He used the bathroom on one occasion. He heard "a horrible growling" for about twenty seconds until he heard a thud. Fair, a guest of another woman living in the building, met Jinaga and her neighbor that night. 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. Emanuel Fair: He was not a resident, but he was staying in the apartment of Leslie Potts. The lawsuit alleges there was heavy drinking at the party of 40 to 50 people. Fair had some criminal history: weapon and drug offenses as a juvenile, and a rape charge from 2004. Nearly a year later. 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.. Jinagas phone and digital camera were missing from the scene and never recovered. According to court documents, Johnson called Jinaga around 3 a.m. but did not mention that to the police during his interview. 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. Two days later, after Jinaga hadnt shown up to work or returned calls to her family in India, a family friend and Jinagas next-door neighbor found her door kicked in and her nude body on her bedroom floor. After her graduation, she got a job as a software engineer at EMC, in a suburb of Seattle. The DNA on her neck was microscopic and wasn't necessarily a match, it just couldn't be excluded. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/after-nearly-11-years-and-two-trials-killing-of-redmond-woman-remains-unsolved/, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/woman-found-dead-in-redmond-was-slain-police-say/, https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/petitions/96468-8%20Petition%20for%20Review.pdf, https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/emanuel-fair-trial-lawsuit-dna-murder-charge-1330251/, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59393415bebafb202cc26aba/t/5f0237f32005f03d23c6d73a/1593980918922/Defense-Motion-to-Compel-Source-Code.pdf. So its kind of messed up. Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Arpana Jinaga was murdered in her apartment in 2008 . Police went to Jinaga's apartment after they were contacted by her friend, Redmond police spokesman Jim Bove said, adding police are investigating the death as a homicide. He replied: If youve done it before, youll do it again.. 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. Everyone seemed to have a good time, the lawsuit alleges. After the jury in his first trial deadlocked in 2017, King County prosecutors tried Fair again in 2019. Legal Expert Weighs In, Idaho Murder Victims' Families React to Suspect's Arrest: 'Such a Blessing and Relief', 'She Had No Idea': Sister of Idaho Victim Reacts to Claim that Suspect's Phone Pinged Near House 12 Times, Parents Charged with Murder After 4-Year-Old Son Dies from Alleged 'Exorcisms', Idaho Killings: Surviving Roommate Saw Alleged Killer Wearing Black Clothes and a Mask, Affidavit Says. It was a party, Fair was all over her apartment like EVERYONE ELSE. According to residents of the apartment, Johnson appeared interested in Jinaga. Coats was asked during the podcast if the prior conviction was significant to his investigation. When the night came to an end and the crowd began to disperse, Jinaga said what would be her final goodbyes. After her graduation, she got a job as a software engineer at EMC, in a suburb of Seattle. He assumed Jinaga was either vomiting or having sex. Fairs attorneys contend that some of the DNA evidence was not an exact match. Fairs attorneys contend that some of the DNA evidence was not an exact match. They messed up, he said. Her other immediate neighbor, Kyle Rose, said he heard growling sounds around 8 a.m. Source. He waited in jail while authorities tested his DNA. The county, police department and Coats filed a response to Fairs initial complaint refuting the claims. He also heard a thud on the floor but figured she was alright when he heard water running shortly after the noise. Cameron Johnson, who has never been charged, invoked his 5th Amendment right, and therefore only faced limited scope questioning during Fair's trial. Her apartment was decorated as a haunted forest, one of four themed areas at the Valley View that would welcome visitors for the Halloween party, which spanned multiple units in the complex. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. On Oct. 31, 2008, Fair took a bus to Redmond to stay the weekend with a friend at the Valley View Apartments. I didnt know how to answer, so I just told her the truth: Im depressed. Two days later, after Jinaga hadnt shown up to work or returned calls to her family in India, a family friend and Jinagas next-door neighbor found her door kicked in and her nude body on her bedroom floor. And thats hard.. 