craig melvin: the story gripped the nation in the series making a murderer. so many americans have learned about it. laura nirider: it s being heard by people around the world. craig melvin: steven avery and his nephew, convicted of murder and the haunting killing of a young photographer. but were they really innocent? andrea canning: did you have any kind of vendetta against steven avery? absolutely not. craig melvin: for the first time on television, a lead investigator defends his interrogation which led to a conviction overturned. andrea canning: this was seen by many as a false confession. i feel it was a real confession. he knew right from wrong. laura nirider: those officers wanted that information in the worst way, and they got it in the worst way. craig melvin: the prosecutor fights back with an explosive book. people are going to hear the other side of the story. craig melvin: and a promise from steven avery s high-powered, new attorney. andrea canning: do you thi
people think that stephen avery is innocent. they made him look like he was a nice person. the evidence is wrong, the evidence is beyond overwhelming. he is guilty. the story grip the nation in the series making a murderer. so many americans have learned about it. it has been world stephen avery and his nephew convicted of murder in the haunted killing of a young phenom photographer. i did not do it. did you have any kind of vendetta against stephen avery? absolutely. not for the first time on television, a lead investigator defenses investigation, which led to a conviction. this was seen too many by a false conviction. he knew right from wrong. officers want that information in the worst way, and they got it in the worst way. the prosecutor fight back with an explosive book. people are going to hear the over other side of the story. do you think you have new evidence that could face stephen avery? stephen avery? welcome to dateline. it s an extraord
until they got a big lead. in march 2006, four months after teresa s murder, tom fassbender s partner spoke with avery 16 year old nephew, brandon debris, in a series of now highly scrutinized interviews. what was your first impression of brandon dassey? a sky kid, somewhat introverted. once he opened up, the details that he revealed would stun investigators. fassbender said that dassey described a brutal scene. on that halloween afternoon, his uncle asked him to come over to his trailer. dempsey said that they each sexually assaulted teresa in avery s bedroom, and avery later shot her in her s garage burning the body in the bonfire. it is a game-changer. the stuff that we were not really where, of like teresa
details he revealed would stun investigators. what else did he do to her? raped her. did he tell you that? fassbender says dassey described a brutal scene. on that halloween afternoon, his uncle asked him to come over to his trailer. dassey said they each sexually assaulted teresa in avery s bedroom. and avery later shot her in his garage, burning her body in the bonfire. it s a game-changer. he told us stuff we weren t really aware of, like teresa was shot in the garage and had died there. and after speaking about dassey, fassbender had his team return to the avery property once more. and they found this in his garage, a bullet fragment. and that was missed the first time around. well, i guess i could say it was missed. but you re talking about a bullet fragment, looks like a piece of dirt probably. and it was tested? it was tested. yes, teresa s dna was on that bullet.
introverted. but once he opened up, the details he revealed would stun investigators. what else did he do to her? raped her. did he tell you that? fassbender says dassey described a brutal scene. on that halloween afternoon, his uncle asked him to come over to his trailer. dassey said they each sexually assaulted teresa in avery s bedroom. and avery later shot her in his garage, burning her body in the bonfire. it s a game-changer. he told us stuff we weren t really aware of, like teresa was shot in the garage and had died there. and after speaking about dassey, fassbender had his team return to the avery property once more. and they found this in his garage, a bullet fragment. and that was missed the first time around. well, i guess i could say it was missed. but you re talking about a bullet fragment, looks like a piece of dirt probably. and it was tested? it was tested. yes, teresa s dna was on that bullet.