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? It is unknown if Galarza and Solis are still employed by the county, and it is also unknown if they have hired attorneys to represent them. A lot of stuff has not been analyzed yet. Speaking to the press, King County's Sr. Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Baird claimed: "The defendant opened the locked door to Jinaga's apartment, attacked her, stripped off her clothing, gagged her, assaulted her and finally strangled her to death.". Suspicious deaths, such as homicide, very rarely happen in Redmond: one of the wealthier suburbs on the outskirts of Seattle, which is known internationally for housing the U.S. headquarters for both Microsoft and Nintendo. That day, Arpana showed up for work as if it were any other workday, but told some of her coworkers about a party being held that evening at her apartment complex. There is no apparent reason why someone would want to take this person from the prime of her life.". 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. They dance and drink. 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. Because this individual has never been charged with any crime, I'll continue to refer to him as C.J., but there is a lot of evidence pointing towards him either having some kind of involvement in this case or, at the very least, knowing much more than he has publicly admitted. 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While Arpana didn't have any friends or family in the area, she didn't let that deter her from leaning into the community. Suspect premieres Aug. 17 on Wondery+ and Aug. 31 wherever podcasts are streamed. However, over the next several days, they would eventually bring themselves to a consensus, and delivered their findings the following Tuesday, June 11th: not guilty. That night, Arpana and at least three of her neighbors would open up their apartments for the party, which would move throughout the complex over several hours. 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 . After Dax Shepard asked her about her musical chairs relationship situation. How did that happen? After all, he was the only one facing charges, and him facing charges for two people was - at its core - unconstitutional. At the time of this announcement - in October of 2010 - he was incarcerated at the McNeil Island Correction Center in Steilacoom for failing to update his sex offender registration and was not expected to be released until 2012. After his release from prison in November of 2006, Fair would begin a three-year process of floating between prison and homelessness; this included the period in which Arpana Jinaga was murdered. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. And when you get to talk to all these different people who are involved in the case at different times, you see how that power manifests itself or doesnt. Jay arrived at the apartment complex at around 9:00 AM and made his way to Arpana's apartment, which one of her neighbors - who I'll nickname "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. Then, in a strange turn of fate, he decided to drive up to the Canadian border, where he attempted to drive through the border without stopping or declaring himself. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, of course. Regardless, more than a decade has passed since the mysterious death of Arpana Jinaga, and no one has been held responsible for it. The two disgraced men have both been sentenced for sex crimes. This likely resulted in his DNA being distributed throughout the apartment; in particular, in Arpana's bathroom, where he had cleaned himself up. Theres plinking music. as an uncharged accomplice). 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 . 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Meanwhile, Fair's attorneys would argue that this was not a valid argument: the state couldn't have their cake and eat it, too. The autopsy revealed that Arpana had been strangled and asphyxiated to death, roughly two days before her body was discovered. He was originally charged with Arpana's murder in October of 2010 and acquitted in June of 2019 - nearly nine years, in which there was little movement in Arpana's case. He said his surgery was a success, but he needs time to heal before he can tour again. "This unwritten policy of permissible use of excessive force has deep roots going back decades to Carrizales' opening. I hope people think about that, but I also hope that they think about the way that justice is carried out or not, in cities across the country and in a really liberal place like Seattle. The crime scene itself was a maelstrom of forensic evidence because more than a dozen people had been inside of Arpana Jinaga's apartment just hours before her death, attending the Halloween party. Was it Jesus secretary? Suspect initially sticks to the costumed whodunit structure, chiefly to establish the gallery of possible suspects, but eventually jettisons that framing as it progresses through the outcome of the actual police investigation. Missing from the scene entirely was Arpana's motorcycle, a Suzuki GS 500, which quickly became a highly-sought-after item for Redmond Police. 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. Even though he claimed to have gone home to his friend's apartment at around 1:00 AM to sleep, cell phone records indicated that Fair made dozens of phone calls to numerous women between 2:00 and 5:00 AM; including several calls to Leslie, the woman whose apartment he claimed to have been sleeping at. Whoever had forced entry into the apartment had attempted to clean and cover up their crime afterward. His reason for making this trip has never been uncovered, but it is believed that he might have committed crimes in the Seattle area over this three-day span in which Arpana Jinaga ended up dead. 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. Can Anyone Predict Whos Going to Win Best Supporting Actress? 