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. Goldsmith said evidence found at Jinagas apartment and produced during the investigation pointed to one of her neighbors as the likely killer. Arpana Jinaga. . If you have probable cause, you dont go to a psychic, he said. I may be misremembering but I seem to remember there being explanations for Fairs DNA on those items? Ehlert, in the 2020 interview, noted prosecutors were barred from including some key evidence at trial: Fairs past convictions and the possibility that he and the neighbor acted together in Jinagas killing because there wasnt evidence to support that theory a decision upheld by the state Court of Appeals after Fairs first trial. He appeared drunk and brought liquor. Perhaps the perpetrator(s) kicked in the door, then while leaving they shut it again. 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. According to court documents, Johnson called Jinaga around 3 a.m. but did not mention that to the police during his interview. or felt they were? Maybe they realized only at the last minute that they should get rid of the sheets and empty oil bottle and without anyone seeing them do it? They also want him to be reimbursed for the attorney fees he incurred while fighting the charges. After the party wound down, Jinaga was seen returning to her apartment about 3 a.m.; investigators believe she was killed at about 8 a.m. Nov. 1. I always knew I was going to get out; I just didnt think it would take as a long as it took, Fair, 38, said last month. He scrubbed his phone right after the interrogation, the lawsuit says. DNA evidence was linked to three men and. Those are times when you should be around family. He matched the description of the man the other resident saw around 3 a.m. at the murdered womans door and had a wide window of suspicion around him, the lawsuit alleges. Jinagas phone and digital camera were missing from the scene and never recovered. He told detectives he had a desire to explore. Canadian officials said Johnson tried to blow through the gates. To contaminate evidence, Jinagas hands had been doused in blue toilet-bowl cleaner and her body covered in motor oil. Fair said the lawsuit, obtained by Atlanta Black Star, is the closest thing to justice I can get.. I think he may have been involved; I think he may have lied to us, Ehlert said of the neighbor. He had a prior history of violent sexual crimes. Fair was initially arrested for not updating his address with his probation officer. And thats hard.. His lawyers said he suffers from depression, anxiety, and PTSD. She had a keen interest in engineering and won several innovation competitions. She practiced martial arts and participated in a motorcycle club. More than a dozen people passed through Jinaga's apartment that night. 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. 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. The evidence of Fairs involvement is compelling, Larson said this week. The neighbor invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, Larson said. The medical examiner estimated Jinagas time of death was 8 a.m. An online memorial for Arpana has been created, for family and friends to share pictures and memories, at crypticgirl.com. 2018Dion Wiyoko,Rianti Cartwright,Laura Basuki,Jill Gladys,Sheila Dara Aisha,Junior Liem,Alyndra PandjipoetraSunshine ,SunshineSunshinemp4SunshineBT . He replied: If youve done it before, youll do it again.. The two discovered her locked door had been kicked in. Johnson also had injuries that detectives said were consistent with a sexual assault. 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. 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. 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. Arpana Jinaga, a 24 year old woman from India. Its got to be terrible for everybody it touched. The following Monday, her body would be discovered inside of her apartment, the victim of an apparent homicide. Cameron Johnson: a neighbour of Jinaga: he showed up to the party in Jinaga's apartment late. Her other immediate neighbor, Kyle Rose, said he heard growling sounds around 8 a.m. I fear and I worry that someone else may become a victim at some point in time, Ehlert said of Fairs acquittal during the 2020 interview. But I dont have a desire to do that. Fair met Jinaga hours before she was killed at a Halloween party in her apartment complex. 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. 