Unlike Emanuel Fair, he also had a prior relationship with Arpana, lived next-door to her, and had been noticeably resentful towards her in the weeks leading up to her death. This likely resulted in his DNA being distributed throughout the apartment; in particular, in Arpana's bathroom, where he had cleaned himself up. Who knows how many lives she could have touched? At some point in the evening, it would be reported that Arpana got into a verbal argument with a male partygoer. Friends recall that she spoke of opening an animal sanctuary for endangered species in the future. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. This killer had kicked in the front door to the apartment, which had been locked beforehand by not only the doorknob itself but the deadbolt. But a check of his online activity would reveal that at around 10:00, he had printed out maps for local pawn shops. Things you buy through our links may earnVox Mediaa commission. Thats depressing. A witness that was returning home from work that evening at around 3:00 AM - who had not attended the Halloween party, but lived nearby - later told police that they saw a non-black individual standing in the doorway of Arpana's apartment at around 3:00 AM. Travis Barkers Finger Is Now the Enema of Blink-182 Fans. Later that day - after being turned away from the Canadian border - C.J. Arpana B. Jinaga grew up in Hyderabad, one of the largest cities in all of India. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Joel Alonso Alanis-Mejia, alleges the county jail system has a history of jailers using excessive force against inmates. We're not going to put this to bed. Shortly after moving to Redmond, the 24-year-old Arpana decided to purchase a motorcycle. But Suspect is often so uncomplicated in its telling, it almost seems anonymous. The opinions expressed in reader comments are those of the author only and do not reflect the opinions of The Seattle Times. While those at the party remember Arpana going home alone at around 3:00 AM, neighbors that lived on both sides of her unit would recall hearing what sounded like muffled moaning sounds shortly thereafter, which they assumed at the time was consensual sex (but, knowing what we know now, undoubtedly wasn't). And who you can expect to see performing and presenting. That is where her body was discovered, nude and bloody, lying face-down on the floor beside her bed. showed up to the Halloween party rather late and was already heavily-intoxicated when he arrived. Oh, you like podcasts? was one of these neighbors, who claimed to have passed out on a couch jutted up against his and Arpana's shared wall, and he said that he was woken up shortly after 3:00 AM to the sound of moaning, before falling back asleep until 10:00 AM. There is no apparent reason why someone would want to take this person from the prime of her life.". Season 2: Vanished in the Snow chronicles the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews. for having any involvement in the murder, they were creating ammunition for the defense in the form of reasonable doubt. The jailers "violently slammed Alanis into a wall and then tackled him to the ground with both officers leaping on top of him," the lawsuit stated. This Valentine's Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Those pleas would continue to amplify months after Arpana's murder, when it became evident that answers were not readily available. More than two dozen people would filter through the numerous apartments that evening, including Arpana's. The power of that for potentially solving a crime, but also the potential shortcomings of DNA, was something everyone we talked to for this series has been really honest about. DNA evidence was linked to three men and ultimately used to charge Emanuel Fair, a Black man from Seattle. There were really intense, long jury deliberations for the first trial and hearing about that from people who were truly going in cold to this case and this story, I thought it was really fascinating and not a place I really imagined that wed be going at the beginning. Listening notes for the top shows, from Vultures critic Nick Quah. Why did it play out like it did? The description they gave to police more closely resembled C.J. While Israel Keyes has become a boogeyman for numerous unsolved crimes - due to his habit of traveling the country and attempting to cover up any trace of himself - there is a compelling argument to be made in this case. Even forensic analysis has its limits, as King County prosecutors and investigators in the Redmond area learned from this case. as an uncharged accomplice). This meant that she had been killed sometime on the morning of Saturday, November 1st, which would correlate to