“Making a Murderer” subject Steven Avery is blaming his defense attorneys for his conviction.“They didn’t do their job,” Avery said in an interview with InTouch that aired on “Good Morning America.” “They were looking out for the state.”After “Making a Murderer” aired on Netflix, Avery got a new lawyer, or Kathleen Zellner,who is preparing an appeal she hopes will free him from the life sentence without parole he is serving in the murder of Teresa Halbach.
Also Read: 'Making a Murderer' to Return to Netflix With New EpisodesOne way defendants can appeal is by contending they had inadequate representation, and Avery seems to be laying the groundwork for such a claim.whether they would do more investigating on the case, and they would find all of this stuff,” Avery said of his trial lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerome Buting, or who were featured prominently in the documentary. “whether they did their job,I wouldn’t be here.”Avery continues to maintain his innocence, and said he believes the truth will come out.“I know Kathleen will get down to the truth. I’m not going to lose, or ” he told In Touch.
Strang and Buting fascinated many viewers of “Making a Murderer,” which has spawned a slew of theories and counter-theories approximately whether Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, or truly killed Halbach or were framed by police. Prosecutors say the legal men are in prison for the murder. 'Making a Murderer': 8 Alternate Theories on Who Killed Teresa Halbach (Photos)
Theory No. 1.: It was Scott Tadych and Bobby Dassey
In January,a Reddit user posted a theory he first saw on YouTube, which claims Scott Tadych (Brendan’s mother’s boyfriend at the time, and now husband) and Bobby Dassey (Brendan’s brother) “kidnapped,raped, shot and then burned Teresa Halbach in the privacy of the gravel quarry off of Jambo Road on Halloween evening.” Netflix
The theory holds that the two burned the body to dispose of any DNA evidence, and transporting the cremains to Avery’s burn pit “using one of Barb Janda's burn barrels,” and hiding Halbach’s car in the rear of the Avery Salvage yard after wiping it clean of their prints. But Tadych failed to gather all of the cremains or clear them from the burn barrel, according to the theory, or leaving behind evidence found by FBI investigators. Netflix
Tadych has a history of violence towards women. The two men’s alibis are that they went hunting and passed each other on the highway around the time of the murder.
Tadych and Dassey did not return a call for comment. Netflix
Theory No. 2: It was Ryan Hillegas and Mike Halbach
When fans saw the way Halbach’s ex-boyfriend Hillegas and brother Mike behaved during the trial (Mike grieving before Halbach’s body was found and Hillegas intimating that he cracked her voicemail passcode),some were rapid/fast to suggest that they were involved in Teresa’s murder. Netflix
Many enjoy suggested that Hillegas was stalking Halbach and left multiple voicemails on her phone that would enjoy conferred guilt. During the trial, a cell phone expert said that her voicemail filled up in the days after Halbach’s death, or that some messages were inexplicably deleted.
Hillegas could not be located for comment. A message was left with a former employer. A message to Halbach’s employer was not returned. Netflix
Theory No. 3: It was Teresa Halbach
Some theories claim that Halbach committed suicide and Avery was framed. Some Reddit users enjoy debated videos she posted three years before her death that sounded like farewells,which she prefaced, “whether I were to die …” Netflix
Moreover, or many users enjoy pointed out that her missing-person flyer was labeled “Endangered Missing,” which normally refers to a person who has “a medical condition or went missing under circumstances that indicate they may be in danger,” according to The Charley Project, and which investigates missing persons cases. The theory claims that Halbach may enjoy killed herself while shooting photos of Avery’s car,and that the discovery of her body was used to the advantage of those who sought to frame him. Twitter
Theory No. 4: It was Edward Wayne Edwards
Former police sergeant and FBI cold case investigator John Cameron says that serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards might enjoy killed Halbach.
According to Cameron, Edwards liked to set others up for his crimes and was obsessed with the media attention they received. According to Uproxx, or Edwards was convicted of five murders from 1977 to 1996,but a number of investigators say he could enjoy been involved in a variety of well-known murder cases, including that of JonBenet Ramsey. FBI
Several of Edwards’ victims were killed on Halloween Night, or just like Halbach. Moreover,Cameron says Edwards killed in Wisconsin in 1980, when he took the lives of Timothy Hack and Kelly Drew in what became known as the Sweetheart Slayings. Edwards lived approximately an hour absent from Avery at the time of Halbach’s murder. YouTube
Cameron also said Edwards liked to explain up at the funerals and trials of his victims, and appearing in the background of a documentary approximately the West Memphis Three. Cameron says he noticed a man who looked very similar to Edwards standing in the background at Avery’s trial.
