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Steven Avery was born July 9th, 1962 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. In 1985 Steven Avery was convicted of raping and attempted murder of Penny Beernsten. On July 29th 1985, Penny Beernsten was forced into the woods and sexually assaulted by an unknown man. Penny’s description was altered by the police, linking the crime to Steven Avery. The Manitowoc County Police Department drew a photo of Steven Avery’s mugshot and showed the drawing to Penny asking if this man fit her description. They then proceeded to show her Steven Avery’s actual mugshot photo which was similar to the drawing made by Chief Deputy Eugene Kusche, she then believed Steven Avery was her attacker. Avery presented 16 alibi witnesses to prove his innocence and after only 4 hours of deliberation he was sentenced to 32 years in prison. In April of 2002 The Innocence Project obtained a court order for DNA testing of some of the evidence of Avery’s case. Of the 13 pubic hairs collected from the crime, none matched Steven Avery, but a single hair was found belonging to Gregory Allen. On September 11th, 2003 Steven Avery was released. After serving 18 years for a crime he didn’t commit, things were beginning to look up for the Avery family. Little did they know that this was only the beginning of a long battle soon to come. …show more content…

On November 3rd Teresa’s family reports her missing and an investigation begins. November 5th volunteer searchers find Halbach’s vehicle hidden behind auto parts and brush in Avery’s salvage yard. After the 4th day of searching Steven Avery’s home, police found a spare key to Teresa’s car, bone fragments and teeth in a fire pit, and Avery’s blood inside the vehicle. Many people would believe as soon as the evidence was found this case would’ve been a no brainer, which is until you look closely at the evidence

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They also find problems with evidence involving Teresa's RAV4, which was found on the Avery property, saying that there was a car crusher on location in the Avery Junkyard, and that any reasonable person would have destroyed the car, since they would’ve known that it could have been used as evidence against them. A great point is also brought up by them regarding Steven's blood being found in the car, saying that there were no fingerprints found in the car belonging to Steven, and that he would have needed to wear gloves, and even if he had worn gloves, then there would have been no way possible that he could have bled from his finger. It also doesn't make sense that the police suddenly found evidence in Avery's garage on March 1st of 2006, the bullet casings, even though they had been searching for 4 months prior without finding a shred of physical evidence. Lenk was also there when the search of the garage had happened, even though he was never even authorized to be there. And since he had mishandled a previous case that involved Steven Avery, which led to a wrong conviction that landed Steven Avery in an 18-year prison sentence for rape, a crime he didn’t commit, he was deposed as a result and relieved of his duties while also being sued by Avery on the basis of his wrongful conviction.

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