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. I think one surprise for me was, we talked to three jurors. Its probably a spoiler to tell you at this point that the team doesnt end up solving Jinagas murder. Just like in the first trial, the state leaned heavily upon the DNA evidence, which had been aided by the TrueAllele analysis and originally implicated Fair in Arpana Jinaga's murder. And they're a couple of names that you might be familiar with. He then heard the sound of running water in Arpana's apartment, which lasted for about an hour, but wouldn't give these bizarre sounds any second thoughts in the days to come. For three and a half decades, her disappearance was a mystery - a riddle neither authorities . Still, I dont mean for this discussion of aesthetics to take us too far away from Suspects merits in and of itself. That is where her body was discovered, nude and bloody, lying face-down on the floor beside her bed. In pretrial motions filed by Fair's attorneys, it was claimed that Emanuel Fair, a black man, had been treated very differently from other suspects or POIs (most of whom were white). There has been no sign of activity in the case in some time, due to the prolonged trials of Emanuel Fair. Over the next two years, C.J. This one is not going away. 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. A pre-trial conference has been scheduled for May 30 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald G. Morgan. They argue and fight. Shaer: This is a really challenging case to think about on lots of different levels. It was just gruesome. You see the consequences of a decision, even a relatively small decision. If they did, youd probably see a news cycle about it by now. Alanis-Mejia was allegedly beaten by jailers Raul Galarza and Mark Solis while . A handful of years before the murder of Arpana Jinaga, Emanuel Fair had been arrested and charged with raping a minor. 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. In October of 2008, a 24-year-old computer programmer living in the Seattle area would attend a Halloween party in her apartment complex. Offscreen, he was one himself. While O'Leary never killed any of his known victims, there are certain details about his crime spree that remain unknown to investigators: including the contents of an encrypted file on his hard drive, which has been nicknamed "The Wretch" by certain investigators. Season 2: Vanished in the Snow chronicles the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews. Theres a narrative buildup toward the presentation of a maybe suspect being the likely culprit. throughout this episode - who, it turns out, had been one of the investigation's main suspects early on. 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. They could try each of the men separately or together, but couldn't try one for the potential crimes of both. I hope that answers can still be found in this case, but until such a time, the story of Arpana Jinaga will remain unresolved. His DNA had been found on a bottle of motor oil and on a bloody robe, both of which had been found inside of a plastic bag thrown into the apartment complex's dumpster. In that case, police learned everything they needed to know from the crime scene itself. The apartment was discovered in a state of disrepair different from how it had looked days beforehand (during the Halloween party), which made it clear that the struggle had ultimately led to Arpana's bedroom. On October 31st, 2008, Israel Keyes flew from Anchorage to SeaTac and was in the Seattle area until November 2nd, when he then flew from SeaTac to Boston. By October of that year, she had already scored a promotion to lead programmer and seemed destined for greater things. 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. What were the things that made that possible? All rights reserved. While Emanuel Fair was acquitted of the charges levied against him, the jurors that decided his fate claim that it had little to do with his innocence; but, rather, the level of reasonable doubt that his attorneys were able to raise. 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. Shaer: It might be different from other types of true-crime shows that people are used to where theres an agenda as to who ultimately committed the crime or who didnt. Whats Next for Convicted Sex Criminals Harvey Weinstein and R. Kelly? Instead of trying to solve Jinagas murder, Shaer and Benson use extensive interviews to weave a complex narrative around race, injustice, the place of forensic DNA evidence in the common perception of guilt and innocence and, ultimately, a tragic story with no real closure. 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. Thats depressing. They were able to follow the trail of maelstrom throughout the apartment down the hallway, towards the decedent's bedroom, where they discovered her body: that of a 24-year-old from India, who had come to America a few years prior to pursue her "American dream". Emanuel Fair's innocence would be asserted by his defense attorneys in the months and years to come, who insisted that he receive proper treatment under the law; which, they alleged, prosecutors were refusing to give to him, as had the investigators from the very beginning of this case. does not exculpate Fair. Inside of Arpana's bathroom, investigators would find a white comforter from her bed, which had also been stained with blood. He was arrested for this crime and ended up pleading guilty to avoid a decade-plus prison sentence (pleading down from 2nd degree to 3rd-degree rape). It was also pointed out by the defense that Emanuel Fair - now standing trial for murder - had been involved in a small accident at the party that resulted in him getting a bloody lip inside of Arpana's apartment (which was verified by other partygoers). Each host brings a new, love gone wrong true story to mix. Benson: We didnt know that the Redmond [Police Department] was going to be willing to participate in the show. It was soaking in the tub, in a mixture of water and bleach. C.J. While investigators had already analyzed the evidence and saw that it could feasibly implicate Emanuel Fair's involvement in the murder, it was anything but definitive (and could create reasonable doubt if brought up in trial). That was surprising. would admit that during this time, he had stopped taking his psychiatric medication. When asked about this impromptu trip to the Canadian border, C.J. Police getting called out to a suspicious death in Redmond; one in which there was clear evidence of a struggle? claimed to not remember anything about them. There, she would receive her master's degree in electrical and computer engineering in December of 2007. It is . Friends recall that she spoke of opening an animal sanctuary for endangered species in the future. Later, police would figure out that Fair attended that same Halloween party as Arpana because of photographs that other partygoers had taken, some of which had been posted online to social media sites. Alanis-Mejia was booked into Carrizales on Sept. 10, 2020, on an outstanding warrant, that alleges he was unaware of, according to the lawsuit. 