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Episode 213: Interview: Emanuel Fair, Found Not Guilty of Murder after I lost a lot. He was convicted of third-degree rape in 2004. Jinaga's neighbor Cameron Johnson showed up to the party in Jinaga's unit late. Her other immediate neighbor, Kyle Rose, said he heard growling sounds around 8 a.m. Were they old friends? He waited in jail while authorities tested his DNA. He had a list of nearby pawnshops in his car printed the day Jinaga was killed, the lawsuit says. Coats and another Redmond detective confronted the neighbor about his calls to Jinaga, but then released him and returned his phone without examining it. 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 attorneys allege Fair was isolated as the main suspect for her murder because of his race and his past criminal record. His case went on trial in 2017, the jury deadlocked and there was a mistrial. link. But it seems Jinaga would quickly move on and return to enjoying the party. His lawyers said the ordeal has permanently damaged Fairs reputation, his emotional well-being, livelihood and relationships. 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. Just to set the record straight. Cameron should have been the prime suspect and the one they took to trial. Investigators said the lower half of the womans body was covered in motor oil. 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. The lawsuit says that Johnson also had a past of strange or violent behavior with women. 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. There was evidence of rape. After her graduation, she got a job as a software engineer at EMC, in a suburb of Seattle. Kyler Alvord leads PEOPLE's politics coverage as a news editor for the brand. At some point, though, things turned tense. He replied: If youve done it before, youll do it again.. "Choices that, once made, are difficult to reverse.". Arpana was last seen in the early morning of Nov. 1 during a Halloween . 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. Most people left Jinaga's apartment after 9pm to move to another apartment. His attorneys allege Fair was isolated as the main suspect for her murder because of his race and his past criminal record. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled. She and several other residents in the complex opened the doors to their apartments for what was to be a night of fun. He attributed them to wrestling a stranger he met at another Halloween party the next day, the lawsuit alleges. She had been brutally beaten, raped, and strangled. His legal team expanded the lawsuit in late March, adding ten more pages of allegations and the prosecutor on the case and other detectives that handled the case to the list of defendants. Convicted sex offender charged in brutal 2008 Redmond homicide Sunshine(2018) - Im out, Fair said. He said evidence about Jinagas neighbor raised significant questions for the jury. The lawsuit alleges there was heavy drinking at the party of 40 to 50 people. 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. Johnson said he heard moaning sounds coming from Jinagas apartment around 3 a.m., and he assumed she was having sex. And thats hard.. 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. Investigators focused on Fair after seeing him in photos of the party. Her removed tampon alone had three separate unidentified male DNA profiles on it, according to Rolling Stones investigation. 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 Redmond . Witnesses said Neil Marshall, a partygoer, was sexually aggressive toward Jinaga on Halloween. At approximately 8 am, Jinaga's next-door neighbor Kyle Rose, was awakened by sounds coming from her apartment. On Oct. 31, 2008, 24-year-old Arpana Jinaga dressed up in a Little Red Riding Hood costume and prepared for a Friday night to remember. Court files said there were also burn marks from an attempt to set the body or apartment on fire. It was the combination of the various items that his DNA was on that pushed us to the point of saying we are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Emanuel Fair killed Arpana, Ehlert said in her podcast interview. Fairs 23-page complaint, filed last month by his attorney, Ryan Dreveskracht, contends police and prosecutors botched the probe and wrongly targeted him because he was a Black man with a criminal record, despite evidence implicating Jinagas then-neighbor, who is white. 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. He had a lighter covered in gook that looked like motor oil which they took a photo of but never bagged it nor did they check his shoes for a missing lace. Most of Fairs jail term was spent away from the general population in administrative segregation essentially, solitary confinement. The court documents detail negligence by detectives and the outsourcing of a famous psychic medium to opine on the case. He had a list of nearby pawnshops in his car printed the day Jinaga was killed, the lawsuit says. Her fingers and nails were cleaned and then covered in toilet bowl cleaner, and there was a heavy scent of bleach throughout the house. 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. Fair met Jinaga hours before she was killed at a Halloween party in her apartment complex. The neighbor, who later hired a lawyer and stopped cooperating, subsequently scrubbed his phone of call and text data, the suit states. I just dont want to be around nobody, he said. He used the bathroom on one occasion. According to reports, Fair accepted a plea agreement in 2004 while still maintaining his innocence. Cameron Johnson: a neighbour of Jinaga: he showed up to the party in Jinaga's apartment late. She is suspected to have died from strangulation from a bootlace. New 'Suspect' Podcast Explores Halloween Party Murder of Arpana Jinaga . Arpana and neighbors within the Valley View Apartment complex threw a large Halloween party. Arpana Jinaga was murdered in her apartment in 2008 . Fair, a guest of another woman living in the building, met Jinaga and her neighbor that night. Jinaga had been a prize-winner in a . The result, it claims, was a biased probe that caused Fair to be arrested and charged without probable cause for a murder he did not commit.. The prosecutors office also provided an uncut hourlong recording of an interview of former Chief Deputy Criminal Prosecuting Attorney Erin Ehlert in 2020 for a true crime podcast called Suspect, which examined the case. 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 assumed Jinaga was either vomiting or having sex. She had opened her third-floor apartment to Fair and dozens of other partygoers, who traipsed in and out during the festivities. For three and a half decades, her disappearance was a mystery - a riddle neither authorities . Someone else murdered the young software engineer. After the jury in his first trial deadlocked in 2017, King County prosecutors tried Fair again in 2019. Man jailed for 9 years sues King County, Redmond after acquittal in Burn marks on her body and apartment suggest somebody tried to burn her. Because of this, a judge limited the scope of questions the man could be asked during the trial. He assumed Jinaga was either vomiting or having sex. Investigators said the lower half of the womans body was covered in motor oil. At his second trial, a jury found him not guilty. Arpana Jinaga - Spreaker The case turned into a classic whodunit, and Jinaga's costumed party guests were the prime suspects. Her finger and fingernails were cleaned. The neighbors DNA was found on a discarded bottle of motor oil, found in the same bag with the robe. 