Steven Avery's Prison Letter: 'The Real Killer Is Still Out There'TheWrap

Steven Avery, the convicted killer featured in the Netflix documentary series “Making A Murderer” sent a lengthy letter proclaiming his innocence from behind bars.

“The real killer is still out there,” Avery wrote. “Who is he stalking now? I am really innocent of this case and that is the truth!!! The truth will set me free!!!!!!!”

Avery responded to a request for comment on the series from a local Wisconsin station. In the three-page letter, he addressed accusations made last week by his former finance Jodi Stachowski, who said she believed he is guilty and claimed to have been abused by him.

“How much money Jodi get to talk bad! The state $,” Avery wrote.

He signs off writing: “I am really innocent of this case, and that is the truth. This is from Steven A. Avery. The truth will set me free.”

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Avery spent 18 years behind bars for a sexual assault he didn’t commit and was later exonerated by DNA evidence. He was released in 2003 but was convicted again in 2007 for the killing of photographer Teresa Haibach.

The 53-year-old Wisconsin native pled not guilty to Haibach’s murder but was sent back to prison. He’s now serving a life sentence without parole.

Since his story aired on Netflix, a petition was launched calling for Avery to be pardoned for the killing.

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Ken Kratz, who prosecuted Avery in 2007, recently spoke to ABC News’ “Nightline,” saying, “this is not a documentary at all,” but “a defense advocacy piece.”

Katz claims the series left out several key pieces of evidence including calls Avery allegedly made to Haibach on the day she went missing.

Filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardo have stood by their series.

“What the question is, is he guilty beyond reasonable doubt? And is the process fair? Can we trust the verdict?” Demos told “Nightline.” “It would be impossible for us to include all the evidence that was presented in the trial.”

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'Making a Murderer': Where Are They Now? (Photos)

Ken Kratz: The Avery case prosecutor says he has overcome an addiction to prescription pain pills since the trial and gone through the public humiliation of a sexting scandal. He maintains his license and now serves as a defense attorney.
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Mike Halbach: The brother of murder victim Teresa Halbach has served as a Halbach family spokesperson is now the director of Football Technology for the Green Bay Packers.
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Sgt. Andrew Colburn is now Lt. Andrew Colburn. He holds the title in the Detective Division of the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office.
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Gregory Allen: Allen, who was found to have committed the rape for which Steven Avery spent 18 years behind bars, is serving a 60-year prison sentence for a 1995 sexual assault. He's up for parole in October 2016.
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Sheriff Tom Kocourek: Kocourek retired from his post in 2001. He was named as a defendant in a $36 million federal lawsuit brought forward by Avery.
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Angenette Levy: Levy, a journalist who garnered a lot of "Making A Murderer" playback attention for asking the tough questions, is now an on-air reporter for WKRC in Cincinnati.
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Aaron Keller: Levy, another reporter, is now an English/Communications professor at NHTI, Concord’s Community College in New Hampshire.
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Dean Strang: Strang recently said that he occasionally speaks with Avery, his former client. The defense attorney is not shying away from the spotlight, and recently took part in a Facebook Q&A. The trial lawyer is a partner at Strang Bradley LLC in Madison.
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Denis Vogel: The ex-DA is now an attorney at Wheeler, Van Sickle and Anderson, S.C., where he concentrates on commercial litigation, with a focus on matters involving utilities, electricity use and distribution, and cellular telecommunications.
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Steven Avery: Well, he's in jail -- the Waupun Correctional Institute, to be exact.
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Brendan Dassey: On August 12, 2016, a federal judge overturned his 2007 conviction for first-degree intentional homicide, second-degree sexual assault, and mutilation of a corpse. Avery's nephew had been sentenced to Avery's nephew sentenced to life with no parole for 41 years for Halbach's murder.
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Sheriff Ken Peterson: Peterson retired as Manitowoc County sheriff in 2007, just two years after he now-famously told a TV station it would have been "a whole lot easier to eliminate [Avery] than it would to frame him."
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Barb Tadych: Brendan's mom has publicly kept a low profile since all the "Making a Murderer" hype began. Tadych appears to remain in the area, as her most recent social media check-in was at a Center for Diagnostic Imaging in Appleton, Wis.
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Sandy Greenman: It appears that Avery and Greenman are still an item. Per what appears to be her Facebook page, Greenman visited Avery in prison as recently as Monday.
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James Lenk: Lenk has managed to keep one of the lowest profiles of the entire "Making A Murderer" gang. It is unclear whether has a Netflix subscription.
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Jodi Stachowski: Steven's ex-fiancee has had some legal troubles. In April 2007, she was found guilty of using worthless checks. She was arrested three times in 2009. Since then, Stachowski has stayed out of major criminal trouble.
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