Making a Murderer: Prisoner ‘confesses’ to killing Teresa Halbach

Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey’s lawyers have responded to the news

A prisoner in Wisconsin has reportedly confessed to killing Teresa Habach, the photographer whose death is at the centre of Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer.

The man is said to have told the filmmakers of a new documentary series, titled Convicting a Murderer, that he was the one behind Halbach’s death.

Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey are currently serving life sentences, but claim they did not commit the crime. The latter took his case to the Supreme Court, while Avery’s attempt at a new trial was thrown out just last month.

The new documentary series’s director, Shawn Rech, told Newsweek they are yet to confirm the legitimacy of the prisoner’s confession, but said that “seeing as it was given by a notable convicted murderer from Wisconsin, we feel responsible to deliver any and all possible evidence to law enforcement and legal teams”.

He added that over 20 months, his team have “uncovered an unfathomable amount of information and evidence that is leading us to the truth”.

Dassey’s lawyer, Laura Nirider, said: “We are aware of the alleged confession given by an inmate in Brendan’s case. Thanks to all for your messages.”

Meanwhile, Kathleen Zellner – the appellate lawyer representing Avery – said that the confession “is worthless unless it is corroborated”.

She told Heavy that the prisoner’s name “is familiar” to her and revealed he emailed the production company of the new documentary after her team failed to immediately respond to him. Zellner’s team previously offered a $100,000 (£80,150) reward for anyone who had any information about Halbach’s murder.

Convicting a Murderer is expected to be released on a streaming service in 2020.