UPDATE: Steven Avery's attorney, Kathleen Zellner, tweeted photos of an apparent confession to the murder of Teresa Halbach. The photos were posted late Tuesday afternoon. The confession was signed "Joseph Evans, Jr."
Let’s see. You be the judge of the credibility of this confession.#MakingaMurderer #TruthWins pic.twitter.com/NOEJtrrmb3
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) September 24, 2019
There’s more...#MakingaMurderer pic.twitter.com/nrUmHnV1v3
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) September 24, 2019
Oh yeah, almost forgot the deposit slip.😂😂😂😂 #MakingaMurderer pic.twitter.com/ZfL9LFIznL
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) September 24, 2019
All you need to know about the confession. #MakingAMurderer https://t.co/bAnXp2s6nK
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) September 24, 2019
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MANITOWOC COUNTY (NBC 26) -- A documentary filmmaker claims a convicted Wisconsin murderer, who is not Steven Avery or Brendan Dassey, confessed to killing Teresa Halbach.
In a report from Newsweek, Shawn Rech said his crew was given the confession while filming the documentary series Convicting a Murderer. Rech created the series in response to the popular Netflix series Making a Murderer, a documentary that covered the conviction of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey for the murder of Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County back in 2005. Both Avery and Dassey maintain their innocence.
The inmate who apparently made this new confession has not been identified. Rech told Newsweek his crew would hand over "any and all evidence" to law enforcement.
In a tweet posted Monday evening, Steven Avery's attorney, Kathleen Zellner, wrote that her team received a handwritten confession on Saturday. But, she says, the confession is "worthless" unless it is corroborated.
We received the handwritten confession on Saturday. It is worthless unless it is corroborated.#MakingAMurderer2 #WorkingOnIt #NotsoFast
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) September 24, 2019
Avery tips: our investigators are checking out the credible ones and disregarding the ones w/o corroboration— just like good cops should do. Our brief is due on 10/14. #MakingaMurderer #LoveElPaso #lifeafter10 #erinmoriarty
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) September 23, 2019
Ken Kratz, the prosecutor in Steven Avery's trial, also posted a response to news of the confession.
To be clear, like everyone else, this is news to me. I have NO COMMENT until I see the details. #MakingAMurderer https://t.co/CdonQnaHcJ
— Ken Kratz (@Ken723Ken) September 23, 2019
Avery has been unsuccessful in multiple attempts to appeal his conviction. He is currently serving a life sentence in the Waupun Correctional Institution.
