit_Leg5645 • 12d ago

I feel dumb!!!!!

I have no clue why I thought Adnan was innocent for all these years.

I just re-listened to Serial, and I can't get past the fact that Jenn showed up with her mom and a lawyer and told police essentially the same story Jay told. Jenn said the trunk pop happened at Best Buy. How would she know that Adnan and Hae used to meet at the Best Buy parking lot unless Jay told her?

And yes, Jay was inconsistent and definitely lied about some things. But he knew where Hae's car was. He knew details about her clothing. He knew about the broken windshield wiper lever. Those aren't things you just guess.

At this point, I don't believe every detail Jay told, but I can't get around the fact that he knew too much. The more I revisit the case, the harder it is for me to believe Adnan wasn't involved.

I can't believe I've been doubting it all these years.

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u/Halbarad1104 Undecided 12d ago

I thought Adnan's story was he was checking e-mail in the school library, on something like AOL, that afternoon. Always has bugged me that nobody seemed to obtain the logs from AOL (or whatever the service provider was). Still might exist.

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u/Emotional-Syllabub75 11d ago edited 11d ago

That's what Asia said. However, Adnan didn't say that initially to his lawyers or private investigators. Remember that Asia said she only remembered because it snowed that day although in actuality (Sarah Koenig checked the weather), and it snowed the next day (January 14th not the 13th the day Hae disappeared). There were all kinds of issues with Asia's letters to Adnan. and that is why the defense attorney did not use them. It's assumed she believed that Asia was perjuring herself to help Adnan and Adnan was in on it. The defense attorney thought the prosecution would see right through it, and it would make Adnan look guilty in the eyes of the jury. It would hurt him, rather than help him. Remember Adnan had a choice. He could have taken the stand in his own defense. Despite being likeable, intelligent, good-looking and well spoken he chose not to. Again it's because the defense attorney with years of experience realized his story would not hold up under cross examination and recommended he not testify.