Pam Sturm Found the RAV4 at Avery Salvage Yard

Pam Sturm, a former private investigator, found Teresa Halbach's Rav4 in Avery Salvage Yard at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 5th (hearing exhibit 17). Rather than calling 911, she called the cell phone of Calumet County Sheriff Jerry Page, her cousin by marriage.

There is not only a familial relationship (by marriage) between the Pagels and the Sturms, but a long-time, close professional relationship between the generational sheriffs of Pagels and generational fire chiefs of Sturms.

By KiwiBattlerNZ, Reddit (plus other comments on the thread)

On the private search party looking for Teresa on November 5th: Suddenly Pam Sturm shows up and suggests searching the Avery property after being told by Ryan Hillegas that no one was going there...

What was surprising is that Ryan Hillegas and Pamela Sturm (who is/was a private investigator) actually testified to the opposite — they said no one was going to search Avery's until she suggested it.

Q. How do you know Pam and Nikole?
A. I had met them Saturday morning. They showed up after the good majority of everybody else had left. But that was the first time I had met them.
Q. After, then, the first wave, if you will, of citizens got their maps and they went off to do their search; what did you and Pam Sturm discuss?
A. Well, Pam had showed up after pretty much the whole group of everybody had already left to search in the morning. And we had a good — you know, so many people, we had a good portion of everything that we had divvied up. Good portion of that was already handed out to other people. Wasn't much area left to search yet.
And she just asked, basically came out and said, had anybody gone to the car yard yet, the Avery Salvage Yard. We just said, no, that we hadn't been sending anybody in there and she offered to and said she would be willing to and --

Page 167-168 of Day Two

Q. When you got there Pam, what happened?
A. Well, we got their late; the search team was already gone. Ryan and Scott were still there. And I asked them if I could help out. And they said, yes, they have maps for the area that they were going to search. And he showed me the map and then he showed me the picture of Teresa and all the details regarding Teresa.
And I indicated that I would like to go to the Avery Salvage Yard where Teresa was last seen. And he said, well, if you want to, it's not part of, you know, the search, but if you wish to do that, go ahead.

Page 199 of Day Two

The simple fact is, the Avery Salvage Yard was not on the list until Pam Sturm showed up... suggesting that at that time it was not considered to be the last place she was seen.

I have to wonder if someone told Pam Sturm that the Avery yard would be an important place to search, considering how she's the one that changed the plans.

I also noticed that the above testimony contradicts this:

Q. Let me ask you something, Mr. Hillegas, why would you center or why would you direct some of your search efforts around the Avery property?
A. Well, mostly for the fact that, you know, the media had covered so much of it. You know, all you heard about was around the Avery property. And I believe at that point we had known that, you know, her last kind of whereabouts were in that neck of the woods.
Q. So even as an untrained law enforcement officer, you knew to look for the last place she was seen alive; is that right?
A. Yes.

Page 168, Day Two
Page 165 of Day Two

A couple of pages later, he testified that no one was being sent to the Avery yard, and then Sturm testified that Hillegas told her it was not part of the search.

Hillegas testified that where she was last seen was "in that neck of the woods" not the Avery property itself, and they both testified that it was not intended to be part of the search that day.

I think it's pretty safe to say that at that point they did not believe Avery's yard was the last place she was seen. So why did the story change?

We have the telephone conversation between Wiegert and Remiker where it is said that Halbach went to the Avery property then the Zipperer property.

We have Hillegas and Sturm testifying that the Avery property wasn't even on the list of places to search until Sturm suggested it. And we have Hillegas testifying that the last place Halbach was seen was "in that neck of the woods" but not the Avery property itself.

Then Sturm goes there and within half an hour essentially walks directly to the RAV4.

It seems to me that she knew something about the Avery property that apparently no one else did.

Only Pam Sturm wanted to search there. The search party was not going to search the Avery yard until Pat Sturm showed up and specifically said she wanted to search there. Both her and Ryan Hillegas testified to that fact.

So, essentially, the story was changed after the fact. The evidence was pointing somewhere else until Pam Sturm miraculously found the RAV4 on the Avery property.

