The most startling thing for me was the phone call between the dispatcher and Colburn, who is obviously looking at Teresa Halback's SUV license plate number, this was before it was found and after it went missing. It was like something out of a bad thriller film. He basically gave himself up with that admission yet it was seemingly hand waved away. He even calls back the first 3 numbers of it ffs!
Him and Lenk need to die asap.
Yep. That was like the last 5 minutes of a good Columbo movie when the killer puts his foot in it. I was gobsmacked.
I reckon this has been one of the most difficult things I've had to watch (had to ask a mate if it got any less bleak because I was swearing at my TV so much) almost to the extent I kind of zoned out after the Avery verdict (the Brendan one was a no brainer after).
I'll probably have to do some research and I get that this is a documentary coming entirely from one point of view but Jesus Christ there's so much actual visually recorded evidence of wrong doing here I don't see how some of these people can live with themselves.
Let's be real here aswell we're taking about a family that's borderline retarded. Madness to think that this all might have escalated from one incident with the sheriff's wife back when he was a kid.
A question from the original miscarriage I have is why didn't the victims of the actual rapist sue the county too? Surely they have a case?
It's feckin scary and drives home the point to me that the law works for people who have money and fecks over those that don't. Just look at the difference in the quality of lawyers that Avery was able to get compared to Brendan.
The second point is the trial by media thing. It's fecked up. Impossible to get an unbiased jury. Best you can hope for is that they'll have the intelligence to look at the evidence and make an unbiased decision but then I can't imagine the average IQ in that state is much higher than Brendan's.
Final word is I disagree with those that have a problem with the brother. You've got to understand that he's emotionally invested in the case unlike anyone else and wanted the evidence to fit the narrative he'd been fed. Would be interested to know what he thinks now if anyone knows?