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. The Murder of Arpana Jinaga, The Stickiest Heist In History, abnd The Crappiest Place on Earth Published December 28, 2021 at 12:01 AM EST Listen 12:50 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. Suspect premieres Aug. 17 on Wondery+ and Aug. 31 wherever podcasts are streamed. Indian immigrant and recent college graduate Arpana Jinaga was found brutally murdered in her Washington State apartment after co-hosting a Halloween costume party at her complex the evening of Oct. 31, 2008. After the party wound down, Jinaga was seen returning to her apartment about 3 a.m.; investigators believe she was killed at about 8 a.m. Nov. 1. Redmond police Lt. Brian Coats vividly recalls all that he learned about Arpana Jinaga, a Redmond woman who was strangled in her apartment in 2008, her body doused with bleach, toilet-bowl cleaner and motor oil in an apparent attempt to destroy DNA evidence of rape. Jinagas father had asked a family friend to check in on her after she missed scheduled calls with family from India. Condition of the apartment: Jinaga's bed had been stripped, a fleece blanket was partially burned and her comforter was found in soaked the bathroom bathtub. DNA from the neighbor was found on a motor oil bottle, and from another man who wasnt at the party on a bootlace likely used to strangle Jinaga. Unidentified male DNA was also found on a bruise on Jinagas wrist. A third mans DNA was on a bootlace, also found in the trash, but he had an alibi. In a 2020 interview, one of the prosecutors said Fair looked like the best suspect because his DNA was found on objects specifically related to the murder, not the aftermath. In it, Ehlert stood firmly by the prosecuting teams decisions. Remembering Arpana Jinaga - this was the memorial DVD that was played at her funeral on October 6, 2008 in Bellevue, Washington. As her next-door neighbor this would have been obvious. He scrubbed his phone right after the interrogation, the lawsuit says. I think that was the biggest reasonable doubt and no one could eliminate him [as the killer], the juror said of the neighbor. Arpana Jinaga. All the while, Fair, whose family was unable to foot his seven-figure bail, said he had faith he would one day walk away free from a charge alleging he murdered Arpana Jinaga, 24, in her. They also want him to be reimbursed for the attorney fees he incurred while fighting the charges. On Tuesday, that man, Emanuel Fair, 35, was found not guilty of first-degree murder with sexual motivation by a King County jury. Witnesses said Neil Marshall, a partygoer, was sexually aggressive toward Jinaga on Halloween. Because of this, a judge limited the scope of questions the man could be asked during the trial. Poor victim was surrounded by shady people it seems. 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. I hope I never have to investigate a case like this again.. I think he may have been involved; I think he may have lied to us, Ehlert said of the neighbor. 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. They also failed to look for evidence of a missing bootlace. Court files said there were also burn marks from an attempt to set the body or apartment on fire. 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. In August 2009, a man named Emanuel Fair was interviewed by police. It was like the movies, coming down slow.. According to reports, Fair accepted a plea agreement in 2004 while still maintaining his innocence. In her spare time, she practiced taekwondo, learned to build her own motorcycle, and volunteered with neighbourhood groups. Ben Goldsmith and Katharine Edwards advanced a straightforward theory about why Emanuel Fair should be acquitted in the murder of Arpana Jinaga, whose body was found in her Redmond apartment on Nov. 1, 2008. At one time, Emanuel Fair was the longest-serving inmate in the King County Jail, spending nine years behind bars without being convicted of a crime. There were also other men in Jinagas life that detectives suspected of the murder, and some of their DNA was found at the crime scene. The lawsuit says that Johnson also had a past of strange or violent behavior with women. It was a brutal scene. It contends Fair was asleep at his friends apartment when Jinaga likely was attacked, and that he didnt attempt to leave the area: He helped clean up outdoor areas after the party and stayed with his friend at her apartment for two more days. He had bruises consistent with a sexual attack, tried to flee the country, and was researching pawn shops (which the police never really followed up onor seemingly got a real answer from him on why he was researchingpawn shops). The Seattle Times is not naming Jinagas neighbor because he has not been charged. Her apartment was decorated as a haunted forest, one of. 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. In it, Ehlert stood firmly by the prosecuting teams decisions. During the night, neighbors of Jinaga heard muffled moaning sounds, and assumed she and a partner were having consensual sex. Nobody heard from her in the following days, and that Monday, her body was discovered on the floor of her apartment, doused in chemicals and showing signs of strangulation. Brian Coats, who led the investigation into Jinagas murder as a detective 13 years ago. Johnson has denied any involvement in Jinagas death. They messed up, he said. 