Making a Murderer: Prosecutor Ken Kratz Contemplated Suicide After National Attention

Throughout the Netflix series Making a Murderer, the nation watched as the case was mishandled and quickly spoke out against Manitowoc County law enforcement. Due to the entire backlash, lead prosecutor Ken Kratz contemplated suicide.

Making a Murderer is a phenomenon that has swept the nation. Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, Manitowoc County residents, are currently behind bars for the rape, murder and dismemberment of Auto Trader photographer Teresa Halbach.

Although Season 1 of the Netflix series has been out for quite some time, viewers from all over the world are outraged with the outcome. There was such a rush for justice proper investigation protocols were thrown out the window and the result landed two men behind bars for a crime they didn't commit.

According to Esquire, Manitowoc County law enforcement who has handled the case are now the villains. Since its release fans have sent letters of disgust bashing law enforcement for the less than adequate job they did with the case.

After a scandal broke that Kratz had been sexting a 26-year-old victim of domestic violence whose boyfriend he was prosecuting, he quickly resigned from his position in 2010. The news only made his reputation among the nation ten times worse.

During an exclusive interview with Dr. Drew, Kratz admitted that the public outrage and backlash put him a dark place. After the Netflix series aired, he couldn't handle the pressure and actually contemplated suicide.

"I actually put a gun in my mouth and was really, really having a hard time with having kind of gone from very well-respected and obviously very into my job to really vilified within maybe a 48- or 72-hour period," the former prosecutor tells Dr. Drew.

Once the case gained national attention, Kratz's life spiraled out of control. He struggled with insomnia, anxiety and developed dependency on prescription drugs.

"With the pressures I was under after the Avery case, this all began, I would suspect, as a result of the Avery case," Kratz tells Dr.Drew. "It was a case that I was very much in the public eye, very much in the limelight for 18 straight months. We were on the front page and really in a very, very high-profile case."

While it's understandable that stress has taken a toll on Kratz, many people can easily argue that he brought this upon himself. As an officer of the law you make a pledge to not abuse the law but use it to protect the citizens of this country. Manitowoc County seems to have dropped the ball when it came to Avery and Dassey and now unfortunately he is dealing with the fallout.

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