She testified she was guided by God. If she had guidance, it was from a very human source. Who guided her there? That's what I want to know. It sure as shit wasn't a fictional god. She isn't psychic, and angels didn't lead her there, but there is every reason to believe that she knew she would find that RAV4 there. So who told her it would be there?

My point is, there is no evidence that on the morning of November 5 — the day the RAV4 was found — that anyone thought the Avery property was the last place she was seen. No one testified that they knew it was the last place she was seen. We have the phone recording that shows the police believed that she had been to Zipperer's after the Avery property, and no evidence that they changed their opinion before the morning of November 5. In fact we have evidence that the search party was not even intending to search the Avery property, implying they believed it was not the last place she was seen. 

She never testified that the reason she wanted to go there was because it was the last place Halbach was seen.  Neither Ryan Hillegas nor Pat Sturm testified that they knew the Avery property was the last place she was seen. In fact, they both testified that no one even intended to go to the Avery property. The police did not believe the Avery property was the last place she was seen until after Pam Sturm made her miraculous discovery. There is no rational way she would have found that RAV4 so quickly. She knew it too, which is why she invoked God. The fact is, they either took their time looking in each vehicle for any sign of Halbach, as she testified, or she was lying on the witness stand. Either way, her story doesn't make sense unless she knew the RAV4 was there and had a very good idea where.

They're both saying Avery Salvage Yard itself wasn't being searched.

Exactly. Yet, the implication has been that was the last place she was seen and everybody supposedly knew it. But they never planned to actually search there on the first day?

They're not saying they weren't looking anywhere near the Avery property.

Exactly. The Zipperer residence is "near" the Avery property... "in that neck of the woods".

The question is, if they thought that morning that the Avery property was the last place she was seen alive, why did the search team not plan to search there?

I think you're reading way too much into specific phrasing — they knew Teresa would've been in that area when she was last seen, based on her phone records.

You're the one reading into the testimony. You're assuming they thought that property was the last place she was seen, despite none of them actually testifying to that effect.

With the audio of the phone call between the detectives, it seems pretty clear that the police didn't believe that it was the last place she was seen at that time. The actions of the search team make it pretty clear they did not think it was the last place she was seen.

As I said... when did the story change? After the RAV4 was found?

Remember Teresa was reported missing the evening of Nov 3. This was very early on Nov 5.

The video this thread is about has been dated to November 4, but some have suggested it was November 5. Either way, it seems that on the morning of November 5 the police believed the last place she was seen was the Zipperer property.

Why did that change? When did that change? And why was the former private investigator Pam Sturm the first to suggest searching the Avery property?

They'd basically only had a day to start sorting through information. The fact that they didn't have it all perfect yet isn't proof that she actually went to Zipperer's after Avery's.

I'm not saying it is. I am suggesting that Pam Sturm was told something that caused her to want to go directly to the Avery property and from there almost directly to the RAV4.

Could the detectives have had a quiet word with her based on information they discovered on November 3rd or 4th? Could someone else have told her she would find the RAV4 there?

And it really isn't strange she'd find it so quickly. Have you seen pictures of the Yard? The way the RAV4 was parked and hidden, it would stand out.

Yes, I have. I also read the testimony that it was at least 3 football fields from the crusher and even further from the entrance and the residences on the property. Yet she walked that 300 or so yards and went directly to the RAV4.

Here is an aerial photo of the yard with the locations marked

She must have walked past literally hundreds of vehicles without even pausing to look in them to cover that distance within the time frame she testified to. The RAV4 was found on the far edge of the yard from the entrance.

That's why she had to come up with the "divine guidance" excuse.

And just going in looking for a specific car means you can just generally walk up and down the rows at a decent pace, not that you need to stop to inspect every single car thoroughly

See, now you're not even sticking to the testimony:

Q. Now, which batch of vehicles did you search, if you can — if you can explain the kind of searching that you were doing; I'm sure the jury is going to be interested in that as well.
A. Okay. I started up here. And up here are trucks, cars, RVs. And we had tried to look in each and every one of them. And you can see there are rows here.

