it all came together for kratz. he believes avery developed a deep resentment of women, which had started with his wrongful conviction, and had only grown over the years. he has no remorse for his behavior, feels incredibly entitled. but as he continued to investigate the case, kratz had a problem. you didn t know how she was killed, exactly where she was killed. was that bothering you? yes, but sometimes you have what you have. it was all coming together in bits and pieces. he and his team kept digging until they got a big lead. please have a seat. and march, 2006, four months after teresa s murder, tom fassbender and his partner mark wiegert spoke with a very 16 year old nephew, brandon dassey in a series of no highly scrutinized interviews. what was your first impression of brendan dassey?
bonfire hours after teresa had been at the yard that day. it was a huge bond fire, flames going as high as the edge of the roof of the garage. was it making sense to you? looking at the whole picture? absolutely. and that picture came into sharper focus one fassbender s team found another clue. teresa s key inside avery s bedroom. the toyota key with a little fog connected to it. this is huge. yes, it s huge. especially when the crime lab later found avery s dna on it. it would become a highly controversial clue in this case. the evidence was stacking up against steven avery, and fassbender says that the rav4 would later tell investigators one last thing. we tested the hot and found dna matching steven on the hood latch. fassbender believed avery had some explaining to do. nine days after teresa s disappearance, he and his partner, mark wiegert brought
show up. that was clearly a mistake. this is huge, though. you ve got a 16-year-old kid with a low iq, with no attorney present, no parent. it s kind of like feeding someone to the wolves in a way. would you apologize to brendan dassey? well i d apologize to him for not being at the interview. there were mistakes made? sure. but none of them contributed to the condemning of dassey s case. there are people who disagree with that. sure. but as dassey s attorneys dealt further into those stunning statements the team made, they came to believe something more disturbing. investigators tom fassbender and mark wiegert had coerced the teen into making a false confession. these officers took advantage of a disabled youth, and got him to say what they wanted him to say. don t lie to us now, okay? come on. what happened?