If you recall
Chip and Cern were sucked in to the Netflix hit documentary Making
a Murderer. If you missed those episodes check out the Chip and Cern
Show Making a Murderer intro, recap and follow up. Ken
Kratz the lead prosecutor for the case is out with a new book
that is filling in the details, evidence and facts that the Netflix
“docudrama” left out. Chip and Cern hear all the facts and then
make their own judgements on the guilt or innocence of Steven Avery
and Brendan Dassi.
Chip and Cern have
not done this much research on a topic in years.
Ken Kratz was
clearly the villain in the Making a Murderer series and had
his own demons involving sexting clients, popping pills and
other sins.
The way to watch
this series or even read this book is with a giant grain of
salt.
Here is some
evidence that Making a Murderer left out according to Ken
Kratz.
There was additional DNA evidence pointing to
Avery. According to prosecutor Ken Kratz, that is. Avery's DNA
was found under Halbach's trunk (though earlier he said it was
found under the hood). It wasn’t blood. It was from his sweaty
hands. Do the cops also have a vial of his sweat that they are
carrying around? The evidence conclusively shows that Steven
Avery’s hand was under the hood when he insists he never touched
her car, said Kratz. Teresa's belongings were found on Avery's
property. Kratz said her phone and camera were found 20 feet
from Avery's door. "This isn’t
contested" he said. "It was all presented as evidence at
the jury trial, and the documentary people don’t tell you that."
Teresa’s phone, camera and PDA were found 20 ft from Avery’s door,
burned in his barrel.
Avery targeted Teresa. On Oct 31 (8:12 am) he
called AutoTrader magazine and asked them to send “that same girl
who was here last time.” On Oct 10, Teresa had been to
the Avery property when Steve answered the door just wearing a
towel. She said she would not go back because she was scared
of him (obviously). Avery used a fake name and fake # (his
sister’s) giving those to the AutoTrader receptionist, to trick
Teresa into coming.
Bullet with Ms. Halbach’s DNA on it found in Mr. Avery’s
garage was matched to a rifle that hung over Mr. Avery’s bed.
1. Leg irons and handcuffs were found in Avery's residence and
in Dassey's
The criminal complaint contended that authorities
"located items of restraints within Steven Avery's
residence including hand cuffs and leg irons.
2. Avery and his girlfriend had a less than rosy relationship
at times The Netflix documentary paints the romance of Jodi and
Steven as a positive one. It may have been in some ways, but there
were also some problems.
According to the Milwaukee magazine story,"In September 2004,
sheriff deputies arrested
Avery for violating a disorderly conduct ordinance after an
altercation with (Jodi) Stachowski. The court ordered him to stay
away from the woman for 72 hours and pay a fine of $243."
3. The car key unearthed in Avery's residence had DNA from his
sweat on it, the prosecutor says
The documentary makes tangential reference about perspiration
but not in a way that it's
focused on or made particularly memorable. Rather, the
documentary seemed to focus more
on just saying his DNA was on the Halbach car key and focusing
on a theory that law
enforcement planted Avery's blood in Halbach's car (which they
deny).
From the Milwaukee magazine article, "A state analyst
determined blood from the car and
dried perspiration on the car key matched Steven Avery's
DNA."Kratz also detailed this
contention in his opening statement in the Dassey trial,
according to the transcript, saying
the crime lab analyst recovered a full DNA profile of Avery
from the sweat on this key.
(update: the defense claims it was not proven that this was
sweat or what is called “touch DNA").
4. Dassey's mother said Dassey helped Avery clean his garage
floor
The Milwaukee Magazine article further stated that, "On
February 27, Dassey's mother spoke with police investigators.
Barbara Janda, 41, mentioned that her son had stained his pants
while helping his uncle clean his garage floor around Halloween.
"Also, according to the Department of Justice investigator's
testimony in Dassey's trial, Dassey's pants had bleach stains
that he said were from helping clean the garage, transcripts
say.
5. Pornography was recovered in Avery's
residence. The Wisconsin State Journal reported on
Nov. 12, 2005 that officers recovered "pornographic material,
according to the search warrants."
6. The previous animal cruelty case involved a bonfire
This animal abuse incident was mentioned in the documentary
but not in great detail. According to an Associated
Press story from Nov. 20, 2005, "Steven was convicted in
1981of burglary. He got five years probation, which was revoked in
1982 after he was charged with animal cruelty for pouring gasoline
on a cat and throwing it into a bonfire."
