Making a Murderer’s Steven Avery breaks his silence from jail

WARNING: SPOILERS. Steven Avery, the man at the centre of Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, has broken his long silence in a letter to the media.

WARNING: SPOILERS

STEVEN Avery, the man at the centre of the world’s most talked-about true crime series, has broken his long silence from behind bars, warning: “the real killer is still out there”.

Avery, whose incredible run-ins with the law are the focus of the Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer, is currently serving life without parole for the brutal 2005 murder of Wisconsin photographer Teresa Halbach.

In a three-page letter to Wisconsin news reporter Colleen Henry, 53-year-old Avery maintained his innocence of a crime that horrified Manitowoc County and also landed his nephew, Brendan Dassey, in jail.

“The real killer is still out there,” Avery wrote.

“Who is he stalking now? I am really innocent of this case and that is the truth!!! The truth will set me free!!!!!!!”

** RETRANSMITTED TO REMOVE COPYRIGHT TIME RESTRICTION ** FILE ** In this undated photo provided by the Halbach family, Teresa Halbach is seen. Authorities said Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005, they had found the dark green 1999 Toyota Rav4 of Teresa Marie Halbach near an auto salvage yard operated by Steven Avery's family between Mishicot and Maribel. Avery's first degree homicide trial is scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. (AP Photo/ Halbach Family via Herald Times Reporter) ** NO SALES **

Avery was arrested and charged with Halbach’s murder just two years after he was exonerated over a 1985 sexual assault for which he spent 18 years in jail. In his letter, Avery urged Henry to investigate the sheriff of Manitowoc County, one of several law enforcement figures he believes framed him for the murder in order to get back at him for his $US36 million ($A51 million) wrongful imprisonment lawsuit.

Avery also had some choice words in relation to his former fiancee Jodi Stachowski, who recently described him as a “monster” in an interview with HLN and said she now believed he killed Halbach after all.

“How much money Jodi get to talk bad!” Avery wrote.

Steven Avery's ex Jodi Stachowski (pictured) say's Avery's guilty in new interview with HLN. Picture: HLN

According to Milwaukee news agency WISN 12, Avery agreed to an interview with Henry but the Department of Corrections said he was not allowed to.

Avery and his new legal team are still working on proving his innocence.

According to WISN 12, he filed an appeal last week claiming his property was illegally searched and asked for a new trial and to be released.

The state responded by saying Avery was a flight risk and shouldn’t be released from custody.

Making a Murderer, a 10-part series that casts doubt on Avery’s trial and the sheriff department’s role in handling Halbach’s murder investigation, has left millions of viewers debating whether or not Avery truly belonged behind bars.

Steven Avery's defense attorney, Jerome Buting, holds up Teresa Halbach's keys that were found in Steven Avery's trailer bedroom during his closing argument in the courtroom on, Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at the Calumet County Courthouse in Chilton, Wis. Avery is accused, along with his 17-year-old nephew, of killing Teresa Halbach, 25, after she went to the family's rural salvage lot to photograph a minivan they had for sale. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)

The series has also made unlikely stars of Avery’s ace defence lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, who have been dubbed freedom-fighting heart-throbs by legions of adoring fans on social media.

“My 21-year-old daughter is totally creeped out by the idea that her father’s become an internet heart-throb,” Buting said in his first Australian interview with 2DAYFM earlier this week.

“It’s amusing, it’s flattering, but you know, we have to take that with a grain of salt and an interesting phenomena to say the least.”