Hae Min Lee was born in South Korea, according to The Baltimore Sun. When she was a preteen, she, her mother, and her brother emigrated to the United States and the family moved in with older relatives. Within a few years, she was a thriving teenager: she was a student-athlete at Woodlawn High School, where she participated in lacrosse and field hockey, and managed the wrestling team. She reportedly had career aspirations to be an optician.
At some point in her teen years, Lee began dating Adnan Syed, although as her brother, Young Lee, would later say that the family never met him, but that they were unaware of any problems between them.
Lee was last seen alive on January 13, 1999, after she left her school with the intention of picking up her niece and then going to her after-school job. After she failed to turn up, her family reported her missing, setting off searches as well as interviews with Lee's friends. Weeks later, her body was found.
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