After all, nothing else of value had been stolen from the apartment, so someone might have been on the phone and camera that didn't want to be. If they did, youd probably see a news cycle about it by now. Emanuel Fair's second trial began just last year, in 2019, and again, tried to reach a jury consensus regarding his guilt. I think one surprise for me was, we talked to three jurors. Oh, Loosey! 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Prosecutors implied that Fair had been lying about where he was during these vital hours, which remained unexplained nearly two years later. The lawsuit states abuse by guards also continued when Sheriff Omar Lucio took over in 2005, although Lucio had vowed to clean up jail abuses by guards. Suspect premieres Aug. 17 on Wondery+ and Aug. 31 wherever podcasts are streamed. 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. might have been involved). Or it might not. Emmanuel Fair's Podcast Credits & Interviews | Podchaser The last episode is called Haunted because thats how everyone feels by what happened there. Who knows how many lives she could have touched? than any other suspect (including Emanuel Fair), and when asked whether or not he had gone next-door to Arpana's apartment after making his two phone calls, C.J. Together, they decided to enter Arpana's apartment to check in on her, but when they knocked on the apartment door, it swung open. Alanis-Mejia was allegedly beaten by jailers Raul Galarza and Mark Solis while Alanis-Mejia was incarcerated at the Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center in Olmito in September 2014, the lawsuit reads. The two hung out often after Arpana moved to the Redmond area, but had begun to drift apart in the weeks before the murder (due to Arpana spending her free time volunteering and participating in her motorcycle club). "We still consider it early in the investigation. After nine years of awaiting his fate, 35-year-old Emanuel Fair was released from custody just hours after being acquitted in the death of Arpana Jinaga. 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 opinions expressed in reader comments are those of the author only and do not reflect the opinions of The Seattle Times. "There have been multiple reports between 2012 and 2020 of Carrizales guards provoking inmates in order to get reaction from the inmate and then beat the inmate," the lawsuit stated. Terms of Service apply. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us. Regardless, more than a decade has passed since the mysterious death of Arpana Jinaga, and no one has been held responsible for it. 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." Eventually, they would reach out to a family friend, Jay B. was interviewed multiple times by investigators, and each time, was unable to remember certain details: including what he had been up to during the estimated time of the murder (3:00 - 8:00 AM). The Seattle Timesrecently spoke with Shaer and Benson over Zoom about the impetus for this podcast, what surprised them in their reporting and what their take-aways are from investigating this story. "It's the No. To-date, Arpana Jinaga's murder remains unsolved. DNA evidence was linked to three men and ultimately used to charge Emanuel Fair, a Black man from Seattle. It would soon become clear to them that someone had attempted to scrub the apartment of their presence, wiping bleach onto several pieces of furniture, as well as a table in the living room (from which, fluid had spilled down onto the carpet, permanently staining it). I hope we did something to draw attention to that. Later on, during Emanuel Fair's first trial, prosecutors even alleged that this neighbor had been an accomplice in the murder. Several items found inside of the apartment had also been burned by the killer, including a green blanket that belonged to Arpana, the red cape she had been wearing to the Halloween party, other pieces of her costume, a black sheet, and portions of carpet. According to the 15-year-old victim, Fair had raped her numerous times, but this culminated in a final incident in the city of Burien that saw Fair escalate in violence, choking the teenage girl at gunpoint. 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. However, these phone calls indicate that this was a lie, and he was already awake at the time this happened (and, at the very least, subconsciously thinking about Arpana). The two disgraced men have both been sentenced for sex crimes. Now that Meredith is gone, it is business as usual at Grey Sloan Memorial. In it, she spoke about her love of working with computers and using them to innovate new and exciting things and spoke about working with companies in the future to do just that - innovate - before following in her father's footsteps to become a professor. Listen to Suspect at https://wondery.fm/SuspectEpisode Description: The residents of the Valley View apartments organize a big costume party. While jailed at the facility, Alanis-Mejia underwent suicide screening because he had recently lost his parents. In any case, Suspects overarching narrative builds up to Fairs victory against wrongful imprisonment. But instead of returning home to India, she decided to take another huge leap and accepted a job as a software quality assurance engineer with the tech giant EMC (now known as Dell EMC). The residents of the Valley View apartments organize a big costume party. While border officials were able to quickly stop him, they ordered a search of his vehicle and ultimately turned him away because he didn't have a passport on him. Editors note: A previous version of this story stated Emanuel Fair was convicted for the murder of Arpana Jinaga. does not exculpate Fair. Its the best we can do forensically, but it still requires human beings to translate. At points, C.J. Among thousands of contestants, she was singled out as a top-20 performer and was the only participant from Asia to be featured in the subsequent awards. The oil would contribute to the odd smell throughout the apartment, and was reportedly found all over the carpet of the bedroom. Investigators would later retrieve the cell phone's information from Arpana's provider, but its disappearance - as well as the absence of Arpana's camera - pointed to the likelihood of her killer being someone that she knew. Meanwhile, the shift in the podcasts emphasis does mean that Jinagas own story ends up fading into the background a little bit. The case remains unsolved today. In October of 2010, King County prosecutors announced that they were filing charges against Emanuel Fair for the murder of Arpana Jinaga, based on evidence they had accumulated over nearly two years of investigating. The final stretch of the series lingers in the bittersweet of the triumph: Its justice, but it comes after great loss. Not only was Keyes accustomed to Washington, having grown up in the northeastern corner of the state and serving at Ft. Lewis for a spell in the early 2000s (just south of Tacoma), but he did travel to the Seattle area on the weekend of Arpana's murder. Sheriff Conrado Cantu took office as sheriff in 2001 and oversaw Carrizales when it first opened in 2004," a portion of the federal lawsuit stated. During his interviews with investigators, C.J. Police would arrive at the apartment complex a short time later, and immediately noticed two things that stood out about this crime. It's also worth pointing out that the same evidence used against Emanuel Fair - the DNA evidence analyzed by TrueAllele - revealed that C.J. The team, led by Matthew . Writing the Atlantic story was a bit of a wake [up] call in all the different ways that DNA can be misused. Redmond Police spokesman Jim Bove would tell reporters later that day (Monday, November 3rd): "There were signs of trauma in the apartment We have booked it as a case of suspicious death.". Season 2: Vanished in the Snow chronicles the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews. What were the things that made that possible? In that sense, the end of Suspect could very well be the start of the rest of the story. New true-crime podcast reexamines the unsolved murder of a Redmond She moved into the Valley View Apartments just north of Marymoor Park, along the 8900 block of Redmond-Woodinville Road.