Her son, Malachi (age 12) was the center of her universe according to family. Fair had entered an Alford plea, which meant that he accepted the plea agreement while still maintaining his innocence a common tactic when you cant afford to go to trial. All the while, though, he had faith. Hes stout but not tall, and at 38, his facial hair is salt and pepper now. Fairs lawsuit claims the detectives on the case ignored and failed to gather evidence that did not align with their theory of the case. It also alleges they treated Fair so differently than the white suspects that the treatment can only be viewed as racial discrimination., The case files show breaches of protocol that span from careless errors such as not training their detectives to change gloves between DNA samples and not securing key locations of the crime scene to calling in a famous psychic medium to weigh in on the case. The friend, whose name has not been disclosed, went to check on her following a frantic call from her father B. C. Jinaga.Jinaga, a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Hyderabad, had not received a call from Arpana for past few days. In fact, police files illustrate mistakes that span from the elementary to the bizarre. For eight years, hed gotten used to living an isolated life. When Fair walked out of the house, he says, the unmarked car started rolling toward him. But when police looked at his phone he handed it over willingingly, during the interview they noted that he had also called her at 2:56 a.m. and 3:02 a.m., just before the Jinagas estimated time of death. **** No one has ever been convicted of Arpana's murder, and all speculations on this episode are based off of both forensic and circumstantial evidence provided in this case. Fairs 23-page complaint, filed last month by his attorney, Ryan Dreveskracht, contends police and prosecutors botched the probe and wrongly targeted him because he was a Black man with a criminal record, despite evidence implicating Jinagas then-neighbor, who is white. He learned to turn his socks into gloves when his cell got too cold in the winter. Several residents in the complex told investigators that this man was interested in Jinga, and one said they saw him [exhibit] jealous behavior, the lawsuit says, when she talked to other men at the party. It wasnt guarded throughout the day or overnight, Coats said. Fair would eventually be charged with Arpana's murder, booked in the fall of 2010, and held in a Seattle facility pending trial. 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.. So what else can they do but to continue to point their finger at me?. Cameron Johnson (@camsonjohneron) Instagram photos and videos 381 Followers, 618 Following, 37 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Cameron Johnson (@camsonjohneron) There were no witnesses to the crime and no one confessed to committing the homicide. He even took an interest in one of the girls at the party, and got her number. The following Monday, her body would be discovered inside of her apartment, the victim of an apparent homicide. But I dont have a desire to do that. He wouldve spent a number of years in prison, but when he got out, he would be on parole. Apple Podcasts | Podtail | Podbean | Spotify, http://www.redmond-reporter.com/news/second-trial-in-killing-of-redmond-woman-ends-with-not-guilty-verdict/, https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/two-trials-later-murder-of-indian-american-software-engineer-in/article_2d1f06e2-9c34-11e9-a60f-17d447b21274.html, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/after-nearly-11-years-and-two-trials-killing-of-redmond-woman-remains-unsolved/, https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/petitions/96468-8%20Answer%20to%20petition.pdf, http://www.redmond-reporter.com/news/talented-techie-strangled-to-death-no-suspects-yet/, http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2008/nov/05/kins-hopes-of-seeing-arpana-dashed-4498.html, https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/the-troubling-trial-of-emanuel-fair/, https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4541781/state-of-washington-v-emanuel-demelvin-fair/. His lawyers say that in some ways, at least, he would have been better off if he had been. Oh crap, he responded, before insisting that he didnt remember why he called her. Redmond is a suburb of Seattle where Arpana, 24, a native of . That night, Jinaga co-hosted a Halloween party that spanned multiple units in the Valley View apartments in a small Seattle suburb called Redmond. In this episode, Alisha tells the story of Arpana Jinaga, a young, beautiful, incredibly educated and intelligent immigrant woman whose unbounded potential was cut short by the fateful events of Halloween night, 2008. When lead Detective Brian Coats looked at photos of the party, he noticed Fair the only African American male at the party. He said he looked like an outsider, and a background check found that he had criminal history and a third-degree rape charge. The investigation