Another visit to Steven Avery. 38 boxes of files reviewed. He remains innocent and framed. Making a Murderer s2e3: A Legal Miracle, Zellner on twitter
There are no photographs of the finding of the bones … The lack of documentation speaks volumes … With the burn-pit they don’t find anything … then magically on the eighth [day] the bones suddenly appear in the burn-pit. They’re so obviously planted. ibid. Zellner
A federal judge has tossed out his [Brendan] murder conviction. ibid. television news
Steven has become the world’s strangest sex symbol now. Making a Murderer s2e4: Welcome to Wisconsin, Chris Spargo, journalist Daily Mail
A tsunami of new evidence is on its way. ibid. Zellner on twitter
But when are they going to release me though? Making a Murderer s2e5: What + Why = Who? Brendan Dassey’s call to parents
Brendan Dassey will remain in prison pending the outcome of an appeal. ibid. TMJ4 television news
I can’t believe they didn’t have a blood splatter expert. ibid. Zellner’s associate
The thing that’s suspicious about the DNA is the quantity of it … There was too much DNA on the key … The defense had no DNA rebuttal expert. Making a Murderer s2e6: Everything Takes Time, Zellner
This is item crime lab designation FL and it is a lead bullet fragment. Making a Murderer s2e7: Item FL, Sherry Culhane, WI state crime lab evidence Avery trial February 2007
If FL went through two layers of thickness of her skull – entrance, exit – there would absolutely be bone fragments in the lead. ibid. Zellner
In a 1272-page motion for post-conviction relief Kathleen Zellner lays out her evidence fighting for what she says is justice for Steven Avery. Making a Murderer s2e8: Special Care
False confessions are anathema to the judicial process … Psychologically manipulative interrogation techniques … No reasonable court could have any confidence that this was a voluntary confession. ibid. appeal judges 2/1 majority verdict
Bobby Dassey [witness] was lying. ibid. Zellner
Neither the prosecution nor the defense called Bryan Dassey to testify at Steven’s trial. ibid. caption
Brady Violation (Evidence Withheld): No report documenting conversation that RAV4 was driven on to Radandt quarry; Detective Valie’s report about Dassey computed withheld; No report documenting witness spotting RAV4 off of Avery property. Making a Murderer s2e9: Friday Nite, caption
‘He said, Now I’m going to kill you. How you’re going to die.’ True Crime Central, Murder: Did They Do It?: Steven Avery, victim, Youtube 48.07, 2023
Avery is a one-man crime wave. He’s been convicted of burglary twice and then he attacked the deputy’s wife. ibid.
The prosecution has built its whole case around Penny being about to identify Avery … Avery’s got an alibi. ibid.
‘A deputy at the sheriff’s department said that the composite sketch was basically drawn off the [Avery] mugshot.’ ibid.
[Gregory] Allen was left free to prowl the beach and attack Penny. ibid.
Allen has already served ten years of his sixty-five year sentence for his other assaults. And the DNA match nails him as the predator that attacked Penny. ibid.
‘How can you possibly apologise adequately for taking away eighteen years of their life?’ ibid. Penny
A massive hunt gets under way for the missing photographer [Teresa Halbach]. Two days later investigators make a chilling discovery … ‘Her car keys are in his room’ … a week after the original search. ibid.
His claims he has been set up again. ibid.
AVILA-TORREZ, JORGE: World’s Most Evil Killers TV -
In May 2005, 9-year-old Krystal Tobias and her 8-year-old friend Laura Hobbs went out to play at their local park on their bikes. They never returned. Suspicion immediately turned to the father of one of the girls who’d recently been released from prison. The grieving father spent five years behind bars before DNA uncovered the true killer who had been hiding in plain sight all along. A family friend, Jorge [Avila-] Torrez. The double murder was just the beginning. Five years later a DNA trail would reveal Jorge Torrez as one of the world’s most evil killers. World’s Most Evil Killers s7e1: Jorge Avila-Torrez, Sky Crime 2022
AYAD, SMAIL: The Outback Killer TV -
20-year-old Mia Ayliffe-Chung and 30-year-old Tom Jackson … On August 23rd 2016 their journeys would come to a violent end when Smail Ayad allegedly went on what may have been a psychotic rampage. Witnesses allege shocking comments made by Ayad, who is yet to stand trial … Dozens were pulled into the chaos and the carnage. The Outback Killer aka Backpack Killer: Mia & Tom’s Story, Channel 5 2018
In April 2018 the Mental Health Court dropped all criminal charges against Smail Ayda, finding he was of unsound mind when he killed British backpackers Mia Ayliffe-Chung and Tom Jackson. Four expert psychiatrists all agreed that he had paranoid schizophrenia and was in acute psychosis … ibid.