Tuesday Crime Stories: Detective tells why Steven Avery doesn’t deserve a new trial & the mystery of missing & murdered women in North Carolina

Detective Tom Fassbender, the lead investigator on the team that convicted Steven Avery for the murder of Teresa Halbach, tells Nancy Grace why the Wisconsin man should not get a new trial. An appeals court has denied Avery’s latest motion for a second chance. New York criminal defense lawyer Hunter Shkolnik, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and CrimeOnline reporter Leigh Egan join in the discussion about the latest in the controversial “Making a Murderer” case for this Crime Stories episode.

Also read: Motion denied! Steven Avery loses bid for new trial

Nancy also explores the mysteries surrounding missing and murdered woman in North Carolina. The remains of Virginia teen Ashanti Billie were found behind a Charlotte, North Carolina, church last month. Abby Patterson, 20, is missing from Lumberton, N.C., a town where three other women have been found murdered in recent years. Crime scene investigator Sheryl McCollum, Los Angeles psycho analyst Dr. Bethany Marshall and Crime Stories contributing reporter Bobbi Maddox explore these cases.

Also read: ‘Without her we are lost’: Young woman goes missing after being seen stepping into mysterious car

Also read: Body found behind church CONFIRMED as Ashanti Billie—homicide investigation underway

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