Listeners to “Serial†know that a Maryland Best Buy is a key site in the 1999 death of Hae Min Lee. The state alleges that Adnan Syed killed Lee in the parking lot there, and host Sarah Koenig spends a lot of time investigating whether that particular store had a payphone outside of it, because Jay, the star witness at Syed’s trial, claimed Syed called him from one, saying, “I’ve killed her. Come pick me up.â€
Which makes the above tweet, posted today on Best Buy’s Twitter account, rather insensitive. This, by the way, was the tweet immediately before that one — so at least they did prove their own point.
Update: They’ve apologized.