Whoever had forced entry into the apartment had attempted to clean and cover up their crime afterward. That is where her body was discovered, nude and bloody, lying face-down on the floor beside her bed. Suspect premieres Aug. 17 on Wondery+ and Aug. 31 wherever podcasts are streamed. TikToks Favorite Celebrity Couple Is Kim Kardashian and Michael Cera. 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. Here was a case where a woman was murdered and there were years of investigation, years of pursuing various suspects, two trials. We didnt want to make that kind of show. This is when police learned about the argument Arpana had gotten in with another partygoer, which was described as being "race-related." Because this individual has never been charged with any crime, I'll continue to refer to him as C.J., but there is a lot of evidence pointing towards him either having some kind of involvement in this case or, at the very least, knowing much more than he has publicly admitted. The resulting product is tight as hell, a listening experience of such efficiency that I couldnt help but compulsively move from each episode to the next. Short of clear leads and smoking guns, the authorities ultimately pin the crime on the lone Black man at the party, Emanuel Fair, who had a prior criminal record. If the state wanted to pursue charges against Emanuel Fair, then they were well within their right to do so, but attempting to convict both him and an uncharged accomplice for crimes that they might have committed together was unconstitutional. She had been posthumously covered in numerous liquids, including bleach and motor oil, which the killer had undoubtedly use to try and cover up the crime scene. 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. Months later, members of the Pacific Northwest Riders, the motorcycle club that Arpana had joined, would organize memorial rides in her honor (which took them out to Snoqualmie Falls, one of Arpana's favorite places to visit in Washington). Meanwhile, Fair's attorneys would argue that this was not a valid argument: the state couldn't have their cake and eat it, too. Speaking to the Redmond Reporter, Lt. Doug Shepard said: "She did not make enemies, she just made friends and a lot of them. 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. Keyes was a methodical serial killer who obsessively planned out his crimes ahead of time, but was also known to act impulsively. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, of course. O'Leary is currently serving out his sentence at the Sterling Correctional Facility and remains a possible suspect in this case. But it does leave me with a strong sense of want, and a feeling that the genre is long overdue for a quantum leap forward in its language. Thats where a lot of the drama is for us, and where we wanted to investigate what had happened. Writing, research, hosting, and production by Micheal Whelan, Producers: Maggyjames, Roberta Janson, Ben Krokum, Peggy Belarde, Quil Carter, Victoria Reid, Laura Hannan, Gabriella Bromley, Amy Hampton, Steven Wilson, Scott Meesey, Damion Moore, Astrid Kneier, Marie Vanglund, Scott Patzold, Lori Rodriguez, Aimee McGregor, Sue Kirk, Sydney Scotton, Sara Moscaritolo, Thomas Ahearn, Seth Morgan, Alyssa Lawton, Marion Welsh, Jared Midwood, Patrick Laakso, Kelly Jo Hapgood, Meadow Landry, Rebecca Miller, Tatum Bautista, Travis Scsepko, Teunia Elzinga, Erin Pyles, Jo Wong, Jacinda B., Ryan Green, Consuelo Moreno, Kelly Harris, and Emi Coates, Music throughout the episode was composed by Jake Mooshian. 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. The two disgraced men have both been sentenced for sex crimes. would admit that during this time, he had stopped taking his psychiatric medication. And they're a couple of names that you might be familiar with. showed up to the Halloween party rather late and was already heavily-intoxicated when he arrived. Her body was then flown back to India, to be properly buried by her family, who struggled to move on after her sudden loss. "It's the No. For the next two years, investigators would struggle to make sense of this case. In that sense, Suspect is a little bit like the true-crime podcast version of a Gerard Butler movie or a really good episode of Law and Order: an exemplar of its genre, but not a revolutionary, which I sincerely mean as praise. Speaking to the Bellevue Reporter, Lt. Doug Shepard of the Redmond Police Department said: "We're a safe community. As if that wasn't bad enough, the killer had then sprayed motorcycle oil and other chemicals all over the 24-year-old's body, which they had then attempted to light on fire, not knowing that oil isn't flammable. A witness that was returning home from work that evening at around 3:00 AM - who had not attended the Halloween party, but lived nearby - later told police that they saw a non-black individual standing in the doorway of Arpana's apartment at around 3:00 AM. In fact, Suspect is as straightforward as a true-crime podcast can get. Through clever investigating, O'Leary was later captured and ultimately linked to at least five violent rapes between Washington and Colorado: all of which he had photographed and documented, keeping mementos of the victims (such as their cell phones and cameras). The genre, fueled by sheer abundance and the brute force of its popularity, has seeped deep into the culture, reaching a point where the form should probably be expected to engage more routinely in some level of self-reflexivity. The following Monday, her body would be discovered inside of her apartment, the victim of an apparent homicide. (Arpana's neighbor, who would co-discover her body days later). The description they gave to police more closely resembled C.J. 