Page 206-207 of Day Two

They didn't just quickly walk around. According to Pam Sturm, they supposedly "tried to look in each and every" vehicle they passed.

Here is another damning part of Ryan's testimony:

Q. And on November 3rd, can you tell the jury what you did, please?
A. Yeah, in the afternoon, I believe it was, I'm going to say around 3:00 or so, Scott had called me and said that Teresa's dad had went over and asked if he had seen Teresa. And Scott called me and I went over to the house that afternoon. Basically, tried digging up any information on where she might be. We started calling her friends. We found a list of her friends on her computer with all their numbers. So we started calling all them to see if anybody had whereabouts. And then after that we printed off her cell phone records off the internet, just to see what calls she had made, or other numbers of friends we could find on there.

Page 158-159, Day Two

Q. Had you known at that time that she hadn't been seen since the 31st of October?
A. Basically, I knew that she was missing. I didn't know she hadn't been seen by anybody. But I knew that -- knew that she was missing or decided that she was missing at that point.
Q. After printing off or getting access to her cell phone records, I assume to her account, through her cell phone provider; were you able to provide that information to law enforcement authorities?
A. Yes.

Page 159, Day Two

So on November 3rd he had her phone records, but did not know she hadn't been seen, and thus couldn't know the last place she was seen.

Knowing who she called doesn't tell you who saw her last.

On November 4 (or November 5) Wiegert and Remiker were talking about her being at Zipperer's after Avery's... So the next day (or a day later) the police did not know where she was seen last.

Later, when asked how he knew the Avery property was the last place she was seen, Hillegas deferred. He did not say he knew the Avery property was the last place she was seen — just "that neck of the woods" — and he did not say the phone records led him to that conclusion, just that the media were talking about the Avery property...

Can you point me to the page number?

I got my Sturms mixed up. It was Nicole Sturm, on page 14 of Day 3. Put simply they were not just walking past vehicles, they were looking inside them — at least 50 each — to see if they could see her body or anything that might indicate her presence. But they walked in essentially a straight line over 300 yards directly to the RAV4, while at least "glancing" in over 50 vehicles each. And note, most of those vehicles were parked perpendicular to their line of travel, so every few yards south, they would have to walk a yard or two between each vehicle to look inside them.

Earl Avery went rabbit hunting "down in the pit" with Robert Fabian, driving past the spot where the Rav4 would be found on Saturday, November 5th. Earl said the Rav4 wasn't there when they drove past. Fabian said that he went rabbit hunting with Earl around 4:30 p.m. on October 31st, but he is lying or mistaken. He was at the Avery property rabbit hunting with Earl on Wednesday, November 2nd (CASO file, page 208 and page 237). At the pre-trial hearing (page 172), Earl said it was Wednesday or Thursday, not Monday, October 31st, when he and Fabian went rabbit hunting at the Avery property (Fabian and Earl's statements given to detectives in November 2005 were coerced and not truthful).

Trial Transcripts, Exhibits and Photos for Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey

Timeline from 1985 to 2005 (November 9th)

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Here is a timeline of events leading up to the discovery of the Rav4 by needless_things at Reddit:

1985

• Steven Avery is the victim of malicious prosecution, and as an innocent man, is sent to jail for the crimes that Gregory Allen committed. Allen would go on to assault multiple other women

1995

• Colborn receives a call containing information concerning Avery, he passes the information onto the Sheriff (at the time) Tom Kocourek, who suppresses the potentially exculpatory information. Steven Avery is, at the same time, right in the middle of Post-Conviction proceedings, asserting his innocence. All of his appeals are denied.

2003

• New DNA testing exculpates Steven Avery and inculpates Gregory Allen. Steven is exonerated. Attorney General orders a DOJ investigation, ultimately finding nothing wrong with the handling of Steven's 1985 case.

2004

• Avery, via his attorney's, files a civil complaint, alleging malicious prosecution, violation of due process, withholding of exculpatory information, and intentional misconduct leading to Avery's suffering and loss of freedom.

