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Wednesday, March 31, 1999

• WHS Closed, Spring Break.

• Defense:

• Andrew Davis picks up Becky's letter

• Andrew Davis meets with Flohr and Colbert about the Bail Review set for later in the day. Davis invoice.

• The Defense file features only one Drew Davis billing record from the time that Gutierrez was Adnan's defense attorney. September 3, 1999..

• Flohr Notes:

• Flohr makes sure that Vicki Wash and the judge have the support letters and there will be no trouble producing Adnan for the hearing.

• Letters of Support submitted to the Judge

• Adnan's 2nd Bail Hearing: Transcript.

• Adnan is present. It is the first time he has been out jail since his March 1 Bail Hearing.

• Instead of reading Asia's letters to the court, Colbert opts to read Becky's letter.

• Chris Flohr submitted that Adnan was prepared to sign this extradition waiver, but never did - since he was not granted bail.

• The state is represented by Vicki Wash who talks about "Faith Race and Culture."

• Previous Rabia bail hearing snippet || Previous Colin bail hearing snippet || Previous Colin bail hearing snippet

• Habeas Corpus Disposition

• Flohr makes arrangements to get transcripts of the 2nd bail hearing.

• Investigation:

• Detectives attend 2nd Bail Hearing:

• Detectives obtain grand jury subpoena for Adnan's bank records

• Detectives obtain grand jury subpoenas for multiple TV stations; looking to verify what details were broadcast when.

• Personal items from the back seat of Hae's Nissan are tested against Adnan and Jay's fingerprints with negative results.

Thursday, April 1, 1999

• Defense:

• Judge Mitchell denies bail citing concern that Adnan will not turn up for his trial. Status.

• Mr. Rahman and Shamim visit Adnan. Visitor Log.

• Approximate: UMBC sends Adnan a follow up letter.

• Chris Flohr Notes:

• Chris Flohr makes over 16 calls between 5pm and 10:30pm.

• Calls Bilal to get Saad's number.

• Despite Saad having already testified at the grand jury on March 22, Flohr calls Saad and advises him, now, to get an attorney.

• Flohr speaks to Saad's mother and father. Flohr gives Saad the name and number of an attorney.

• Flohr calls that attorney and lets her know Saad will be calling.

• 7:30PM: Flohr calls Nisha and speaks to her mother and father.

• Flohr learns that the detectives on their way to interview Nisha are going to bring a female attorney with them.

• Flohr learns that Detective Ritz said it would take about half an hour and that Ritz said Nisha didn't need an attorney.

• Flohr suggests that he attend this meeting and he is told it is too short of notice. Flohr explained "all their options," making sure they knew that Nisha didn't have to speak to the police. Flohr offers Nisha an attorney - "any of her choice."

• Nisha's parents said Nisha didn't have an attorney.

• Flohr explained that he had an attorney if Nisha wanted one, that would be willing to talk to her.

• Ultimately, Nisha's mom indicated that she would sit with her daughter while the detectives spoke to her.

• In separate phone conversations, Flohr speaks to Syed Rahman, Andrew Davis, Larry Nathan, Douglas Colbert.

• No Davis billing records available.

• Investigation:

• 7PM: Detectives travel to Silver Spring to interview Nisha. Nisha's interview happened on April 1, even though the transcription is dated April 9. Flohr's notes corroborate that police interviewed Nisha on April 1. Progress report indicates that detectives now know that "Nisha" is not her last name. But we don't know when or how they became aware that "M. Nisha" is actually "Nisha Tanna.”

• Misdated? MacGillvary and Vicki Wash are at the Woodlawn Precinct interviewing Adnan's friends and classmates. This Police Progress Report may be misdated, since there are no interviews for this day. Mosque friends and classmate interviews look to have been conducted on April 8 and 9.

• WHS Closed, Spring Break

Friday, April 2, 1999

• Flohr's April 2 notes missing from defense file? (Or Flohr made no notes on this day?). No Davis billing records available.

Saturday, April 3, 1999

• Investigation:

• Detectives subpoena multiple television stations in search of news, videos, reports and follow-up reports re; the HML Missing Persons investigation.

