Season One: Episode 05

Route Talk

Adnan once issued a challenge to Sarah. He told her to test the state’s timeline of the murder by driving from Woodlawn High School to Best Buy in 21 minutes. It can’t be done, he said. So Sarah and Dana take up the challenge, and raise him one: They try to recreate the entire route that Jay said he and Adnan took on January 13th, 1999.

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Best Buy Architectural Plans

These architectural plans for the Best Buy on Security Boulevard date from November, 1994. They indicate a place for a payphone in the vestibule.

Timelines: January 13, 1999

Possible timelines of the events of January 13, 1999, based on Adnan's memory, court records, and three of Jay's statements: his first two recorded statements to the police and his testimony at the second trial.

People Map

A map of the relationships between some of the main people in the story.

Jay's Best Buy Map

A map Jay drew for detectives of the Best Buy parking lot during his March 15, 1999 interview.

Ja'uan's Best Buy Map

In the case file, this hand-drawn map follows the detectives' notes on their interview with Ja'uan. We presume he was showing them where he and Adnan parked the day they went to Best Buy to smoke weed.

Who, What, When

A timeline of the case, from January 13, 1999 when Hae disappeared, to June 6, 2000 when Adnan was sentenced.

Cell Phone Call Log

This is the call log from Adnan's cell phone for January 12 and January 13, 1999.

Cell Tower Map

This is a map of the key locations in the story and the cell towers that were triggered by Adnan's cell phone on January 13, 1999.

Dec 18 2014

Stragglers

By Dana Chivvis

There are a few pieces of evidence we haven’t been able to track down these last 15 months.

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Nov 28 2014

Timelines: January 13, 1999

By Dana Chivvis

Click on the image to see a larger version of the timeline.

Obviously Adnan and Jay have different memories of Jan. 13, 1999. This graphic lays out the details of those differences. ... Read More

Nov 8 2014

The Best Buy Maps

By Dana Chivvis

In Episode 05, Sarah talks about a friend of Adnan named Ja’uan. The detectives interviewed him on April 20, about seven weeks after Adnan had been arrested. Ja’uan told them that sometime after Hae went missing, he and Adnan had gone to the Best Buy parking lot to smoke weed. The detectives asked him why Adnan would choose that spot. Did it have any significance? Ja’uan told them he thought Adnan and Hae used to go there to have sex. ... Read More

Oct 28 2014

Why It Can't be the 3:15 Call

By Dana Chivvis

Oct 27 2014

Who, What, When

By Dana Chivvis

Click on the image to see a larger version of the timeline of the case.

We've just added this simple timeline of the case to our Maps, Photos, Etc. page. It covers the major events in the year and a half from when Hae went missing to when Adnan was sentenced to life in prison. We'll have a much more detailed timeline of Jan. 13, 1999 coming later this week. ... Read More

Oct 24 2014

More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Cell Tower Technology

By Dana Chivvis

This seems like a good time for a primer on cell tower technology. This is basically all you need to know to make some sense of that call log we published yesterday. ... Read More

Oct 23 2014

Maps and Logs

By Dana Chivvis

We’ve added two graphics to the site today that might be helpful as you listen to the rest of the season, although they’re especially relevant to Episode 5. The first is a map, which shows key locations in the story, some of which you’ll hear about in today’s episode. On the map you can roll over the pins and towers to see more information.

The other is the call log from Adnan’s cell phone on January 13th, 1999. Adnan got his cell phone two days before Hae went missing, on January 11th. As Sarah said in Episode 4, the detectives used this call log - listing the times of calls and cell tower locations - to map the crime and corroborate Jay’s story. And if there’s one document in this investigation that’s become our bible as we muddle through this case, it’s this one. Sarah, Julie and I each have a copy of this call log on our desk at all times. Just a note to help you navigate the calls, Jay testified to making the ones to Jenn, Patrick and Phil. ... Read More

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