Making a Murderer subject Steven Allan Avery has become a household name. The cult 2015 Netflix documentary has brought his story from Manitowoc and placed it in front of the general public. Documentary film makers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos have explained that at the time they started making the first part of 1 of their series Steven had “at best at the at the time… not well-known local, perhaps regionally however, it was somewhat undiscovered”.
When they returned in Part 2, it was totally different – one that was based on “the attention of the world upon it” they claimed.
No matter if you believe in Avery’s innocence or guilt It’s likely that you’ve heard about Avery and are aware about the case that led to Avery found guilty of the murder of Teresa Halbach at the time of her murder in 2007.
It’s not just Steven Avery, or his nephew Brendan Dassey (also in prison, currently in prison) which have achieved global fame. Because of the characteristics of the film the closest family members of the participants were interviewed throughout the process and, in actuality, while both Avery and Dassey being in prison and in prison, the story is presented through the personal stories of those who surround the two.
For Avery the situation is a great deal heavily on Dolores and Allan his parents.First presented in Part 1 of Making a Murderer, Dolores has always been open about her belief she is right about her son’s innocence. We watched her struggle to understand the trial and the happenings taking place within her. Allan Avery
Following the announcement of the show, and the media mania which followed, the character’s mom became the talk of the town with unsubstantiated assertions that she believed Teresa could still be alive.
In Part 2 We observed Dolores (now believed to be in her 80s) still making the journeys for and back to the prison in which Steven is being held. The father of Steven, Allen, also attended along with Dolores. Allen was also in attendance.
Steven is able to make his thoughts extremely clear regarding his parents. During phone interviews with documentary makers from jail Steven was candid about his anxiety over them.
Filming Dolores and Allen daily lives, the toll the process is causing on them is apparent. In one instance, Allan told Dolores to “get me off that awful camera”.
In one particular moment, he reflected on how it would be great to have Steven at home would benefit them both.
“My biggest worry is that me and Mama aren’t dead before Stevie leaves,” he said during an interview.
They are both still supporting Steven during his appeals process that the lawyer Kathleen Zellner has revealed is just getting started.
Halbach’s close family members and friends have been terribly affected by the whole incident as well.
In the first episode the college buddy Chris Nerat said: “I do not look at her as if she was killed… I view her as a colleague from class…
“Who knows what she might have become?”
Making the Crime Part 1 and Part 2 is currently watching through Netflix.