• (March 30) BELL ATLANTIC SUBPOENA 7 hand delivered seeking the owner of Phil's phone number. Area code is correct, now.

• Subpoena for Adnan's Bank Records - first attempt

• Defense:

• Flohr's April 3 notes missing from defense file? (Or Flohr made no notes on this day?). No Davis billing records available.

Sunday, April 4, 1999

• Easter Sunday

• No Flohr notes for April 3. Flohr made no notes on this day? No Davis billing records available.

Monday, April 5, 1999

• Defense:

• 8:30AM: Pre-trial hearing scheduled. Postponed due to Muslim communities failure to cooperate. Judge Waxman grants a nine day extension.

• Detention Center Records show Adnan moved to the court house. He may have been on his way, or arrived, before the hearing was postponed.

• Flohr makes calls re: bail hearing transcripts.

• Undated: Flohr Notes from after the second bail hearing.

• No Davis billing records available.

• Investigation:

• Grand Jury: Saad testifies.. Saad's second of four days of grand jury testimony. By now, Saad has hired Gutierrez, instead of the attorney Flohr recommended.

• BELL ATLANTIC RESPONSE to (March 30) BELL ATLANTIC SUBPOENA 7: identifies the 8485 number as belonging to Phil.

• WHS Closed, Spring Break

Tuesday, April 6, 1999

• Investigation:

• Ritz notes that Adnan had no accountability for 3rd Period ie; no sign in sheet. Per Garvin interview.

• PENN-SEL SUBPOENA: to determine records behind Jen's pager number. Penn-Sel is the correct provider. But the page number is still listed wrong. Do they still not know who owns this pager even though Jen has given them her pager number? Or are they trying to find out who has called the pager and when? They never get to the bottom of this.

• Detectives research address for Yaser Grand Jury subpoena.

• Detectives research address for Imran Grand Jury subpoena.

• Grand Jury: Saad testifies that Adnan may have mentioned having sex in the Best Buy parking lot, but Saad wasn't sure. And that Adnan told Saad that he had sex with Hae in cars and in hotel rooms. This is Saad's third of four days of grand jury testimony. Cristina Gutierrez represents Saad at the grand jury.

• Defense:

• Flohr Notes:

• Flohr makes call to Dr. Orzek re; Adnan's medication.

• No Davis billing records available.

Wednesday, April 7, 1999

• Defense:

• Flohr visits Adnan. Visitor Log.

• Flohr Notes:

• Flohr and Adnan talk about the State's case, as presented at the second bail hearing.

• Adnan talks about how he dropped Psychology and failed two times.

• Adnan says that a teacher had to call his home before Christmas because he did not turn in a paper, but he turned it in after Christmas.

• Adnan says he stopped running track after County Championships.

• Adnan says college applications were due February 15, and he started going to the guidance counselor every day afterward. (The truth is that the deadline for College Park was December 1, and the deadline for UMBC was December 15.)

• Adnan says he and Hae broke up twice.

• Adnan instructs Chris Flohr to look for the "I'm going to kill" note, but it's too late.

• Adnan talks about a photo he gave Hae wherein he wrote on the back that he and Hae would be friends forever.

• Flohr and Adnan talk about Adnan's psoriasis.

• Flohr and Adnan talk about how Stephanie said that the police asked Jennifer P questions.

• No Davis billing records available.

• Cristina Gutierrez's Partner Mark Martin visits with the mosque community leadership to discuss the case. Billing detail.

• According to Shamim Rahman's PCR testimy, the mosque interviewed and vetted three attorneys before settling on Cristina Gutierrez.

• Douglas Colbert files Application for Leave to Appeal 2nd Bail Decision.

• Investigation:

• Grand Jury: Saad testifies. This is Saad's fourth of four days of grand jury testimony. Cristina Gutierrez represents Saad at the grand jury.

