Earl Avery, one of the brothers “Making a Murderer” subject Steven Avery has publicly accused of committing the murder he is currently serving a life sentence for, has finally addressed the claims against him.
In an interview with Access Hollywood, his first since the Avery family gained national attention with Netflix’s binge-worthy documentary series, Earl Avery said he recently spoke to Steven Avery for the first time in eight years and questioned why his older brother had reportedly accused him and their other brother Chuck of murdering Teresa Halbach.
“He told me that his lawyers told him to say that and he told me that he was frustrated that we wouldn’t talk to him or go up and see him,” Earl Avery said.
Steven Avery is currently serving a life sentence along with his nephew Brendan Dassey for the 2005 murder of the 25-year-old photographer.
Despite the claims his brother made against him, Earl Avery doesn’t believe Steven Avery killed Halbach.
“If someone’s gonna slice somebody’s throat, you know there’s going to be blood or something,” he said. “And they say they cleaned up in the garage but there’s all dust and everything all over everything. How do you clean up and put the dust back?”
He also questioned the discovery of Halbach’s RAV4, which was discovered on the Avery property shortly after she disappeared on Oct. 31, 2005.
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“We drove right through there, where that car was supposed to be and it wasn’t there,” Earl Avery said. “That night of the 31st, we were rabbit hunting.”
Earl Avery said despite the recent spike in support for the family, his brother’s battle has been costly both financially and emotionally.
“We get at least 20 to 30 phone calls that call and hang up, call and call us murderers, call and say, ‘I know you killed that girl, why did you do it?’” he said.
Steven Avery’s case was most recently spotlighted in a one-hour episode of “Dateline NBC,” which focused on some of the many unanswered questions.
