I binge-watched this entire series yesterday thanks to you guys starting a thread about it. Once I started, I couldn't stop. I wasn't familiar with the case before this.
As some of you, I wondered what angle this documentary was made from, knowing there usually is one, and based strictly on this series, I was horrified. One of Avery's attorneys made a statement toward the end like (not a direct quote) "most of us won't ever commit a crime, but any of us could be accused of one." That is a terrifying thought after watching this.
Also, I have a brother that is "special needs" and all I could think of watching the Brendan fiasco was that something like this could totally happen to him. Like someone else already mentioned, when he asked if he was going to make it back to school by 6th period that day, my heart broke. He just confessed to a part in several horrific acts and he thinks he's going back to school....that day even!
It may have just been the way they were portrayed, but I thought the LE in that county and the prosecuting attorney were extremely shady. It's not speculation to say two of the investigators lied on the stand. They did. That alone makes me suspicious of the whole thing. And what about the recorded phone call from one officer to dispatch where he's asking her to run a tag...TERESA's tag...before her vehicle was "found". That made my BS meter go off the charts when he denied he was looking at the vehicle at the time. What other explanation IS there? He didn't offer one.
The thing that perplexes me the most, is IF Avery didn't kill Teresa, and LE was framing him...what does that mean? Obviously, it can't just be sheer coincidence that she ends up missing after being on the property, and then LE are just like..."Oh yeah! This is perfect! Conveniently, a woman is reported missing whose last known sighting was on the Avery property! We can use this to our advantage! Let's frame him!" Know what I mean?
Whatever the truth is, it was an excellent documentary, from the way it was visually done to the story-telling. I would love to see more like it!