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. Court records show prosecutors did not believe they had enough evidence to charge Jinagas neighbor, who met Fair the night of the homicide. Fair filed a lawsuit against King County, Redmond, the Redmond Police Department and the lead detective on Dec. 29. Jinagas naked body was discovered by a close friend and an immediate neighbor in her home on Nov. 1, 2008. True. Johnson engaged in a number of suspicious activities after the murder. He waited in jail while authorities tested his DNA. Sign up to receive The Atlanta Black Star Newsletter in your inbox. Everyone seemed to have a good time, the lawsuit alleges. He matched the description of the man the other resident saw around 3 a.m. at the murdered womans door and had a wide window of suspicion around him, the lawsuit alleges. Im out, Fair said. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled. He scrubbed his phone after questioned about the call and could easily have hung around and taken time to clean her apartment/scrub the crime scene because their apartments shared a balcony and him taking out trash wouldn't strike anyone as weird or noticeable. Was Kyle Rose ever questioned as a suspect? beansbaxter. His DNA was on the roll of duct tape found on the couch, not the tape that covered her face and according to the podcast there's a photo of him using the duct tape to hang up decorations so yea he touched it they already know that. Alyndra Pandjipoetra 2018Dion Wiyoko,Rianti Cartwright,Laura Basuki,Jill Gladys,Sheila Dara Aisha,Junior Liem,Alyndra PandjipoetraSunshine ,SunshineSunshinemp4SunshineBT! Johnson also said that he had driven to Canada on the day after the Halloween party and that he had been denied entry. To pass time, he said he read books, wrote letters and drew pictures. He was read his rights. Photo: King County Prosecuting Attorneys Office, 'Dr. Police attempted to identify the partygoers and interview them. Jinaga, an outgoing Rutgers University grad, had moved to Redmond six months earlier to work as a software engineer at a Bellevue firm. Hes now struggling to reconstruct his life, Fair and his attorneys said. Around 2:30 am, Fair and Johnson went to Johnson's apartment and then down to Johnson's car to listen to music. Theyre still crying about it 10 years later and they will be for the rest of their lives because it was such a horrible thing.. At his second trial, a jury found him not guilty. It was the second time Fair had been tried in connection with Jinagas killing: The first time, in 2017, the jury deadlocked and a mistrial was declared. During the party, [Fair] was accidentally hit in the mouth and had a bloody lip, so he used a tissue in Ms. Jinagas apartment; he likely used her bathroom during the party where her robe hung; he may have touched the duct tape holding decorations during the party; and photographs show he touched Ms. Jinaga and others while posing during the party. 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.. 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. The medical examiner estimated Jinagas time of death was 8 a.m. Kyler Alvord leads PEOPLE's politics coverage as a news editor for the brand. Someone else murdered the young software engineer. Jinaga, an outgoing Rutgers University grad, had moved to Redmond six months earlier to work as a software engineer at a Bellevue firm. A man by the name of Emanuel Fair was arrested in connection with her murder, but he has since been found not guilty of the crime. Cameron should have been the #1 suspect. The lawsuit alleges that a lighter was found in his apartment with a sticky substance on it, but investigators never collected it. For three and a half decades, her disappearance was a mystery - a riddle neither authorities . However, when Fair emerged as a suspect, his treatment can only be viewed as racial discrimination, his attorneys allege. . Arpana Jinaga was a 24-year-old computer programmer, who had moved to the Pacific Northwest in March of 2008. Coats is now a captain in the department. As a teenager, Jinaga won a top prize in an international computer programming competition. The lawsuit also says Fair threw garbage in the dumpster where the robe and other items were found while helping with party clean up. According to court records and Chief Criminal Deputy Mark Larson, prosecutors were barred from arguing that Fair and the neighbor were both involved in Jinagas killing because there wasnt evidence to support the states theory the men acted as accomplices. On Halloween night, 2008, Jinaga and several other tenants hosted a Halloween party, attended by residents of the apartment complex and their relatives and friends from outside. At some point, though, things turned tense. To get in one of those cheap hollow core doors (if thats what the apartment had) by kicking, you dont need to kick a hole through, just knock it out of the lock. At one time, Emanuel Fair was the longest-serving inmate in the King County Jail, spending nine years behind bars without being convicted of a crime. 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