Making A Murderer ***CONTAINS SPOILERS***

Making A Murderer ***CONTAINS SPOILERS***

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thebraketester

14,320 posts

140 months

Tuesday 26th January 2016
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No. Absolutely. But I don't think he's that dumb.

Ayahuasca

27,428 posts

281 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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There was some talk that part of the 'unseen evidence' was that Avery bought some chains and manacles for sex games. Is that proven?


thebraketester

14,320 posts

140 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Where was the evidence of being restrained on the bed?

Centurion07

10,381 posts

249 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Ayahuasca said:
There was some talk that part of the 'unseen evidence' was that Avery bought some chains and manacles for sex games. Is that proven?
Yes, and they were tested for her DNA and guess what...? wink

Centurion07

10,381 posts

249 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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thebraketester said:
Where was the evidence of being restrained on the bed?
There wasn't any.

What BD said, never happened.

Ayahuasca

27,428 posts

281 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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I wonder why no mention of polygraph evidence. I thought the Americans liked a bit of polygraphy.

Centurion07

10,381 posts

249 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Apparently BD did take one and failed. The result was called "inconclusive".

Leroy902

1,542 posts

105 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Centurion07 said:
Apparently BD did take one and failed. The result was called "inconclusive".
He never 'failed' the test, it just came back as 'inconclusive'...

Surely a suspect asking for a polygraph test, and having one done would work in his favour during the trial? (even if it came back as inconclusive).

His original lawyer and his investigator were truly dreadful, it was a blatant case of conspiring with the authorities to put Steven, and then Brendan away for life.

I do wonder, if it wasn't for what his own lawyer/investigator did, and the evidence of his silly 14 year old cousin
gave, whether he'd still have been found guilty...

How their wasn't a retrial for Brenden is beyond me.

Leroy902

1,542 posts

105 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Anyone who enjoyed making a murderer, I'd highly recommended you watch a documentary called West of Memphis.

Afew other documentaries I've watched recently that I thoroughly enjoyed...

1) The jinx the life and death of Robert Durst,

2) Dear Zachary


Centurion07

10,381 posts

249 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Leroy902 said:
He never 'failed' the test, it just came back as 'inconclusive'...
He failed the test in as much as O'Kelly said there was a 98% chance he was lying.

Challo

10,340 posts

157 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Leroy902 said:
Anyone who enjoyed making a murderer, I'd highly recommended you watch a documentary called West of Memphis.

Afew other documentaries I've watched recently that I thoroughly enjoyed...

1) The jinx the life and death of Robert Durst,

2) Dear Zachary
Watch Central Park 5 as well.

London424

12,830 posts

177 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Ayahuasca said:
thebraketester said:
I dont think he did.

If you had done it what would you do with the body? I tell you what i would do. 1 hr drive from Manitowoc and you are in the middle of nowhere... drive the car/body there.... set on fire with lots of petrol.

Why did he think that leaving the car in the lot and burying the body 10meters from his house would be a good idea.
Because not the brightest spark in the world?
But apparently a criminal genius when it comes to cleaning up blood and DNA evidence?

TTmonkey

20,911 posts

249 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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London424 said:
But apparently a criminal genius when it comes to cleaning up blood and DNA evidence?
That case of the young girl in Bristol being murderred and cut up by her step brother in the bathroom of his house.....? No evidence in the bathroom. Not a spot. In fact, the room was so clean, it was utterly suspicious, as they were slobs.

anonymous-user

56 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Leroy902

1,542 posts

105 months

Wednesday 27th January 2016
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I couldn't help but feel sorry for him in that interview, when speaking to his mum over the phone during the interview, telling her he'd told the officers what they wanted to hear, so he could go home and watch wrestlemania frown

davamer23

1,127 posts

156 months

Thursday 28th January 2016
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Another vote for West Memphis 3. Watched last night and it was equally jaw dropping.

davamer23

1,127 posts

156 months

Thursday 28th January 2016
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London424 said:
But apparently a criminal genius when it comes to cleaning up blood and DNA evidence?
There was apparently blood and DNA in the garage aside from the "dodgy bullet fragment"

It was deer blood. So genius enough to eradicate all human blood/DNA yet leave animal blood but stupid enough to miss one small bullet fragment.

Leroy902

1,542 posts

105 months

Thursday 28th January 2016
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davamer23 said:
London424 said:
But apparently a criminal genius when it comes to cleaning up blood and DNA evidence?
There was apparently blood and DNA in the garage aside from the "dodgy bullet fragment"

It was deer blood. So genius enough to eradicate all human blood/DNA yet leave animal blood but stupid enough to miss one small bullet fragment.
They DUG UP the concrete in the garage floor hoping to find some of her blood that would have penetrated the concrete through some tiny crack, and still weren't able to find anything!?

Something would have been found if she was raped, had her throat slashed and got shot numerous times in the head.

Challo

10,340 posts

157 months

Thursday 28th January 2016
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If you tell the story in the right way, and feed enough information to the press you can make anyone look guilty and they have to be proved innocence. The issue with this case is so much was feed to the press and media that people automatically thought he was guilty and the jurors minds made up.

Steven was already investigated, tried, and found guilty by the public even before the court case. The lack of real evidence is just a minor bump in the road to getting a conviction. Its a scary thought.

I know i mentioned it earlier but watch Central Park 5....people got convicted on no evidence at all. Shocking.

Spanna

3,732 posts

178 months

Thursday 28th January 2016
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I've now watched all of it.

It's so troubling to me this documentary shows that the US police and justice system have one track minds. They see a suspect and do everything to build a case to bring a conviction for that person whilst overlooking potential elsewhere.

Bobby and his dad (step-dad?)
Teresa's brother
Teresa's ex boyfriend, who is still a friend, who claimed she was living with a guy, but not romantically and he just popped in to see her the weekend before she went missing, who guessed phone passwords, accessed accounts... Am I missing something? How was he never suspected?

Based on the evidence the most likely killer IS Steven IMO. But most likely shouldn't put people away for life. Also, I think it was Steven's defence lawyers (who were awesome) who said that a confession is an admission of guilt and is seen so in court.

Brendan was, with a lack of a better way of putting it, a simpleton with special needs. His treatment has been disgusting. The only thing consistent with any of Brendan's testimonies at any time was when he wasn't pressured or pushed with leading questions. Before O'Kelly coerced him into drawing diagrams, at his own trial on the stand and I think on a couple of other occasions his events were straight in his mind, like a simplistic honesty. "Went home from school 3.30, played Playstation and watched TV until around 5, received call Blaine's boss about 6, more TV until Steven calls around 7, go to bonfire, drive in golf cart, head home around 9.30, phone call to mum before bed."

The inconsistencies all happened when pushed to talk about what happened with Teresa and only when singled out, no parent or attorney present.