The lawyer for Steven Avery, the subject of Netflix’s Making A Murderer, has shared new evidence in the case of Teresa Halbach’s murder, which she says proves his innocence.
Kathleen Zellner, who’s work on Avery and Brendan Dassey’s case is documented in Part two of the series which came out last month, has taken to Twitter to outline the evidence that was not featured in the new episodes in 20 steps.
Introducing the thread, she wrote, “Making A Murderer watchers, listen up. I’m going to walk you through what I’ve learned through my investigation that you didn’t see in the show.”
Making a Murderer watchers, listen up. I'm going to walk you through what I've learned through my investigation that you didn't see in the show.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
You can view the full thread from start to finish below:
1 . On 10/31/05, Scott Tadych visited Bobby at the Avery salvage yard (ASY) around noon.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
2. After Teresa (TH) called the Dassey landline for directions, our suspect contacted her back with the Dassey address.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
3. Teresa arrived at the ASY around 2:30–2:31 p.m. on 10/31/05. Only Bobby and Steven saw her. After completing her photo assignment, she left & turned West on Hwy 147 around 2:38 p.m. Our suspect followed her. Steven was in his trailer.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
4. Our suspect gets TH to pull over. She opened her car's rear cargo door to retrieve her camera, was knocked to the ground and struck with an object.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
5. TH was put in the rear cargo area of the RAV4 and driven back to ASY.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
6. TH's RAV4 was spotted leaving the ASY with an unknown driver at 3:45 p.m.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
7. RAV4 was left by the old dam West of Mishicot on 10/31/05.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
8. 3 witnesses saw RAV4 up to 11/4/05, then it was gone.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
9. Recent investigation shows the RAV4 battery died, so it was replaced in order to move the RAV4 to the ASY.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
10. TH's body was burned in a burn barrel. Dassey burn barrel had human bones.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
11. 60% of bones and 31 teeth missing
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
12. A witness smelled horrible odor of something burning in Manitowoc County gravel pit the evening of 10/31/05.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
13. The Dassey garage was never luminoled or DNA tested. Bobby hung a deer in the Dassey garage on 11/4/05.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
14. Sikikey note—Body burned at smelter 11/4/05, 3 a.m. Tadych worked the night shift at a smelter facility. His nickname: Skinny.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
15. TH's electronics were not burned in Steven's burn barrel; they were burned in Dassey burn barrel.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
16. Suspect knew Steven's finger re-bled on 11/3/05 because he observed it.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
17. Suspect had access to Steven's trailer to remove blood from the sink.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
18. Only our suspect knew the blood in the sink was Steven's and not TH's (this rules out the police).
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
19. Suspect planted blood in RAV4, bones in Steven's burn pit, and TH's electronics in Steven's burn barrel.
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
In conclusion, the killer is the person who had the access and opportunity to plant Steven Avery's fresh blood in Teresa Halbach's car. Use #AskZellner for questions
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) November 15, 2018
In conclusion, Zellner says the “killer is the person who had the access and opportunity to plant Steven Avery’s fresh blood in Teresa Halbach’s car”.
Earlier this month, it was revealed Avery and his nephew Dassey may be freed thanks to a US midterm election result which saw Democrat Tony Evers gain control of the governorship in Wisconsin – the state that the true-crime documentary is set in.
Jerome Buting, Avery’s trial lawyer for the murder of Halbach, called for the Governor-elect to free Avery and his nephew.
The true-life crime documentary was first released in 2015. Part one documents Avery’s false conviction of sexual assault in 1985, which took 18 years to overturn, and later focuses on his and his nephew’s conviction for Halbach’s murder in 2005.
In the second series, tenacious lawyer Zellner thoroughly examines the Halbach investigation and unearths new evidence she believes will prove the men’s innocence.