the hours after the Halloween party. may have participated in the crime with Fair and that evidence implicating [C.J.] This one is not going away. When officers and investigators had first arrived at Arpana's apartment, they made note of the smell of chemical agents throughout it. By this point, Arpana had already started to make plans to accomplish all of these goals. Suspect is an investigative series about mislaid justice and the kinds of weighty decisions that detectives, lawyers, and jurors make every day - decisions that, once made, are almost impossible to reverse.Season 2: Vanished in the Snow chronicles the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews. Suspect is a lot more successful in the latter mode, if only because the series wraps up with yet another genre convention: the original mystery resolves inconclusively. The series plays out in two halves: the first is a deep dive into the mystery of Arpana Jinagas murder, while the second walks through the events of Emanuel Fairs legal trials, which he endured while being wrongfully imprisoned for nine years. A pre-trial conference has been scheduled for May 30 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald G. Morgan. The jailers are further accused in the lawsuit of fabricating their statements. This file contains 75 GB of incriminating details about O'Leary that he has refused to budge on, even after being arrested and sentenced to life in prison. "We still consider it early in the investigation. Let's talk about Jeff (Suspect, Episode 7) There are, sadly, myriad reasons why the average American should live in fear of ever having to deal with the criminal justice system, be they guilty of a crime or not. The gap between practice and potential is further underscored by the many instances in which Suspect carries the genres various conventions and clichs. They dance and drink. How did that happen? Alanis-Mejia is seeking $1 million in exemplary damages as well as the cost of attorney's fees. It's also a lot more complicated than TV shows and movies would have us believe. After attending a prestigious university in India, she decided to broaden her horizons for post-graduate life. throughout this episode - who, it turns out, had been one of the investigation's main suspects early on. It quickly became evident that the door leading into the apartment had been forced open, and the door jam was broken. Most of this reasonable doubt revolves around C.J., Arpana's neighbor, who also remains a very valid suspect (hence me not wanting to say his name throughout this podcast). would attend a party at a friend's house in Everett, and while there, attempted to wrestle them. What do you hope people will learn from this story, and what kind of impact do you hope it will have? Listen to more of his music over athttp://soundcloud.com/mooshianThe outro song ("June") was written and composed by Kieran Marsh, Business Wire - Microchip Technology Names dsPIC Digital Signal Controller Design Contest Winners; Awards $30,000 USD in Prizes, Microchip Technology Incorporated - microSOLUTIONS - February 2005, The Seattle Times - Woman found dead in her Redmond apartment, DNA India - Pall of gloom descends on Arpanas home, The Seattle Times - Woman found dead in Redmond apartment had recently moved to the Northwest, Rediff India Abroad - Another Andhra student killed in US, The Economic Times - Whiz-kid Andhra techie murdered in US, robbery suspected, The New Indian Express - Top techie from AP found dead in US, The New Indian Express - Kins hopes of seeing Arpana dashed, The Seattle Times - Woman slain in Redmond apartment had been strangled, Seattle PI - Medical Examiner: Redmond woman was strangled, Redmond Reporter - Talented techie strangled to death; no suspects yet, DNA India - Death of Arpana being probed as homicide, Seattle PI - Redmond victim was strangled, Great Andhra - FBI asked to probe killing of Indian students in US, Outlook - Ink Fresh On Their Passport, Only News Comes Back Home, Bellevue Reporter - Redmond Police have no firm suspects in murder of woman who worked in Bellevue, Redmond Reporter - Murder mystery continues nearly a year later: Redmond Police still have no firm suspects in homicide case, Seattle PI - Police follow leads in Redmond death investigation, Redmond Reporter - Redmond police continue investigating 2008 murder: Jinaga homicide not considered a cold case, Seattle PI - Two years after Halloween rape-killing, man charged in Redmond womans death, The Seattle Times - Sex offender charged in 2008 Redmond Halloween slaying, The Seattle Times - Convicted sex offender charged with two-year-old Redmond slaying, Seattle PI - Convicted sex offender charged in brutal 2008 Redmond homicide, Redmond