This is an affidavit in support of a Search and Seizure Warrant for the below

listed vehicle: 1987 Honda Accord four door sedan tan in color Maryland Registration FHW 202

V.I.N. # REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF SYED MASUDUR RAHMAN JOHNNYCAKE ROAD '('"~

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EVIDENCE SOUGHT: ANY TRACE EVIDENCE TO INCLUDE BLOOD, HAIR, SOIL, FIBERS, ANY

DOCUMENTS SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADNAN SYED AND HAE MIN LEE, ANY OTHER ITEMS

PERTAINING TO THE CRIME OF MURDER

Which is evidence relating to the commission of a crime pertaining to First

Degree Murder - Article 27 Section 407.

Your A£fiant, Detective Police Agent Gregory S. MacGillivary, has been a duly

sworn member of the Baltimore City Police Department January, 1984. Your Affiant was assigned

to the Homicide Unit in January, 1995. Your Affiant has received numerous hours of

specialized training of all facets in the field of death investigations.

Since being assigned to the Homicide Unit, your Affiant has been directly

involved in approximately 25 homicide investigations which have occurred in Baltimore City

State of Maryland. During your A£fiant's tenure with the Baltimore City Police Department,

he has written numerous Search and Seizure Warrants; ·and ·several warrants for evidence

pe:?:taining to the crime of murder. Your Affian"t has testified at Federal Court I District and

Circuit Court levels as an expert in the field of homicide investigations .

On 09 February 1999, at approximately 2pm., the Baltimore City Police Department

responded to the 4400 block N. Franklintown Road , for a body that had been discovered by a

passerby.

Members of the Armed Services Medical Examiners Office responded and disinterred

the remains . A post mortem examination was conducted by the Office Chief Medical Examiner.

At the conclusion of the examination, Doctor Korrel Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, ruled the

manner of death a homicide. Subsequently, the victim was identified as Hae Min Lee F / A/17,

who had been reported missing by Baltimore County Police on 13 January 1999.

On 27 February 1999, your Affiant along with Detective William F. Ritz had the

occasion to interview a witness to this offense at the offices of homicide. This witness

indicated that on 13 January 1999, the witness, met Adnan Syed at Edmondson and Franklintown

Road in Syed's auto . Syed, who was driving the victim's auto, opened the victim ' s trunk and

showed the witness the victims body, which had been strangled.

This witness, then follows Syed in Syed' s auto, ·syed driving the victim's auto . . I . to Leakin Park, where Syed buries the victim in a shallow grave. Subsequently, this witness

then follows Syed, who is still drivin~ the victim's auto, to a location where Syed parks

the victim Is automobile. Syed then gets into his car and drives the witness to a location· in

B. ·.more Coilnty where the digging tools are discarded in a dumpster.

On 28 February 1999, your A£fian.t obtained an arrest warrant for Adnan Syed

M/P/17 Johnnycake Road for First Degree Murder. Subsequently, Syed was arrested and

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Therefore, based on the totality of the circumstances, your Affiant believes that

probable cause exists for the issuance of a search and seizure warrant, for the above vehicle

wh~~h would allow your Affiant, with the proper and necessary assistance, to search the

liI d vehicle for blood, soil, hair, fibers, documents showing the relationship between

Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee, and any other evidence relating to the murder of Hae Min Lee .

AFFIANT

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED TO BEFORE ME THIS __ _ DAY OF __ _ 1999

JUDGE