What You Should Know About Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’

5. The Investigating Officers May Have Broken Some Rules

The inclusion of Manitowoc officers James Lenk and Andrew Coburn have led to accusations of evidence tampering. Why? Well, first of all, Halbach’s car key was found in the open in Avery’s room by one of the Manitowoc officers. However, this discovery was made only after Calumet County deputies had already (theoretically) scoured the area for clues and come up empty. As in, they spent six days searching the site and found nothing; then these two boys from Manitowoc roll through and come up with gold quick and in a hurry. On the key, they found Avery’s DNA…but only Avery’s DNA, begging the question, why wasn’t Halbach’s DNA on her own car key? Further, the purported crime scene, Avery’s garage, was absolutely clean of any kind of incriminating evidence, something that veteran crime scene analysts say is a virtual impossibility if Avery and Dassey had killed someone there. Finally, there’s evidence to indicate that the bone fragments attributed to Halbach may have been moved to Avery’s burn pit.