--- description: Jay Wilds explains lying to the police and helping bury Hae Min Lee's body title: Serial's Key Witness, Jay, Reveals New Details About the Case image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Podcast](/tag/podcast/) ## Podcast Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Serial_'s Key Witness, Jay, Reveals New Details About the Case by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2014 10:52 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2014 10:52 PM CUT The man who served as the key witness against Adnan Syed in the 2000 Baltimore murder investigation, which recently has gained national attention thanks to the hit podcast _Serial_, [revealed new details about the case](https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/29/exclusive-interview-jay-wilds-star-witness-adnan-syed-serial-case-pt-1/ "undefined") in a report released Monday. Although Jay Wilds declined to be formally interviewed by _Serial_ host Sarah Koenig, he told [_The Intercept_](https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/29/exclusive-interview-jay-wilds-star-witness-adnan-syed-serial-case-pt-1/ "undefined")in a multi-part interview that he was unfairly portrayed. Koenig investigated the circumstances surrounding the death of Hae Min Lee, Syed’s ex-girlfriend, and the role that Wilds played. Syed was later found guilty of murder and is serving a life sentence in prison. Although Wilds admitted to police that he helped Syed bury her body, he denied further involvement — and Koenig questioned why his story surrounding the afternoon of Lee’s murder changed over time. Wilds, who dealt pot at the time, said: --- > “” --- Wilds also clarified his friendship with Syed (“I only smoked with him two or three times”), his fear of retribution for dealing drugs (“I also ran the operation out of my grandmother’s house and that also put my family at risk”) and chilling details about seeing and burying Lee’s body. Read more at [_The Intercept_](https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/29/exclusive-interview-jay-wilds-star-witness-adnan-syed-serial-case-pt-1/ "undefined") _Read next:_ [_The Innocence Project Tells Serial Fans What Might Happen Next_](http://time.com/3639655/serial-innocence-project-deirdre-enright/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3649022/serial-key-witness-jay-wilds-sarah-koenig/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3649022/serial-key-witness-jay-wilds-sarah-koenig/"},"headline":"Serial's Key Witness, Jay, Reveals New Details About the Case","datePublished":"2014-12-29T22:52:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:10:27.182Z","description":"Jay Wilds explains lying to the police and helping bury Hae Min Lee's body","url":"https://time.com/3649022/serial-key-witness-jay-wilds-sarah-koenig/","keywords":["Podcast","Crime","celebrity","radio","Serial"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/podcast/","name":"Podcast"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3649022/serial-key-witness-jay-wilds-sarah-koenig/","name":"Serial's Key Witness, Jay, Reveals New Details About the Case"}}]}] ```