Sarah Koenig

They were all so young.

How are you supposed to react?

Interestingly, Jim Trainham, the former homicide detective we hired to review the investigation, immediately disregarded every single statement about Anand's reaction.

In terms of evaluating someone's guilt, he said, stuff like that is worthless.

He advised me to do the same.

Just toss it all out, he said.

Because it's subjective, it's hindsight, and also people tend to bend their memories to what they think police want to hear.

Adnan helped plan a memorial for Hay at school.

They'd plant a tree for her.

It's still there in front of the school with a plaque.

This time for Adnan is a blur, he says.

Giant events kept coming, one after the other.

He didn't have time to wrestle them into comprehension.

The cops came to Adnan's house to speak to him on February 26, 1999, two days before they'd arrest him.

They hadn't interviewed Jen or Jay yet.

There was a report in their files about that meeting, which oddly is dated September 14th, almost seven months after the fact.

I don't know why.

Detectives Ritz and McGillivary come to Adnan's house and ask about Hay.

Quote, when asked if Syed had a relationship with Hay Min Lee, Syed replied in a soft voice, yes.

However, he didn't want his father to know.