• Subpoena served for Jay's Drug Emporium work records

• Subpoena served for Jay's Southwestern Video work records

• Subpoena for Jen's work records from Heartlands. Detective’s collection of business cards

• Subpoena served for Adnan's bank records

• Yasser, Grand Jury Subpoena

• Imran H, Grand Jury Subpoena

• Tanveer, Grand Jury Subpoena

• Detectives order/pay for weather reports $57.00

• 7:35PM: Stephanie interviewed by Det. Ritz. Stephanie did not talk to Adnan and Jay, after school, on January 13. Stephanie and Jay have broken up, and are no longer a couple.

Thursday, April 8, 1999

• Investigation:

• Detectives interview Imran H. pursuant to the grand jury. Imran H. is the writer of the "Hae's dead" email sent to Hae's friend Vu Tran. Alternate link.

• 11:45AM: Detectives interview Yasser pursuant to the grand jury

• Grand Jury: Yasser, Imran H, and Tanveer appear.

• Grand jury foreman signs subpoena for Adnan's Work Records from Rural Metro.

• Heartlands responds to subpoena for Jen's work records.

• Defense:

• Flohr Notes:

• Chris Flohr speaks to Shamim and explains Gutierrez's advice re; seeing Bilal.

• Flohr calls Mr. Patel, as well as Dr Orsek. Dr. Orsek explained to look out for symptoms of Lupus.

• Flohr calls Yvonne Davis and Dr. Adwar re; medications.

• Flohr calls Dr. Edouard, and speaks to Ms. Davis who said she sent it to Dr E close to two weeks ago.

• Flohr calls Dr. Kite (Psych), Dr Laka, Dr Holiday, and Martha Neal.

• No Davis billing records available.

• Mr. and Mrs. Rahman visit Adnan. Visitor log.

Friday, April 9, 1999

• Investigation:

• Homicide Detectives are at Woodlawn High School and interview three students:

• Becky

• Peter

• Nina

• Undated Detective Notes written after Becky/Peter/Nina Interviews

• Defense:

• Flohr's April 9 notes missing from defense file? (Or Flohr made no notes on this day?). No Davis billing records available.

• No Davis billing records available.

• WHS: Last day of third quarter.

Saturday, April 10, 1999

• No Flohr notes for April 10. Flohr made no notes on this day? No Davis billing records available.

Sunday, April 11, 1999

• No Flohr notes for April 11. Flohr made no notes on this day? No Davis billing records available.

Monday, April 12, 1999

• Defense:

• Flohr's April 12 notes missing from defense file? (Or Flohr made no notes on this day?)

• No Davis billing records available.

• Investigation:

• Although Becky says she did not give her notebook to police, Becky's notebook was disclosed to the defense, and admitted as a defense trial exhibit. Who gave police the notebook? Becky's parents?

• Detectives search and print historical weather data for Baltimore, MD and York, PA.

• Detectives realize they have written the wrong phone number on the PENN-SEL SUBPOENA for Jen's pager's owner. It's unclear why they are still looking for subscriber activity on this pager number as they know from Jen's interview sheet that she owns that pager number.

• Detectives request that the windshield wiper from Hae's Nissan be examined

• Log in to Property: Debbie's interview and the Windshield Wiper Arm.

• Detectives request that the Syed family not be charged for towing or storage fees with respects to Adnan's Honda that is still in impound.

• Progress Report:

• Detectives obtain and attempt to serve [grand jury subpoena for Tanveer.

• Detectives [visit Jay to remind him of the 7AM interview scheduled for the next day.

• Detectives [interview the Best Buy manager re: receipts and employee schedules.

• WHS: First day of 4th Quarter. This is a potential for the Monday Asia is refers to in her 2nd letter.

Tuesday, April 13, 1999

• 7AM: Detectives are at Jay's house. Progress Report.

• They ask him to come to the station.

• 8AM: Approximate. Jay's 4th Interview. No notes or tapes.

• Jay is subjected to a sexual assault evidence collection procedure

• MacGillivary requests DNA testing from two blood stain cards

• Detectives also:

• Subpoena Best Buy for employee records, items sold and items returned on January 13

• Obtain grand jury subpoena for Hae's bank records

• 4:35PM: SPRINT SUBPOENA 1 faxed for Bilal's cell phone records. The area code was incorrect and another subpoena had to be issued.

