Timeline VI
Tuesday, February 16, 1999
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7:45-9:10AM: Adnan absent from Foods 1; Still no Hae in Schab's classroom
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9:20-10:40AM: A/B Schedule. English or Social Science
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10:45AM-11:45AM: Adnan in Yearbook with Debbie
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11:46AM-12:16PM: C Lunch
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12:20-12:50PM: Yearbook
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12:55-2:15PM: Adnan in Psychology with Aisha and Becky
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Detectives:
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Read Hae's diary
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Call WHS and ask for Hae and Adnan's school records. Ms. Gregg says they will need a subpoena.
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Seek to determine the identity of the person who sent the Imran email
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Detective John Rau of the Computer Crimes Unit reports to Ritz and MacGillivary:
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He served a subpoena to AOL re: Hae's email address
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He had previously seized Hae's computer in hopes for finding information that would help with the Missing Persons investigation
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His supervisor told him to cease his investigation since the case was upgraded to a homicide
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It would take a request by the commanders of each unit to continue his investigation
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Lt. Keel of Baltimore City Homicide calls the Commander of the County Computer Crimes Unit, and asks for assistance.
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Detective Rau said he would obtain a warrant for the contents and information
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Detective MacGillvary calls Chief Collins at Coppin College.
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MacGillvary asks for a report on the events leading up to Mr. S saying he had found a body in Leakin Park.
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Chief Collins is notified of an impending subpoena for Mr. S's employment records.
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12:20PM: Detectives call Security Nissan asking about the color of Hae's Car's Interior
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Detectives set up interview with Crime Lab Technician for the next day
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2:28PM: incoming call goes to voice mail (:30)
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2:45PM: L651A, Adnan checks his voice mail (:18)
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2:46PM: L651A, Adnan calls Jay’s home (:40)
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3:30PM: 3A-2A Central Region Indoor MPSSAA Championship Meet @5th Regiment Armory
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Woodlawn High School Boys place First
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Adnan did not attend or compete
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According to Coach Sye, Adnan would have been an alternate. He was not top 4.
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4:12PM: Detective Ritz emails Hae's [California] friend Vu Tran and confirms that Hae is deceased.
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6:50PM: Vu Tran emails Ritz back
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7:17PM: incoming call goes to voice mail (:06)
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8:54PM: L688B, incoming call, answered, from Yasser? (:06)
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11:45PM: Jay starts shift at video store
Wednesday, February 17, 1999
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7:30AM: Jay gets off work at video store
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Adnan marked tardy in Foods 1. This class had a field trip that day.
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Not marked tardy or absent by home room
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7:45-9:10AM: First Period
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9:20-10:40AM: A/B Schedule. English or Social Science
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10:45-11:45AM: Yearbook, Debbie, no Hae
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11:46AM-12:16PM: C Lunch
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12:20-12:50PM: Yearbook
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12:55-2:15PM: Adnan in Psychology with Aisha and Becky? Or Absent?
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Detectives Activities:
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Detectives address street cops asking for assistance to find Hae's car
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Detective MacGillvary requests Maryland State Police Aviation Unit helicopter flyover Woodlawn and Leakin Park to search for Hae's car. Request is denied.
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Detectives request Baltimore County Police Department Aviation Unit helicopter flyover Woodlawn and Leakin Park to search for Hae's car. Request granted in order to help locate Hae's car.
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Detectives meet with Crime Lab Tech pursuant to Tech's review of the evidence
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MacGillivary requests trace analysis of evidence.
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Department of Immigration faxes Ritz with results of FBI query. Hae's prints are not in the system.
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Detectives attempt to locate the sender of the Imran email via a WHOIS search of Geocities, Yahoo, hotmail, pipeline, aol.com, Netcom, umbc.edu
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11:30AM Deanna at AT&T faxes Adnan's Cell Phone records to Detective Ritz. Even though the cover sheet reads 20 pages, this is a 19 page fax. The cell tower locations are redacted in this fax.
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Upon receipt of Adnan's call log, police begin to identify phone numbers via the reverse directory, including Jen's home phone. (Police plan to subpoena to find out the owner of unpublished numbers.)
