What a pile of dogooder nonsense . He was a cog in a terrifying , repressive machinery . No matter what he himself did or did not do , he still participated in it . Even if he didn ' t shoot people he would capture them and bring them to the Stasi were they would be tortured . And don ' t forget , he joined the force to get some sort of benefit denied his fellow citizens . He certainly wasn ' t innocent . Interestingly a lot of the areas with the most neonazis in Berlin are those where Stasi officers and their families used to live it shows the moral fibre of these people . Fuck them all . A bullet through the head is well deserved . <| sep |> But he never made an appointment for the loader , so why would he say she never showed up and that he needs to reschedule ? Boy you have a million excuses for this guy . Every singe thing that points toward Steve being the killer , you accuse people of making things up or not hearing properly . At some point , when everything that is presented to you , do you not consider , hmm . maybe this stuff is true ? Everyone can ' t be wrong or lying . At some point , you will realise the prosecution came up with a narrative which they wanted to prove . He calls Autotrader to advertise a vehicle . Perfectly normal , but the prosecution say it was a plan to murder Halbach . Avery says he wanted her back to photograph a loader . Perfectly normal , but the prosecution say he was luring her . All they did , was twist everything that happened to fit their story . Cremains found , they needed a fire . Although no one mentions a fire at first , surprisingly they then all remember a fire . Why ? Because the prosecution had to have a fire . With witnesses , they have to consider what is hearsay and the court will not allow it because it could be unfairly used against the defendant . This doesn ' t make it false or wrong information . True , but it could be false or wrong , that ' s why it ' s not allowed . You accept it as gospel if it fits your story though .