'Making A Murderer': Steven Avery's Attorney Seeks More Evidence Testing

Avery, now 54, was charged in November 2005 with the sexual assault and killing of Halbach, a photographer who disappeared that Halloween after traveling to the salvage yard to shoot photos for a car magazine. Investigators found her charred remains in a burn pit in the yard.

Avery and his then 16-year-old nephew, Brendan Dassey, lived on the property. A jury in 2007 convicted Avery of being a party to first-degree intentional homicide and a judge sentenced him to life in prison. He was acquitted of a charge of mutilating a corpse and prosecutors dismissed counts of sexual assault, kidnapping and false imprisonment.

Later that year, a separate jury convicted Dassey of being party to first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and sexual assault. He, too, was sentenced to life.

The case fascinated the public. Avery rose to fame in 2003 when he was released from prison after spending 18 years behind bars for rape; a DNA test showed he didn’t assault the woman. The case raised questions about eyewitness reliability and illustrated the power of DNA testing.