came down to physical evidence, primarily DNA, which took a long time to materialize, he added. . (Photo: Twitter/@pure1org) Fair met Jinaga hours before she was killed at a Halloween party in her apartment complex. Our intent is for Entertainment with all exploration we do, we want to put the best and be transparent as possible in all content we do out there for you guys to enjoy, Our email: exploretheunknown3@gmail.comMonday: is Nightmare Monday, where I go over cold cases \u0026 hauntings, haunted places and all things that would surprise you.On Wednesdays: \u0026 Fridays : We go Randonauting, Cemetery Investigations and much more.Exploration can be dangerous, so please be careful and always bring a partner with you and NEVER go alone. of the county jail system in King County showed that Black inmates were significantly more likely to be kept in restrictive housing than white inmates, and Fair was no exception. Her interests outside of work included motorcycles and Tae Kwon Do, and she also volunteered at both a fire department and an animal shelter. One woman who attended the party discovered three missed calls from Fair, made at around 4:45 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2008. Hes stout but not tall, and at 38, his facial hair is salt and pepper now. If you forget it, you'll be able to recover it using your email address. She volunteered at the. They cuffed him, put him in the back of the car, and started interviewing him on the 20 minute drive from Seattle to Redmonds police station. Theres no resolution for this case, he tells. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. Unidentified male DNA was found on a bruise on her wrist; her removed tampon alone had three separate unidentified male DNA profiles on it. Its the burn marks on her bedroom carpet and on the satin sheets pulled from the garbage dumpster. (, At the end of the interview, when investigators had started putting pressure on him, he asked investigators to turn off the recording, and he discussed something that cant be found in the police record. There were no witnesses, but based on her autopsy, the medical examiner determined that sometime between 3:30 and 8 a.m. on Nov. 1, Jinaga had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death. According to the lawsuit, his fingerprints were found inside the window of Jinagas apartment, and his DNA was found on the motor oil bottle and a portion of wet carpet at the crime scene. 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.. He was one of the three individual's whose DNA was found . The first was one of Jinagas neighbors, a white man in his twenties the same neighbor whod entered the apartment with Jinagas family friend and an early prime suspect in the case. Cameron johnson photo arpana jinaga. It was a party full of 20- and 30-somethings, and according to witness interviews, as the night wore on, it got predictably rowdy: there were a couple of drunken arguments between friends and roommates; one guy wouldnt stop challenging all the larger men to arm wrestle, and accidentally bloodied Fairs lip at one point. The key difference between them and Fair, the suit alleges, is that none of them were Black. I just want to be myself.. He was read his rights. What began as a fun

This week we complete the story of Arpana Jinaga. 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. It seemed like they needed my help, he says. Amritpal Singh's aide Lovepreet Toofan released from Amritsar jail, 1 year of Russia-Ukraine war: Here are top defining images, Sidhu Moose Wala murder accused clash in Punjab jail, two killed, Congress leader receives threat call, asked to stop speaking against Amritpal Singh, Top AAP leaders, workers detained as party protests Sisodia's CBI questioning, IndiGo Surat-Delhi flight diverted to Ahmedabad after bird hit, Bharat Jodo Yatra II, from east to west, under active consideration: Jairam Ramesh. He wasnt read his rights, but according to the transcript of the interrogation, Fair did his best to answer their questions about the party. The case took two years of investigating and analyzing evidence, meeting with the prosecution team, members of the state crime lab and other law enforcement entities to continue the development of the case with the eventual goal of bringing criminal charges. 