Jinagas neighbor, Johnson, was the prime suspect at first, as described in Fairs lawsuit documents. In 2008, 24 year old software engineer, Arpana Jinaga was brutally murdered after hosting a party on Halloween night with fellow residents of the Valley View Apartments in Redmond Washington. 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.Season 2: Vanished in the Snow chronicles the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews. He attributed them to wrestling a stranger he met at another Halloween party the next day, the lawsuit alleges. He helped set up and clean up, and had no wounds, no scratches or injuries. When youre in jail, you dont have a holiday. Emanuel Fair's DNA was found on Jinagas neck, a piece of duct tape used to gag her, a piece of toilet paper or paper towel found at the crime scene, and was mixed with Jinagas blood on her bathrobe robe (left in the apartment complex trash bin). Now, more than two years later, Fair is suing King County, the city of Redmond and Redmond Police Capt. His legal team expanded the lawsuit in late March, adding ten more pages of allegations and the prosecutor on the case and other detectives that handled the case to the list of defendants. In the apartment, there was a strong smell of bleach, and also bleach stains were found. 14 years later, and unfortunately there are no updates in this case. There were also other men in Jinagas life that detectives suspected of the murder, and some of their DNA was found at the crime scene. Police believe she was killed around 8 a.m. Two days later, a friend of Jinagas father went to check up on her because she hadnt answered phone calls from her family in India. .but he doesnt mention it? An exclusive trailer for Suspect is below. According to the Rolling Stone report, most of the people at the party that night didnt remember Fairs name. He went on afterwards, he got his degree, hes never had a crime., Fair, who had only met the neighbor at the party that night, said prosecutors immunity deal was just another biased action taken to strengthen the case against him that backfired, because the neighbor didnt even implicate me, he implicated himself.. Her arm and a blanket also were partially burned and her comforter was soaking in a bathtub. I may be misremembering but I seem to remember there being explanations for Fairs DNA on those items? After-the-fact contentions about inadmissible evidence are a little disingenuous, said Dreveskracht, Fairs attorney, who noted police at one point consulted with a psychic medium who attempted to contact Jinaga beyond the grave. Fairs lawsuit includes many of the same facts that his public defender, Ben Goldsmith, used to poke holes in the prosecutions criminal case. Police attempted to identify the partygoers and interview them. Host Matthew Shaer and and reporter Eric Benson go to the scene of the crime in an effort to discover if police identified the right suspect. Convicted sex offender charged in brutal 2008 Redmond homicide By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Those are times when you should be around family. but Im not free., Thailand's 'most beautiful transgender woman' and husband wear $580K in attire at extravagant wedding, Desperate mountain residents trapped by snow beg for help; 'We are coming,' sheriff says, U.S. court won't require FAA to make airplane seat size, spacing rules, Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh's new mugshot revealed after double life sentence, Rebel Wilson says she was banned from Disneyland for 30 days for taking a bathroom selfie, SoCal in for cool start to weekend, but light rain makes brief return, Why 4 of Mizzou's seniors have a personal meaning for Dennis Gates, Iliman Ndiaye: Senegal midfielder an 'unbelievable' player. Larson, the chief criminal deputy prosecutor, noted Fairs DNA was found on Jinagas neck, a piece of duct tape used to gag her, a piece of toilet paper or paper towel found at the crime scene, and was mixed with Jinagas blood on a robe found in the apartment buildings trash bin. I always knew I was going to get out; I just didnt think it would take as a long as it took, Fair, 38, said last month. Potts, Jinaga and two others neighbors decorated and opened up their units to allow partygoers to go in and out freely. Some guests were rowdy, but nothing out of the ordinary, it says. At his second trial, a jury found him not guilty. There was potential there that was just taken away., Citing pending litigation, a city of Redmond spokesperson declined to comment about Fairs lawsuit on behalf of Coats and the citys Police Department. Fair ultimately was charged based on trace DNA evidence found on Jinagas neck; a piece of duct tape used to gag her; paper found in the apartment; and mixed with Jinagas blood on a robe recovered from the apartment buildings dumpster. She had opened her third-floor apartment to Fair and dozens of other partygoers, who traipsed in and out during the festivities. It was just gruesome, he said. He had a prior history of violent sexual crimes. Jinaga had been gagged with her underpants and duct tape, brutally beaten around the head. Jinagas phone and digital camera were missing from the scene and never recovered. I lost a lot. Police found that he had Googled pawn shops near the border. He made calls to a few friends, including apparently pocket-dialing Potts. The second trial was in 2019, where he got a not-guilty verdict. On Oct. 31, 2008, 24-year-old Arpana Jinaga dressed up in a Little Red Riding Hood costume and prepared for a Friday night to remember. This is weird. He matched the description of the man the other resident saw around 3 a.m. at the murdered womans door and had a wide window of suspicion around him, the lawsuit alleges. He attributed them to wrestling a stranger he met at another Halloween party the next day, the lawsuit alleges. Emanuel Fair was arrested in 2010. I just want to be myself.. Emanuel Fair: He was not a resident, but he was staying in the apartment of Leslie Potts. Her apartment was decorated as a haunted forest, one of. 14 years ago. Arpana Jinaga - Spreaker Johnson said he heard moaning sounds coming from Jinagas apartment around 3 a.m., and he assumed she was having sex. