Around 2:30 am, Fair and Johnson went to Johnson's apartment and then down to Johnson's car to listen to music. Give directly to The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages community forums series -- which helps to offset the costs of several reporter and editor positions at the newspaper -- by using the easy options below. After zeroing in on Fair because of his race and rap sheet, investigators relied on cherry-picked DNA evidence while disregarding other genetic findings and suspects as part of a gather facts that fit the theory strategy, the suit alleges. It seems odd to me that the killer(s) would go to such extremes to cover up DNA on her body and in her apartment with the motor oil and toilet bowl cleaner and bleach etc. 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. Fair, the second-longest-serving inmate in the downtown Seattle facility after being booked into jail in November 2010, was released Tuesday afternoon, three hours after the jury delivered its not-guilty verdict, according to a jail spokeswoman. The following Monday, her body would be discovered inside of her apartment, the victim of an apparent homicide. For three and a half decades, her disappearance was a mystery - a riddle neither authorities . Most of the partygoers reportedly referred to the chocolate-skinned man as the Black guy in his police file. Emanuel, his family, and friends ask for privacy, as he works to rebuild his life, wrote Goldsmith. Ive never seen a worse case, Corinne Sebren, one of Fairs lawyers, who specializes in civil rights cases, told Rolling Stone in a recent interview. After zeroing in on Fair because of his race and rap sheet, investigators relied on cherry-picked DNA evidence while disregarding other genetic findings and suspects as part of a gather facts that fit the theory strategy, the suit alleges. Arpana Jinaga. According to reports, when lead Detective Brian Coats saw photos from the party, he narrowed in on Fair, who he referred to as theonly African-American male at the party on the podcast Suspect. Johnson also had injuries that detectives said were consistent with a sexual assault. Residents said Fair appeared relaxed when he hung out at Potts apartment for three days over the weekend. Maybe he sneezed or coughed while using it. Jinaga and other tenants he hadnt met were co-hosting a large Halloween party in several units. Johnson has denied any involvement in Jinagas death. To contaminate evidence, Jinagas hands had been doused in blue toilet-bowl cleaner and her body covered in motor oil. Jinaga showed Fair and other partygoers something on her computer on another occasion. By Bill Christianson January 8, 2009 5:35 pm. She had a keen interest in engineering and won several innovation competitions. Coats and another Redmond detective confronted the neighbor about his calls to Jinaga, but then released him and returned his phone without examining it. Hes now struggling to reconstruct his life, Fair and his attorneys said. They found her nude body on her bedroom floor, face-down on the carpet and partially covered with cloth. They act on impulse, not ration. On Oct. 30, 2010, Fair was placed in a Seattle holding cell while detectives gathered more evidence against him for the 2008 sexual assault and murder of a 24-year-old software engineer and Indian immigrant named Arpana Jinaga. 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.. This is only a fraction of the evidence exonerating Emanuel which was wide-ranging and persuasive. And the other DNA found was found on a robe that was likely in hanging in her bathroom, maybe he dried his hands on it while using the bathroom. He was her pimp, or as the podcast preferred to describe it, the person who placed craiglist ads for her escort services. Preliminary reports said Arpana may have died on Friday evening. Goldsmith said evidence found at Jinagas apartment and produced during the investigation pointed to one of her neighbors as the likely killer. Coats ran a background check on the Fair and found the rape charge. Around 1am, Fair visited Jinaga's apartment to eat pizza. According to the complaint, Johnsons fingerprints were found inside a window in Jinagas apartment, and his DNA was found on the motor oil bottle and a portion of wet carpet at the crime scene. The lawsuit also says Fair threw garbage in the dumpster where the robe and other items were found while helping with party clean up. His first trial, in 2017, ended in a hung jury because one juror said Fair looked like a thug with tattoos on his hands. The jury in the second trial acquitted him. Fairs lawsuit cites a comment Coats made during his interview for the Suspect podcast that Fair was the only African American at the party in the photos. The party ended between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m., around the same time witnesses saw Jinaga going back to her apartment. I didnt know how to answer, so I just told her the truth: Im depressed. The lawsuit alleges there was heavy drinking at the party of 40 to 50 people. If you would like to share your thoughts or experiences in relation to this story, please email the reporter or, Fire on Lake City Way in Seattle raises smoke, flooding concerns, WA to end masking requirement in health care, correctional facilities, Tacoma woman refusing tuberculosis treatment continues to face arrest, Be bolder to get light rail done, expert panel tells Sound Transit, Driver makes U-turn, hits pedestrian near Pioneer Square, police say. They also want him to be reimbursed for the attorney fees he incurred while fighting the charges. 