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Beginning of what became a hotly contested murder case against steven avery and brendan dassey. "dateline" covered the story and disturbing allegations of police corruption. then the investigators fought back. two sides, one truth. who will you believe? here is andrea canning. >> the mystery of what happened here in the sprawling fields of rural wisconsin has captivated the country. >> we the jury find the defendant steven a. avery guilty. >> reporter: in 2015, the netflix series "making a murde...

Steven avery and brendan dassey says he is undaunted. are you afraid of kathleen zellner? no. im not involved in the case anymore. i shouldnt be involved in anything. my involvement concluded. >> she could unravel your work, if what shes saying has some weight to it. you dont think she has a chance. >> i dont. >> shes so confident. why are you so confident? >> because we spent 18 months putting this case together. this wasnt just thrown together. it wasnt a bunch of keystone cops. it was done ve...

Against steven avery that is setting forth a better representation of what the real evidence was. >> better, he says, than the way the evidence was presented in "making a murderer." in his book, kratz laid out his complete theory of the case with new details hed never shared before. for one thing, kratz told "dateline" he believes steven avery set his sights on teresa halbach in the weeks leading up to her murder. >> as we move closer to october 31st, we see stevens behavior changing. >> reporte...

Kratz, who prosecuted both steven avery and brendan dassey says he is undaunted. are you afraid of kathleen zellner? >> no. im not involved in the case anymore. i shouldnt be afraid of anything. my involvement concluded. >> she could unravel your work if what shes saying has some weight to it. you dont think she has a chance? >> i dont. >> she is so confident. why are you so confident? >> because we spent 18 months putting this case together. this wasnt just thrown together. it wasnt a bunch of ...

Spoon-fed to him? >> 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 abo...

Wrongful conviction cases and 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 at the correctional institution when she paid a visit to avery in $2016. >> million 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 outside of chicago, all dedicated to the avery case...

>> there are people who disagree with that. >> oh, sure. >> but as dasseys attorneys delved further into those stunning statements the team made, they came to believe something more disturbing, that investigators tom fassbender and mark weaver 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? >> youre hurting yourself if you lie now. >> hes got severe learning disa...

His supporters had been hoping for good news, and they couldnt know it yet, but help was just around the corner. >> he was very gentle and very loving. >> reporter: 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, he told her to watch "dateline." >> he had heard there was going to be this ryan ferguson case on "dateline," so he told me ...

Board, that one magistrate rules that it isnt fine, in his opinion, which is all right. because thats the system. >> are you okay if we walks free? >> im not okay if the familys not okay. i believe brendan was involved in this. that he was there and he was involved in it. >> the wisconsin attorney general also believes brendan was involved in teresas murder. he appealed the judges order for release, asking a full panel of federal judges to review the case. in september of 2017, that request was ...

Teenage girl accusedaviary of raping her a year after his release from prison. it all came together forcrats. he believed 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, krats had a problem. you still didnt know how she was killed, exactly where she was killed. was that bothering you? >> yes, but sometim...