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. 2008, in Marshall . After the jury in his first trial deadlocked in 2017, King County prosecutors tried Fair again in 2019. A spokesperson for the King County Prosecuting Attorneys Office said in an email, we look forward to addressing these allegations in a public courtroom, and we are confident in our case.. The lawsuit alleges there was heavy drinking at the party of 40 to 50 people. She had a keen interest in engineering and won several innovation competitions. His DNA was on the roll of duct tape found on the couch, not the tape that covered her face and according to the podcast there's a photo of him using the duct tape to hang up decorations so yea he touched it they already know that. When youre in jail, you dont have a holiday. 2018Dion Wiyoko,Rianti Cartwright,Laura Basuki,Jill Gladys,Sheila Dara Aisha,Junior Liem,Alyndra PandjipoetraSunshine ,SunshineSunshinemp4SunshineBT . In a 2020 interview, one of the prosecutors said Fair looked like the best suspect because his DNA was found on objects specifically related to the murder, not the aftermath. As her next-door neighbor this would have been obvious. She had a keen interest in engineering and won several innovation competitions. Fair was staying with his friend Leslie Potts on Oct. 31, 2008, in Valley View Apartments when he attended the party that Potts and other neighbors organized. According to residents of the apartment, Johnson appeared interested in Jinaga. After the party wound down, Jinaga was seen returning to her apartment about 3 a.m.; investigators believe she was killed at about 8 a.m. Nov. 1. He replied: If youve done it before, youll do it again.. But it seems Jinaga would quickly move on and return to enjoying the party. He waited in jail while authorities tested his DNA. He was staying with Potts in the mostly white neighborhood that weekend, and his attendance at the party was impromptu. So its kind of messed up. Another apartment complex resident committed suicide just days after Jinagas death, and his DNA was reportedly never compared to the crime scene. . True. 0:00 / 18:51 Halloween Party Host Murder Leads to Excess Suspects | Arpana Jinaga & Emanuel Fair Dr. Todd Grande 1.24M subscribers 67K views 2 months ago This video answers the question: Can I. Murder mystery continues nearly a year later: Redmond Police still have Preliminary reports said Arpana may have died on Friday evening. He appeared drunk and brought liquor. Jinaga, a 24-year-old software engineer from India, had attended Rutgers University, won an international software award and was a rising star at the Bellevue company where she worked. Two days later, after Jinaga hadnt shown up to work or returned calls to her family in India, a family friend and Jinagas next-door neighbor found her door kicked in and her nude body on her bedroom floor. Gifts processed in this system are not tax deductible, but are predominately used to help meet the local financial requirements needed to receive national matching-grant funds. Several people were at the party before Jinagas murder, so the scene was full of various DNA samples. Jinagas father had asked a family friend to check in on her after she missed scheduled calls with family from India. Fairs lawsuit includes many of the same facts that his public defender, Ben Goldsmith, used to poke holes in the prosecutions criminal case. If her rape was that violent he'd have had SOME scratches or scars. Maybe they realized only at the last minute that they should get rid of the sheets and empty oil bottle and without anyone seeing them do it? I covered for Emanuel because at the time I thought he was my friend, not because I was trying to cover for him for something he may or may not have done. This is only a fraction of the evidence exonerating Emanuel which was wide-ranging and persuasive. They also failed to look for evidence of a missing bootlace. I think he may have been involved; I think he may have lied to us, Ehlert said of the neighbor. Coats and another Redmond detective confronted the neighbor about his calls to Jinaga, but then released him and returned his phone without examining it. Jinaga's killer had clearly gone to great lengths to destroy any biological traces linking him to the crime scene. They also failed to look for evidence of a missing bootlace. Johnson also had injuries that detectives said were consistent with a sexual assault. Police let Johnson go after his questioning. The result, it claims, was a biased probe that caused Fair to be arrested and charged without probable cause for a murder he did not commit.. Fair was tried for Jinagas sexual assault twice and was acquitted after his second trial in June 2019. He said evidence about Jinagas neighbor raised significant questions for the jury. I thought I was gonna die, Fair told Rolling Stone. Emanuel Fair stayed in the King County Correctional Facility for nearly nine years for a crime he did not commit based on a botched and bizarre murder investigation driven by racial discrimination, a recent lawsuit alleges. On Thanksgiving, when he hadnt shown up to his familys dinner, Fair said an aunt called him to ask whether he was planning to come. Most of the partygoers reportedly referred to the chocolate-skinned man as the Black guy in his police file. And thats hard.. His attorneys allege Fair was isolated as the main suspect for her murder because of his race and his past criminal record. Some guests were rowdy, but nothing out of the ordinary, it says. Her arm and a blanket also were partially burned and her comforter was soaking in a bathtub.