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. Police would arrive at the apartment complex a short time later, and immediately noticed two things that stood out about this crime. Here was a case where a woman was murdered and there were years of investigation, years of pursuing various suspects, two trials. Oh, you like podcasts? More than a decade later, no one has been held accountable for her murder. Meanwhile, the shift in the podcasts emphasis does mean that Jinagas own story ends up fading into the background a little bit. Privacy Policy and Lets get this out of the way: Suspect is a very good listen. Cameron County officials did not respond to The Brownsville Herald for comment by press time. The lawsuit alleges jailers Raul Galarza and Mark Solis began demeaning Alanis-Mejia and ridiculing him because he was crying over the death of his parents. Emanuel Fair's trial would begin in February of 2017 - more than six years after he had originally been charged, and more than eight years after Arpana Jinaga's murder. Erin Ehlert, the Senior Deputy Prosecutor, would claim that Emanuel Fair's DNA was found in places only the killer would have left behind a forensic footprint: on the piece of tape used to gag the victim, on her neck (where she had been choked), and then on a bloody bathrobe recovered by investigators. lived right next-door to Arpana Jinaga, and by his own admission, had a pretty close relationship with her. Speaking to the Redmond Reporter, Lt. Doug Shepard said: "She did not make enemies, she just made friends and a lot of them. can also be characterized as an uncharged accomplice.". Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Sarah Neilson is a freelance writer and book critic based in Seattle. Guest on Suspect. Since its release on Aug. 31,Suspecthas vaulted to the top spot on Chartables U.S. rankings of most listened to Apple podcasts. And the energy with which many of the people pursued this case it is tragic, what happened. 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. One of the women that Fair called, whom he phoned three times at around 4:45 AM, said that his calls had gone straight to voicemail. had gone down to a car so that they could listen to some music, and C.J. And while TrueAllele had not yet been used by a prosecution in Washington state at this point, it had been used to obtain dozens of convictions all over the country and was seen as a reliable tool for law enforcement. 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. 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.". DNA evidence was linked to three men and ultimately used to charge Emanuel Fair, a Black man from Seattle. According to one of the jurors, who later spoke to the Seattle Times, the state's inability to reconcile the charges against Emanuel Fair with the evidence implicating C.J. (Arpana's neighbor, who would co-discover her body days later). The demeaning comments against Alanis continues and the guards purposely made the comments to cause him more stress, the lawsuit states. Short of clear leads and smoking guns, the authorities ultimately pin the crime on the lone Black man at the party, Emanuel Fair, who had a prior criminal record. The Wagner opera returns to the Met for the first time in 17 years. Hes dangerous, hes terrifying, hes an extra in, How to Watch the 2023 Oscars Celebrate All 23 Categories Live Again. Specifically, it is a software that uses thousands of algorithms to read DNA and translate it, essentially, into evidence that investigators and prosecutors can then use. However, investigators could not establish a specific time of death; instead speculating that she had died at some point early on Saturday morning, sometime between 3:00 and 8:00 AM. ", "It was a brutal scene. She was last seen by numerous people leaving an apartment on the first floor - where the party had ended up - and was heading back up to her apartment on the third floor (the top level of the complex). Shaer: Its astonishing when you look at a case in this way, the power that every decision has over the rest of the investigation and the trial, the power that individuals have, prosecutors, police, jurors especially. This contemporary moment of true-crime-podcast ubiquity and cultural power presents greater opportunity for more ambition and formal innovation than were seeing across the board right now, I think. For the next two years, investigators would struggle to make sense of this case. After being held in custody for nine years, he was found not guilty of Jinagas murder and released in 2019. Investigators had seemed particularly hostile towards Fair and had not extended that hostility towards other white suspects (who may have had more of a motive to target Arpana). Authorities seem to have put all of their eggs in a single basket, and that resulted in an acquittal more than a decade after the original crime. Despite her not having any experience riding a motorcycle, she planned on using one as her primary mode of transportation. However, the notion of a robbery taking place did not end there. Over nine episodes, true crime podcast Suspect hosts Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson return to the scene of the 2008 crime over a decade later to uncover what happened, and speak with everyone about . Fair and C.J. According to police spokesmen early on, what investigators were finding indicated homicide - signs of a physical struggle and potential signs of sexual trauma - but they would remain tight-lipped in the days to come. Fair was held in jail for nine years and was twice tried but was never convicted. One, that someone had broken into the third-floor apartment of the decedent by kicking in the front door, leaving behind the broken frame to be discovered by the 911 caller. But we got really all of those people. 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. showed up to the Halloween party rather late and was already heavily-intoxicated when he arrived.
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