dealership when he says a man came in wanting to test drive the dodge challenger. martinez made a copy of the man's driver's license according to company policy and they left the parking lot. then the suspect pulled the car over, hit martinez and stuffed him in the trunk. >> he hit me. they thought they knocked me out. but they didn't. they left the trunk open. i jumped out. i started fighting. then another guy pulled a gun. he dropped it. i picked it up and shot at him. >> reporter: according to police, a possible third suspect pulled up and load the injured suspect and another man into a car and drove away. police found martinez walking along the side of the road and took him to the hospital. but let's rewind for a minute. martinez had his cell phone with him inside the trunk and used it in his escape plan. >> called the cops. let them know what kind of car i was in, what description it was. >> reporter: to demonstrate what he was able to do while locked

inside the back of a dodge challenger. okay. so he knew this latch was in here, and it glows in the dark. you can see it right there. but before he did that he pulled out his phone and he knew that there was a find my iphone app on his phone. he made sure to hide his phone inside the trunk before pulling the release latch to get out. he saved his life and helped police find the car the suspects ditched. >> i'll keep working. >> reporter: the next step for police, finding those suspects. >> again, that was kaitlyn mccully from our houston station with that report. >> what an unbelievable story. >> talk about a bad day at work. geez. >> hope he gets better soon. >> and that they find those people. coming up, we should point out -- the headline being that they have found the guys. >> they got them? >> apparently. coming up, "making a murderer." the popular netflix series facing a backlash. yeah, under fire for claims that filmmakers left out critical

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series is generating a lot of buzz. viewers of "making a murderer" on netflix say the central figure should be pardoned. >> this has been controversial. but another key player says the show isn't very accurate. the story now from abc's linzie davis. >> reporter: the netflix series "making a murderer" has hundreds of thousands in an uproar after watching the story of steve avery. who was freed after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. not long after, avery is arrested for the murder of theresa hallbeck, a young photographer whose charred remains were found on his property. >> he wanted us to help him get rid of the body. >> reporter: the series showcases riveting courtroom testimony questioning the state's evidence against avery and his then teenage nephew.

it. >> reporter: the defense attorneys suggest he was framed. >> you're hearing the evidence of the conspiracy. >> reporter: avery and his nephew were convicted of hallbeck's murder and sentenced to life in prison. >> nothing in your life suggests that society would ever be safe from your behavior. >> reporter: now outraged viewers want them freed. more than 200,000 people have signed a petition on change.org and another 30,000 are asking for a presidential pardon for avery and his nephew. >> we wanted to present as many sides as we could. but at the same time we also wanted to tell a compelling story. >> reporter: but in a statement to abc news, prosecutor ken krantz alleges important evidence was left out of the documentary, evidence like avery had drawn a torture chamber while in prison. that avery called the victim's job to specifically request hallbeck the day she died. and that he called her cell phone three times, twice using the star 67 feature to hide his identity. the filmmakers say they were always concerned with fairness and accuracy. >> from my perspective it's a fair representation of what we witnessed going on and that the prosecution and the victim's family have voices in the series.

they're feeling. we hear the prosecutor talking about why he thinks his case is strong. >> reporter: when abc news approached netflix, we were told there was no further comment. linzie davis, abc news, new york. >> wow. that is so interesting. i haven't started watching it yet. but i will. >> yeah, it's been very, very popular. and it's sort of like -- it's really gone viral. i was watching some of the reaction to this. mindy kaling tweeting about it, saying "make a murderer or the first serial. i need to know which murder thing to be obsessed with." >> oh, no. >> putting it all in perspective. >> yeah. >> and levity. we're celebrating a big day over here. >> the birthday of "world news now." birthday of "world news now."tv now, i'm walking them. life is unpredictable one thing i need to be predictable is to be flake free. because i have used head and shoulders for 20 years.

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