7. Avery had drawn a torture chamber while in prison and was
violent to other women
According to an Appleton Post Crescent article from
March 9, 2006, "While he was in prison, Steven Avery planned the
torture and killing of a young woman, new documents released
Wednesday indicate. The allegations are included in 22 pages of
court documents accompanying additional charges filed by Calumet
County Dist. Atty. Ken Kratz. … Kratz also included in Wednesday's
filings statements from prisoners who served time with Avery at
Green Bay Correctional Institution. They said Avery talked about
and showed them diagrams of a torture chamber he planned to build
when he was released."
Furthermore, reported the newspaper, "The filings also include
statements from a woman, now 41, who said she was raped by Avery,
who told her "if she yelled or screamed there was going to be
trouble" There also is an affidavit from a girl who said she was
raped by Avery.
"The victim's mother indicated that the victim does not want
to speak about the sexual assault between her and Steven Avery
because Steven Avery told her if she "told anyone about their
activities together he would kill her family,"; the filing said.
According to the newspaper article, "The affidavit said Avery
admitted to his fiancee that he had sexually assaulted the
girl"
8. Avery once opened his door "just wearing a towel" when
Halbach went to his property previously There's evidence for this
one, but it was never allowed in trial. This was one of Kratz’
claims to People Magazine. According to People Magazine, "He cites
Halbach's Oct. 10, 2005 visit to the property owned by
Avery's family for a photo shoot
for AutoTrader magazine:
According to Kratz, Avery allegedly opened his door "just
wearing a towel. She was creeped out [by him]. ... She [went to her
employer and] said she would not go back because she was scared of
him."
9. Avery called Auto Trader to specifically request Halbach
the day she died. This is also contained in the same AP story. It
said that the same woman, Pliszka, testified –this time before the
jury – that Avery called her on Oct. 31, 2005 "to request the
photographer who had been out to the property previously."
Angela Schuster, magazine operations supervisor, further
testified that Halbach went to the Avery compound six times from
June to Halloween to take pictures and also said, “She talked to
Halbach by phone around 11 a.m. that day to tell her of the
appointment at the Avery property," according to the AP.
10. Avery called Halbach's cell phone three times, twice using
the Star-67 feature to hide his identity. According to a newspaper
article in the River Falls Journal from Feb. 28, 2007,
Luring Cellular company workers Bobbi Dohrwardt and Laura Schadrie
testified that “Avery’s cell phone made three calls to Halbach's
cell, and he twice used the Star-67 feature that hid his identity."
These calls came in about 2:30 p.m. According to an Associated
Press article from Feb. 28, 2007, "The third call was placed
about two hours later." It lasted 13 seconds," and the phone
company worker couldn’t tell. if it was answered or went into
voice mail.
11. Avery gave a false name when he called Auto Trader
From the same AP story, "Prosecutors are trying to convince a
jury that Avery lured Halbach to the family salvage yard by booking
an appointment with the magazine, using the name of his sister Barb
Janda, to take a picture of a red minivan that Janda wanted to
sell." Of course, this could be explained by the fact that it was
his sister's car that Halbach was to photograph.
12. The burnt bone fragments were mixed with steel tire
belts
According to the criminal complaint, "Officers also
located remnants of steel belts of tires that appear to have been
utilized as fire accelerants"
A Nov. 15, 2005 Wisconsin State Journal article reported that,
"Investigators also said in the court documents that they
found steel belts of about six tires that were used as fire
accelerants. They also found a number of 5-gallon buckets that
appeared to have been used to distribute burned remains."Kratz told
People Magazine the bone fragments “were intertwined with the
steel belts."
13. Avery's blood was found in six places in the Halbach
vehicle, and DNA from his sweat was found on a hood latch, the
prosecutor says
I found this in Kratz'; opening statement in the Dassey
trial transcript. He told the jury that the Avery blood was found
on the ignition of the vehicle, on a CD case and on seats. He also
said that Avery had a cut on his finger. And he stated that the
state crime lab analyst had found DNA from Avery's sweat on the
hood latch of the Halbach vehicle. He also stated that Dassey had
said in his confession that Avery opened the car's hood.
14. Avery's rifle matched the bullet with the Halbach DNA on
it
This is also in the opening statement. It says that Dassey
said the bullet in the garage came from a specific gun of Avery's
that hung on Avery's wall and that forensic testing matched the
bullet with the Halbach DNA to this specific gun. This bullet was
found months later by a Manitowoc law enforcement officer
after others missed it during repeated searches.
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