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Hello, Serial listeners.

This is Sarah Koenig.

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Remember how last time I ended by saying that the detectives had other leads in this case besides Mr. S., the guy who found Hay's body?

That they were also starting to look at Adnan?

Well, the reason we know that is because of this memo.

This memo he's talking about is regarding an anonymous call.

That's Detective Ritz on the witness stand at trial.

He's talking about how they got this anonymous call three days after Hay's body was found.

The call came in to Detective Massey, a Baltimore County cop.