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Im craig melvin. investigator tom fassbender deny police framed steven avery for the murder of teresa halbach. after all, averys nephew brendan dassey admitted helping his uncle commit the crime, a story on camera. but the teen later recanted and a closer look at the confession would put the confession at the heart of the controversy surrounding this case. here again is andrea canning. >> all the renewed attention in the steven avery saga has shed light on the other defendant in the case -- bren...

>> it was a huge bonfire, flames as high as the roof on the edge of the roof on the garage. >> was it all making sense to you? >> looking at the whole picture, absolutely. >> and that picture came into sharper focus when fassbenders team found another clue, teresas key in averys bedroom. >> the toyota key, with the fob. connector to it. >> this is huge. >> yes, its huge. >> especially when the crime lab later found averys dna on it. it would become a highly controversial clue in this case. the e...

Mistakes that caused him to be removed from the case. he has faced online vitriol from dassey supporters. >> is it okay if i read you some of the comments? >> sure, go ahead. >> disgusting human being. appear a disgrace to the wisconsin social system. a man with a sickened soul. >> ive seen it. >> in one instance, working to cut a plea deal while he was in jail, had arranged for his client to speak with investigators, but he himself didnt show up. >> that was clearly a mistake. >> this is huge, ...

>> but as dasseys attorneys delve further into the stunning statements the teen made, they came to believe something more disturbing -- that investigators tom fassbender and mark wiegert had coerced the teen into making a false confession. >> these officers took advantage of a disabled youth and got him to say what they wanted him to say. >> dont lie to us now, okay? come on. what happened there? >> just hurting yourself if you lie now. >> hes got severe learning disabilities, inability to respo...

>> their side would argue no. and i would say, based on the entirety of the interview, i would say yes. >> and as for the other moment that has angered so many followers of the case. >> im going to come out and ask you, who shot her in the head? >> he did. >> any regrets about that? bringing it up yourselves, about putting that in his head? >> theres always things that you can improve on. there were instances because of brendans personality that, yeah, we had to talk to him about and ask more sp...

Dassey behind bars. >> why would steven avery do this? >> thats a great question. >> we speak with former prosecutor ken kratz, who has written a book that reveals his provocative theory, that steven avery made himself a murderer. stephen avery started planning this event on the very first day he went to prison. >> and we talk with tom fassbender, a lead investigator in the case who has come under fire for this controversial interrogation. youve really stayed silent through this firestorm. why y...

Happened. >> avery ended up settling that lawsuit for four $000 before his trial. the county did not acknowledge any wrongdoing. he used the money to hire his defense attorneys, dean strang, and jerry butting. >> we knew going in it was going to be a difficult defense. >> we spoke to butting in early 2016. >> we had a very tough defense in this case, because nobody wants to try and use as a defense that the police deliberately tried to plant evidence or frame somebody. >> it goes against society...

>> he was gentle and loving. >> sandy greenman is averys long-time friend and one-time fiancee. convinced of his innocence, she says she searched for years to find the right attorney to take on his complicated case. during a call from prison, avery told her to watch "dateline." >> he had heard that there was going to be this ryan ferguson case on "dateline." so he told me to watch it, just to see the lawyer. >> that "dateline" program, told the story of ryan ferguson, a young man sitting in pris...

It all came together for kratz. he believes avery had developed a deep resentment of women, which had started with his wrongful conviction and had only grown over the years. >> he has no remorse for his behavior, feels incredibly entitled. >> but as he continued to investigate the case, kratz had a problem. you still didnt know how she was killed, where she was killed. was that bothering you? >> yes. but sometimes you have what you have. it was all coming together in bit bits and pieces. >> repo...

Says she has freed many defendants, including ryan ferguson. sandy contacted her and she joined the case not long after "making a murderer" came out. we caught up with her when she made a visit in early 2016. million-dollar question, do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yeah. >> reporter: zellner invited "dateline" into this war room she created in her office outside of chicago, all dedicated to the avery case. >> do we know if that was tested? >> and she ev...