2005

September 2005

• Douglass Jones, Assistant DA for Manitowoc County, has a telephone conversation with Chief Deputy Eugene Kusche. In that conversation, Kusche tells Jones that Sergeant Andrew Colborn disclosed that Gregory Allen might be responsible for Avery's 1985 conviction.
• Mark Rohrer, Manitowoc County District Attorney, is deposed and acknowledges that Douglass Jones spoke with Eugene Kusche regarding the 1995 phone call.

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October 2005

• Judy Dvorak is deposed. Lieutenant James Lenk is deposed. Sheriff Kenneth Petersen is deposed. Sergeant Andrew Colborn is deposed and states under oath that he can not recall speaking with anyone else regarding the 1995 call.
• (October 26, 2005) Chief Deputy of Manitowoc County, Eugene Kusche, provides deposition regarding his sketch used in the 1985 Beerntsen case and why it looks nearly identical to Avery's mug shot from a prior charge.
• Once the email is revealed GK freezes up. The email details his knowledge of the 1995 call as well as stating GK said Colborn went directly to Kocourek with the information and that Lenk 'was aware' of the situation. This presented, to Steven's attorneys, the very real possibility that Kusche may have known Steven Avery wasn't guilty, along with Lenk, Colborn and Kocourek.
• That same day (October 26) Kocourek's attorney's contact the judge presiding over the case and assert Kocourek should not have to answer certain questions in his upcoming deposition on November 10, 2005. The judge disagrees and orders him to answer all questions asked of him.

October 26, 2005 was five days before Teresa's death. It was a bad day for the club.

• October 29, 2005 - Sheriff Petersen leaves town for approx. one week.

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October 31, 2005

• After completing all three appointments (?) Teresa Halbach disappears.
• Her last call forwarded message at 2:41p.m. occurred when her cellphone was still powered on and registered. That call pinged off the Whitelaw Tower, approx. 13 miles from Avery's property.
• Five voicemail deletions occurred on October 31, 2005. Eleven additional deletions were made prior to 7:12 a.m on November 2, 2005.

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November 2005

November 3, 2005

• Teresa is reported missing.
• According to Zellner, Colborn found the RAV4 on November 3, 2005. Page 3

November 4, 2005

• Zellner alleges that on November 4, shortly after Pagel and Baldwin conduct a fly over of the Avery property, the RAV4 was moved from the quarry to the Avery's via the conveyor road.
• Ryan received approximately 22 calls from law enforcement on November 4, 2005.

November 5, 2005

• Ryan organizes a volunteer search party. They meet on the morning of November 5, 2005.
• Pam Sturm and her daughter soon discover Halbach's car amidst the mass of vehicles at the Avery Auto Salvage yard after about 15 minutes of searching.
• Petersen arrives home. After the Rav was found not before. After.
• Remiker is the first officer on the scene, without permission from the Avery's. That damaging fact, along with many others, did not make it into the affidavit when Wiegert was requesting a warrant.

(See also: This Post which goes over Remiker and Wiegert's basket of lies surrounding the RAV and the affidavit. Jerry Buting outs them in front of Willis. Not much happened obivously)

• Remiker, on the Avery property, is soon followed by: Orth, Hermann, Schetter and Lenk all of whom work for MTSO and all arrive on the scene minutes before Weigert and Pagel arrive. Wiegert and Pagel are followed by the arrival of Kratz, Rohrer and Griesbach.

November 6, 2005

• Nothing found.

November 7, 2005

• Multiple officers are called away from the scene of the Avery property
• Zellner alleges it was on the 7th of November that the bones were planted. (page 6)

November 8, 2005

• Bones discovered (Most of Ms. Halbach's bones and 29 of her teeth were not found in Mr. Avery's burn pit)
• Key found (Avery's DNA, but none of Teresa's and no fingerprints of either?)
• License plate found. (Lenk and Colborn were asked to check cars that police and volunteer firefighters had apparently not checked. Over 200 members of law enforcement had already swept the area and found nothing.)

