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A convicted murderer from the State of Wisconsin – Joseph Evans Jr. – has confessed to murdering photographer Teresa Halbach, the director of an upcoming documentary on the case told Heavy in a statement. However, Evans previously told a different story about the murder, writing that Steven Avery did it, Heavy has learned.
The alleged confession’s legitimacy hasn’t been verified, including by Avery’s appellate lawyer, who is investigating it. Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, were convicted of the homicide in a case that was featured in Netflix’s Making a Murderer documentary.
Avery’s lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, shared the written confession on Twitter. It identifies the inmate as here. He was convicted of murdering his wife in Marinette County, Wisconsin in 2008.
A spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Justice released this statement to Heavy: “The Wisconsin Department of Justice has received the new information related to the case. DOJ takes all credible reports seriously, but it’s important to note that this new information directly contradicts information previously provided by the same individual.” According to a 2017 WBAY-TV story, Evans, who was convicted of murdering his wife, previously claimed that “Steven Avery confessed to murdering Teresa Halbach.” In that 2016 letter, Evans allegedly wrote, “he would have gotten away with it, if his idiot nephew of his Brendan would not have spoken to the police like he told him not to…” Evans stated that he met Avery in prison, the station reported. Evans is serving a life term in the Wisconsin prison system for the 2008 homicide conviction, prison records show.
Here’s the new confession, in which Evans does an about face and now claims that he is the killer. However, the details of the case are now very widely known, as they were the subject of a highly publicized trial, not to mention the Netflix show. In the letter to Zellner, Evans writes that he encountered Halbach on the Salvage Yard property owned by Avery’s family, hit and killed her (without explaining a motive), and then planted Avery’s blood at the scene. He provides no corroboration for these claims. Zellner wrote on Twitter: “We received the handwritten confession on Saturday. It is worthless unless it is corroborated.”
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A convicted murderer from the State of Wisconsin – Joseph Evans Jr. – has confessed to murdering photographer Teresa Halbach, the director of an upcoming documentary on the case told Heavy in a statement. However, Evans previously told a different story about the murder, writing that Steven Avery did it, Heavy has learned.
The alleged confession’s legitimacy hasn’t been verified, including by Avery’s appellate lawyer, who is investigating it. Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, were convicted of the homicide in a case that was featured in Netflix’s Making a Murderer documentary.
Avery’s lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, shared the written confession on Twitter. It identifies the inmate as here. He was convicted of murdering his wife in Marinette County, Wisconsin in 2008.
A spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Justice released this statement to Heavy: “The Wisconsin Department of Justice has received the new information related to the case. DOJ takes all credible reports seriously, but it’s important to note that this new information directly contradicts information previously provided by the same individual.” According to a 2017 WBAY-TV story, Evans, who was convicted of murdering his wife, previously claimed that “Steven Avery confessed to murdering Teresa Halbach.” In that 2016 letter, Evans allegedly wrote, “he would have gotten away with it, if his idiot nephew of his Brendan would not have spoken to the police like he told him not to…” Evans stated that he met Avery in prison, the station reported. Evans is serving a life term in the Wisconsin prison system for the 2008 homicide conviction, prison records show.
Here’s the new confession, in which Evans does an about face and now claims that he is the killer. However, the details of the case are now very widely known, as they were the subject of a highly publicized trial, not to mention the Netflix show. In the letter to Zellner, Evans writes that he encountered Halbach on the Salvage Yard property owned by Avery’s family, hit and killed her (without explaining a motive), and then planted Avery’s blood at the scene. He provides no corroboration for these claims. Zellner wrote on Twitter: “We received the handwritten confession on Saturday. It is worthless unless it is corroborated.”
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