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Vial. and he notes that a nurse was prepared to testify she had made that hole in the vial as part of her usual routine when she drew blood from avery. >> so the fact that there was a hole in the top of the vial is normal. >> and regarding teresas car key, not found until the seventh search of averys trailer -- why was that key missed during the other searches? >> primarily because of where it was located in a small bookcase that wasnt searched. and if it was, it was just kind of looked at. >> w...

Anything about teresas murder. and avery was never charged with assaulting his ex-fiancee or with raping the teen. to this day, he denies all the allegations. and those handcuffs and shackles, no evidence ever linked them to teresa. still, in the spring of 2007, juries in separate trials convicted both dassey and avery of murdering teresa. they were each sentenced to life in prison. >> you are probably the most dangerous individual ever to set foot in this courtroom. >> it seemed like the avery ...

Welcome back. steven avery had within exonerated from a wrongle rape conviction and was trying to make something out of his life. then investigators uncovered other dna evidence linking him to the meurder of 25-year-old teresa halbach. now detectives were about to interview averys nephew, brendan dassey. the grisly details he would share would send the case into overdrive. once again, andrea canning. >> reporter: in january 2006, steven avery pleaded not guilty to the murder of teresa halbach, a...

Sheriffs department. it turned out they had just been deposed in averys lawsuit. >> well, they were deposed, that we later found out. >> do you think that maybe just them by nature, being with manitowoc that maybe they shouldnt have been in there at all, just to avoid all of this speculation? >> its easy to arm chair quarterback and second guess. i think we would have done that maybe if we had the resources. but youre talking about a small, rural county, being assisted by another smaller rural c...

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...

Demonstrate exactly how the evidence was planted in the early investigation. avery, she insists, was framed for a crime he did not commit. but in october 2017, a wisconsin circuit court denied that request. zellner petitioned the judges ruling to the wisconsin court of appeals and promised she is just beginning to fight. as for former prosecutor ken kratz and his book, zellner dismisses kratzs claims about averys treatment of women and interactions with teresa, saying there was no proof mr. aver...

>> they should never have made those kinds of suggestions, that they wanted to comfort him. that all would be well. those kinds of tactics when used on a kid like brendan are a recipe for false confessions. >> and they say the investigators manipulation of the teen escalated far beyond simple coaxing. >> the officers needed brendan to provide information that only the real killer would know. and they knew what they wanted him to say. >> they accused the investigators of planting details about th...

Wearing a small white towel, and teresa we know is creeped out by that behavior. she tells friends and coworkers about that. >> kratz believe that shows signs avery had a sexual obsession with teresa that led to her murder. why would avery do this, on the verge of getting this great windfall, millions of dollars. >> thats a great question. we dont know. we know he is a psychopath. >> do we know that? >> lets say i allege that, okay. i believe that deep down. >> kratz discovered more in averys pa...

>> she is looking for new evidence to argue the entire case was done the wrong way. she is basically trying to put the state on trial. >> in her 45-page legal motion, zellner attacks law enforcement, tries to poke holes in the prosecutions case and raises new questions. >> she notes that teresas cell phone pinged off a cell phone tower 13 miles away later that day, suggesting maybe she left there alive. there is also indications that other people not from law enforcement entered the property dur...