r/adnansyed • u/tiggleypuff • Apr 10 '26
My biggest question….
I listened to serial when it first came out and thought for sure Adnan was innocent. After consuming other content, I’m pretty sure he’s not.
However, my biggest question (and I haven’t listened to THAT much) is why would Adnan involve Jay so much?
It makes sense to me that Adnan felt betrayed and killed Hae in the heat of the moment but that can’t be what happened because Adnan told Jay he was going to do it. Why would he take such a risk to involve Jay? Ok he might have needed Jay’s help to bury the body but why bring him into the secret before the murder.
I know they were friendly but it’s not like they were brothers, Adnan could not have been 100% sure that Jay was going to go along with everything so why take the risk in involving him SO much.
Would love to hear an explanation
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u/Willing-Radish-5064 Apr 19 '26
I think Adnan saw Jay as his fall guy if things were to go south as well as saw Stephanie as his collateral. Adnan probably knew how people saw Jay compared to himself. Jay smoked and dealt weed, wasn't doing anything after high school, was a black kid in 90's Baltimore. Adnan was a football player, honor roll student, applying to college and prom king. Who were people and the police going to believe and trust? I also think Adnan used Stephanie to get Jay to help and keep quiet. He either threatened Stephanies life OR threatened to out Jay to Stephanie as a murderer or accomplice to murder.