Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Speaking to the Redmond Reporter, Lt. Doug Shepard said: "She did not make enemies, she just made friends and a lot of them. I hadn't seen her for months, I'd never thought about her like that [prior to the night of the Halloween party]". Later that night, shes dropped off to an empty house. In June of 2005, Arpana was featured in the New Indian Express, in an article titled "Young Inventors." Arpana Jinaga was a 24-year-old computer programmer, who had moved to the Pacific Northwest in March of 2008. 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. It would be noted that those at the party recalled him arriving with a noticeable limp - which would be noted by investigators days later when they spoke to him - but when asked about where this limp had come from, he said it had come from the wrestling match at the party. Make snippets of Arpana talking to create audio highlights to share with your friends or embed in related blog posts. That is, until roughly two years later when King County officials would throw together a press conference, where they announced the arrest of a suspect. The Carnation murders was a mass murder that occurred on December 24, 2007, near The murders took place in the home of Wayne Scott Anderson and Judy Anderson. His Jeep was later found crashed 3 miles from the job site, but Daniel has still not been found. However, this case would prove to be much harder to solve for investigators; many of whom had not worked on a murder case in quite some time (if at all). 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. Khooni Podcast, Vanished in the Snow | Stranger Danger | 2. A few months after making the big move, Blanca would become the victim of human organ trafficking. After nearly 11 years and two trials, killing of Redmond woman who had Teen Was Murdered After Coming Home from Grocery Store in 1975, Coffee Cup Leads to Arrest A timeline of the investigation into the 1975 murder of Lindy Sue Biechler [update] | Local News | lanca, Our latest episode covers the 2006 disappearance of OSU medical student Brian Shaffer. Phil Skelton, a member of the PNW Riders, spoke to the Redmond Reporter and said about Arpana: "When you met her, she would have you smiling within 15 seconds.". DNA evidence was linked to three men and ultimately used to charge Emanuel Fair, a Black man from Seattle. Amber pulled her sources from: Cold Case Files She Never Came Home PleasantonWeekly.com crimecapsule.com www.cbsnews.com Then Naomi tells us the true story of the , Continuing on with the tale of missing Indo-Guyanese bird breeders Moses & Lilawattie, we learn a little more about their hired ranch workers Harry & Felix. 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. There were really intense, long jury deliberations for the first trial and hearing about that from people who were truly going in cold to this case and this story, I thought it was really fascinating and not a place I really imagined that wed be going at the beginning. We have a brutal murder with no suspect. Here was a case where a woman was murdered and there were years of investigation, years of pursuing various suspects, two trials. Thats depressing. 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. 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. 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. These pretrial motions would also bring to light a discrepancy within the forensic analysis of the evidence, which would ultimately turn into the longest-lasting dispute in this case, carrying on over years and significantly delaying the state of Emanuel Fair's trial. 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). Until such a time, they had to take the program and its parent company, Cybergenetics, at their word. Eventually, they would reach out to a family friend, Jay B. When suspect no.1 was caught, his confession left the cops shocked & puzzle, This week, Amber covers the abduction and murder of Brianna Denison. had gone down to a car so that they could listen to some music, and C.J. By Monday, Arpana had not yet surfaced and she would fail to show up for work that morning. In August of 1990, over the course of four days, 5 Gainesville students were brutally murdered. Introducing Foretold: Can a fortuneteller change her future? Amber pulled her sources from: Mr, Up in the foothills of the Himalayan range, cradled between snowy slopes is a little lake called Roopkund. Its the best we can do forensically, but it still requires human beings to translate. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. After attending a prestigious university in India, she decided to broaden her horizons for post-graduate life. and Nirmala Jinaga, a professor of computer engineering and a housewife, respectively. To give you the best possible experience, this site uses cookies. He was also a longtime friend of Omar Norman, a convicted killer that had received a 52-year sentence for murdering a man in October of 2005. Shortly thereafter, Fair would be arraigned on murder charges and entered a plea of not guilty. It was important for us to take the case as a whole and consider all the directions that it mightve gone, yes, but not to draw any conclusions. 