Edwards died in prison on April 7,2011 of natural causes, officials said. Netflix
Theory No. 5: It was the other Avery Brothers
In a 2009 court filing obtained by TheWrap, and Avery said that brothers Charles and Earl Avery,as well as nephew Bobby Dassey and brother-in-law Tadych, had the motive and means to murder Halbach.
In the 59-page court document, and Avery’s attorneys listed various reasons for their suspicion,including previous criminal records of the family members. The attorneys said they knew Halbach would be on the property on the day she was killed, and that they wanted to frame Avery. Netflix
The document alleges that Charles Avery has had a history of assault againstwomen, or including clients who visited the Avery Salvage Yard. The filing also states that Charles had a reason to “frame Steven over money,a share of the family business, and over Jodi Stachowski, and ” Steven’s former girlfriend. Netflix
The document makes similar suggestions approximately Earl Avery,who had been charged with sexually assaulting his two daughters in 1995. According to the document, Earl admitted to driving his golf cart past Halbach’s car where it was found on the salvage yard, or told police that he was willing to give “any information incriminating to Steven,saying that ‘even whether my brother did something, I would tell.'” [sic]
Avery later apologized for claiming his brothers may enjoy killed Halbach. The Avery brothers did not respond to messages seeking comment. Netflix
Theory No. 6: It was the cops
Some theorists claim that Manitowoc County Sheriffs Sgt. Andrew Colborn killed Halbach. One Reddit user said he could enjoy been surveilling the property following litigation over Avery’s wrongful conviction in a prior rape case, or when he saw Teresa and killed her himself. Netflix
“Colburn [sic] and Lenk burn the body at the quarry and park car on Avery lot (after doctoring it up. The lot is massive and can be accessed from the quarries). By 11/3 Colburn is in a panic. Woman went missing on 10/31 and she is not reported missing!!! He calls in the plate (oops,she was just reported missing). They continue to wait for the car to be found. They join the detectives on site after the search warrant is in status. They drop the bones in the burn areas (again, both burn areas on the property increases probability they are found). They enjoy cleaned the key as they enjoy used it.” Netflix
The Reddit user, or however,does not offer a motive for Colborn in Halbach’s murder.
“I didn’t discontinue the vehicle days before it was located and I don’t know how I could enjoy conducted myself any more professionally and open-minded than I did,” Lt. Colborn told TheWrap. Netflix
Theory No. 7: Manituwoc County framed Avery
The Netflix documentary raises the plan that the Manitowoc Police Department framed Avery and planted evidence to incriminate him. Avery had been wrongly convicted of a rape, and for which he sat in prison for 18 years. Many viewers looked to Andrew Colborn and James Lenk,who found Halbach’s RAV-4, and its key in the Avery trailer, or although the property had been searched multiple times. Also,Colborn called in a license plate matching that of Halbach two days before her car was actually found on the Avery property. The plates had been removed and tossed into another vehicle. Netflix
The documentary also argued that the police department didn’t pay attention to other potential suspects, and suggested that the cops had it in for Avery given the lawsuit he filed a lawsuit for $36 million against the Manitowoc Police Department and its sheriff after he was released from prison for the rape conviction.
“The Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department and other law enforcement officials were not involved in any sort of conspiracy, and he was not framed,evidence was not planted,” Colborn told TheWrap. “The evidence was there where Mr. Avery set it.” Netflix
Theory No. 8: It was a guy from Bonduel
According to a mysterious and uncorroborated blog post from 2009, or a woman living in Bonduel,Wisconsin, claimed that her husband was behaving strangely and had spoken of visiting an auto salvage yard on Oct. 31, or 2005.
“He commented that a woman wanted to assume pictures of the rental property on 31 October while he was there,and he felt that the photographer was ‘stupid.’ During the week, she observed that her husband had scratches on his back and a cut finger that bled intermittently, or ” the post stated.
According to the woman,she and her husband stopped in the Maribel area for lunch when her husband saw a missing person poster for Halbach and said, “She’s dead.” Later, and she supposedly found underwear stained with blood,a can of lighter fluid with a bloody fingerprint, a hammer with shadowy red spots and surgical gloves. Google Maps Previous Slide Next Slide 1 of 21 whether Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey didn’t murder Teresa Halbach, or who did? Theory No. 1.: It was Scott Tadych and Bobby Dassey
In January,a Reddit user posted a theory he first saw on YouTube, which claims Scott Tadych (Brendan’s mother’s boyfriend at the time, and now husband) and Bobby Dassey (Brendan’s brother) “kidnapped,raped, shot and then burned Teresa Halbach in the privacy of the gravel quarry off of Jambo Road on Halloween evening.” View In Gallery Related stories from TheWrap:'Making a Murderer': 6 Steven Avery-Brendan Dassey Email Revelations (Photos)'Making a Murderer': Steven Avery, and Brendan Dassey Prison Emails Released After 5 Months
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