The world of forensic science is full of ever developing technology. Analyzing forensic evidence involves using fingerprints, hair samples, blood, footprints, bite marks, and other sources of material to help identify someone. Every small piece of evidence found at a crime scene can be crucial — leaving the slightest trace of saliva or skin cells can be what convicts a person. Few people know the importance of forensic science more than Steven Avery. In Making A Murderer, the ten part documentary that originally aired on Netflix, the focus is on Steven Avery. In 1985, Avery was wrongfully convicted of a rape and sentenced to 32 years for the rape of Penny Beernsten. Even though there were 16 witnesses to prove that Avery wasn’t present at
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It was on October 31, 2005, that Haibach had last been seen on Avery’s property, taking pictures of a car from his junkyard for the Auto Trader Magazine. While Halbach was missing, search teams were searching everywhere for her — in the woods, on peoples property, public places, etc. The last place she had been seen was at Avery’s Auto Salvage — more specifically she had last had contact with Steven Avery. Eleven days after her disappearance, someone was searching Avery’s Auto Salvage and happened to find a vehicle matching the description of the car that Teresa Halbach drove — the car the police had been looking for. The Toyota RAV4 had been found up on a ledge, seemingly away from the other cars on the property. There were branches leaning up against the sides as to conceal the car. The search party member and her daughter immediately called authorities but did not confirm nor deny what had been found. When authorities arrived, they opened up the car to find blood that was on the front dashboard of the car. Further searching of the property led to the discovery of charred bone fragments in a fire pit. In the trial, the evidence that was filed against Avery was blood found in Halbach’s vehicle, her car found on the property, bone fragments, and the testimony from Avery's nephew, Brendan Dassey (Riccardi and Demos, 2015). Brendan, only 16 at …show more content…
Some examples of violent crimes are assault, battery, rape and sexual assault, homicide, or domestic violence. DNA evidence is crucial in these cases. The Beernsten murder case is a good example of a case where the DNA evidence was very important — the DNA found in the root of the pubic hair is what exonerated Avery from prison. DNA was also very important in the later case with Avery and Halbach. The reason these small pieces of evidence are so crucial to cases, is because the DNA found at the scene of a crime links that person that the DNA belongs to, to the scene of the crime (A Simplified Guide to DNA,
It was on October 31, 2005, that Haibach had last been seen on Avery’s property, taking pictures of a car from his junkyard for the Auto Trader Magazine. While Halbach was missing, search teams were searching everywhere for her — in the woods, on peoples property, public places, etc. The last place she had been seen was at Avery’s Auto Salvage — more specifically she had last had contact with Steven Avery. Eleven days after her disappearance, someone was searching Avery’s Auto Salvage and happened to find a vehicle matching the description of the car that Teresa Halbach drove — the car the police had been looking for. The Toyota RAV4 had been found up on a ledge, seemingly away from the other cars on the property. There were branches leaning up against the sides as to conceal the car. The search party member and her daughter immediately called authorities but did not confirm nor deny what had been found. When authorities arrived, they opened up the car to find blood that was on the front dashboard of the car. Further searching of the property led to the discovery of charred bone fragments in a fire pit. In the trial, the evidence that was filed against Avery was blood found in Halbach’s vehicle, her car found on the property, bone fragments, and the testimony from Avery's nephew, Brendan Dassey (Riccardi and Demos, 2015). Brendan, only 16 at …show more content…
Some examples of violent crimes are assault, battery, rape and sexual assault, homicide, or domestic violence. DNA evidence is crucial in these cases. The Beernsten murder case is a good example of a case where the DNA evidence was very important — the DNA found in the root of the pubic hair is what exonerated Avery from prison. DNA was also very important in the later case with Avery and Halbach. The reason these small pieces of evidence are so crucial to cases, is because the DNA found at the scene of a crime links that person that the DNA belongs to, to the scene of the crime (A Simplified Guide to DNA,