I've watched 9 episodes now.
Whilst I'm still not convinced Avery didn't do it, the evidence doesn't stack up or piece together, and the arguments are flawed and don't make sense. However with the lack of another credible suspect to point the finger at, Avery as the last known person to see her alive would be a prime suspect.
What is clear is that the investigation and trial was a farce. At best it's ineptitude and failure to carry out proper procedures by law enforcement officers, at worse its a conspiracy and frame up job. They had some dodgy DNA test, a dodgy blood test, a lack of DNA which you would expect to be present if it happened as they said which is unexplained, questionable actions by officers in the investigation who had a conflict of interest, one of who is proven to have lied under oath in court and a failure to follow proper procedure and an argument riddled with inconsistencies.
With Brendan Dassey there wasn't a single piece of evidence, he was convicted off what has to be one of the least credible confession statements ever made.
Yep, totally agree. I am not convinced Avery didn't do it either, but the evidence just doesn't stack up and I agree with the defence stance of saying that the police didn't try to frame an innocent man, they actually believe he did it and were planting evidence to make it fit the crime.
Dassey's treatment was shocking and no credence at all should be put on anything he said. He changed his mind so many times and really hadn't got a clue what he was saying or what was going on at all.
Would think I'm summary that it sort of points to someone on the Avery family site, but not necessarily Avery himself, but I am not completely convinced he didn't do it.
The problems with the case are:
1. The car on site despite Avery having a car crusher, which he had been using the day before and was in full working order.
2. The lack of DNA and blood evidence inside the trailer and garage. If this was 'cleaned' then why wasn't the car, which had blood smears as plain as day inside it?
3. The bones. The bones in 2 separate places on site, with the majority almost right outside Avery's trailer. Why would he move the bones from hundreds of yards away to right outside his own trailer?
4. The key. Police officers themselves say it wasn't there and then suddenly it was. A magic key that suddenly appeared in plain site and a magic key, that had absolutely not one tiniest dot of Holbach's DNA on it despite her having the car and the key for 5 years. Only Avery's DNA on the key, which is surely impossible.
5. The local police heavily involved despite it being cleared stated that they weren't going to be involved and two officers in particular who were also involved with Avery's rape case, where he was later exonerated.
6. The licence plate. It just doesn't add up. A police officer ringing up his station to ask about a number plate and when the information came back to him he immediately knew exactly which car it belonged to, despite him not ever having being given that information at all.
7. Avery on the verge of all but certainly winning up to $36m. I know he's not the brightest spark, but that is just plain dumb.
8. The eyewitness testimonies by the people at the Avery yard in terms of Holbach's comings and goings the day of the murder. Only one testimony should have been accepted and that was the testimony of the bus driver, the only credible witness.
9. The burning of the body in a fire pit when Avery actually had an incinerator.
10. The tiny hole in the test tube of blood in the Avery case file. Someone took his blood and it had to be someone from the police department. Who and why? What other reason other than to frame him?
11. The messages deleted off Holbach's phone. This doesn't hold as much credence as the other evidence (or lack of it,) for sure, but it is quite puzzling and only her own brother and ex boyfriend had the pin code for it.
12. 18 searches to find evidence? What is that all about?
There are just so many troubling things about the case. Avery is most certainly still working tirelessly and studying law to try and prove his innocence. Doesn't prove he is innocent for sure, but he is certainly going to extreme lengths to try and prove his case and studying law when you only have an IQ of 73 is some mean feat!
