Adnan Syed

In 1999 Syed was in a relationship with Hae Min Lee who was later found dead in a shallow grave in a Baltimore park at the age of 17. The murder took place in 1999 in Baltimore County Maryland and Serial brought it to international attention.

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At 17-years-old he was convicted for the 1999 murder of 18-year-old Hae Min Lee and.

. The podcast brought to light the case of Adnan Masud Syed who was accused and convicted for the murder of Hae Min Lee a Korean-American high school student and Syeds ex-girlfriend. Born May 21 1981 Syed 40 is known as a convicted criminal. 12 hours agoOfficials escort Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed from the courthouse following the completion of the first day of hearings for a retrial in Baltimore MD on Wednesday Feb.

Since then questions have arisen about Syeds imprisonment and. Baltimore City prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to vacate the conviction of Adnan Syed who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend when he was 17 and whose story was featured. Adnan Syed was tried and convicted of killing ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee and sentenced to life behind bars before the popular podcast in 2014 raised questions about his guilt.

11 hours agoAdnan Syed was found guilty of killing ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999 after she was found strangled to death and buried in a Baltimore park but has always maintained his innocence. The conviction of Adnan Syed should be vacated prosecutors said in a new court filing Wednesday. Although her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed has been serving a life sentence plus 30 years since he was convicted in 2000 there may be just as many question marks on the case now as there were then.

A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge has ordered new DNA testing in the case of Adnan Syed whose murder conviction was the subject of the hugely popular first season of the Serial podcast. Syed was the subject of the popular podcast Serial which profiles various murders around the country and shed light on the lack of DNA testing in his case. At the time the prosecution argued that Syed a gifted and popular student then aged 18 had strangled Lee in a fit of rage because he was annoyed shed dumped him.

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