• PENN-SEL SUBPOENA 2 for Jen's pager number finally indicates the correct number. Since they already know this is Jen's pager number, it is unclear why they persist in this. We do not have the provider's response to this corrected subpoena.

• MacGillvary and Carew present the case to the Grand Jury

• Grand Jury returns with an indictment of first degree murder

• Charging documents for Murder, Kidnapping, False Imprisonment, Attempted robbery.

• Chris Flohr visits Adnan. Visitor Log.

• Flohr's April 13 notes missing from defense file? (Or Flohr made no notes on this day?)

• No Davis billing records available.

Wednesday, April 14, 1999

• Chris Flohr notes:

• Chris Flohr speaks to Adnan in the pens, and asks an officer if he can speak to the family.

• The officer says yes, but later Flohr learns that Adnan has already been taken back to jail.

• Flohr calls the court and can't find the name, ID number, etc.

• Flohr returns to the courtroom and Tanveer said the case was already called into record. Flohr missed the case and has to have it re-called.

• Flohr has the case re-called, after 2PM. Last known dates for Chris Flohr Defense File notes?

• 2PM: Grand Jury formally indicts Adnan for murder, approximately one month before his 18th birthday. (No transcript.)

• Adnan present in the court room

• Case Disposition for First Degree Murder Charge

• Hicks law requires the court to set the trial date within 180 days of arraignment or first appearance, whichever is later.

• Colbert files application for leave to appeal the denial of bail.

• Colbert affidavit saying he was Adnan's attorney until April 13, despite telling ABC News he was only Adnan's attorney for the first bail hearing, so would not have seen the Asia letters.

• Investigation:

• Adnan's fingerprints are matched to fingerprints on papers found in the trunk of Hae's Nissan

Thursday, April 15, 1999

• Bilal and Tanveer visit Adnan. Visitor Log.

Friday, April 16, 1999

• Defense:

• Gutierrez and partner Mark Martin visit Adnan. Visitor log.

• Is this the first time Adnan met Gutierrez? Has he been waiting since the first week of March to give her Asia's letters?

• Judge Waxman's extension of the pre-trial hearing expires on this day. Was there a pre-trial hearing?

• Investigation:

• Ritz faxes grand jury subpoena for Hae's bank records

• Detectives deliver subpoenas for Adnan's bank records.

Sunday, April 18, 1999

• Cristina Gutierrez accepts $50,000 as first payment from the mosque for legal services.

• Gutierrez invoice includes a typed timeline of events as guessed by the defense. There is no interview date for Saad, and the dates for the search of Adnan's home and the Nisha interview are incorrect.

Monday, April 19, 1999

• Investigation:

• Ritz and Lehmnan interview Jay: Jay's 5th Interview

• Search and Seizure warrant: Jay transported to Mercy Hospital for blood and hair to be taken.

• Jay is taken home.

• Court order issued for Adnan's bank records. (Nations Bank has not responded to the March 31 subpoena.)

• Detectives speak with HIDTA in an attempt to obtain a subpoena for the phone records of "someone connected to the investigation."

• Defense:

• Gutierrez's Partner Mark Martin reviews Flohr and Colbert's files, sets up new files. Also drafts memos re; bail transcripts, investigation, and arraignment. Billing Detail.

• Adnan calls Ja'uan from jail. Ja'uan isn't home to receive the call.

Tuesday, April 20, 1999

• Investigation:

• 9:15AM: Detectives Fax Subpoena for Adnan's work records from Rural Metro

• Detective fax Court order for Adnan's bank records Nations Bank has not responded to the March 31 subpoena.

• Detectives fax Subpoena for Hae's bank records. Second attempt.

• 12:50PM: Ritz and MacGillvary interview Adnan's friend Ja'uan at WHS. This interview was taped.

• Ja'uan says that Adnan called him the day before, but he wasn't home to receive the call.

• Ja'uan says that Adnan asked Asia to "type up a letter," but she "got the address wrong.” (Asia's second, typed letter gets the address wrong.)

Wednesday, April 21, 1999

• Vickie Wash writes letter of apology for misstatements about muslims that may have influenced denial of bail.

