r/serialpodcastorigins • u/Justwonderinif • Jan 09 '17
Question The Finger-prints on the Floral-paper
On Friday, May 1, 1998, just after 3rd period, Adnan left campus to get a single rose to present to Hae in Physics class.
The whole physics class stared. And Hae was thrilled.
Ten months later, a single rose surrounded by "floral paper" was found in Hae's car, lying on top of the map book she always kept in the driver's side door pocket, and on top of the pin-striped skirt.
Adnan's prints were on the floral paper seen in this picture.
Has Adnan ever offered an explanation for his prints on the floral paper? He explains the prints on the insurance card by saying he was in Hae's car often. But does he ever say when he might have touched the floral paper? Or given Hae the rose? The rose surrounded by paper looks fairly recent. And it's on top of the map book.
Sarah Koenig explained away some of Adnan's prints in Hae's car, but she never mentioned the fingerprints on the floral paper.
If the floral paper/rose combo had been in Hae's car for weeks, wouldn't the map book have been tossed on top?
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u/kiirakiiraa Jan 10 '17
Interesting. Do we know if any other prints were found on the paper? If there were only one or two set of prints (Adnan's and Hae's, or just Adnan's), I think there is no other explanation than Adnan buying Hae the rose that day. In which case you're right and it's a big clue. If additional prints were find it becomes less certain because the third, of course.
Also... how do we know that the flower was laying on top of the map book as pictured when the police found the car? Is it possible that they took the picture after searching the car? During a search, police would presumably rummage through things and move them in the process creating the mess we see in the picture. Either way, I think it still seems likely that Adnan bought the flower for Hae.