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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I knew I had to write a second book about the Steven Avery case at about the midpoint of watching Making a Murderer . The documentary had taken the story to a new level and had raised additional issues that I wanted to explore. A two-month sabbatical from work helped get the manuscript off the ground, but completing it in a relatively short period of time while still working as a prosecutor was not an easy task. To do so, I needed the help and support of many individuals, some of whom are listed below.

A person could spend a lifetime researching the Avery and Dassey cases, and with a limited time to complete the manuscript I did not have a lifetime to give. Fortunately there were others who were willing to share their research.

Special thanks in this regard go to Mandy H, creator of the Facebook Group Avery/Dassey Case Discussion Group, and two of her tenacious admins, Diana and Emma, for their diligence in researching all sides without bias and encouraging logical and factual debates. Your online discussions helped me understand and see details I may have otherwise missed.

Thanks to my editor, Michaela Hamilton, who kept me on track through the completion of this project. Michaela has been in the book business for a long time and knows what it takes to produce a successful book. She was firm because she had to be, but not once was she unkind.

I owe a special debt of gratitude to my agent, Washington DC attorney and author Ronald Goldfarb, who recognized early on the singular nature of the Avery story and the multitude of lessons it offers for the criminal justice system. Ron is an accomplished lawyer, author, agent, media commentator, and a whole lot more. I cant think of anyone from whom Ive learned more about the writing and publishing world than Ron, during our conversations and email exchanges over the past eight years.

I also appreciate my colleagues at work, especially Bob and Jill, for covering my court appearances during my absence, and attorney Joseph Thuermer who filled in as a special prosecutor while I was away.

A special thanks to Brenda Schuler, whose webpage outline Wrong-Righting Writing, a comprehensive resource for events leading up to and beyond the murder of Teresa Halbach is far and away the most thorough and accurate compilation of all things having to do with the Avery trial. Brenda is as smart as a whip. Her fierce commitment to fairness and setting things right is inspiring. Brenda, I cant thank you enough.

Thanks also to a particularly astute Redditor who wishes to remain anonymous. You know who you are.

A warm thanks to then Green Bay, now Cincinnati television reporter Angenette Levy who covered the Avery and Dassey cases from beginning to end when she worked in Green Bay. Angenette figured prominently in Making a Murderer , probing the strengths and weaknesses of each sides case by questioning the attorneys at nightly press conferences during the trials. She generously shared with me her perspective on the trials.

My wife and I are blessed with four of the most wonderful children you could imagineexcept of course, your own. Each of them helped in their own way and not once did they complain when I exhibited the self-centered orneriness that can overcome an author or anyone else working under the gun of a deadline.

Our son Joseph provided invaluable computer technical assistance whenever I was in a fix, and all four of them reviewed the manuscript and enjoyed giving their dad feedback, which I enjoyed even more. Tom, in his second year of law school, grasped the new issues that were injected into the Avery case by Making a Murderer more quickly than I did and was especially helpful on the issues of false confessions and coercive interrogation techniques.

Finally, but formost forever, I am forever grateful to my wife, Jody. She contributed mightily to this book, sharing ideas on our nightly walks and pitching in when the manuscript needed some shaping up. She is by far the most wonderful blessing of my life.

Also by Michael Griesbach

The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and Its Astonishing Aftermath

About the Author

Michael Griesbach is a longtime Wisconsin prosecutor and active member of the board of advisers at the Wisconsin Innocence Project. He is a frequent presenter and panelist on the topic of wrongful convictions and their causes. He has also presented on other topics concerning the criminal justice system and its need for reform. Through his books The Innocent Killer and Indefensible he hopes to leave his readers better informed about the criminal justice system and more concerned about those whose lives it deeply affects. He lives in northeastern Wisconsin with his wife, Jody, and their four children.

Photographer Teresa Halbach was last seen on October 31, 2005.

Members of a volunteer search party located Teresa Halbachs RAV4 at the edge of the Avery Salvage Yard on the morning of November 5, 2005. (Photo courtesy of Calumet County Sheriffs Department)

A smear of Steven Averys blood was found on the interior of the RAV4 drivers side instrument panel. (Photo courtesy of Calumet County Sheriffs Department)

Averys blood was found on the door frame of the RAV4.

(Photo courtesy of Calumet County Sheriffs Department)

Items found on the front passenger seat of Halbachs RAV4 included a CD case with Steven Averys blood on it. (Photo courtesy of Calumet County Sheriffs Department)

Averys DNA was found on the hood latch of Halbachs vehicle after Brendan Dasseys confession on March 1, 2006. (Photo courtesy of Calumet County Sheriffs Department)

The Avery Salvage Yard, located about ten miles north of Manitowoc, WI, was the site of what is believed to be the largest criminal investigation in Wisconsin history.

(Photo courtesy of Calumet County Sheriffs Department)

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