Steven Avery, the wrongfully convicted man on which the documentary Making a Murderer is based, is from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Making a Murderer is an American documentary television series that premiered on Netflix on December 18, 2015. 
 The ten-episode first season, written and directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, explores the story of Steven Avery, a man from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, who served 18 years in prison for the wrongful conviction of sexual assault and attempted murder of Penny Beerntsen, before being fully exonerated in 2003 by DNA evidence. 
Steven Avery (born July 9, 1962) is a man from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, who was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and attempted murder in 1985. 
