So I read this link, and while it does absolutely open up my eyes to a few pieces of evidence that were withheld, it still doesn't really clear up the questions of this event at all.
-The author of this piece states that Steven threatened a female family member with a gun , but this is covered in the documentary. I also do feel its worth noting that all of Avery's violent criminal conduct (including the cat burning) occur before his 1985 arrest, and I haven't seen anything outside of Teresa Halbach's murder that suggests otherwise.
-The transcript covering the alleged sexual abuse of family members by Steven Avery is the most eye-opening thing in this piece. While the transcripts don't go into detail on what Avery did outside of horsing around, the sexual abuse is alluded to, but I would like to see more evidence in this regard before outright calling Steven Avery a sexual predator/deviant/pedophile, specifically because this allegation is coming from Brendan, and his testimony has already been proven to not be dependable.
-Without a solid timeline of events that day, I don't really think the Steven -> Teresa phonecalls are that significant. The fact was, these two were people who had a professional relationship. Teresa had been out to his property to take pictures of cars around 15 times up to that point, so they obviously had professional contact. Him calling her that day, a day she is scheduled to come out to meet him anyway, doesn't really ring any bells, even if two of those calls were *67'd. They had an appointment, she was scheduled to go to his place. Unless we can place these calls after the time of death, or after her phone was supposedly disabled (destroyed in the burn barrel), then I don't really find it compelling evidence for Avery's guilt.
-The biggest piece of evidence that the prosecution used in their case that isn't on the show is that Steven Avery's DNA evidence is found on the latch for the hood of Teresa's RAV4, and that Brendan's initial confession ( the one this article points out was not seemingly coerced) corroborates, in which Brendan states he helped move the RAV4, and that Steven opened up the hood & disabled the car battery. Mind you, this is the only piece of evidence that is supported by physical evidence at the scene, and lines up with Brendan's testimony.
I have a few issues with this piece, and it goes more into a reoccurring theme found with evidence discovery in this case, that many may have noticed. To me, it seems that physical evidence for pieces of Brendan's story were discovered only after one of his many confessions. Now, in the case of the RAV4 & the non-blood DNA (it is specifically sweat) on the hood latch, I don't really raise any eyebrows. There are numerous problems with Brendan's story, the order of events, and the physical evidence found, but just looking at this piece individually I don't really have a problem with it. It's when another 'convenient' discovery is found that I do.
The bullet that is found in Steven Avery's garage, the one that contains her blood, and that matches & was fired by the gun found hanging over Avery's bed, was only discovered AFTER Brendan submitted another confession which detailed taking Teresa to the garage & shooting her. Nevermind the fact that given the environment this allegedly occurred in, it would be nearly impossible to wipe down Teresa's DNA evidence here, we seemingly have a bullet that is completely out of place, just laying there with her DNA, and its found months AFTER the initial search party do a thorough & extensive investigation of his property. Its not the first time evidence just 'appears' in a location that was previously searched in this investigation, but if we're going to assume that a 3rd party is planting evidence alongside Brendan's testimony, then I have to assume that could've been the case with the RAV4 as well.
There is already suspicious physical evidence involving the RAV4, and the entire DNA kit for Steven Avery's 1985 has been proven to have been tampered with, which I assume includes more than just blood DNA. I also find it suspect that no other piece of evidence outside of his sweat is found underneath the hood of that car, if Brendan's initial confession is to be believed. If he went under there to disable a car battery, where are the fingerprints? Why is his DNA only found on the hood latch? And was the car battery even disabled?
-While some people would say that Teresa's other physical belongings being a part of Avery's burn pile is more damning against Steven, if the frame-up story is to be believed then we know that her possession were burned off-site, then transported over along with her corpse. I don't see why her other possession's wouldn't be a part of that initial fire.