• [SPRINT SUBPOENA 2] Corrected to identify Bilal's cell phone number. (see letter dated April 30)

• Defense:

• Cristina Gutierrez's Partner Mark Martin:

• Meets with Drew Davis re; investigation to date and next steps. Billing Detail.

• Speaks with Bilal re; visits and next steps

Thursday, April 22, 1999

• Defense:

• Douglas Colbert writes letter to the states attorney re: Wash's inappropriate statements.

• Colbert wrote this letter after Wash apologized, but wanted the court to believe Wash apologized because of this letter.

• Shamim and Tanveer visit Adnan. Visitor Log.

• Prosecution:

• Approximate: Prosecutors send Vickie Wash apology letter to homicide detectives.

Friday, April 23, 1999

• Chris Flohr visits Adnan.

• Investigation:

• Nations bank responds to subpoena for Hae's bank records.. They never sent Adnan’s?

• Ja'uan's police interview tape logged into evidence.

• Detectives receive Airborne Express package sent by AT&T. Package of previously sent information re: Adnan's Cell Phone

Monday, April 26, 1999

• Defense:

• Colbert faxes Mark Martin re; Wash's apology, and Colbert's subsequent letter to Jessamy.

• Colbert says that Wash's apology was the result of his letter to Jessamy. But Colbert learned about Wash's apology before he sent the letter to Jessamy.

• Gutierrez assistant faxes her a copy of the fax Colbert sent to Mark Martin.

Tuesday, April 27, 1999

• Gutierrez Associate, Attorney Rita P, visits Adnan. Visitor Log.

Wednesday, April 28, 1999

• Man calls County Police and says his neighbor told his daughter he saw a body in a trunk

Thursday, April 29, 1999

• Bilal and Bilal's mother visit Adnan.

• Investigation:

• O'Shea calls Homicide Detectives re; the "Neighbor Report"

• Windshield wiper from Hae's Nissan examined

• Crime scene soil samples tested against Adnan's car and boots: negative results.

Friday, April 30, 1999

• SPRINT RESPONDS to (April 21) SPRINT SUBPOENA 2:. Sends Bilal's cell phone records sent to DEA.

Monday, May 3, 1999

• Defense:

• Douglas Colbert letter to COSA re: Vicki Wash's apology. Colbert wants Wash's apology included in the application to appeal the denial of bail.

• Cristina Gutierrez's Partner Mark Martin:

• Meets with Gutierrez re; bail and investigation.

• Speaks with Drew Davis re: investigation.

• Billing Detail

• SPRINT's RESPONSE to (April 21) SPRINT SUBPOENA 2: (for Bilal's cell phone records) Bilal's phone records received.

Tuesday, May 4, 1999

• Defense:

• Gutierrez Partner Mark Martin:

• Meets with Gutierrez re; status.

• Speaks with Douglas Colbert.

• Speaks with Bilal.

• Billing Detail

Thursday, May 6, 1999

• Mr. Rahman and Mrs. Rahman Shamim visit Adnan. Visitor Log.

Friday, May 7, 1999

• Approximate: WHS Class of 1999 Senior Prom.

• WHS 1999 Prom Photo

• Asia prom photo

Undated May, 1999

• Defense:

• Adnan writes to Rabia that he expects to be in prison for at least a year.

• Adnan writes to Rabia about how (rape victims) have it a lot worse than he does.

• Gutierrez writes to Warden Price: Relocating Adnan will have a negative impact on Adnan's ability to receive his diploma on time.

• Per his own testimony at the first PCR hearing, Adnan researches the Alford plea while he is still a "juvenile." This, before the defense receives significant discovery from the State.

Tuesday, May 12, 1999

• Defense:

• Gutierrez Partner Mark Martin:

• Meets with Gutierrez re; case planning and preparation.

• Drafts correspondence to the Rahmans.

• Drafts correspondence to Judge Mitchell.

• Billing Detail

Wednesday, May 13, 1999

• The Court of Special Appeals denies Adnan's Application to Appeal the Denial of Bail.

