Making a Murderer lawyer Kathleen Zellner criticised over ‘case is solved’ post
Kathleen Zellner has been slammed over a social media post in which she declared that 'the case is solved', leaving her followers furious.
Zellner is known for her association with the Netflix series Making a Murderer, which follows the case of Steven Avery.
Avery was convicted of murder in 2007, after having previously been wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and attempted murder in 1985, for which he has since been exonerated.
The Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer followed Avery's story since his 2007 conviction, and Zellner has taken him on as a client.
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Zellner took to social media, sharing an article published by The Guardian which was reporting on a development on an entirely separate case about a Chicago police officer who was identified as the killer of an eight-year-old girl in a murder which happened some 65 years ago.
Sharing the reporting on the new development, she wrote: "Finally the case is solved!!"
However, many of her followers were left frustrated, as they had read the caption of the post and assumed at first that it was referring to Avery, when in fact it was referring to a different case entirely.
They took to the comment section below the post to share their frustration.
"Expected better than clickbait from you," wrote one. "Really thought it was about Steven Avery."
Another drew attention to the same problem, writing: "Kathleen, this is great news for the guy involved in the story you shared but how does that link to Steven Avery??
"I almost sent this to my ex, because we watched it together!!! Christ on a bike!!"
Meanwhile a third wrote simply: "Doesnt [sic] have anything to do with Steven...."
The case in question was the murder of eight-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz in 1960, a case which had gone cold for decades.
However, on Monday Chicago police announced that they have now used newly-found DNA evidence, which has implicated a former detective with Chicago Police to the crime.
Thomas McInerney was identified as Gloria's killer, more than 20 years after he himself had died, and long after he had retired from the Chicago Police Department.
“McInerney should have never worn the CPD star,” the statement said, “and it is devastating to accept that he was never identified and held accountable while he was alive.”
Depite this, the statement still shared a hope that the breakthrough would bring 'measure of closure to all who knew Gloria and her story'.
The DNA evidence in question was obtained from a website that allows people to explore their genetic ancestry.
On 12 November 1960 Gloria had been walking from her home to a nearby church where she would attend mass, but she would never make it to church.
While she was on her way, Gloria was abducted and shot, with her body being discovered in a ditch located on an area of preserved forest south-west of Chicago.
McInerney had joined the Chicago Police in 1959, and had been about to turn 25 when Gloria was killed.
A statement from the FBI has also said that it will investigate whether McInerney's DNA is a match to any other cold cases.
Topics: True Crime, Making A Murderer, Netflix, News
Kit Roberts