Serial Episode 8/9

At the beginning of episode 9, Laura Estrada Sandoval offers a specific bit of testimony. What was it?

• She says she knows Don didn’t work on the 13th because she was working that shift.

• She says Jay told her about maybe killing somebody, because they were really close friends.

• She says Adnan did, in fact, try to call Hae when she went missing, because she was there when he did made the call.

• She says she knows there was no pay phone at Best Buy because she used to shoplift there.

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A woman named Summer emails Sarah with some personal testimony. What was it?

• She was positive that she had a long talk with Hae after school on the 13th, so there is no way Hae was killed and found at Best Buy by 2:36.

• She and Hae had a long talk on the night of the 12th about a fight that Hae was having with Jay, about “something really stupid.”

• She sold a rope to Jay three days before Hae’s death.

• She skipped school with Stephanie on the day of Hae’s disappearance.

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Sarah speculates that the “third phone call” that Adnan received while he was at Cathy’s was from whom?

• Jay

• Hae

• Rabia

• Aisha

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What happened the night Hae’s body was discovered?

• Adnan called the detective to tell them that they mis-identified the body.

• Adnan called the police to tell them that Jay had something to do with it.

• Jay called Stephanie and told her not to say anything.

• The police picked up Rabia for questioning.

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When the police question Adnan in his living room, what was he directly worried about?

• That his father would be upset to find out that Adnan used to date Hae.

• That the police would arrest him in front of his little brother.

• That the police would upset his mother by asking her inappropriate questions.

• That his older brother would be disappointed to learn that Adnan is friends with Jay.

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Adnan tells Sarah that he ended up in jail because:

• His lawyer was terrible.

• Jay was a psychopathic liar.

• Of his own stupid actions, like leaving his car and phone with Jay.

• The racist police were out to get him.

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Jay claims his story changes because

• he was high that night

• he was afraid he would get fired

• he was afraid of the police because he has a record

• he was protecting Adnan

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Jay's story changes a lot, why do the police believe him anyway?

• He seemed like a trustworthy guy
• A lot of his information was true
• They didn't
• They could corroborate his story with cell records

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Who is Christina Gutierrez?

• Adnan's mom

• Adnan's friend

• Adnan's lawyer

• A fictional character

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5. “Bad evidence” according to Jim Trainum is evidence that

• works against the current theory

• has been misinterpreted

• has been tampered with

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