Teresa Halbach's Relatives Share Pain over Making a Murderer: 'This Is the Avery Family's Side of the Story'

Eight years after Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey were convicted in the brutal murder of 25-year-old Teresa Halbach, a new Netflix series has thousands asking: Are the right men in prison?

For many, Making a Murderer is a riveting series about the criminal justice system. But for Teresa Halbach's family, the Netflix show rubs salt in wounds that will never heal.

"It's terrible," Teresa's aunt, Kay Giordana, tells WHO, saying the series is re-traumatising the Halbach family. "I can't believe this came out. It is really unfortunate."

Teresa Halbach. Photo: Making A Murderer

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Adds Teresa's cousin-in-law, Jeremy Fournier: "It is so very one-sided…. It seems like there are some shenanigans by the police in there from what I hear and read about, and I can see where people are getting their opinion, but they are only getting one side of the story."

Teresa's family is convinced that law enforcement has the right man. Carol Stumpf, another of Teresa's aunts, poses a rhetorical question for Steven Avery, who declined his turn on the witness stand: "If you really are innocent, why didn't you take the stand and tell your story?"

The 10-part series suggests that investigators framed Avery – who was given a life sentence with no chance of parole – for Halbach's murder in retaliation for a $36 million lawsuit he filed against Manitowoc County and authorities.

Steven Avery. Photo: Making A Murderer

For her part, Giordana is shocked by viewers' reactions to the show. "I was very upset, but I know the right people know the truth, "she says. "It is not even close to what really happened. Everybody has their own side of a story. That is the Avery family's side of the story. I wouldn’t expect it to be different. They think he is innocent. I am not surprised. I am surprised that someone would put that together in that way and have it [be] one-sided."

Giordana adds: "He is 100 percent guilty. No doubt about it." (The Making a Murderer filmmakers reached out to the Haibach family, who declined to participate in the docu-series.)

CHRISTINE PELISEK writes for People.com