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I don't know I didn't get close to it

In 2008, a young woman named Arpina Janaga was found dead in her apartment in Redmond,

outside of Seattle.

Arpina had been killed in the wake of a Halloween party at her complex. As investigators began to

look into the murder, they used a shorthand to describe witnesses and potential people of interest.

The construction worker, the bank robber, Jesus' secretary. But eventually they trained their

focus on one man, a manual fare.

A major part of the case against a manual fare involved DNA. Some of his DNA did appear on the

victim's body and clothing. But other suspects had left their DNA on the scene too.

And when it came time for a manual to stand trial, almost a decade after Arpina's death,

his lawyer Ben Goldsmith questioned the state's interpretation of the DNA.

There are all these things that were aligning against a manual, which made it all that much more

important to be the person who would try to help. Did it really show that a manual was the killer?

Or that prosecutors made up their mind, then used DNA to fit their theory of the case.

A manual fare is now a free man, has been for a couple of years. He's in the process of putting

his life back together. Together with the civil lawyer, he's preparing a lawsuit against King

County. Still, justice feels a long way off. No one else has been arrested for the murder of

Arpina, and the case remains for all intents and purposes completely cold. In this episode, I'm

talking with Matt Baglio, reporter and host of the third season of Over My Dead Body.

Matt Baglio and I will talk about getting out and reporting, with the case that the

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