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3:17PM: L651A, Adnan calls Yasser at home (2:22)
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3:48PM: Yasser calls 410-579-7431
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4PM: Indoor Track Practice, Adnan does not attend. He has stopped attending track practice
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4:48PM: Yasser calls 410-579-7431
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5:15PM: L698B, incoming call, answered (2:46)
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6:08PM: L651C, Adnan calls Yasser at home (4:19)
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6:31:15PM: L651C, Adnan calls Yasser at home (:07)
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6:31:39PM: L651C, Adnan calls Yasser at home (:18)
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8:30PM: Yasser calls 443-253-9864
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8:31PM: Yasser calls 410-340-1158
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8:32PM: Yasser calls 410-501-2773
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8:47PM: incoming call goes to voice mail (:05)
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10:01PM: incoming call goes to voice mail (:01)
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10:45PM: Yasser calls 443-253-9864
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10:46PM: Yasser calls 410-501-2773
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11:45PM: Jay starts shift at video store
Thursday, February 18, 1999
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7:30AM: Jay gets off work at video store
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Adnan marked absent in Home Room and Foods 1
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7:45-9:10AM: Adnan marked absent in Foods 1
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9:20-10:40AM: A/B Schedule. English or Social Science
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10:45-11:45AM: Adnan in Yearbook with Debbie
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11:46AM-12:16PM: C Lunch
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12:20-12:50PM: Yearbook
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12:55-2:15PM: Adnan in Psychology with Aisha and Becky
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Detective's Activities:
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Address street cops asking for assistance to find Hae's car
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Called Assistant Principle Garvin and ask if Hae had a locker. Garvin checks with other teachers, calls Detectives back, and says Hae did not have a locker.
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Called Hae's uncle and ask if Hae had a cell phone. Hae's uncle said Hae did not have a cell phone.
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Jim from Mr. Tire faxes Detective Ritz the likely model of Hae's tires
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11:45AM: MacGillivary faxes 15 of the unpublished phone numbers from Adnan's call log to Sgt. Cannon at HIDTF to obtain the Bell Atlantic subpoena.
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Included in the 15 phone numbers is a number that was illegible on the AT&T fax. Detectives couldn't tell if they were looking at a "9" or a "4" so they subpoenaed both numbers. One would eventually be revealed to be Jen's pager. Jen's home phone number is not one of the 15 subpoenaed because the number was available on the reverse directory.
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These unpublished phone numbers would later be revealed as belonging to: Nisha, Yasser home, Parick, Jen Pager, Jen Pager wrong #, Ju'an, Peter B, Jay home, Stephanie, Saad, Krista, and Ann
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Obtained a court order compelling AT&T to supply cell tower addresses.
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Detectives Activities with respect to Mr. S:
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3PM: Detectives escort Mr. S from Coppin College to the Police Precinct.
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3:25PM: Mr. S Information Sheet
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3:32PM: Mr. S explanation of rights
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3:45PM: Mr. S interviewed recorded. Detectives notes
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4PM: Indoor Track Practice. Adnan does not attend as he has stopped attending track practice
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6:30PM: Deception Indicated. It is suggested that the polygraph be administered again when Mr. S isn't rushed.
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7:29PM: L651C, incoming call, answered, 30 seconds
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WHS Girls Basketball: The Warriors got 16 points from Stephanie McPherson as they knocked off No. 15 Catonsville, 63-57
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9:49PM: Incoming call goes to voice mail, 3 seconds
Friday, February 19, 1999
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7:45AM-2:15PM: School
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Undated: At some point after the Yasser call, and before he was arrested, Adnan had passport photos taken to update his expired passport. Was he looking to flee to Pakistan?
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Detectives Activities:
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Hand deliver subpena of 15 land lines to Bell Atlantic in Cockeysville, MD.
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These flyers would advertise a reward for information regarding Hae's MURDER
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Previous Crimestoppers flyers refer to a Hae as a MISSING PERSON
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Pay day for Adnan: Rural Metro Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc. for work between Saturday, February 6 - Friday, February 12, 1999 (Adnan's last pay day before going to prison.) Adnan continued to work as an EMT until his arrest.
