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@LuLu Mom: Don told SK that he loved Hae, and still loved her.

I hadn't thought of your last point, that Jay could have been a CI for the police. Very valid and plausible idea!! That probably would have been a conflict of interest though (if he was beforehand), but if he was willing to spill information regarding current drug crime (which he was obviously privy to), then I could see them helping him!!

@littlejoy: I have a hard time believing he "loved" her if they were only together for 3 weeks, I'm cynical I guess, I feel like that's the aftermath of her being taken so suddenly and maybe a wishful memory, but I could be wrong.

@lawbee11: I loved this part of that article:

"Some listeners think Hae has been obscured by the podcast’s focus on the minutia of the case, but I disagree. Between the voice of her diary and the way her friends talk about her, she has become a more vivid character to me than anyone else in “Serial.” Don’s story made me see her, joking around during the slow times in a suburban eyeglass shop, making a play for an older guy and grounded enough both to recognize his need for a little self-image pep talk and to offer one. It seems inconceivable that anyone would want to destroy a person like that. Hae, Hae: even in second- and third-hand stories, she is so strong, and so brimming with life that sometimes I forget for a moment that she’s dead. And yet that’s the only thing we really know for sure."

@littlejoy: I really like that part of the article, as well. I know a lot of people have criticized Serial for making Hae's death fodder for our entertainment , but I thinks it helped millions of people learn about aNd care for her. I've never once forgot her in the thick of this case. I think she's the kind of girl that would want the world to know her story. But that's just my opinion.

I am just catching up on this-- started the series late, and caught up quickly, just listened to the last one.

My gut feeling is that Jay and Adnan were both involved somehow, but they are covering for something else-- especially Jay. I think they were involved with someone or something really bad and their lies were to cover for that, which led to Adnan looking more guilty (and Jay pinning it on him).

Total speculation, but what if Hae found out about Adnan's involvement in this "bad thing" (drug dealers? mafia? gangs?), confronted him, and he either killed her, or told Jay about it and Jay killed her, and they tried to cover it up?

I also like the Jay being informant idea and the cops coaching him to make things line up for their story.

No matter what really happened, I feel confident that he should not have been found guilty based on the case from the state and that's really really sad.

I'm still stuck on why didn't Don (Hae's boyfriend) or Adnan (Hae's ex-boyfriend) try to call her after she went missing? If everyone thought she moved to California, why not just attempt to contact her? How do you go from contact all the time to 0 just like that? That I just don't get...

Jay posted this on Facebook last night. It's since been taken down.

I posted this in the other thread: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/29/exclusive-interview-jay-wilds-star-witness-adnan-syed-serial-case-pt-1/

@photojane: The snowstorm didn't start until 4AMish. And I'm totally hooked on the Serial subreddit.

@fussygal: I think it's going to be months from now. If we're lucky, it'll be sooner especially with the heat of the podcast. I think Adnan's appeal with the help of the Innocence Project is coming up. They're using that to have DNA tested compared to the serial rapist as a way of eliminating Adnan as killer/suspect.