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. Was there anything that surprised you in your reporting of this story? In terms of pure execution, it's probably the best narrative true-crime podcast I've heard all year. Meanwhile, the shift in the podcasts emphasis does mean that Jinagas own story ends up fading into the background a little bit. After her death, the killer had scrubbed Arpana's body with bleach in an attempt to destroy evidence, and investigators would later note that Arpana's hands had been stained blue by a "highly-acidic" cleaning agent. Privacy Policy and She recalled one of these voicemails sounding like constant movement on the other end, but nothing verbally being said. claimed to not remember anything about them. That night, Arpana and at least three of her neighbors would open up their apartments for the party, which would move throughout the complex over several hours. Sarah Neilson is a freelance writer and book critic based in Seattle. In the year since Emanuel Fair's second trial came to an end, the story has received close to no attention from the world-at-large. All that we know for sure is that Arpana had already lived a full life by the age of 24, and could have continued changing the world for the better. Now inside, Jay and C.J. Over the next few hours, police would begin arriving at the crime scene, closing it off to outsiders and attempting to gather statements from anyone they deemed pertinent. There are even awkward smash cuts to ads, a stylistic staple nowadays, where you dont quite realize youre listening to a host-read ad for the shows presenting sponsor (and not a continuation of the actual episode) until a few seconds into the read. 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. By January of 2009, it was reported that work on the case had started to stall, but investigators were still optimistic, due to the aforementioned physical evidence, which they were still awaiting the results of. 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Emanuel Fair spent 9 years in jail for a crime he did not commit proclaiming his innocence through two trials, numerous motions, and drawn out judicial delays. "Galarza and Solis intentionally escalated the interaction by commenting in a derogatory fashion about Alanis' mother.". They could try each of the men separately or together, but couldn't try one for the potential crimes of both. Why did it play out like it did? Speaking to the press, King County's Sr. Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Baird claimed: "The defendant opened the locked door to Jinaga's apartment, attacked her, stripped off her clothing, gagged her, assaulted her and finally strangled her to death.". The only other murder that took place in Redmond that year (2008) involved a jealous spouse who murdered his estranged wife and then himself (Joseph and Melissa Batten). In pretrial motions filed by Fair's attorneys, it was claimed that Emanuel Fair, a black man, had been treated very differently from other suspects or POIs (most of whom were white). The team, led by Matthew . The jailers are further accused in the lawsuit of fabricating their statements. We didnt know that the King County prosecutors office was going to be willing to participate in the show. Alanis-Mejia is seeking $1 million in exemplary damages as well as the cost of attorney's fees. Theres a narrative buildup toward the presentation of a maybe suspect being the likely culprit. It was soaking in the tub, in a mixture of water and bleach. While Arpana didn't have any friends or family in the area, she didn't let that deter her from leaning into the community. She would even join a local motorcycle club, the Pacific Northwest Riders, and many of those in the PNW Riders chat-room would later reminisce about her lack of knowledge when it came to riding bikes, but how she came prepared to take on the challenge with a smile on her face, and her participation on lengthy rides throughout scenic western Washington that summer. 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. A pre-trial conference has been scheduled for May 30 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald G. Morgan. But a check of his online activity would reveal that at around 10:00, he had printed out maps for local pawn shops. Now, nearly two years later, Emanuel Fair was being charged with 1st-degree murder and was transferred to the King County jail to await trial. Shane Waters will introduce 14 crime podcast hosts, including Crimelines! While Israel Keyes has become a boogeyman for numerous unsolved crimes - due to his habit of traveling the country and attempting to cover up any trace of himself - there is a compelling argument to be made in this case.