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4PM: Indoor Track Practice. Adnan has stopped attending track practice and was absent this day.
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11:45PM: Jay starts shift at video store
Undated, February, 1999
- At some point in February, possibly after the body is discovered, Jay tells Tayib that Adnan had called him the day before he murder and asked him to help. This snippet is from a longer interview with Tanveer, by Flohr and Gutierrez, not Gutierrez.
Saturday, February 20, 1999
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7:30AM: Jay gets off work at Southwest Video
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9AM-6:30PM: Adnan works/EMT
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Apparently, AT&T would not give cell tower information without a court order
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Ritz asks for a directory of cell site locations.
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1:17PM: Detective Ritz requests a teletype be sent to all east coast police jurisdictions.
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Ritz asks that the teletype include the Nissan's VIN number and plate.
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Anyone who finds the car should not disturb the car, so they can get prints.
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Any occupants should be detained.
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4PM-9PM: Jay works second job: Drug Emporium
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11:45PM: Jay starts shift at video store or, according to his supervisor, Jay could have been off this day (or 21st or 22nd) because he was being interviewed by police at Baltimore City Police Headquarters.
Sunday, February 21, 1999
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7:30AM: Jay gets off work (if this wasn't the day he was off for the police interview)
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10AM-6:30PM: Adnan works/EMT
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noon-6PM: Jay works second job: Drug Emporium
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11:45PM: Jay starts shift at Southwest Video or, according to his supervisor, Jay could have been off this day (or 20th or 22nd) because he was being interviewed by police at Baltimore City Police Headquarters.
Monday, February 22, 1999
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7:30AM: Jay gets off work at video store (if this wasn't the day he was off for the police interview)
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Adnan marked tardy on home room sheet
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7:45-9:10AM: Foods 1
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8:55AM: Adnan arrives in first period Foods 1, according to attendance sheet.
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9:20-10:40AM: A/B Schedule. English or Social Science
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10:45-11:45AM: Adnan in Yearbook with Debbie
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11:46AM-12:16PM: C Lunch
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12:20-12:50PM: Yearbook
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12:55-2:15PM: Adnan in Psychology with Aisha and Becky
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1:30PM: In response to the February 20 court order, Rose at AT&T Security Faxes Cell Tower Addresses to Ritz 10 page fax. This is the first time the detectives have had the addresses of the cell towers.
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2:50PM: In response to the February 20 court order, Rose at AT&T Security faxes Detective Ritz Adnan's Cell Phone bill up to Feb 18. 24 page fax. This is the first time the detectives have had the tower numbers for the towers pinged by Adnan's cell phone.
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Jay checks to see if Hae's Nissan is still parked at the Edgewood/Mulberry Alley parking lot.
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Detectives Macgillivray and Carew interview WHS Athletic Director Ralph Graham re: the TEC taping featuring Hae Min Lee.
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Ralph Graham says Hae was at the taping from 9AM - 1:30 PM.
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This seems inaccurate. Hae's first period class didn't end until 9:15. And Becky and Debbie said they saw Hae at lunch from 10:40AM-11:10AM. Hae's fourth period Psychology class started at 12:55PM.
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4PM: Indoor Track Practice. Adnan has stopped attending
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Detectives attempt to serve subpoena for Mr. S work records to Coppin College.
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11:45PM: Jay starts shift at video store or, according to his supervisor, Jay could have been off this day (or 20th or 21st) because he was being interviewed by police at Baltimore City Police Headquarters.
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Undated: In response to the cell tower addresses received from Rose, detectives begin to map out the towers. During this exercise, the Dorchester tower was incorrectly located.
Tuesday, February 23, 1999
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7:30AM: Jay gets off work (if this wasn't the day he was off for the police interview)
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Adnan marked Tardy, Excused by administration
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Adnan marked absent in home room
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7:45-9:10AM: Foods 1 - No school according to Foods 1 attendance sheet
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9:20-10:40AM: A/B Schedule. English or Social Science
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10:45-11:45AM: Adnan in Yearbook with Debbie
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11:46AM-12:16PM: C Lunch
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11:51AM: WHS prints out Adnan's 98/99 class schedule for Investigators/Detectives
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12:20-12:50PM: Yearbook
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12:55-2:15PM: Adnan in Psychology with Aisha and Becky
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4PM: Final WHS Indoor Track Practice. Adnan does not attend as he has stopped attending a while ago.
