Arpana Jinaga // 246

In October of 2008, a young woman threw a Halloween party along with the rest of her apartment complex with countless attendees. But three days later, her body was found in her apartment, and the scene was not only gruesome, but incredibly confusing. With multiple partygoers as potential suspects, it was unclear to police from the start who was actually behind this tragedy. This is the story of Arpana Jinaga.

BONUS EPISODES

CASE SOURCES

1. Unresolved: https://unresolved.me/arpana-jinaga

2. India Today: https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/indian-techie-arpana-was-strangulated-autopsy-report-32870-2008-11-05

3. Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/trial-begins-8-years-after-redmond-woman-raped-strangled/

4. Medium: https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/a-review-of-the-2008-murder-mystery-of-indian-immigrant-arpana-jinaga-in-redmond-washington-e858dd1cd24c

5. Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/emanuel-fair-trial-lawsuit-dna-murder-charge-1330251/

6. DNA Idea: https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-arpana-s-body-to-arrive-by-the-weekend-1204033

7. Suspect: https://wondery.com/shows/suspect/

8. New Indian Express: https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2008/nov/05/kins-hopes-of-seeing-arpana-dashed-4498.html

9. Student Hardware Competition: https://emc2022.emcss.org/student-emc-hardware-design-competition.html

10. GNU: https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-system-india.en.html#:~:text=The%20school%20system%20in%20India,secondary%20(17%20and%2018).

11. Arpana's apartment complex: https://www.apartments.com/valley-view-apartments-redmond-wa/pjp728s/

12. WA State Court Documents: https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/petitions/96468-8%20Petition%20for%20Review.pdf

13. Seattle Weekly: https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/the-troubling-trial-of-emanuel-fair/

14. Yahoo News: https://www.yahoo.com/video/m-m-not-free-man-150700113.html

15. Crime Story: https://crimestory.com/2020/09/02/interview-emanuel-fair-found-not-guilty-of-murder-after-nine-years-in-jail-with-amanda-knox/

16. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/marc-oleary-rapist-sexual-assault-golden-coloradonetflix-unbelievable/

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