Reporter - Convicted sex offender charged in brutal 2008 Redmond homicide, Seattle PI - Sex offender in Redmond murder case makes court appearance, Redmond Reporter - Convicted sex offender pleads not guilty to murder of Redmond woman, Seattle Weekly - The Troubling Trial of Emanuel Fair, The Seattle Times - Trial begins 8 years after Redmond woman raped, strangled, Redmond Reporter - Hung jury in Fair murder trial, Cross-Examination Blog - Cross-Examination of DNA Expert, Redmond Reporter - Fair murder retrial on hold, Wired - The Impenetrable Program Transforming How Courts Treat DNA Evidence, The Seattle Times - After nearly 11 years and two trials, killing of Redmond woman who had been living her dream remains unsolved, Redmond Reporter - Second trial in killing of Redmond woman ends with not-guilty verdict, Seattle Weekly - Second trial in killing of Redmond woman ends with not-guilty verdict, India West - Two Trials Later, Murder of Indian American Software Engineer in Seattle Remains Unsolved, KC Public Defense - Fighting for justice: Two public defenders worked for years to get their client acquitted, Kimberly Riley & Jeremy Britt-Bayinthavong, Paul Skiba, Sarah Skiba, and Lorenzo Chivers, June & Jennifer Gibbons (The Silent Twins). As the Seattle Weekly would point out, the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab found that Fair was 1,000 times more likely to have committed the crime than an unrelated African American, but TrueAllele found him to be 56.8 million times more likely. I hope I never have to investigate a case like this again.". Guest on Suspect. It is . did nothing but create reasonable doubt (since he could no longer be referred to as an "uncharged accomplice"). When asked about this impromptu trip to the Canadian border, C.J. Its challenging in terms of race, in terms of policing, in terms of forensic science. Muhammad Ali, one of Arpana's co-workers at EMC in Bellevue, would attempt to call her but was unable to get through to her cell phone. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. Despite her not having any experience riding a motorcycle, she planned on using one as her primary mode of transportation. Days after the discovery of Arpana's body, a ceremony was held in Redmond, which had all of the customs of a Hindu memorial service and was attended by the many of dozens of lives that Arpana had impacted during her short time in the Pacific Northwest. She would even join a local motorcycle club, the Pacific Northwest Riders, and many of those in the PNW Riders chat-room would later reminisce about her lack of knowledge when it came to riding bikes, but how she came prepared to take on the challenge with a smile on her face, and her participation on lengthy rides throughout scenic western Washington that summer. C.J. Suspect takes up the unsolved murder of Arpana Jinaga, who was killed the night of a Halloween party at her Redmond, Washington, apartment complex in 2008. In that sense, Suspect is a little bit like the true-crime podcast version of a Gerard Butler movie or a really good episode of Law and Order: an exemplar of its genre, but not a revolutionary, which I sincerely mean as praise. Shaer: This is a really challenging case to think about on lots of different levels. By January of 2009, it was reported that work on the case had started to stall, but investigators were still optimistic, due to the aforementioned physical evidence, which they were still awaiting the results of. would admit that during this time, he had stopped taking his psychiatric medication. "Galarza and Solis intentionally escalated the interaction by commenting in a derogatory fashion about Alanis' mother.". The case is described to us as a true whodunit, one that relies purely on circumstantial and DNA evidence because there werent any witnesses to the killing. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, of course. She even participated in Taekwondo classes and dabbled in a couple of musical ventures (including singing in a band back east while attending university). The Washington State Department of Commerce on March 2 released its final housing needs projections, which suggest the state needs to add 1.1 million homes over the next 20 years and more than half of those homes need to be affordable for residents at the lowest income levels. These were the last calls or texts Arpana would receive that night, and when questioned about these phone calls, C.J. Dispatchers would tell both of the men to leave the apartment but remain nearby, and wait for investigators to arrive. And when they wake up the next morning, one resident is dead. However, when police revealed that they had obtained a log of his text messages and calls directly from his cell