Hi!
So I've been watching this too, I'm on episode 4. Some things really stand out to me about the corruption theory.
The Dassey interrogation was very hard to watch. I think they really did some leading to get him to agree to some of the things they believed happened. I know the body was found burned in a pit used for a bon fire. But could they tell she was shot in the head, her throat cut and sexually assaulted from the ME report? I mean did they go in there knowing her cause of death before Dassey agreed with the injuries? I'm trying to figure out if he actually gave any new information as opposed to just agreeing with the LE officers. Also, the bon fire the night of her disappearance. Any one who was involved in a conspiracy to frame SA must have known about that fire pit and its use. So someone who resides on the property sure would know but.. was SA under surveilience by LE? That could go a long way towards knowing what were the comings and goings on of the Avery family. Lastly the delay in finding the key with his dna on it really gets under my skin. The Dassey confession there was a point made about how SA was very sweaty when he answered the door (sweat was found on the key, to sort of drive that point home).
Also just wanted to add how they got to Dassey to bring up the sexual assault, throat being slit, and her being shot. They did know that a gun was the likely murder weapon, this interview w. Brendan happened months later. The gun and sexual assault are brought up by them first in the 2/27 interview at Mishicot:
pg 458-459
F: I can't believe that he wouldn't have told you how it happened and how did he kill her
(pause)
W: How do you know that?
B: Because....
W: I also heard that he told you how he did it, that's true isn't it?
B: Yeah
W: Tell me what he told you
B: ....car...the...jeep
W: What did he tell you he did in the jeep?
B: That he tied her up and stabbed her
W: Did he say anything about shooting her. Tell me again how he said he killed her
B: He said he tied her up and stabbed her
pg 461
F: Did he try to have sex w. her or anything and she said no
(pause)
W: Did he ever tell you that, it's very important, OK, cuz we had heard that he might have told you that
(pause)
W: No? Yes or no?
B: No
Here is where Brendan brings up the throat slitting in the 3/1 interview (clearly not the direction cops wanted him to go):
pg 585-587
F: What else was done to her head?
B: That he punched her
W: What else?
(pause)
W: What else?
F: He made you do something to her, didn't he? So he would feel better about not being the only person, right? Yeah.
F: What did he make you do to her?
(pause)
W: What did he make you do Brendan? It's OK, what did he make you do?
B: Cut her
W: Cut her where?
B: On her throat
W: Cut her throat, when did that happen?
F: Are you sure about that?
W: So Steven stabs her first and then you cut her neck? What else happens to her in her head?
F: It's extremely, extremely important you tell us this, for us to believe you
W: Come on Brendan, what else?
(pause)
F: We know, we just need you to tell us
B: That's all I can remember
W: All right, I'm just gonna come out and ask you. Who shot her in the head?
B: He did
F: Then why didn't you tell us that?
B: Cuz I couldn't think of it
Clearly apparent what they were trying to get when asking Brendan what happened to her in her head, but since Brendan had no idea, he had to guess a bunch of things until they finally told him the right answer. They get him to retract the throat cutting and punching in the 5/13 confession (because it didn't fit their story)