November 9, 2005

• Avery is arrested due to being a felon in possession of a fire arm, even though he was not arresetd at the time officers first saw the gun. (Kratz later said he was "not comfortable" having a convicted felon on the street knowing another felony might have been committed. Kratz: "Investigators brought this information on what was found to my attention. Mr. Avery is a convicted felon. Because he's a convicted felon, he's not allowed to possess firearms.)

November 10 - 15, 2005

• Depositions canceled. Problem solved.

DETECTIVE REPORTS

Request for Wisconsin DCI and State Crime Lab Records - DENIED

DCI - Fassbender Report

http://www.stevenaverycase.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Wisconsin-DOJ-Report-Fassbender.pdf

Requests for records from Wisconsin DCI and State Crime Lab have all been denied. Unfortunately, no additional records will be forthcoming from these agencies at this time.

http://www.stevenaverycase.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DOJ-Records-Request-Denial_redacted.pdf

CASO file (uploaded April 2016):
http://www.stevenaverycase.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CASO-Investigative-Report.pdf

MTSO file (uploaded March 2015)

• MTSO Report on Nov 4 Interview with Avery and Initial Search: click here
• MTSO Report on Halbach Investigation: click here

STEVEN AVERY'S POLICE AND MEDIA INTERVIEWS

Transcripts - Steven Avery's Police and Media Interviews (135 Pages)
by Nexious at TickTockManitowoc

I have transcribed the complete police interviews with Steven Avery from November 5th and 6th, and also three raw media interviews Steven gave to NBC26 from November 4th, 6th and 7th. This represents approximately 2.5 hours of Avery's earliest known comments about the Halbach case across 135 pages.I found it worthwhile to create full, searchable text transcripts versus having to continually scrub through the audio/video to locate particular remarks.

November 5, 2005 - Steven Avery Police Interview (48 Pages)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8looshxob1ymt53/%5B2005%2011%2005%5D%20-%20Steven%20Avery%20Police%20Interview.pdf?dl=0

November 6, 2005 - Steven Avery Police Interview (72 Pages)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b79exnahkck553j/%5B2005%2011%2006%5D%20-%20Steven%20Avery%20Police%20Interview.pdf?dl=0

November 4/6/7, 2005 - Steven Avery Media Interviews with NBC26 (15 Pages)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a6esf97qyhe7k0d/%5B2005%2011%5D%20-%20Steven%20Avery%20Media%20Interviews%20%28NBC26%29.pdf?dl=0

November 9th police interview with Steven Avery

DVD copy of the Nov 9, 2005 interrogation. Be warned, the quality is really bad and it's very difficult to hear - I think it was originally recorded on VHS.

YouTube link: click here

Audio-only link: click here

Incidentally, here's the written report from this interrogation, which has been online since last year.

BARB JANDA'S DOCUMENTED CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT

November 5, 2005 - At 5 p.m. Barb brings Blaine to Cedar Ridge restaurant to be questioned by DCI agent Skorlinksi and detective Baldwin. Report is not available online.

November 6, 2005 - At 2 a.m. Barb is arrested for possession of marijuana. She is told she doesn't qualify for a public defender because she owns a home.

November 7, 2005 - DCI Skorlinski and CASO's Baldwin: Baldwin notes in her report that Barb has given them permission to question Blaine.

November 9, 2005 - DCI Kapitany interviews Barb as she is being driven in a squad car to Aurora Medical Center to get swabbed, fingerprinted, etc. There is a recording of Chuck Avery from the squad that took him to Aurora for DNA swabbing, etc. Barb sat in the front seat of the squad car while she was being interviewed by DCI Kapitany, but we don't have a copy of the recording or a report of the interview. The only report entered into evidence about contact with Barb is the November 14th interview. What did she say in her earlier statements?!

November 14, 2005 - DCI Skorlinski and CASO's Baldwin interview Barb: Baldwin notes prior contact with Barb but doesn't reference a report (CASO file, page 264).

