jakksking1
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Post by jakksking1 on Feb 4, 2016 12:14:47 GMT -5
I'm really on the fence with Steven. Part of me thinks he killed her, but the police still planted evidence because they wanted to guarantee a conviction. One the other I think things don't add up. Like the officer calling in the license plate days earlier as if he found the car beforehand. Or that no DNA was found in the house. There is NO way anyone could clean that 100%. Or that her DNA was not on her own key-chain. To be clear, I don't believe the cops murdered an innocent women, but I think they could have found her body in her car and they planted it on the Avery property. Without a doubt I believe Brendan is just a confused kid. He would have admitted to killing Kennedy had they ask him to. That is kind of how I was leaning about everything too. Odds are he probably did it but I am pretty sure those cops tainted that investigation. I still would like an explanation for how that vial of blood was tampered with. And his house just doesn't match how they said the murder occurred, because they were going by what Brendan said, which was all made up. Is the right guy in jail for it? Possibly. But how they got him there seems to be a travesty. I believe Avery did it, and poor Brendan got strung along. I think the biggest travesty was Brendan being sent away, like you say, for a crime that didn't fit his narrative. Prosecution's story was Avery killed Teresa in the garage. That is what he was convicted of. Brendan said she was raped and throat was slit on the bed, and thats what he was convicted of. Crazy to think that one was convicted of shooting her in the head in a garage, and the other was convicted of raping and slitting her throat. Literally doesn't match up
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Feb 4, 2016 14:09:38 GMT -5
That is kind of how I was leaning about everything too. Odds are he probably did it but I am pretty sure those cops tainted that investigation. I still would like an explanation for how that vial of blood was tampered with. And his house just doesn't match how they said the murder occurred, because they were going by what Brendan said, which was all made up. Is the right guy in jail for it? Possibly. But how they got him there seems to be a travesty. I believe Avery did it, and poor Brendan got strung along. I think the biggest travesty was Brendan being sent away, like you say, for a crime that didn't fit his narrative. Prosecution's story was Avery killed Teresa in the garage. That is what he was convicted of. Brendan said she was raped and throat was slit on the bed, and thats what he was convicted of. Crazy to think that one was convicted of shooting her in the head in a garage, and the other was convicted of raping and slitting her throat. Literally doesn't match up And neither place had any of her DNA there. They found the bullet but no blood anywhere? There's no way possible there wouldn't be blood everywhere. My best friend shot himself and I found him, there was blood, hair, skull everywhere.
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Post by bigshab421 on Mar 14, 2016 9:22:39 GMT -5
I just finished watching this and reading about the case. A couple of things:
1. I feel horrible for Brendan. It is obvious the kid is mentally challenged, and the fact that Fassbender and the other detective basically gave him a fill in the blank guided testimony angers me. The jury should have realized this right away.
2. I am on the side that there is so much reasonable doubt that Avery should not be in jail. Look at the facts: A. No blood/semen/hair/DNA anywhere in the bedroom or garage. OK, this guy is a filth monger and has the IQ of 70, if he shoots and kills someone, especially in the head, there's no way they do not find blood all over the junk in the garage or carpeting, because if you look around it is not out of the realm of possibility the guy does not know how to clean.
B. How could there have been NO fingerprints on Theresa's car, yet Avery's blood is dried in odd places. Also, how was there no DNA of Halbach's on her key yet the only DNA is of Avery's.
C. Why do Lenk and Colburn keep popping up in a case where their department was supposedly supposed to be NOT involved.
D. HOW WAS A TAMPERED BLOOD VIAL NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO GIVE THE JURY REASONABLE DOUBT? The fact that the seal was on the package and vial were broken is enough evidence that there was tampering with evidence. That right there should have been enough. Add in the FBI hasn't done that test in over 10 years, and the FBI guy was literally twitching because he knows something wasn't on the up and up.
E. What motive would Avery had in killing her? That is what pissed me off. They never give a motive, yet the prosecution declares "based on past history," what past history? That he was found 100% innocent of a rape and aside from robbery as teenager he did nothing wrong?
F. Finally how does Avery get charged with murder by gunshot wound to the head in the garage, but Brendan is put away saying she was raped and had her throat slit in his bedroom. RIDICULOUS
I don't know, there is so much evidence to have a jury rule reasonable doubt, yet some how they didn't see the massive holes and inconsistencies with the Kratz side. Just by the way the brother and ex-boyfriend talked, something seemed fishy.
I hope that his new lawyer is able to get him a fair trial because as long as it takes place with a jury from Mantiwok Co. this guy is never going to get a fair trial, and I hope to god, Brendan can appeal.
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Post by cordless2016 on Jul 19, 2016 17:04:35 GMT -5
So Netflix announced more episodes will be produced for this documentary. No release date yet.
I don't know how they will top the original series but it'll be interesting to see if there have been any breakthroughs in the case since the end of the tapings.
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Post by Suckasays on Jul 19, 2016 18:27:36 GMT -5
I hope I'm proven wrong, but I think it'll be very hard to keep this interesting. I really would have liked to have seen these same folks tackle another case.
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Post by camthewrestlingfan on Jul 19, 2016 23:40:18 GMT -5
I hope I'm proven wrong, but I think it'll be very hard to keep this interesting. I really would have liked to have seen these same folks tackle another case. Same here. I love watching the ID network. I feel that there are a tun of murder stories that have twists and turns that they could do documentaries on.
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Post by Nathan from Aus on Jul 20, 2016 2:29:06 GMT -5
Can't wait for new episodes of this. Hopefully there is development in the case. Never found myself so invested into a tv series i think
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Post by johnnyb on Jul 20, 2016 2:43:04 GMT -5
Yeah, the first season was good drama, but I don't think this particular case is really so interesting that I'm going to watch all of season 2. They're good filmmakers so I'm sure they'll hook me anyway, but as others said I would prefer they investigated a different case.
And FWIW I think Avery's guilty too, though the broader message (police departments are fallible and we should absolutely be outraged at misconduct) is a very good one.
There are about 50 cases on /r/UnresolvedMysteries that I wish they could expand on.
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Post by Suckasays on Jul 20, 2016 7:13:12 GMT -5
I hope I'm proven wrong, but I think it'll be very hard to keep this interesting. I really would have liked to have seen these same folks tackle another case. Same here. I love watching the ID network. I feel that there are a tun of murder stories that have twists and turns that they could do documentaries on. The thing is, now this case is in the national public eye. So many people watched it that now anything big that happens in the case is on the news anyway. So there's nothing gripping about watching a documentary about things we already know. This is why I liked podcast Serial and more recently Undisclosed. They dig in on a weekly basis.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2016 13:14:03 GMT -5
Brendan was definitely mentally handicapped because he said Wrestlemania was on the 10th when there was never a mania on the 10th lol but seriously they shouldn't have questioned him without an adult because he was a minor
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