Photo: King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
When residents of the Valley View Apartments in Redmond, Wash., decided to host a Halloween party nearly 13 years ago, nobody expected that it would end with murder.
On Oct. 31, 2008, 24-year-old Arpana Jinaga dressed up in a Little Red Riding Hood costume and prepared for a Friday night to remember. Her apartment was decorated as a haunted forest, one of four themed areas at the Valley View that would welcome visitors for the Halloween party, which spanned multiple units in the complex.
The party started like many others. Guests took silly photos, downed shots and smoked pot. At some point, though, things turned tense. A few guests got rowdy, arguments broke out and a couple of people were asked to leave.
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In the investigation that followed, authorities scrambled to determine who would hurt the lovable young woman from India, a promising software programmer who volunteered at the local fire department and rode her motorcycle with friends in her free time.
The case turned into a classic whodunit, and Jinaga’s costumed party guests were the prime suspects.
A new true-crime podcast fromCampside MediaandWonderydelves into the brutal unsolved murder nearly 13 years — and two trials — later.
InSuspect, journalists Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson (Over My Dead Body) return to the Valley View Apartments and interview party guests and authorities about the horrific series of events stemming from Halloween 2008.
“It’s a series about cutting-edge science and mislaid justice, race and policing, and the kinds of weighty choices that cops and prosecutors make every day,” Wondery states in a release. “Choices that, once made, are difficult to reverse.”
An exclusive trailer forSuspectis below.
Suspectpremieres Aug. 17 onWondery+and Aug. 31 wherever podcasts are streamed. New episodes of the nine-part series will be released weekly on Tuesdays.
source: people.com
