Unless you've been living under a rock, you've already heard about or watched Making a Murderer on Netflix. The 10-episode docu-series came out right around the holidays, so it gave people plenty of time to binge watch and obsess over the fascinating trials of Steven Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey.
Quick Recap:
Steven Avery is a man from Manitowoc County in Wisconsin. His family owns a salvage yard and were for the most part outsiders in their town. In 1985, Stevie-boy was wrongfully arrested and convicted of the rape of a woman. He had had a few run-ins with the law and was known as a bit pervy around his parts. DNA evidence exonerated him EIGHTEEN (18) years after his conviction. Since Steven spent such a large part of his life in prison, serving time for a crime he did not commit, he decided to file a civil suit and sue the fuck out of Manitowoc County and the individuals who contributed to his conviction.
While his $36 milli suit was pending, a woman named Theresa Halbach went missing and was murdered. Interestingly enough, the last appointment that she had on October 31, 2005 was to take some photos of a vehicle on the Avery property. According to phone records, Steven had called her multiple times using *67 (shoutout prank calling) on the day she went missing. Theresa had also reportedly told one of her coworkers that he gave her the creeps and made her uncomfortable. During the search for Theresa, her Rav-4 was found deep in the Avery lot. This immediately raised suspicions. Additionally, her charred remains were found (much later) in a burn pit on the property. More than four months after her death, a key to her vehicle was found in Steven's trailer. One of Steven's nephews, Brendan Dassey, admitted to police after hours of questioning that he had helped Steven rape, murder, and burn the body of Theresa Halbach. These factors gave law enforcement enough to arrest Steven for Theresa's disappearance and murder.
The majority of Brendan's statement to police was recorded and it is evident that Brendan is not the brightest bulb in the bunch. Brendan is also arrested and charged with Theresa's murder. Steven & Brendan are both convicted separately on the charges and sentenced to life in prison.
Fishy evidence, the belief that Brendan was coerced into his statement, and Steven's lawsuit against the County and its officials contribute to a number of people thinking that Steven & Brendan were framed. Steven has maintained his innocence since his conviction and has been fighting to get his conviction appealed.
Did he/they do it?:
I honestly do not think that Brendan had anything to do with the murder of Theresa Halbach. I think he was a feeble-minded 16 year old who wanted to say anything that would get him out of the police station and back to school to present his 6th period project. Brendan's conversations with his mother and police are almost heartbreaking to watch, but they are more than entertaining.
As for Steven Avery, I do not think that they had enough evidence to prove "beyond reasonable doubt." A lot of the evidence used in the trial seemed shady. BUT with that being said, I think Steven Avery did murder Theresa Halbach. Steven was most likely fucked up in the head from being in prison for so long. He had been hanging with rapists, murderers, and other hard criminals for so long, that I think he no longer knew right from wrong. On top of that, Steven's girlfriend at the time, Jodie, was in the middle of serving a 7-month sentence for a DUI conviction. Steven was probably horny, realized Theresa was way better looking than Jodie, and found the opportunity to get her into his trailer and do horrible things to her. Steven's past of jerking off on his cousin's car and having sex on his front lawn do not do him any favors. Also, the below note from Steven to his former wife while he was originally in jail show a dark side of Steven that he tries to hide by being so dumb.
Normal people do not write shit like that. Bottom line - I think Steven did it but that it was not proved beyond reasonable doubt. I don't think Brendan had anything to do with it because he changed his statement so many times.
Take-aways:
-Manitowoc is definitely not a place I would have wanted to grow up in or ever want to visit. It seems poor, depressing, and makes me feel grateful as hell that I grew up in the Northeast where we know how to form coherent sentences and have a general idea of what hygiene is.
-What the fuck kind of person does not own ANY underwear!? In Steven's first case, his lawyer states that the victim of the rape stated that her assailant had on white underwear. According to the lawyer, this is deemed impossible because Steven does not own any underwear. Oh, and they proved this. They searched his house and found no underwear whatsoever. I get preferring not to wear underwear, but not owning any is straight up psychopath behavior.
-Brendan has the IQ of a rock. Really, that's being generous - a rock may have a higher IQ. Some of my favorite lines from Brendan:
Police Officer: Do you have any weapons on you?
Brendan: I mean, just my CD player.
Brendan (to his mom): Ma, they're saying my statements is inconsistent.. What does in-kon-siss-tent mean?
Mom: Well, I don't know.
Brendan: Do you think I can get (back to school) by 1:29? I have a project due in 6th period.
Just a few to show Brendan's naivety when it comes to telling police he just helped rape/murder a woman.
-If Steven Avery can find love, why can't I? I do not understand people who date people serving time in prison. If Steven has a biddy, I want a bae.
-Mike Halbach is annoying. The "spokesperson" for the Halbach family does nothing but suck the media's dick and make statements that he can't back up.
-Allen Avery (Steven's dad) has the greenest thumb of anyone I've ever seen. In the last episode, he's showing off his garden. That motherfucker has lettuce, cucumbers, asparagus, and literally every other vegetable/green that you can think of. Teach me your ways, Mr. Avery. Not really, but make a YouTube tutorial on how to grow things because I actually don't want to go anywhere near you.
There is so much more to take away from this series.
Anyways, watch it, kinda laugh, kinda feel uncomfortable, kinda cry.
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