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O'Shea meets with City Homicide Detectives to review his Missing Persons Reports.
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Detectives print a list of all police activity at WHS for the last 12 months.
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Coppin College sends over seventy pages of Mr. S's personnel file to detectives: Cover Sheet
Wednesday, February 24, 1999
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Adnan has no absences or tardies recorded by administration
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Adnan marked absent by Home Room
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7:45-9:10AM: Foods 1 - Adnan marked on time
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9:20-10:40AM: A/B Schedule. English or Social Science
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10:45-11:45AM: Adnan in Yearbook with Debbie
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11:46AM-12:16PM: C Lunch
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12:20-12:50PM: Yearbook
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12:55-2:15PM: Adnan in Psychology with Aisha and Becky
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9:30 AM: Detectives escort Mr. S to the precinct for a second series of polygraphs:
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11:10AM: Polygraph Round 1
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11:15AM: Polygraph Round 2
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11:22AM: Polygraph Round 3
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11:34AM: Polygraph Round 4
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12:17PM: Polygraph Round 5
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3PM: Detectives fax Bell Atlantic following up on the subpoena of 15 phone numbers called from Adnan's cell phone
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4PM: Bell Atlantic responds to the Subpoena for 15 phone numbers
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Identified for the first time: Jay, Saad, Yasser, Stephanie, Patrick, Ju'an, Krista, Ann, Peter B.
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Detectives would still need to subpoena Jen's pager company to find the owner of the pager. Police have Jen's home number already, via the reverse directory.
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O'Shea receives a list of all past LE searches for Hae's car. O'Shea most likely requested this information while it was still a missing persons case.
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1999 MPSSAA Indoor Championships Maryland State, 3A-2A Boys @ Baltimore Armory. Woodlawn High School places Second in State. (They placed first the year before.) Adnan does not compete or attend.
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Track Team: J. Brown, D. Walker, M. MacKenzie, W. McCray, J. Brown, K. Byrd, C. Johnson, C. Woodward, M. Clites, A. Jenkins, A. Thomas, M. Clites, J. Philipalu, Q. Spratt (all placed). There are other members in each category, so 30-40 guys on the team. (Inez testified there were 40-45 "children" on the Indoor Track Team.)
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These flyers were ordered on February 19.
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The reward eventually totaled $3,075.00. Over $2,000.00 came from donations made by members of the Korean community.
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Prior to this date, the Crimsestoppers posters referenced Hae as a MISSING PERSON.
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This date marks the first time the Crimestoppers flyers have referenced Hae's MURDER.
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Separate flyer seeking Hae's Missing Nissan in connection with a HOMICIDE
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These flyers were meant to be disseminated along with a press release.
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It looks like these posters may not have been disseminated. There was no press release. Perhaps these flyers were set aside?
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They had these flyers at the police station, though. They gave one to Adnan, while he sat waiting to be interviewed, three days after the posters were delivered to Mr. Huppman.
Thursday, February 25, 1999
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Adnan marked Absent all day by Administration
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Adnan marked Tardy on home room sheet
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7:45-9:10AM: Foods 1, Adnan marked absent
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Detectives obtain subpoenas:
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Bell Atlantic to determine the owner of Phil's phone number. They do not yet know who Adnan was calling, and are trying to find out. Unfortunately, they get the area code wrong.
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Approximate date: WHS School Records for Adnan and Hae. This subpoena could either not be delivered or responded to because it incorrectly asked for "Employment Records" for Adnan and Hae.