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. Arpana's apartment complex:https://www.apartments.com/valley-view-apartments-redmond-wa/pjp728s/12. Amber pulled her sources from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Cassie_Jo_Stoddart https://the-line-up.com/cassie-jo-stoddart Your Worst Ni, Blanca Arellano, 51, traveled 3,000 miles to be with Juan Pablo Jesus Villafuerte, 37, after the two met through an online gaming community. Arpana Jinaga & Martha Moxley Arpana Jinaga and Martha Moxley - both young, beautiful girls with bright futures ahead of them. Way back in 2014 (a millennia ago in internet years), the podcast Serial began, and the whole world stopped to listen. But theres also a kind of incredible energy that went into every part of this; as much as it all sort of ended up with everyone feeling haunted, this was a lot of people trying to do what they thought was right, in most cases. This was paired with several inconsistencies in Emanuel Fair's story; which included - but was not limited to - calls he had made during the time of Arpana's murder. Rolling Stone reported that the resident recalled seeing who they described as a tall olive-skinned man speaking with Jinaga in her doorway around 3 a.m. on Nov . However, the notion of a robbery taking place did not end there. would later tell police that he was "kind of wanting to explore" and could offer up no further explanation for his bizarre actions. as a suspect which is why they ultimately presented a case that didn't do so. Instead, her life was brought to a violent and sudden end the morning after a Halloween party, and no one has been held to task for that. While armed robberies and sexual assaults do happen there, they are very low in number compared to other similarly-sized cities. This is when police learned about the argument Arpana had gotten in with another partygoer, which was described as being "race-related." We didnt want to make that kind of show. Hosted by Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson, the series revolves around the 2008 murder of 24-year-old computer programmer Arpana Jinaga, who was found dead after a Halloween party at a quiet Seattle apartment complex, and the complex investigation that followed. The case turned into a classic whodunit, and Jinaga's costumed party guests were the prime suspects. 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). lived right next-door to Arpana Jinaga, and by his own admission, had a pretty close relationship with her. Join us for a drink as we dive deep into these harrowing stories. 24-year-old Arpana Jinaga was once a teenage technology prodigy who excelled in living life to the fullest. Arpana B. Jinaga grew up in Hyderabad, one of the largest cities in all of India. Shaer: This is a story that found me rather than the other way around. She was found murdered in her apartment after a Halloween party in 2008.Katy Accardo from the podcast True Crime in, A man in Idaho cant seem to stop talking about Jonelle Matthews and her disappearance, claiming he knows information that could finally crack the case. for having any involvement in the murder, they were creating ammunition for the defense in the form of reasonable doubt. Later that day - after being turned away from the Canadian border - C.J. This included the tape used to gag Arpana, DNA recovered from her neck (where she had been strangled), and a bloody robe found in the apartment complex's dumpster, which contained traces of Fair's DNA. Sarah Neilson is a freelance writer and book critic based in Seattle. . Missing from the scene entirely was Arpana's motorcycle, a Suzuki GS 500, which quickly became a highly-sought-after item for Redmond Police. Why did Harry disappear? This area - Redmond, Washington - is a relative stranger to violent crime. A lot of stuff has not been analyzed yet. 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. Despite being a relative unknown in the public sphere, Fair was no stranger to law enforcement, having been arrested nearly a dozen times already, and serving sentences for at least six crimes: which included drug and firearms-related crimes, as well as sexual offenses. 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. Speaking to the Redmond Reporter, some of the club's members would remember Arpana as the fun-loving, ambitious young woman she had been - not just the victim she had become in local newspapers. Benson: We didnt know that the Redmond [Police Department] was going to be willing to participate in the show. 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. Its challenging in terms of race, in terms of policing, in terms of forensic science. It was around 3:00 AM on November 1st (Saturday) when the apartment's Halloween party began to die down; at which point, Arpana began returning to her apartment to catch some sleep. Suspect. 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." The prosecution would paint a portrait of Fair as a repeat offender, who met Arpana at the Halloween party and then became infatuated with her. Death' Surgeon Killed or Maimed 33 of His Patients Now His Victims Are Speaking Out, Ex-Boyfriend of Missing Md. At some point, though, things turned tense. He said that he met her briefly that night, and seemed to get along well with her; she briefly showed him photos from her bedroom computer, but that was about the extent of their interaction. She Hosted a Halloween Party, Then Turned Up Dead: Podcast Examines Arpana Jinaga's Unsolved 2008 Murder. Cassie was murdered while house sitting for the weekend at her aunt and uncles house. At that time, police didn't have anything incriminating linking Emanuel Fair to the murder. At around 9:00 in the morning on Monday, November 3rd, 2008, police in Redmond, Washington were contacted by an individual informing them of a dead body. Unlike Emanuel Fair, he also had a prior relationship with Arpana, lived next-door to her, and had been noticeably resentful towards her in the weeks leading up to her death. may have participated in the crime with Fair and that evidence implicating [C.J.] 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? 