OT: Netflix "Making a Murderer"

I was upset about Brendon as well -- on two fronts. (1) That they coached him into a confession and (2) that they tried him as a competent adult. He should have either been viewed as a minor, or as an adult with mental disabilities. Even if he did participate, I don't think it was bc it was something he wanted to do, but rather he was "forced" to by a person he saw as an authoritative figure (his uncle). As for the crime scene, the key and the bullet both stuck out to me. One theory of mine is that it was planted. However, not bc the police killed that girl and framed him, but rather they knew he was guilty and wanted to make sure it stuck. They wanted some tangible evidence tied to him directly inside the two buildings on that huge lot that were solely his. Maybe the key was actually there the whole time. It's possible that he stuck it in the narrow void between the back of the furniture and the wall. They claimed that furniture wasn't moved (IIRC) until the time they found that key. So maybe when they picked it up or turned it, they key came out, I dunno. That is at least plausible. The bullet is a complete mystery. How do you get a bullet in the garage with her DNA on it, yet no blood anywhere -- on all that junk in there, in the porous concrete, in the seams of the concrete that they jackhammered. I can't think of any way that the bullet got there with DNA on it, unless it was planted. The only thing I can think of is that the DNA was transfered onto the bullet at a lab or something while being tested with other evidence. That's a huge leap, but so is the thought of him shooting her and cleaning up every speck of blood from that garage (yet leaving shell casings and the murder bullet). If she was shot, I'm guessing he would have done it right at the firepit where he was going to burn her. That might be why he had the bigger bon fire at night, to make sure he burned up all the blood and anything he might've missed in the earlier fire, and to create a new layer of soot and ash over the top. As for the vial, no clue. But that stuff was laying around since the 80's I believe, and it was laying in the open cardboard box on top of a file cabinet or whatever (IIRC). So there was a large timeframe for somebody to tamper with it for God knows what reason. I really wish they would've tested more samples of that blood to see if it had any of that chemical agent in it. That was really the make of break piece of evidence. Otherwise, maybe he just partially opened up that scab on his finger when he was moving the body or burn barrel. I really don't think cops killed that girl. I do think they might've aided in making sure the charge stuck by planting seriously important evidence. So the question becomes if it wasn't Avery, the Cops, or Brendon, then who was it? I'd point to another Avery family member who works/lives on that junkyard compound, the ex-bf, or the roommate. It had to be someone that was on the junkyard grounds and saw her, or someone that knew she was going to be there and used that info to frame Steven.

What I didn't get about Brandon is why they didn't use the closing arguments from the DA as proof that the state didn't think Brandon was involved. They say "one man and one man only" and the DA points out that the evidence doesn't suggest that anything happened inside the house, which directly contradicts his confession. The DA used two contradicting sets of evidence to convict two people of the same crime.

There was blood in the back of the Rav4. It even looked like it had hair patterns on it (like blood soaked hair brushed the blood against the sidewall of the cargo area of the Rav4). All signs point to her definitely being in the back of her own SUV at one point (while being bloody). I'm not sure if the license plate was on the car or not when the search party found it. I'm guessing not, bc they read the VIN to ID it over the phone. That's a good point, but like I said, I'm just trying to find any possibly way that any of the evidence adds up. I don't think the nephew did anything at all. I think he was entirely coached and just started agreeing and making stuff up. His story had to supporting evidence, bc there would be blood everywhere. The only thing that made sense in his story was the bon fire, but it was Halloween, so a bon fire seems like a normal activity for him to be invited to on that night.