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. And thats hard.. Shatterdaymorn category podcast true crime Plot summary The case is being investigated by Independence Police Department and the KBI. This week, his legal team filed a new, expanded complaint including ten more pages detailing their allegations, and adding the prosecutor on the case, and the rest of the detectives who participated in the investigation, to the list of defendants. What still stands out to Redmond police Lt. Brian Coats, years after the body of Arpana Jinaga was discovered in her apartment in 2008, is the smell of bleach and how her bedroom was saturated with an oily substance later determined to be motor oil. They soon zeroed in on him as their lead suspect, and after finding DNA of his at the, Since his release, Fair moved in with his aunt and uncle in Seattles Central District, into the house he lived in when he was a teenager. All the while, Fair, whose family was unable to foot his seven-figure bail, said he had faith he would one day walk away free from a charge alleging he murdered Arpana Jinaga, 24, in her. Since his release two-and-a-half years ago, Fair said hes struggled to adjust to life outside of jail or find steady work. Leis body was discovered by police in a vacant lot in the 600 block of North Park Blvd. He learned to turn his socks into gloves when his cell got too cold in the winter. Its a tough decision to make, he said, and a lot of responsibility given the complications surrounding the crime. It was petitioned for review by the State Supreme Court, but was ultimately denied review. The investigators weave the evidence into a tapestry of potential suspects. Ehlert also defended an immunity deal with the suspected neighbor, and the decision to solely prosecute Fair for first-degree murder with sexual motivation a charge that hinged mostly on trace DNA collected from a crime scene teeming with genetic evidence linked to multiple people. . Fairs first trial ended in a hung jury because of one juror said Fair looked like a thug with tattoos on his hands.. In August 2009, a man named Emanuel Fair was interviewed by police. He used her bathroom and made small talk, and by all accounts including his their interaction stopped there. The prosecutors office also provided an uncut hourlong recording of an interview of former Chief Deputy Criminal Prosecuting Attorney Erin Ehlert in 2020 for a true crime podcast called Suspect, which examined the case. I was lucky for a while, he says, because I had a cell that looked out onto the highway, so I could watch the cars going by., He Spent Eight Years In Jail Without a Conviction. They messed up, he said. Our groundbreaking Augmented Reality technology accurately recreates crime scenes and allows users to experience and investigate them just as detectives at the actual crime scenes did. Jones was previously arrested in 2003 for the manslaughter of two female victims. Create a password that only you will remember. Samples of DNA from an identified person of interest were also sent. IPD turned the case over to the county attorneys office, who said the following via a phone interview: The charges have been filed and they speak for themselves. But going by the witness statements, it was nothing too out-of-the-ordinary, and everyone seemed to have had a good night, overall. In the photos of the party, Jinagas smiling, and wearing a Little Red Ridinghood costume. Investigators found the neighbors activities suspicious. Jinaga said she was going home to her third-floor apartment and left. He was read his rights. A tech genius. Johnson, Jones and Peyton have been charged with first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault. I didnt know how to answer, so I just told her the truth: Im depressed. 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. The police on Tuesday questioned a number of friends and work colleagues of Arpana along with those living in her apartment complex.In the autopsy report, the cause of her death is listed as asphyxia due to ligature strangulation and the manner of death is homicide. They show that there was persuasive evidence against at least six other suspects that the detectives were investigating none of whom were Black, and none of whom spent a day in jail for Jinagas murder. Her apartment was decorated as a haunted forest, one of. She was well liked by many and devoted to her family, Coats said. It gives you key insights into your YouTube channel.https://www.Tubebuddy.com/ExploreTheUnknown3 A lighter was found in his apartment with a sticky substance on it that could have been motor oil, the lawsuit claims, but investigators never collected it. 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. When he ran a background check, he found that Fair had a record mostly juvenile offenses like possession of drugs and an unlicensed weapon. Arpana Jinaga - courtesy of The Seattle Times, Arpana Jinaga - courtesy of redmondreporter.com. After nine years of fighting, Fair has the freedom he deserves, defense attorney Ben Goldsmith said. A halloween party. The friend ran into her neighbor outside of her door. An autopsy conducted by the King County Medical Examiner determined that she had died as a result of asphyxia (suffocation) due to ligature strangulation. Then they ran his DNA. She had a keen interest in engineering and won several innovation competitions. Copyright 2023 Living Media India Limited. I knew I was gonna get out, Fair says. She volunteered at the Redmond Fire Department and an organization that cares for unwanted pets. A recent immigrant from India and a graduate of Rutgers University, Jinaga had worked at EMC in Bellevue. Convicting Fair would not come easy. 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