• Bilal visits Adnan. Visitor Log.

Monday, May 17, 1999

• Defense:

• Defense files discovery request. The state has ten days to respond.

• Gutierrez Partner Mark Martin speaks with the the Rahman's re: the Monday night meeting. Billing Detail.

Tuesday, May 18, 1999

• Gutierrez Partner Mark Martin visits Adnan.

Wednesday, May 19, 1999

• Mark Martin updates the Rahmans on his meeting with Adnan and CoSA.

Thursday, May 20, 1999

• Tanveer visits Adnan. Visitor Log.

Sunday, May 23, 1999

• WHS Senior Class graduation

• 1999 Totem Volume 37

• Hae's Final Report Card

• Adnan's Final Report Card

• Graduation Program page

Monday, May 24, 1999

• Adnan's 18th Birthday

Thursday, May 27, 1999

• Tanveer visits Adnan. Visitor Log.

Friday, May 28, 1999

• Cristina Gutierrez & Chris Flohr visit Adnan. Visitor Log. Gutierrez's second face to face meeting with Adnan.

Tuesday, June 1, 1999

• Adnan's letter to Rabia about using time in prison to become more religious, referencing his father's association with Tablighi Jamaat.

• Fibers found on or around Hae's body are tested against Adnan's personal items with negative results

• Undated: French Class/Club trip to France. Hope Schab coordinates trip and travels with the students.

Wednesday, June 2, 1999

• Adnan writes to Krista: Did you get that really expensive prom dress you wanted and who’d you go with if you don’t mind me asking. :) Adnan asks how things are going with Andy, they’d been having problems.

• Cristina Gutierrez prepares for arraignment, bail hearing, and "Meeting to disqualify." She charges $875.00. Billing Detail.

Thursday, June 3, 1999

• Defense:

• Adnan formally arraigned:

• Adnan is in the court room. Log.

• Cristina Gutierrez charges $937.50 to represent Adnan at his arraignment. Billing Detail.

• Trial set for October 13, 1999 in accordance with "speedy trial" assurances.

• Tanveer and S. Ali visit Adnan

• Deadline for discovery? No disclosures to date.

Saturday, June 5, 1999

• Cristina Gutierrez visits Adnan. Visitor Log. Gutierrez's third face-to-face meeting with Adnan.

Tuesday, June 8, 1999

• Defense:

• Cristina Gutierrez visits Adnan. Gutierrez's fourth face-to-face meeting with Adnan.

• Cristina Gutierrez meets with Mike Millemann re: attempt to have her disqualified from representing Adnan. Billing Detail.

• Adnan writes to Krista that he has received letters from friends including Laura, Ja’uan, Justin, Asia, Aaron. Adnan doesn’t tell Krista that Asia is a potential alibi. Instead, Adnan writes:

• You should send me some pictures. We’re allowed to get them. Man, some guys in here get some really dirty pictures. I mean dirty. Let me put it to you like this - I’ve seen more than I’d wanted to of a lot of people’s wives or girlfriends to last a lifetime. While most guys are really protective of their pictures, someone’s always pulling me aside to show me their latest flick. It’s really kinda disgusting.

Thursday, June 10, 1999

• Bilal visits Adnan

• Undated letter from Adnan to Krista:

• It’s weird. When I first came here I didn’t know what the heck was going on. Let me tell you it was pretty bad. But I don’t mean physically like no one was trying to beat me up or anything. People didn’t know what to think of me. I mean, first of all, everyone in here is black and always threatening to beat the hell out of someone else. And then you have me, light skinned and quiet. I didn’t say much to anyone, no one said much to me. Four months later, I can be anywhere in the entire jail, it’s huge, and someone will call “Syed!” People say “what’s up?” to me, ask how things are and I don’t even know them. The strange thing is, so many people come to me saying “if anyone bothers you, let me know” that there’s no one left to bother me. Some of it is due to the fact that I’m a Muslim and a lot is due to my personality. You know I’ve been blessed in that I can make friends almost anywhere I go. Now I can really say anywhere.”

• Adnan tells Krista he’s been elected to Inmate Council.

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