steven avery and his nephew convicted of murder in the haunting killing of a young photographer. but were they really innocent? i didn t do it. somebody s doing a good job against me. did you have a vendetta against steven avery? absolutely not. a lead investigator defends his interrogation which led to a convictions over term. this was seen by many as a false confession. i feel it was a real confession. those officers wanted that information in the worst way. and they got it in the worst way. the prosecutor fights back with an explosive book. people are going to hear the other side of the story. and a promise from steven avery s high powered attorney. return to manitowoc county.
teenage girl accusedaviary of raping her a year after his release from prison. it all came together forcrats. he believed avery had 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, krats had a problem. you still didn t know how she was killed, exactly where she was killed. was that bothering you? yes, but sometimes, you know, 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. in march 2006, four months after teresa s murder tom and his partner spoke with avery s 16-year-old nephew in a series of now highly scrutinized interviews. what was your first impression of brenden dassie?
vehicle. fastbender s argument since that blood found in the vehicle didn t contain the chemical, it couldn t have come from the vial, and he notes that a nurse was prepared to testify she had made that hole in the vial as part of her usual routine when she drew blood from avery. the so fact thez a little hole in the top of the vial is normal. and regarding teresa s car key not found until the seventh search of avery s trailer? why was that key missed during those other searches. because primarily where the key was located in a small bookcase that wasn t searched yet. and if it was, it was just kind of looked at. why not do the thorough search earlier. i guess part of it is because we didn t lack a motive on steven avery. we went in there and did that first search but we had 12 more buildings and four more residences to search. so we had a lot to do. still it it wasn t just when the key was found that has
it was tested, yes. teresa s dna was on that bullet and the bullet was shot from steven s rifle, the one above his bed. do you now believe teresa was shot in that garage? yes. one strange thing, though, when they searched the garage for blood, they never found a drop. how could you cleanup all that blood? bleach, paint thinner, it cleans up blood. teresa s friend kim said when she heard the details about teresa s final moments she was heartbroken. i remember crying and just hoping she was who she was and fought because she was a very strong person. krats charged brenden dassie as a coconspirator in her murder. i intend to hold each of these defendants accountable for the rape, the torture and the murder of teresa halbach. but not so fast dassie recanted his statements. just before avery s trial the
members told investigators that steven avery had built a bon fire hours after teresa had been at the house that day. there was a huge bon fire, flames going as high as the edge of the roof on the garage. does it all make sense to you? look agate the whole picture, absolutely. and that picture came into focus when his team found another clue, ateresa s key inside the bedroom. the toyota key with a little fob connected to it. this is huge. yes, it is huge. especially when the crime lab found avery s dna on it. the evidence was stacking up against steven avery, and fast bender says that rav 4 would later tell investigators one last thing. we had tested the hood latch and found dna matching steven on that hood latch. he believed avery had some explaining to do, so nine days