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TSR to determine the owner of Jen's Pager number. Detectives get the phone number right, but the provider subpoenaed, no longer owns that pager
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TSR responds with dated information for that pager number, and says they no longer own the number
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4:30-9:30PM: Jay works second job: Drug Emporium
Friday, February 26, 1999
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Adnan marked Tardy in Foods 1
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No tardies or absences recorded by Administration or Home Room
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7:45-9:10AM: Adnan in Foods 1
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9:20-10:40AM: A/B Schedule. English or Social Science
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10:45-11:45AM: Adnan in Yearbook with Debbie
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11:46AM-12:16PM: C Lunch
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12:20-12:50PM: Yearbook. After leaving Yearbook on this day, Adnan never saw another classroom
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12:55-2:15PM: 4th Period School Assembly - Adnan skips
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According to Sharon Watts, Adnan skipped the 4th Period Assembly
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Approx: Detectives file for subpoena for Adnan and Hae's school records
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Detectives obtain a subpoena for Yasser's Cell Phone Records
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Detectives are told it is unlikely they will be able to match any soil found in homes to soil at the burial site ie: "dirt's dirt."
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7PM: Ritz & McGillvary interview Adnan at his home in the presence of his father.
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This is the first time Adnan is interviewed in person by any detective (Missing Persons or Homicide.)
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Don was interviewed in person, more than once.
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According to Tanveer, Adnan and his mother argue all night after this interview.
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According to MacGillvary's trial testimony, detectives "ran into Jen and Kristi out front." Detectives asked why there would be calls from Adnan Syed to this house, and Jen said she didn't know, that maybe a friend was at her house, but she couldn't offer an explanation. They arranged to meet that night at the station.
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According to trial testimony, Jen is angry with Jay from this date forward. She stops speaking with him and does not speak to him again until sometime after March 15.
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According to Serial, Jen tells Jay that the police questioned her and Jay says, "Send them to me."
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9:11PM: Jen is at police station, as arranged, and speaks to Macgillivray. Kristi V. is with Jen.
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Jen says Nicole told her that Hae had been strangled. This fact has not yet been made public.
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Police take note of Jay's name and address. This may be the first time the police became aware of Jay.
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Jen says she will come back the next day.
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Jay's supervisor says he missed work this evening because he was talking to the police.
Saturday, February 27, 1999
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7:24AM: Detective Ritz faxes subpoena to AT&T for Yasser's Cell Phone records. 3 Page Fax. He also mails a hard copy.
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Subpoena for Adnan's Home Phone Line is delivered to Bell Atlantic
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Detective hand deliver a subpoena for a phone number they would ultimately find out belongs to Phil. Unfortunately, this subpoena specified the wrong area code.
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9-10AM: Adnan works/EMT
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noon-9:15PM: Jay works second job: Drug Emporium
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Sgt. Steven Lehman asks Transit Authority to check all Park n Ride lots for Hae's car.
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1PM: Jen interviewed at her attorney's home. Jen's mother and attorney are present.
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3:45-5:15PM Jen interviewed at the police station. Jen's attorney and mother are present.
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9:15PM: Jay clocks out Drug Emporium
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11PM Approximate: Adnan, Becky, Aisha and Sean are at Krista's for a couple of hours, listening to music.
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In the Serial Dynasty podcast, Krista says this is the last time she saw Adnan outside of prison walls, and that he left her house at about 1AM.
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12AM: Who dropped Jay off at work?
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According to "Sis," Jay was not scheduled to work on this night.
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Rabia says Adnan dropped Jay off at work, the night before he was arrested. If Jay did work this evening, his shift would have started at 11:45PM. Jay's work is 30 minutes from Krista's house. So if Adnan dropped Jay off at 11:45PM, then he wouldn't have been at Krista's until 12:15AM. Krista says Adnan was at her house from 11PM-1AM.
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In Stephanie's police interview, she says she dropped Jay off at work, and called him later, and he wasn't there.
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Josh says that he was at work with Jay that night, and that Jay had been so scared, he called Josh to come in while he waited for the police. Josh says that it took the police a long time to arrive, and Jay was scared the whole time. Josh said that Jay admitted to burying the body, and said that he was the one who called the police to come get him.
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The police progress report indicates that Jay was picked up at Southwest Video at 11:30PM
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If Jay's explanation of rights form was signed at 12:30 AM, the police had to be at Jay's work at midnight if not a few minutes after. It's 15-30 minutes from Jay's work to the police department.
Sunday, February 28, 1999
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12:35 AM Jay signs explanation of rights form. Jay had to have been picked up at midnight, mayber 12:10AM, at the latest.
