Baltimore City prosecutors are asking a judge to vacate Adnan Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and requesting a new trial based on new evidence after a nearly yearlong investigation.
Officials escort "Serial" podcast subject Adnan Syed from the courthouse on Feb. 3, 2016, following the first day of hearings for a retrial in Baltimore, Maryland. Photo: Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
During their probe, prosecutors found in the state's trial file that one of the suspects had threatened to kill Lee and "make her disappear," according to the court filing. They also discovered that Lee's car was found parked behind a house in Baltimore that belonged to one alternative suspect's relative, and that one suspect was convicted of serial rape after Syed's trial, per the filing.
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