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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. He and Jinagas next-door neighbor who became a suspect in her slaying discovered her locked door had been kicked in and found her nude body on her bedroom floor. At approximately 8 am, Jinaga's next-door neighbor Kyle Rose, was awakened by sounds coming from her apartment. As a man who was incarcerated and released but not convicted, Fair left jail without the support and resources typically offered to exonerated people or parolees, such as job support and mental health services. New episodes of the nine-part series will be released weekly on Tuesdays. Then, due to inexcusable delays in Fairs trial and prolonged pretrial detention, he spent more than nine years in the King County Correctional Facility as an innocent man, in conditions of inhumane confinement that are well known to have a detrimental effect on mental health, the suit contends. Since his release two-and-a-half years ago, Fair said hes struggled to adjust to life outside of jail or find steady work. 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 met Jinaga hours before she was killed at a Halloween party in her apartment complex. Witnesses said Neil Marshall, a partygoer, was sexually aggressive toward Jinaga on Halloween. . Emanuel Fair: He was not a resident, but he was staying in the apartment of Leslie Potts. Jinagas phone and digital camera were missing from the scene and never recovered. . The officers allegedly did not change gloves between evidence collections, or between rooms or locations. I thought I was gonna die, Fair told Rolling Stone. Ive never seen a worse case, Corinne Sebren, one of Fairs lawyers, who specializes in civil rights cases, told Rolling Stone in a recent interview. The initial investigation focused on Cameron Johnson, Jinaga's neighbor. The neighbor initially neglected to tell detectives about phone calls he made to Jinaga at 3 a.m. Later on the morning of her slaying, he drove to the Canadian border and attempted to cross it without a passport but was denied entry. Fair was tried for Jinagas sexual assault twice and was acquitted after his second trial in June 2019. Burn marks on her body and apartment suggest somebody tried to burn her. His DNA was also found, he was sexually interested in her, called her around 3am and said oh crap when caught in the lie, also matched the description of the guy seen at her door at 3am. Her apartment was decorated as a haunted forest, one of. In 2008, a 24-year-old Redmond-based software engineer named Arpana Jinaga was found strangled in her apartment after a Halloween party in her building. Around 3 am, Jinaga left a gathering in a ground-floor apartment and returned to her apartment on the third floor. 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. or felt they were? The damage from that can be quite minimal and close to the floor with the door discreetly closed on departure, you might not notice unless you looked for it. Guests took silly photos, downed shots and smoked pot. Source. Jinagas father had asked a family friend to check in on her after she missed scheduled calls with family from India. When Johnson found out Fair liked hip hop and wrote beats, Johnson invited him to his car to listen to some electronic music he had made. Most people left Jinaga's apartment after 9pm to move to another apartment. In the apartment complex's trash bin, was a bag containing Jinaga's Halloween costume, a bloodied robe, a discarded bottle of motor oil, and the bootlace. lt also points out that Jinagas neighbor quickly emerged as the lead suspect in the case as inconsistencies in his story began to surface.. As a man who was incarcerated and released but not convicted, Fair left jail without the support and resources typically offered to exonerated people or parolees, such as job support and mental health services. It was like the movies, coming down slow.. He slept with Potts in her bed and woke up the next morning before 10 a.m., after which he helped her and other neighbors clean up the complex, according to the complaint. Im out, Fair said. In addition, several neighbors in the complex told investigators that he had a sexual attraction to Jinaga, and he exhibited