As you've probably heard by now, Making a Murderer is coming back to Netflix on October 19 with a Part 2!!!!!!
And since odds are you don't have either the time or mental will to rewatch ALL 👏 TEN 👏 HOURS 👏 of Part 1, I've done it for ya!
So basically, here's everything you need to remember going into Part 2:
1. We learn that Steven Avery previously served 18 years for a wrongful conviction.
2. Basically all of Steven's enemies had some tie to local law enforcement in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
3. A three-month investigation was launched into Manitowoc County Law Enforcement after Avery was exonerated.
4. Then on Oct. 31, 2005, a young woman named Teresa Halbach went missing after visiting the Avery property.
5. Police found human remains in the fire pit behind Avery's garage and Halbach's car keys were found under a shoe in Avery's bedroom.
6. Avery then settled with Manitowoc County for $400,000 and used the money to pay for a high-profile defense team.
7. Later, Steven's nephew, 16-year-old Brendan Dassey, confessed to helping Steven murder Teresa Halbach.
8. Suspicions started to rise that the cops who interrogated Brendan had coerced Dassey, who has a learning disability, into giving a confession.
9. The defense presented evidence that only Steven Avery's DNA was found on Teresa's car keys, suggesting that someone had scrubbed the keys clean of Teresa's DNA and then planted Avery's.
10. Brendan Dassey was denied the option of getting a new attorney despite the fact that his lawyer, attorney Len Kachinsky, tried to talk him into pleading guilty.
11. Brendan Dassey changed his alibi after telling his mom, Barb, that officers Weigert and Fassbender "got to [his] head."
12. The defense team obtained a court order to examine the contents of Avery's 1985 case file — and they found his blood sample had been tampered with.
13. After that, the topic of Teresa Halbach's voicemails came up.
14. During the search for Halbach conducted by her family, roommate, and ex-boyfriend, a family member found Halbach's car in the GIANT Avery salvage yard after about only 10 minutes.
15. While calling in the license plate numbers for a missing person's car — aka Halbach's car — a police officer somehow knew the make of her vehicle.
16. Another suspicious key player who kept reappearing was Lt. James Lenk.
17. However, there was a contamination issue with the bullet when it was tested for Teresa Halbach's DNA.
18. A lot of speculation surrounded whether or not Teresa Halbach's bones were transported to the Avery property.
19. Next up was the incident's timeline, according to Brendan Dassey's school bus driver.
20. Lt. Lenk then took the stand.
21. The defense brought up the need to test the bloodstains found in Halbach's car for EDTA, a substance used to preserve blood for case file samples.
22. After several days of deliberation, the jury found Steven Avery guilty.
23. We then moved to Brendan Dassey's trial, and a statement by Dassey's cousin, Kayla, was immediately introduced.
24. Next, Brendan Dassey took the stand.
25. The jury found Brendan Dassey guilty.
26. At their sentencing hearings, both Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey received life in prison.
27. Months later, Dassey’s post-conviction team argued that Kachinsky and prosecution investigator Mike O’Kelly violated their duty of loyalty to Dassey.
28. Later, news breaks that attorney Ken Kratz, who was on the prosecution for Avery’s case, had been sexting a domestic abuse victim he was representing.
29. As of 2012, Steven Avery has been trying to fight for a retrial on his own.
30. In 2013, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals denied Brendan Dassey a new trial.
*takes a deep breath* And THAT'S IT! Now get ready to follow Avery and Dassey's teams as they attempt to get them exonerated in Making a Murderer: Part 2 coming to Netflix on October 19.
