Netflix officially announced last month that their smash hit docuseries Making a Murderer would soon be returning for new episodes, meaning the internet promptly revived its attempts at cracking the Teresa Halbach murder case themselves. While Making a Murderer subject Steven Avery's new legal team has hinted that they have new evidence and suspects that may suggest his innocence in the murder, one Reddit user claims to have discovered fingerprint similarities that suggest otherwise.
A theory posited by Reddit user wewannawii and spotted byUproxx Tuesday claims the fingerprint-shaped marking on Halbach's Motorola Razr phone "corresponds with" Avery's thumbprint, specifically Avery's noticeable scars:
The Razr was first recovered from a "burn barrel" allegedly located on Avery's property. Fingerprints, the Reddit user points out, can actually be seared onto metal and glass surfaces due to the fact that heat stabilizes them. "Prints can survive fire," the Reddit user writes in their thorough breakdown of the alleged similarities between the smudge on the phone and Avery's prints. Specific attention is paid to a crescent-shaped "anomaly" supposedly seen on both the phone and Avery's finger, though some have said this is a case of seeing similarities that aren’t actually there.
The comments on the original Reddit post have since evolved into a months-long debate on the merits of this independent investigation, with some co-signing the OP's theory while others criticized the very methods used to present it. But one thing is for sure: people are still very invested in Avery's story after taking a deep-dive with Making a Murderer creators Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos last December.
"We are extremely grateful for the tremendous response to, and support of, the series," Ricciardi and Demos said in a joint-statement announcing the series' return last month. "The viewers' interest and attention has ensured that the story is not over, and we are fully committed to continuing to document events as they unfold." According to Netflix, the new episodes will explore the "next chapter" of Avery's legal battle and offers exclusive access to Avery's new attorney, Kathleen Zellner.
A premiere date for Making a Murderer's second season has not yet been announced.
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