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1AM: Adnan drives Becky home from Krista's house. Adnan tells Becky:
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He needs to talk to her because other people don't really listen.
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He drove to Western Baltimore with a Muslim friend the day after Hae's body was found.
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During that drive, Adnan realized that it was God's plan for Hae to only live 18 years, and it made him feel better to think of it like that.
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1AM Approximate: Stephanie calls Jay's work and he's not there.
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1:15AM Approximate: Stephanie calls Adnan while he is driving Becky home. Adnan says he will call her back when he gets home.
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1:30AM Approximate: Adnan arrives home after dropping Becky off at her home.
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1:30-2:30AM Jay interviewed on tape after talking with detectives for an hour, off the record.
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2:45AM (Approximate): Jay leads Detectives Forrester, Serio, and MacGillivary to Hae's 1998 Nissan Sentra. The car is parked in an enclosed alley off Edgewood. Jay did not lead police to the wrong location.
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There are four entry points for the enclosed alley. Only residents of the surrounding houses go back there. It's not a place anyone would "drive by," and that includes the police. And it's not a place where a neighbor would call the cops on another neighbor for "abandoning a car."
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According to Forrester, the windshield wiper lever was "in a downward angle with a hole approximately that size in the side of the steering column." A member of the Crime Lab comes to take still photographs of the windshield wiper lever.
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4:30AM: Hae's Car Towed
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Detective Sgt. Forrester's Sketch of the lot where Hae's car was found
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4:40AM: Statement of Charges
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4:43AM: Arrest Warrant
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5AM Approximate: Jay free to go
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5:20AM: Adnan Arrested at home. Ritz and MacGillvary are present.
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Officers Execute a search of Adnan's homes and seize a pair of brown boots and a pair of pants.
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6AM: Hae's Nissan Sentra has been towed to the processing bay. Items removed, checked for prints
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Map Book Page torn out of the Map Book found on the back seat of Hae's Nissan.
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Photographs of the interior of Hae's Nissan and trunk. This includes the Map Book found on the back seat of the Nissan, instead of in the side pocket, where Hae kept it.
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6AM: Prosecution Report
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6:30AM: Adnan arrives in homicide office, large interview room.
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7:10AM: Douglas Colbert calls Sgt. Lehmann at Homicide and asks them to stop questioning Adnan. (30 minutes after Adan arrives at the station. 2 hours after arrest.)
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7:15AM: Adnan's 1987 Honda towed, impounded, and Ritz requests dirt be collected from the driver side floor
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7:42AM: Interview with Adnan commences
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7:45AM: Signed Information Sheet Filed
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7:50AM: Adnan read his Miranda rights
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7:55AM: Adnan waives his right to have an attorney present during questioning
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Per u/xtrailatty: The issue is irrelevant because the police/prosecutor did not seek to use Adnan's statements against him at trial. The speed at which they got the attorney to show up at the police station is a good indication that they at least had done some preliminary inquiries.
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11AM: Adnan given water.
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11:48AM-6:07PM: Jay works second job: Drug Emporium
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1:30PM: Adnan's attorney, Douglas Colbert, sends a letter to the police station, demanding to see Adnan.
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1:30PM: Detectives transfer Adnan for processing and write report
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2PM: Adnan photographed by Crime Lab tech William Peters
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2PM: Adnan given water (Ritz)
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Time Unknown: Adnan meets with attorney Chris Flohr
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2PM: Hae's Nissan Inventoried.
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2:44PM: Hae's Nissan removed from the NCIC System
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6:07PM: Jay clocks out Drug Emporium
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8:32PM: Adnan's "initial appearance" before the court in which a pretrial release is denied and a bail review is set for the next day, March 1, at 9AM.
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Adnan's trial date is set for April 5, 1999 at 8:30AM.
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Evening: Syed Rahman learns of his son's arrest upon returning home from a religious group trip. Per Tanveer, the family tells Mr. Rahman to "sit down" and then gives him the news of Adnan's arrest.
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Adnan spends first night in jail. He is 17. In 3 months, he will turn 18 in prison on May 21, 1999
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