This is my first post after lurking for a while so I apologize if I am doing/saying something wrong, but I'm extremely passionate about this case(as I'd lived in Manitowoc County for years before, during, and quite a few years after this case). Also, I haven't read through the entirety of either thread as I found myself getting too worked up about it.
I cannot say whether or not Avery did commit this crime, but living close at that time gave me the opportunity to look into the case more while the investigation and trials were happening. There are plenty of things that don't seem right about this case, and I will be the first to agree that Manitowoc County law enforcement is not the greatest, but there are too many things that were actually left out of the grossly-one-sided-and-actually-pretty-biased-and-not-entirely-truthful documentary that makes me feel like people are being too quick at claiming his innocence.
Just as an example, that cat incident. As I recall, the documentary claimed he was "just goofing around"... but, really, when is pouring oil and gasoline on a cat before throwing it into the flames ever "just goofing around"? Especially when it comes to someone who has now been labeled a murderer?
There were plenty of other things that occurred, before all of this went down, that were circling around the community and the news before Teresa Halbach had ever been reported missing. I won't get into everything because chances are that you've all already gone over some of them or are good enough sleuths to find them yourselves(the actual facts of his past, not news articles that have sprung since the documentary has been shared that tend to add ridiculous "facts" to it), but it was the stuff of nightmares. As in, some of my classmates at the time were plagued by nightmares because of them.
Things that, not his brothers, like he's now claiming could have done it, but Steven Avery himself have done.
I've heard too many excuses that this documentary was "art" so it doesn't matter that it left things out or didn't tell the entire truth, except this was a real case where real people were involved, so if they really wanted to show his side, why sugar coat things?
The *67 calls, along with the last one that hadn't been, and the fact that Teresa had raised concerns about going back to Avery's place to coworkers, and then that he had used fake information to get her to come back actually concern me.
Could he have done it? Absolutely! Could he be innocent? Absolutely! Could the investigation have been handled better? WITHOUT A DOUBT! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN!
But now that he is in custody, shouldn't all sides of this crime be gone over with a fine-tooth comb like what should have been done in the first place, without bias, before claiming he's innocent and should be released when there had been actual evidence that pointed to him?
I know it's innocent until proven guilty, but in this case, where he is already locked up and had looked to be very guilty, shouldn't we look to prove it one way or the other for Teresa's family who probably had to come to terms with the facts as well as the inconsistencies in this case along with having to deal with issues this documentary brings up before setting who they have come to believe murdered a beloved family member(who law enforcement and a judge and jury have "agreed" has committed this crime) free?
As for Dassey, no one I've known ever thought he had anything to do with this crime.
Okay, I've said my piece for now. I'm off to bed before I give myself a migraine.