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<v Speaker 1>Hey, listeners, I just started listening to a new true

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<v Speaker 1>crime miniseries from Wondery and Campside Media that I'm completely

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<v Speaker 1>hooked on. It's called Suspect. It starts in October two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and eight. The residents of a Redman apartment complex

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<v Speaker 1>were throwing a big Halloween party, dozens of people in costume, mingling, drinking,

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<v Speaker 1>and dancing. But after the party started to quiet down,

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<v Speaker 1>one of them was murdered in her home. The police

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<v Speaker 1>spent weeks piecing together the night with hazy recollections, body

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<v Speaker 1>DNA evidence, and dozens of party photos. Eventually they had

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<v Speaker 1>a suspect. His story kept changing. His DNA was at

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<v Speaker 1>the crime scene. When he finally came in for questioning.

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<v Speaker 1>The detectives felt like they were breath away from a confession,

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<v Speaker 1>but that didn't happen, and so the police decided to

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<v Speaker 1>focus their attention on another man, a man with a

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<v Speaker 1>criminal record whose deal was also found at the crime scene,

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<v Speaker 1>and he just so happened to be the only black

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<v Speaker 1>man at the party. Suspect starts out as a compelling

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<v Speaker 1>who'd done it, and then becomes a story about cutting

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<v Speaker 1>edge forensic science and mislaid justice, about race and policing,

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<v Speaker 1>and ultimately the kinds of weighty decisions that cops and

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<v Speaker 1>prosecutors make every day, decisions that once made change lives

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<v Speaker 1>forever and are almost impossible to reverse. I'm about to

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<v Speaker 1>play you a brief preview of Suspect, but while you're listening,

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<v Speaker 1>make sure to follow Suspect on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music,

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<v Speaker 1>or you can binge all nine episodes at free by

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<v Speaker 2>Wonder Campsite Media. At the time of the Halloween party

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<v Speaker 2>in two thousand and eight, Jay was in his thirties,

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<v Speaker 2>a successful programmer. He lived in the Seattle area, but

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<v Speaker 2>he kept in touch with a lot of friends back home,

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<v Speaker 2>including doctor Janaga, whose daughter had moved down the road

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<v Speaker 2>from Jay to an apartment complex in Redmond.

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<v Speaker 3>Very beautiful girl and very brainy, and above all, she's

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<v Speaker 3>very kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>I noticed that you speak about her in the present tense.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Three days after the costume party at the Valley View,

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<v Speaker 2>Jay woke up, walked downstairs, checked his phone. He saw

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of missed calls from Arpana's dad. He called

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<v Speaker 2>doctor Janaga back immediately and he could hear his friend

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<v Speaker 2>was in a bad place. There was no sign of Arbana.

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<v Speaker 2>She wasn't answering her phone. Her friends Sar and Malitha

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't get in touch with her either. Jay hung up

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<v Speaker 2>and tried Arpenhem's self. Nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>I called him back and saying that he's going to

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<v Speaker 3>Iceman and what do you want me to do? And

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<v Speaker 3>he said, can you go and check on her?

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<v Speaker 2>Jay had been d'arpin has placed once before, but all

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<v Speaker 2>you remembered was that you had to walk up a

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<v Speaker 2>set of stairs to the top floor.

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<v Speaker 3>To be honest, I don't even know that you need number,

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<v Speaker 3>So that's why I took the steps. Then I was

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<v Speaker 3>knocking on the wrong door. I knocked for almost like

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<v Speaker 3>thirty forty seconds, no one was there. Then I waited,

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<v Speaker 3>then again knocked. No one knows to play. That's where

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<v Speaker 3>I saw the gentlemen. I don't even know who he is.

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<v Speaker 2>The guy Jay saw coming towards him was in his

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<v Speaker 2>mid twenties with the goatee and sideburns, average build and height.

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<v Speaker 2>It was Cameron Johnson arp In, his next door neighbor.

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<v Speaker 3>And I asked him, do you know this girl? He said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I know, So I asked him, like, which he lives by?

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<v Speaker 3>Then me and Cameron we both were standing just in

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<v Speaker 3>front of that apartment.

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<v Speaker 2>He Jay pushed gently on the door and a bolt

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<v Speaker 2>fell off. Someone seemed to have bashed it in. The

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<v Speaker 2>lock was broken and there were splinters all around the jam.

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<v Speaker 3>Then I turned to Camp and I asked like, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>it looks like somebody broke her apartment. What the hell

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<v Speaker 3>is going on? Right? So can you come and help

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<v Speaker 3>me out? And he said okay. Then we both went

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<v Speaker 3>inside apartment. I was relating at her.

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<v Speaker 2>Basically, Jay was yelling calling for Arpenau, but no one

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<v Speaker 2>was answering. The two men crossed the threshold of the apartment,

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<v Speaker 2>Jay noticed Arpina's motorcycle helmet was on the counter, which

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<v Speaker 2>to him at least was notable. She wouldn't have ridden

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<v Speaker 2>her bike anywhere without a helmet. She just too careful

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<v Speaker 2>for that. So we speculated that either her bike, which

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<v Speaker 2>had not been in the parking lot, was in the

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<v Speaker 2>shop or Arpenau was still in the apartment. He headed

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<v Speaker 2>down a short hallway towards the bedroom. That's when he

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<v Speaker 2>saw a figure lying on the floor next to the bed.

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<v Speaker 2>I've spent the past two years talking to everyone involved

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<v Speaker 2>in the investigation into the murder of our Panaja Naga.

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<v Speaker 2>The cops is somebody lying to conceal something that they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't want to tell us. The lawyers, we get the

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<v Speaker 2>police's version of events, and then we usually get their

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<v Speaker 2>criminal history.

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<v Speaker 3>But if those are the only facts, everyone would be

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<v Speaker 3>guilty and.

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<v Speaker 2>The man ultimately charged with her murder.

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<v Speaker 3>They say things to scare you and be like, you

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<v Speaker 3>need to just take this deal or we're going to

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<v Speaker 3>give you one hundred years. There's bully tactics Man

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