provider, he audibly responded "oh crap" and then claimed ignorance. Suspect is an investigative series about mislaid justice and the kinds of weighty decisions that detectives, lawyers, and jurors make every day - decisions that, once made, are almost impossible to reverse. Together, they decided to enter Arpana's apartment to check in on her, but when they knocked on the apartment door, it swung open. She was 24-years-old when she was killed on November 1st, 2008, and would now be 35. Who knows what kind of things she might have accomplished by now? The actions caused Alanis to become startled and turn around, and this is when the attack by the jailers began. One of the more intriguing aspects of Suspect, a new nine-part investigative true-crime podcast, is the extent to which many of the people interviewed seem to express outward awareness about the fact theyre on a true-crime podcast and what that can mean. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. It was around 3:00 AM on November 1st (Saturday) when the apartment's Halloween party began to die down; at which point, Arpana began returning to her apartment to catch some sleep. "Defendants Galarza and Solis acted unprofessionally and in a manner they knew would cause additional stress to Alanis' situation for no legitimate reason other than to bully Alanis because defendants Galarza and Solis were in a position of authority, power and control to do so," the lawsuit stated. How Tyrel Jackson Williams Brought TikTok Cringe to, Its sort of a newer version of the L.A. actor ride that Kyle is on the first two seasons, but its worse.. You can listen early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App. "It's the No. A new true-crime podcast delves into the complicated murder case of a rising 24-year-old software programmer in Redmond, Wash. According to investigators, they were also struggling to piece together a solid motive. Later on, during Emanuel Fair's first trial, prosecutors even alleged that this neighbor had been an accomplice in the murder. Alanis-Mejia was booked into Carrizales on Sept. 10, 2020, on an outstanding warrant, that alleges he was unaware of, according to the lawsuit. They could try each of the men separately or together, but couldn't try one for the potential crimes of both. However, the results obtained through TrueAllele pointed to Fair, in particular, as the killer; with the software saying that he was thousands of times more likely to have been Arpana's killer than other available suspects. Police getting called out to a suspicious death in Redmond; one in which there was clear evidence of a struggle? The last episode is called Haunted because thats how everyone feels by what happened there. Writing the Atlantic story was a bit of a wake [up] call in all the different ways that DNA can be misused. Yet, it seems like the limp had come from somewhere else, due to him arriving at the party with it; and it was theorized by investigators later on that the wrestling match was an cover by C.J. According to an interview with Coats by Matt Shaer who retraced the steps of Coats' investigation in his podcast, Suspect, and whose interviews helped inform Fair's lawsuit he spotted . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google This area - Redmond, Washington - is a relative stranger to violent crime. Meanwhile, Fair's attorneys would argue that this was not a valid argument: the state couldn't have their cake and eat it, too. Fair was unable to recall these phone calls, stating that he had likely dialed this young woman's number on accident. In the weeks to come, it would be reported that several items had been sent to the Washington state crime lab, but it was estimated that it could take weeks - if not months - for items to be tested for any possible forensic evidence. The team, led by Matthew . This sort of thing doesn't happen in Redmond. Whats Next for Convicted Sex Criminals Harvey Weinstein and R. Kelly? What were the things that made that possible? The prosecution would quickly decide that they wanted to retry Emanuel Fair for the murder of Arpana Jinaga, and the court would set a date for that September. The autopsy of Arpana Jinaga was performed by the King County Medical Examiner's Office, and the results would be released roughly one week after Arpana's death (November 6th, 2008). The best musical instrument is a love triangle. Emanuel Fair's defense attorneys would also contest the state's claims that he had acted alongside an accomplice; stating that he wasn't on-trial for crimes that he and/or someone else may have committed. He said that he met her briefly that night, and seemed to get along well with her; she briefly showed him photos from her bedroom computer, but