Contents
- 1 Front Matter
- 2 What’s the Point of this Book?
- 3 Hae and Her Family
- 4 Don Clinedinst and His Family
- 5 The Interregnum: October 1998 – December 31, 1998
- 6 Hae’s Final Two Weeks of Life—12/31/98 – 1/13/99
- 7 The Motives that Led to the Murder
- 8 A Breakup Scene Gone Wrong
- 9 Aftermath and Alibis
- 10 The Evolution of Don’s Stories
- 11 The Actions of the Lee Family Post-Murder
- 12 Hae’s Body and Hae’s Car
- 13 Could Someone Else Have Killed Hae?
- 14 What Now? A Plea to Jay Wilds and Alonzo Sellers
- 15 Bonus Chapter #1: The Faked Timesheets
- 16 Bonus Chapter #2: Who Was the So-Called “Psychic”?
- 17 Bonus Chapter #3: Asia McClain and Summer: Two Truthful but Unreliable Witnesses
- 18 Images
- 19 Notes on Sources
Front Matter
Cover Image: Wikimedia Commons, modified
Masterworks Explained Series – Stories behind the music: Resources for singers and listeners
Reflections on Rutter’s Requiem
A Companion to Letters from Ireland
Shedding Light on Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna
Intentional Living Series – The best life isn’t accidental
Intentional Happiness: Choosing Your Emotional Life
Intentional Song: How Choral Singers Can Practice Effectively on Their Own
Intentional Travel: Making Choices That Will Improve Your Trip
Feeding the Masses Without Losing Your Mind: Recipes, Equipment, Ingredients, and Unbelievably-Granular Advice for your next party, reception, or other gathering Help for the frazzled and the fearful
Second Look Series – Rethinking tragic mysteries
Don Clinedinst and the Killing of Hae Min Lee: A Clear Look at a Muddled Case
What’s the Point of this Book?
[1]All quotations from Serial in this book are from the show transcripts available on Serial Season One.
[2]Georgetown University: Prisons and Justice Initiative, “Adnan Syed—Program Associate”
Hae and Her Family
[4]All quotations from the HBO documentary are show transcripts for The Case Against Adnan Syed. If you’re interested in this case and would like to hear directly from at least some of the characters involved, I can’t recommend it highly enough.
[6]“19-year-old gets life sentence for killing former girlfriend,” Baltimore Sun dated 6/7/00
[7]For a fascinating look at the whole “Korean grocery store” phenomenon, read “Behind the plexiglass: A corner store witnesses generations of love and loss in West Baltimore” in the Baltimore Banner, 12/30/22”
[9]“Mrs. Kim (Hae’s grandmother)”
[10]All quotations from Hae’s diary can be accessed at the image/transcript of the entire document at Hae Lee’s Memoire.
[12]“Hae Min Lee Rare Interview – Serial Podcast”–YouTube video
[13]“Hae Min Lee’s Family Speaks – Serial Podcast”-YouTube video
Don Clinedinst and His Family
[15]Don Clinedinst as a young man in “Images” section
[16]“51-Year-Old Aims to be Oldest Rookie Cop” in the Baltimore Sun, March 20, 1994.
[17]This is a people search website, truthfinder.com, with information available only to subscribers. I have used it extensively to find addresses, criminal records, and relatives. While there are many such websites, I found this one to be credible and secure, delivering what it had promised. I bought only a month’s subscription and therefore can’t now link directly to the report provided re Don Jr.
[18]From the Truth and Justice podcast, Season 1, Episode 29, “The Case Against Don” show transcript
[19]From “Harford County Police Blotter” Baltimore Sun, 7/20/11.
[20]Anita Baird’s LinkedIn profile
[21]Adnan’s Story, Kindle edition, location 503.
[22]From the Truth and Justice podcast, Season 1, Episode 19: “Suspect—Don” show transcript
[24]“Sorry, ‘Serial‘ Sleuths — Don Clinedinst Doesn’t Care if You Believe His Alibi”
The Interregnum: October 1998 – December 31, 1998
[27] All quotations from the first and second trials of Adnan Syed can be accessed via the recovered Adnan Sayed Wiki.
[28]From the Undisclosed podcast website.
[29] For an image from a page in Hae’s diary that graphically illustrates her back-and-forth feelings for the two young men, follow this link.
Hae’s Final Two Weeks of Life—12/31/98 – 1/13/99
[31]Image of the “Don Note”
[34] Quoted in The View from LL2: “The Question of Don’s Alibi”
The Motives that Led to the Murder
[35]From the transcript of the Undisclosed podcast, Season One, Episode 4, p. 9
[36]From the Missing Persons Report prepared for Tae Soo Kim; this is a redacted version
[37]Police Report for interview on 1/28/99, dated 2/14/99
A Breakup Scene Gone Wrong
[39]“Defense Evidence Review—Contents of Hae’s Car”
[41]“The Autopsy Posts: An Introductory Post Concerning Blunt Force Injuries” from EvidenceProfBlog (Note that the entire quotation I have included is not in this post but the original autopsy report is available here.)
[42]See photos in “Images” section
Aftermath and Alibis
[43]See tweet with images in that section.
[44] See page 51 in this collection of police documents about Alonzo Sellers.
[45]The View from LL2—“The Question of Don’s Alibi”
The Evolution of Don’s Stories
[47]Quillette—”The Wrongful Exoneration of Adnan Syed”
The Actions of the Lee Family Post-Murder
[50]Enehy Group Missing Persons Report
[51]M. D. Johnson “About” page on Amazon
[52]“Report on Islamic Thought and Culture with an Emphasis on Pakistan,” produced by The Enehey Group
[53] Hae Posters Images
[54] From the transcripts of the Truth & Justice podcast, Season One, Episode 18—“Neighbor Boy”
[55]Memo accessed via the Wayback Machine
[56]“Kaliope” Memo,” Accessed via the Wayback Machine
[57]Reddit post: “I am Hae’s brother—do not AMA.”
Hae’s Body and Hae’s Car
[58]Questions & answers for both of Sellers’ polygraph tests, as well as commentary, on Colin Miller’s blog: “Monday, December 1, 2014 The Serial Podcast, Episode 3: Evidentiary Issues Related to Mr. S’s Indecent Exposure(s) & Failed Polygraph
[60]See images with commentary in the “Images” section
[61] “WTF How Do You Explain This? Hae’s Car Edition—Note that since I originally accessed this post the redditor has added some further analysis, also well worth reading.
[63] Infamous Nissan.com
Could Someone Else Have Killed Hae?
What Now? A Plea to Jay Wilds and Alonzo Sellers
Bonus Chapter #1: The Faked Timesheets
[64] “Serial: The Question of Don’s Alibi.
[65]Truth and Justice Season 1 transcripts, Episode 29: “The Case Against Don”
Bonus Chapter #2: Who Was the So-Called “Psychic”?
the book Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial. I’ve linked to the Amazon page, and I’ve put my money where my mouth is as I own the audio version (read by Rabia) and also the Kindle version. (You should then go ahead and get Rabia’s second book, Fatty Fatty Boom Boom,
Bonus Chapter #3: Asia McClain and Summer: Two Truthful but Unreliable Witnesses
[66]All quotations from PCR hearing are from the transcripts for 2/3/2016 and 2/4/2016.
[67]“Asia and the alibi – am I crazy? Am I alone in this? Am I missing something?”
[68]Glen Burnie MD/Baltimore-Washington Intl. Airport weather history report from Weather Underground
Images
twitter.com/ReneReySerrano/status/1279901110468177920
Notes on Sources
donclinedinstandthekillingofhaeminlee.debisimons.com/wiki/
