There must be something in the water....

This week I finally got around to starting Making A Murderer, the documentary about Steven Avery, and I can unequivocally say that Manitowoc County is officially on my list of places to never, ever visit. Ever. That entire county seems to be infected with severe arrogance and profound stupidity and I'd be terrified that it would be contagious if I went within a county mile of that place. Team Avery claims he's being framed. Alright, let's start there: does it make sense that several counties, besides the one he lives in, conspired to frame him? No. However; a lot of the evidence the special prosecutor or whomever, relyed on was given to them by the Manitowoc County Sherrif's department, which is like forming your opinion of minorities based on Fox News reports. Also, while it is indisputable that Teresa Halbach's car and parts of her body were found on his property, THERE IS NO PROOF THAT HE PUT THEM THERE. We're not talking about a small, enclosed backyard in the suburbs, this is a huge car lot that anyone could have had access to. If you had committed a murder and wanted to get away with it, wouldn't an auto lot owned by the most hated man in the county make an ideal spot to dispose of a body? Just sayin. And who the hell is this Glaydis Kravitz wannabe who found her car? Do you go wandering around other people's property (search party or not) without their permission? I don't. Especially some one as shady (yes, I can think Steven Avery is shady and still be critical of what's happening to him) as Avery. And, when she found the car, this woman practically begs to be allowed to search inside, because, she's apparently Olivia Benson all of a sudden. If this woman thought she could get away with it, I wouldn't have put it past her to deputize herself then and there and arrest Avery on the spot. Nothing like using tragedy to grab your 15 minutes. But, what about all of the other evidence? The hard evidence, the "good" stuff. Like the blood in and on Teresa Halbach's car. Yeah, about that...was Teresa's blood planted? Doubt it. It's her car and it's reasonable to assume that whoever attacked her (Avery or anyone else) attacked her at her car. Was Avery's blood planted? That's where things get interesting; aside from the blood there's the not so small issue of the key that was found in Avery's bedroom. Teresa's car key that had Avery's DNA on it but not hers...that was found by Manitowoc law enforcement. After six searches. Also, the bullet. There was a fired round also found in Avery's garage (by everyone's favorite sherriff's department) with Teresa's DNA that has been linked to one of Avery's guns(I'm under the impression that he has more than a few). This would be more damming if they had also found blood in the garage. Or anywhere besides the car. Unless, we're expected to believe that Steven Avery is a nit wit that leaves enough evidence to, oh I don't know, conclusiveely link him to a sensational crime and answer the prayers of the Manitowoc County Sherriff's Department, except for when it comes to cleaning a crime scene, in which case he becomes Dexter fucking Morgan. Which brings us to Teresa Halbach's remains, found burned in a barrel on the Avery compound. Again, human remains are extremely difficult to fabricate. However, there is no evidence that Steven put her there (To be fair, there's also no evidence that he didn't). Oh, and then there's the matter of the restraints found in Steven Avery's home. Let's just say if owning things like this was a crime a lot more of us would be in prison ;). It's also worth noting that the Manitowoc County Sherriff's department was only supposed to provide resources to the actual investigators, not revive their role as world's angriest police department by doing any actual investigating. Makes you wonder exactly what "resources" they provided... So, was Anery's blood planted in Teresa Halbach's car? How surprised would you be if it was? And then there is the "confession" of Brendan Dassey. ...... I am actually at a loss for words here. It is not possible to watch the interrogation of Brendan Dassey without needing a scalding shower and intense counciling. If brains were gasoline, Dassey wouldn't have enough to power an ant's motorcycle around the outside of a penny. (Actually, I'm starting to think this describes Manitowoc County as a whole). And the interviewers! O.M.G. They did everything but write the kid a script. Hey, if you ask me to draw a picture of a woman tied up, I'll do just as good a job as he did. Doesn't mean I'm guilty of rape and murder. I'm guessing it wouldn't be that difficult to get Brendan Dassey to confess to 9-11. And the fact that 12 people saw the tape of the "confession" and believed it leads me to believe that the average IQ of Manitowoc County is somewhere around 75. Or perhaps there's something in the water. I guess I'll never know, like I said, I don't plan on going anywhere near Manitowoc County, on the off chance stupidity and arrogance are contagious.