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). Writing the Atlantic story was a bit of a wake [up] call in all the different ways that DNA can be misused. A few days later her father gets a call saying that Seeta died of a heart attack in India. Both were seen together, and this would come up later - which is why I mention it - but both claim that their interaction lasted no more than 30 minutes or so, and they hadn't seen each other before or since. We didnt know if anyone from the Valley View apartments or if the people in Arpanas life or the other people who at one point or another seem to have been at least persons of interest, if they were going to want to talk. 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. 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. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. Season 2: Vanished in the Snow chronicles the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews. She was the oldest of two daughters to her parents, B.C. 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 susp Read allSuspect is a true crime podcast that examines the murder of Arpana Jinaga who was killed at a Halloween party hosted by her apartment complex. Some were also concerned about his emotional state at the time, due to his prior relationship with Arpana, and him seeming to have become resentful towards her because of her newer friendships. Prior to that, she had attended Rutgers University on the east coast, but had grown up in the Indian city of Hyderabad as the oldest of two daughters. Rolling Stone:https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/emanuel-fair-trial-lawsuit-dna-murder-charge-1330251/6. 24 year old Arpana Jinaga was once a teenage technology prodigy who excelled in living life to the fullest. She even participated in Taekwondo classes and dabbled in a couple of musical ventures (including singing in a band back east while attending university). Naomi pulled her sources from: truecrimetome.wordpress.com www.tdcaa.com/journal www.kcbd.com/summer www.kcbd.com/joa, Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. At points, C.J. Naomi pulled her sources from: www.the-sun.com www.app.com people.compatch.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7NiR070CQ Then Amber covers the disappearance of Kirsten Brueggeman. says that he went back to his apartment at around midnight to go to sleep, his phone records would show that he called Arpana twice a few hours later: once at 2:56, and a second time at 3:02 AM. We're not giving up.". We are two sisters who love true crime. Even Seattles prosecutors are far more liberal than prosecutors in other parts of the country in terms of their policies. Whoever had forced entry into the apartment had attempted to clean and cover up their crime afterward. However, the results obtained through TrueAllele pointed to Fair, in particular, as the killer; with the software saying that he was thousands of times more likely to have been Arpana's killer than other available suspects. 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". 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. But despite an extensive cover-up effort by the alleged killer,. How did that happen? Lt. Brian Coats would later tell reporters about the crime scene: "It was a scene where the suspect or suspects spent a considerable amount of time covering the evidence of crime. According to this caller, the body had been found in an apartment just north of Marymoor Park, the scenic park and music venue east of Seattle, jutted up against Lake Sammamish. 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. We didnt want to make a promise up front that we will reveal who did this or who didnt. In a new Wondery podcast series called Suspect, career journalistsMatthew ShaerandEric Bensoninvestigate the story of Jinagas murder, Fairs conviction and the spiderweb of details around this story. She Hosted a Halloween Party, Then Turned Up Dead: Podcast Examines Arpana Jinaga's Unsolved 2008 Murder "Sandy's family has been haunted for decades by the lack of concrete answers," says. 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. However, in that decade, we have learned about a couple of high-profile criminals that were active in the area at the time, who may or may not have committed this crime. And this week, he was acquitted of her murder. Fair would begin serving out his four-year sentence in 2004 but was released by the end of 2006, serving less than three years and being labeled a "level one" offender (the ones that were least likely to re-offend). "Choices that, once made, are difficult to reverse.". Going West: True Crime. ", "It was a brutal scene. The autopsy of Arpana Jinaga was performed by the King County Medical Examiner's Office, and the results would be released roughly one week after Arpana's death (November 6th, 2008). The world is a sadder place without her but the people she touched while she was here will remember her for an eternity.". By the age of 24, Arpana Jinaga had already lived a full and rewarding life and seemed poised to leave a positive impact on the rest of the world. This is the story of Arpana Jinaga.BONUS EPISODESCASE SOURCES1. Yahoo News:https://www.yahoo.com/video/m-m-not-free-man-150700113.html15. Support us by supporting our sponsors! Fair's attorneys claim that he had been treated negatively during interviews, while other suspects with more incriminating evidence pointing to their guilty were treated with metaphorical kid's gloves. Several suspects and persons-of-interest would be probed during that time, but for almost all of them, there was either something ruling them out entirely or not enough evidence to move forward with the case. 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. Listen to audio about Arpana Jinaga. 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. If you did, Wondery has another great true crime miniseries called Stolen Hearts that I think you should check out. 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