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. Fair filed a lawsuit against King County, Redmond, the Redmond Police Department and the lead detective on Dec. 29. So what else can they do but to continue to point their finger at me?. 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. But as they worked through the evidence, jurors came to believe the state had not met its burden of proving the case beyond a reasonable doubt, said the juror, a 35-year-old Bellevue software engineer who asked not to be named to protect his privacy, It was tough for us to vote not guilty because the family still doesnt know exactly who killed her, the juror said. He was staying with Potts in the mostly white neighborhood that weekend, and his attendance at the party was impromptu. Photo: King County Prosecuting Attorneys Office, 'Dr. I am far from shady. The complaint alleges that police failed to properly secure and gather evidence. 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. One juror said that when the jury began its deliberations on June 6, the 12-member panel was evenly split: Four thought Fair was not guilty, four thought he was guilty, and four were undecided. When residents of the Valley View Apartments in Redmond, Wash., decided to host a Halloween party nearly 13 years ago, nobody expected that it would end with murder. Police let Johnson go after his questioning. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled. Emanuel has steadfastly maintained his innocence throughout this case and he, his family, and friends are greatly relieved that justice was served by his acquittal, defense attorney Benjamin Goldsmith wrote in an email Friday. In the investigation that followed, authorities scrambled to determine who would hurt the lovable young woman from India, a promising software programmer who volunteered at the local fire department and rode her motorcycle with friends in her free time. 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. Goldsmith said evidence found at Jinagas apartment and produced during the investigation pointed to one of her neighbors as the likely killer. In 2008, 24 year old software engineer, Arpana Jinaga was brutally murdered after hosting a party on Halloween night with fellow residents of the Valley View Apartments in Redmond Washington. Potts, Jinaga and two others neighbors decorated and opened up their units to allow partygoers to go in and out freely. A Review of the 2008 Murder Mystery of Indian immigrant, Arpana Jinaga Remembering Arpana Jinaga - this was the memorial DVD that was played at her funeral on October 6, 2008 in Bellevue, Washington. Detectives interviewed Fair three times in jail before the district attorney recommended a first-degree murder against him. Some of the potential suspects were not interviewed. beansbaxter. The medical examiner estimated Jinagas time of death was 8 a.m. He had been in her apartment once earlier in the night too. 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. Fair was released in 2019, serving a total of 9 years without conviction, and is now suing the county authorities. Fairs 23-page complaint, filed last month by his attorney, Ryan Dreveskracht, contends police and prosecutors botched the probe and wrongly targeted him because he was a Black man with a criminal record, despite evidence implicating Jinagas then-neighbor, who is white. Prior to that, she had attended Rutgers University on the east coast, but had grown up in the Indian city of Hyderabad as the oldest of two daughters. Her hands were covered in blue toilet-bowl cleaner, her body and other items were covered in motor oil. I thought I was gonna die, Fair told Rolling Stone. Fair ultimately was charged based on trace DNA evidence found on Jinagas neck; a piece of duct tape used to gag her; paper found in the apartment; and mixed with Jinagas blood on a robe recovered from the apartment buildings dumpster. She had opened her third-floor apartment to Fair and dozens of other partygoers, who traipsed in and out during the festivities. Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report. After nearly 11 years and two trials, killing of Redmond woman who had He replied: If youve done it before, youll do it again.. She had it all going on, Coats said. I didnt know how to answer, so I just told her the truth: Im depressed. Jinaga had been gagged, brutally beaten and most likely raped. Why didnt he tell police that her door was kicked in? 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. After nine years of fighting, Emanuel Fair has the freedom he deserves. Such remarks since his exoneration only demonstrate authorities defensiveness about mishandling the case, Fair said. Jinaga was. 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.. However, phone records show that he was making many phone calls between 2am and 5am, including to Potts. Coats is now a captain in the department. Brian Coats, who led the investigation into Jinagas murder as a detective 13 years ago. Fighting for justice: Two public defenders worked for years to get Some of the potential suspects were not interviewed. 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. To pass time, he said he read books, wrote letters and drew pictures. And thats hard.. Around 2:30 am, Fair and Johnson went to Johnson's apartment and then down to Johnson's car to listen to music. Cameron Johnson, who has never been charged, invoked his 5th Amendment right, and therefore only faced limited scope questioning during Fair's trial. On Thanksgiving, when he hadnt shown up to his familys dinner, Fair said an aunt called him to ask whether he was planning to come. He also successfully represented himself in a legal claim for an injury he sustained from handcuffs, receiving a $25,000 settlement from King County in 2017. 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. 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.. 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. There was DNA from 2-3 males found at the crime scene. 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. 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. Police staked out the house where he was staying, slowly rolled up on Fair and reportedly pointed guns at his chest. Preliminary reports said Arpana may have died on Friday evening. In my opinion, and in my heart, I dont have any question about anything we did in regards to charging that Emanuel Fair killed Arpana Jinaga, she said. Since his release two-and-a-half years ago, Fair said hes struggled to adjust to life outside of jail or find steady work. Jinaga and other tenants he hadnt met were co-hosting a large Halloween party in several units. They found her nude body on her bedroom floor, face-down on the carpet and partially covered with cloth. 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