that was about the extent of their interaction. Fair and C.J. At points, C.J. And the energy with which many of the people pursued this case it is tragic, what happened. According to prosecutors, Emanuel Fair claimed to have gone back to his friend Leslie's apartment at around 1:00 AM but would make nearly two dozen calls to three separate women (none of whom were Arpana) between 2:00 and 5:00 AM. However, without charging C.J. Or it might not. 4A former Cameron County inmate is suing the county and two of its jailers for $1 million alleging he was beaten by the jailers while incarcerated. This would ultimately lead to a long and drawn-out dispute through the court system, as Cybergenetics CEO Dr. Mark Perlin refused to divulge the source code of his program, believing that doing so would bring risk to his company's trade secrets. Id written anarticle about DNA forensic science for The Atlantic, and I was like everybody else I thought that DNA worked like it did on Law & Order, where its a green light. In fact, they posited throughout the first trial that he may have been an accomplice; an uncharged accomplice, but an accomplice nonetheless. It seemed more like a momentary argument to them than a sign of anything serious and didn't believe that it was linked to Arpana's death hours later. There, she would receive her master's degree in electrical and computer engineering in December of 2007. Because the contents of "The Wretch" have not been cracked, investigators believe that it could hold proof of O'Leary committing more heinous crimes than he has been convicted of thus far, possibly even murder. Now inside, Jay and C.J. Alanis-Mejia was allegedly beaten by jailers Raul Galarza and Mark Solis while . Mar. was their ultimate undoing, and it had been a problem of their own making (as they had hoped to try C.J. The most crushing thing of course is shes not here, but you can imagine it would be really difficult for her family to have that lack of closure. Police would speculate that the killer had started using bleach there and then carried it towards the bedroom, based on a trail of bleached droplets that led down the hallway. Just because it never happened doesnt mean they cant get back together. Emanuel Fair's attorneys would argue that while there might have been DNA implicating him in the crime, there was just as much implicating others; including the neighbor that had been tied to this case from the very beginning, who I've identified as "C.J." It gives me a little bit of hope, that something that is relatively complicated is being thought about and talked about in the way that it is. More than a decade later, no one has been held accountable for her murder. Writing, research, hosting, and production by Micheal Whelan, Producers: Maggyjames, Roberta Janson, Ben Krokum, Peggy Belarde, Quil Carter, Victoria Reid, Laura Hannan, Gabriella Bromley, Amy Hampton, Steven Wilson, Scott Meesey, Damion Moore, Astrid Kneier, Marie Vanglund, Scott Patzold, Lori Rodriguez, Aimee McGregor, Sue Kirk, Sydney Scotton, Sara Moscaritolo, Thomas Ahearn, Seth Morgan, Alyssa Lawton, Marion Welsh, Jared Midwood, Patrick Laakso, Kelly Jo Hapgood, Meadow Landry, Rebecca Miller, Tatum Bautista, Travis Scsepko, Teunia Elzinga, Erin Pyles, Jo Wong, Jacinda B., Ryan Green, Consuelo Moreno, Kelly Harris, and Emi Coates, Music throughout the episode was composed by Jake Mooshian. When residents of the Valley View Apartments in Redmond, Wash . Season 1 features a whodunit-style search for a holiday party killer. We didnt know if anyone from the Valley View apartments or if the people in Arpanas life or the other people who at one point or another seem to have been at least persons of interest, if they were going to want to talk. Arpana moved to Redmond, Washington in the early months of 2008. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Despite the insistence from the Redmond Police Department that this case was their top priority, that didn't bring forth any answers in the months to come, as the workable leads only led investigators to numerous dead-ends. After making this gruesome discovery, Jay would begin dialing 911. Youve got some Janning to do! He said his surgery was a success, but he needs time to heal before he can tour again. Six years after charges were filed, Fair, now 33, spends his days shuffling between the King County Superior Court and the county jail while his two defense attorneys . Some were also concerned about his emotional state at the time, due to his prior relationship with Arpana, and him seeming to have become resentful towards her because of her newer friendships.

Shooting In Delray Beach Today, Katherine Bouris Spouse, Is Charge Conserved In A Net Ionic Equation, Articles S