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>> do you think that maybe just them by nature, being with manitowoc that maybe they haven't have been in there at all, just to avoid all of this speculation? >> it's easy to arm chair quarterback and second guess. i think we would have done that maybe if we had the resources. but you're talking about a small, rural county, being assisted by another smaller rural county. you need resources. >> steven avery says these guys had it out for me. that whole department was angry at me. this was the perfect opportunity for them to have access to my trailer, plant the key. >> i never absolutely saw tha...

Welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. investigators deny they framed steven avery for the murder of teresa halbach. afterall, his nephew, brendan, confessed. but did he tell detectives the truth or what he thought they wanted to hear? here with more of our story is andrea canning. >> all the renewed attention in the steven avery saga has shed light on the other defendant in the case -- brendan dassey. the teenager had been convicted of rape and murder, but to his family, none of it ever made any sense. >> and brendan someone capable of rape? >> no. no. i don't even think he knew what t...

>> it's huge. >> reporter: especially when his dna was found on it. the evidence was stacking up against steven avery and fassbender says that rav4 would later them investigators one last thing. >> we tested the hood latch and found dna matching avery on the hood latch. >> reporter: avery had explaining to do. nine days after theresa's disappearance he and his partner brought avery in for an interview. we obtained the video. >> he was in your bedroom. you know the key is there because you put the key there. >> reporter: avery was defiant and claimed cops were framing him, planting evidence. >>...

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 the crime in dassey's mind, to get the answers they wanted. for example, remember steven avery's dna found on the car hoot latch? the at...

Fate, steven avery and his supporters hope for good news in his case. >> he's very gentle and very loving. >> sandy greenman is avery's long time friend and one-time fiancee. convinced of his innocence, she said she searched for years to find the right attorney to take on his 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." he told me to watch it, just to see the lawyer. >> that "dateline" program from during a call from prison, avery told her to watch "dateline." >> he had heard that there wa...