jealous behavior when she talked to other men at the Halloween party that night. She. Potts had not known Fair for a long time. He had a list of nearby pawnshops in his car printed the day Jinaga was killed, the lawsuit says. The prosecutors office told Rolling Stone: We look forward to addressing these allegations in a public courtroom; we stand by our case., Fair said that he was reluctant to file the lawsuit at first because Jinagas family still hasnt gotten justice: theres no resolution for this case, no resolution for her.. She volunteered at the. In her spare time, she practiced taekwondo, learned to build her own motorcycle, and volunteered with neighbourhood groups. Jinagas hands were covered in blue toilet-bowl cleaner, her body and other items were covered in motor oil, her bed had been stripped, a blanket was partially burned and her soaked comforter was found in the bathtub. There are multiple apartments with parties and these two go to a car to listen to music?! He attributed them to wrestling a stranger he met at another Halloween party the next day, the lawsuit alleges. Jinagas naked body was discovered by a close friend and an immediate neighbor in her home on Nov. 1, 2008. Its just another day. He had a prior history of violent sexual crimes. I felt like I was kidnapped, Fair said in last months interview, when explaining his decision to pursue his claims of negligence, civil rights violations and malicious prosecution. Court files said there were also burn marks from an attempt to set the body or apartment on fire. The party started like many others. The neighbor invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, Larson said. When youre in jail, you dont have a holiday. The suit contends detectives aligned evidence to match their theory and disregarded half a dozen non-Black suspects in the case. It was just gruesome, he said. Somewhere they could establish an alibi?) Her finger and fingernails were cleaned. Brian Bundridge was in a motorcycle club with Jinaga. This is weird. Jinaga showed Fair and other partygoers something on her computer on another occasion. Perhaps the perpetrator(s) kicked in the door, then while leaving they shut it again. To just dismiss it as racism is ridiculous. On Halloween 2008, Jinaga and several of her neighbors at the Valley View Apartments threw a large Halloween party, with guests moving between their units. He assumed Jinaga was either vomiting or having sex. The officers allegedly did not change gloves between evidence collections, or between rooms or locations. Everyone seemed to have a good time, the lawsuit alleges. Theres very little justice left to salvage., In a 2020 interview, the lead detective said Fair stood out to him because he was the only African-American male at the party and looked like an outsider.. 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. I just want to be myself., The Seattle Times closes comments on particularly sensitive stories. I didnt know how to answer, so I just told her the truth: Im depressed. Detectives relied on her to help them find Jinagas missing phone and camera and consulted her about the potential of Fair as a suspect, the lawsuit says. Her other immediate neighbor, Kyle Rose, said he heard growling sounds around 8 a.m. Johnson was hanging out near Jinagas apartment when her friend arrived to check on her, and he helped the family friend identify the body, the lawsuit alleges. In Suspect, journalists Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson (Over My Dead Body) return to the Valley View Apartments and interview party guests and authorities about the horrific series of events stemming from Halloween 2008. He had been in her apartment once earlier in the night too. She died from ligature strangulation, a bootlace the suspected murder weapon. Her father, a head professor of engineering in India, encouraged he to move to the US to attend Rutgers University. 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. 2018Dion Wiyoko,Rianti Cartwright,Laura Basuki,Jill Gladys,Sheila Dara Aisha,Junior Liem,Alyndra PandjipoetraSunshine ,SunshineSunshinemp4SunshineBT . They interrogated Fair on the car ride to the station without reading his rights. He had a list of nearby pawnshops in his car printed the day Jinaga was killed, the lawsuit says. According to the Rolling Stone report, most of the people at the party that night didnt remember Fairs name. 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. Fairs DNA was found on Jinagas robe and a roll of duct tape that was likely used to tape her underwear inside her mouth like a gag. She practiced martial arts and participated in a motorcycle club. His phone records revealed that he had called Jinaga at 3am on the night of the murder, but he stated he did not remember making the calls. His attorneys allege Fair was isolated as the main suspect for her murder because of his race and his past criminal record.