November 12, 2014. [Jay laughs] I dated Stephanie from junior high until about junior year of college. In the wildly popular first season of "Serial," a podcast that debuted in 2014, millions of viewers learned about the 1999 murder of Baltimore high school senior Hae Min Lee. BY Abbey Stone. I loved her a lot, but if there was any risk of infidelity it was going to come from me. In this scenario, Wilds did not want his girlfriend Stephanie to know about it.

Serial. Others suggest Wilds killed Lee as part of a drug deal gone wrong, a suspicion reinforced by Wilds sideline as a … ... One that crops up again and again is the idea that Stephanie, Jay’s … Wilds was a central figure in the 2014 podcast Serial, and was professed accomplice to Adnan Syed’s crime, which further complicated his role as the prosecution’s sole witness. Jay Wilds, the key witness detailed in hit podcast Serial, has broken his silence in an interview with The Intercept -- find out what he had to say In Wilds' newest version of events, Adnan was in his car with Jay instead of being at his last period of school. Jay suggested going to the mall to find a present for Stephanie, but Adnan said he had to "go do something," and told Jay to drop him at school, letting Jay borrow his car and phone. Adnan Syed is currently serving life in prison, plus 30 years, for a murder he claims he didn't commit, and he may not have ended up there if it weren't for his former classmate, Jay Wilds. So it’s little wonder that when news broke of key witness Jay Wild… “Serial” may be over until next year, but questions about Adnan Syed’s guilt remain, torturing the podcast’s devotees. 10 Crazy Serial Theories. Before becoming the subject of the 2014 podcast, Serial, Adnan Syed was convicted of kidnapping and murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 2000.

Jay says: He went to the mall alone.