It’s fair to say Making a Murderer has turned us all into mini-detectives.
The insanely popular Netflix documentary which tells the story of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, who were both accused and convicted of the murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005.
Avery had previously spent eighteen years in prison after being wrongly convicted of rape, and circumstances surrounding the second case have led many to believe that he is not guilty.
However, eagle-eyed viewers have been doing some detective work of their own, and one of the hottest topics of discussion around the series is missing evidence.
In a Twitter Q & A on Wednesday night, the doc’s creators responded to claims that they omitted evidence and misrepresented some people.
Why didn’t Making a Murderer include the evidence found under the hood of murder victim Teresa Halbach’s car?
The question is how it got there. A crime lab expert testified that he went under the hood after… (1 of 4) https://t.co/2KN6Q5lAJD
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
(2 of 4) handling other evidence and did not change his gloves. The defense argued there was the potential… https://t.co/2KN6Q5lAJD
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
(3 of 4) for contamination. The alternative argument was planting. It was disputed evidence and … https://t.co/2KN6Q5lAJD
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
(4 of 4) neither side was presented in the series with respect to this less significant evidence. https://t.co/2KN6Q5lAJD
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Why is Jodi Stachowski, Avery’s ex-fiancée, now speaking out against the documentary? And is it true that footage of her was used without her permission?
We have no idea what’s behind Jodi’s recent statements. (1 of 2) #AskMAM https://t.co/Iwg9qeVic7
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
The filming we did w/ her 9 years ago accurately captured her views and state of mind at the time. (2 of 2) #AskMAM https://t.co/Iwg9qeVic7
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
We had her permission to use all the footage. It’s not true that she asked us not to be part of the documentary. https://t.co/jqOQdMt33j
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Why didn’t the documentary include Teresa Halbach’s alleged complaints about Avery prior to her death?
The judge excluded the evidence. The woman who outside the presence of the jury testified abt conversation (1 of 4) https://t.co/DZmrAkYzFf
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
…with Teresa was the receptionist for Auto Trader (2 of 4) https://t.co/DZmrAkYzFf
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Who said it was a 10-15 second conversation about unusual or funny things that happened with customers (3 of 4) https://t.co/DZmrAkYzFf
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
And here Teresa said “Ew” and laughed. You can check the trial transcript. (4 of 4) https://t.co/MRkQKdTqo9 https://t.co/DZmrAkYzFf
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
