Episode Synopsis: As the trial continues, newly discovered evidence places Teresa in Steve Avery's garage. Or does it? Steven's attorneys cross-examine forensic experts about contaminated evidence and the absence of proof linking Steven to the crime.
Key Players in Ep 6:
Ken Kratz - Special Prosecutor
Jerry Pagel - Sheriff Calumet County
Brendan Dassey - The suggestible one
Kevin Heimerl - Special Agent for DOJ Wisconsin
Dave Remiker - Detective Manitowoc Sheriff's Department
James Lenk - Lt Manitowoc Sheriff's Department
Sherry Culhane - DNA Technical Unit Leader Wisconsin State Crime Lab
Tom Fassbender - Special Agent & Co-Lead Investigator DOJ Wisconsin
Scott Tadych - Witness (Flames)
Bobby Dassey - Brendan's brother & Witness
So right after they interview the suggestable one the department now has detailed information that leads them back to Steve's garage. It's been 4 months since the last sweep of Avery's garage, where nothing was found, but on this search they find shell casings and a flattened bullet. Where are we again, Manitowoc or Denmark? Something smells a bit off... Wait a minute, did Special Agent Heimerl just point out yet another Manitowoc Sheriff's Department detective bending down in the picture standing right were the bullets are found? This ought to be good. Bring David Remiker to the stand and I'm sure this will all be cleared up. It seems that while no bullets were found during a thorough search on November 6, 2005 suddenly, on March 2, 2006 there's at least one flattened bullet and a bunch of shell casings. Sounds like Coborn or Lenk's been lurking around again if this story stays consistent with what's happened in the past. It doesn't take long for Remiker to tell the jury that once again, Lt. Lenk is right there when the bullets are found. Quick question: Why in the heck is Manitowoc Sheriff's Department so involved when this was handed over to the Calumet Sheriff's Department? Doesn't anyone else see the conflict of interest here? These guys locked him away for a crime he didn't commit before, wouldn't they want to be as far away as possible so that this would look a lot more clean? As it is, it looks murky at best.
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Sherry Culhane, the spitting DNA analyst... So many questions here but I'll stick to the most important ones. Why in the heck was the DNA sample not listed as inconclusive as required? Why was someone from the defense team not allowed to observe during the testing? Oh yeah, because that runs an additional risk of contamination. Yeah and then Culhane is the one that contaminates the sample. Only to find out that for four months she just happens to have evidence from tests that she's performed just sitting at her desk. At the very least, this should serve as a study in what not to do part of this process for all other cases. The note where Agent Fassbender directs her "to place Teresa in Mr. Avery's house or garage," is written in her own handwriting and seems damning to me. Of course it can be explained away, but what happened to finding out the truth? It seems as if they are going to do whatever they can do to assure that Steven is the killer. Keep in mind that if the test came back inconclusive, there would be no link to Teresa even being in Steven's garage. Culhane admits under oath that no DNA evidence of any kind was found in the house or garage from Brendan nor Teresa, but she was killed in the trailer? No idea what to think of that.
Teresa's blood is in the car which suggests that she may have been in her vehicle after or during her death. Maybe she was killed in her car? But if so then it didn't happen in the garage as theorized by the prosecution. If she had been killed in the garage why would anyone place her in the car to take her over to the burn pit? I just doesn't add up.
Scott Tadych can't get right under oath. This dude has changed his story to a fish story. Under oath, he claims that on his way to deer hunting he saw Bobby Dassey as they drove past each other east to west. He then says that upon his return, later that night he saw a big fire. "They were almost as tall as the garage eight to ten feet." (The flames). Later under cross-examination from Mr. Buting (Steven's lawyer) it is revealed that on Nov 29th 2005 Scott told the Sheriff's Department that the flames were only three feet high. My how the flames have grown over the years, perhaps at the same rate as a few of these noses... The timeline that he and Bobby have shared now seems concocted at best as another witness casts doubts on the original timeline.
Next Up: Ep 7 A Lenk(y) Discussion.
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