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. But I dont have a desire to do that. Everyone seemed to have a good time, the lawsuit alleges. 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. Some guests were rowdy, but nothing out of the ordinary, it says. If her rape was that violent he'd have had SOME scratches or scars. In Suspect, journalists Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson (Over My Dead Body) return to the Valley View Apartments and interview party guests and authorities about the horrific series of events stemming from Halloween 2008. His lawyers said the ordeal has permanently damaged Fairs reputation, his emotional well-being, livelihood and relationships. Two days later on Monday, Jinagas father in India was worried that her daughter was not answering her phone, so he asked family friend Jay Bodicherla in the US to check up on her. Johnson also said that he had driven to Canada on the day after the Halloween party and that he had been denied entry. He and Jinagas next-door neighbor who became a suspect in her slaying discovered her locked door had been kicked in and found her nude body on her bedroom floor. Just hours after that party ended, in the early morning of Nov. 1, 2008, one of the hosts of the Halloween party a 24-year-old software engineer and Indian immigrant named Arpana Jinaga . Cameron Johnson, who has never been charged, invoked his 5th Amendment right, and therefore only faced limited scope questioning during Fair's trial. He heard "a horrible growling" for about twenty seconds until he heard a thud. DNA evidence was linked to three men and. 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. Fair was tried for Jinagas sexual assault twice and was acquitted after his second trial in June 2019. I dont think he killed Arpana. 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 a background check revealed Fairs criminal record, including a third-degree child rape conviction, Fair quickly became the new prime suspect despite leads about the neighbor and other viable suspects, the suit states. The party lasted until the early hours. Police staked out the house where he was staying, slowly rolled up on Fair and reportedly pointed guns at his chest. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled. 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. This is weird. Now, more than two years later, Fair is suing King County, the city of Redmond and Redmond Police Capt. 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. According to court documents, Johnson called Jinaga around 3 a.m. but did not mention that to the police during his interview. During the trials, the neighbor, whom prosecutors at one point granted immunity for information, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. 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. He attributed them to wrestling a stranger he met at another Halloween party the next day, the lawsuit alleges. He told detectives he had a desire to explore. Canadian officials said Johnson tried to blow through the gates. Goldsmith said evidence found at Jinagas apartment and produced during the investigation pointed to one of her neighbors as the likely killer. 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. They interrogated Fair on the car ride to the station without reading his rights. Another apartment complex resident committed suicide just days after Jinagas death, and his DNA was reportedly never compared to the crime scene. Im out, Fair said. 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.. It was a brutal scene. He replied: If youve done it before, youll do it again.. Jinaga's killer had clearly gone to great lengths to destroy any biological traces linking him to the crime scene. According to court documents, Johnson called Jinaga around 3 a.m. but did not mention that to the police during his interview. .but he doesnt mention it? To just dismiss it as racism is ridiculous. There was potential there that was just taken away., Citing pending litigation, a city of Redmond spokesperson declined to comment about Fairs lawsuit on behalf of Coats and the citys Police Department. As a man who was incarcerated and released but not convicted, Fair left jail without the support and resources typically offered to exonerated people or parolees, such as job support and mental health services. On Oct. 31, 2008, Fair took a bus to Redmond to stay the weekend with a friend at the Valley View Apartments. Cameron should have been the prime suspect and the one they took to trial. And the other DNA found was found on a robe that was likely in hanging in her bathroom, maybe he dried his hands on it while using the bathroom. 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He was one of the three individual's whose DNA was found . Residents said Fair appeared relaxed when he hung out at Potts apartment for three days over the weekend. If you have probable cause, you dont go to a psychic, he said. I lost a lot. Some of the potential suspects were not interviewed. 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. He assumed Jinaga was either vomiting or having sex. Another apartment complex resident committed suicide just days after Jinaga's death, and his. or felt they were? The court documents detail negligence by detectives and the outsourcing of a famous psychic medium to opine on the case. Police believe she was killed around 8 am. As her next-door neighbor this would have been obvious. Arpana Jinaga, a 24 year old woman from India. In the apartment, there was a strong smell of bleach, and also bleach stains were found. Arpana Jinaga was a 24-year-old computer programmer, who had moved to the Pacific Northwest in March of 2008. This was mainly on the basis of party photographs. 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. Fair was released in 2019, serving a total of 9 years without conviction, and is now suing the county authorities. Then, due to inexcusable delays in Fairs trial and prolonged pretrial detention, he spent more than nine years in the King County Correctional Facility as an innocent man, in conditions of inhumane confinement that are well known to have a detrimental effect on mental health, the suit contends. Kyler Alvord leads PEOPLE's politics coverage as a news editor for the brand. In August 2009, a man named Emanuel Fair was interviewed by police. Arpana Jinaga. Fair said he went inside Jinagas apartment various times throughout the party. He was her pimp, or as the podcast preferred to describe it, the person who placed craiglist ads for her escort services. Do we know how extensive the damage was? 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. Jinaga had been gagged with her underpants and duct tape, brutally beaten around the head. After her graduation, she got a job as a software engineer at EMC, in a suburb of Seattle. When youre in jail, you dont have a holiday. There was DNA from 2-3 males found at the crime scene. Fair filed a lawsuit against King County, Redmond, the Redmond Police Department and the lead detective on Dec. 29. The lawsuit alleges there was heavy drinking at the party of 40 to 50 people. He attributed them to wrestling a stranger he met at another Halloween party the next day, the lawsuit alleges. Johnson has denied any involvement in Jinagas death. She had a keen interest in engineering and won several innovation competitions. 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.
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