February 27, 2006 - DCI agent Fassbender interviews Barb while Wiegert interrogates Brendan. Wiegert wrote that Barb declined to sit in the interview room while Brendan was being questioned. After the interrogation, they bring Barb and Brendan to Fox Hills Resort to spend the night for their safety. "A room was secured at the Fox Hills Resort for Barbara and Brendan until interviews could be completed by the investigators." Apparently Brendan was questioned again around 10 p.m. without his mother present, and the interview was not recorded.

March 1, 2006 - Barb gives Fassbender and Wiegert permission to question Brendan again. Barb does not sit in on the interrogation because F&W tell her, according to Barb, that the story he is about to tell will be gruesome. How would they know what he was going to tell them would be gruesome unless they fed him the story to tell on February 27 when they interrogated him off at 10 p.m. without recording it? On March 1st, they coerce a false confession from Brendan.

At 2 a.m. on November 6, 2005, less than a day after Pam Sturm found the RAV4 in Avery Salvage Yard and less than a day after police took control of the property, Barb Janda was taken into custody on a marijuana possession charge. From that point forward, Barb was at the disposal of law enforcement to make use of as they chose. [On February 8, 2006, she pleaded guilty, no contest, and the case was dismissed on the prosecutor's motion. The court official was Jerome Fox.]

https://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=92079

"Dassey’s mother, Barbara Janda, agreed to the second interview but declined the offer to accompany Dassey. On March 1, again with Janda’s permission, officers retrieved Dassey from school for a videotaped interview." Barbara denies this.

"Barb declined their offer to be present for the interview..." Here's the other side of that claim.
By Nexious (self.TickTockManitowoc)
November 18, 2016

As an addendum, Barb just summarized much of the same on Facebook, following the seventh circuit's stay of Brendan's release and continued claims by certain parties that Barb had declined to be present when Brendan was interviewed.

"To all supporters of Brendan Dassey, I have something to say about the state and their lying. They say that I gave them permission to interview Brendan, well that was a lie. The day they did this at school I was at work for 10 hours, they called me after the fact. They interviewed him for 3 to 4 hours then first contacted me to come get him. I never gave them permission to do what they did. They did it behind my back. And when they took us to the police station in T.R. they told me I couldn't go in with him (Brendan) because he was going to give them a gruesome story that I wouldn't be able to handle it. And told me to go have a seat on the chair. That is the truth, and they are lying through their teeth. I will not put any name but I'm sure you know who they are. Thank you."

https://www.reddit.com/r/TickTockManitowoc/comments/5dlh59/barb_declined_their_offer_to_be_present_for_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MakingaMurderer/comments/4bgxm8/dasseys_mother_barbara_janda_agreed_to_the_second/

STEVEN AVERY'S TRIAL

http://www.stevenaverycase.org/photos/
http://www.stevenaverycase.org/keydocuments/
http://www.stevenaverycase.org/exhibits/

Steven Avery List of 2005-2007 Trial Exhibits
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0wmmsd5vgpn70gm/Steven-Avery-Trial-Exhibits-2005-2007%20%281%29.pdf?dl=0

Source: stevenaverycase.org

Index of Documents

Court Record of Events: click here
Index of Avery Case File Documents (Compilation of Record): click here
Transcripts from the 27-day Jury Trial: click here (for a day-by-day index, click here)
Transcripts from Pre-Trial and Post-Trial Hearings: click here
Transcript from Pre-Trial and Post-Trial Combined: click here Police Interview and Interrogation Records and Other Audio Recordings: click here
Photos - Evidence Exhibits Presented During Trial: click here
Other Evidence Exhibits Presented During the Trial: click here
Key Documents from the Trial: click here
Documents Filed In Avery's Appeals: click here
Miscellaneous Records: click here

 Calumet and Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office Records and Correspondence: click here

Kratz's Offer of Proof
http://www.stevenaverycase.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Offer-of-Proof.pdf

Kratz's Discovery Transmittal Documents

http://www.stevenaverycase.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Kratz-Correspondence-Regarding-Discovery_redacted.pdf

Steven Avery Arrest and Interrogation by Wiegert
http://www.stevenaverycase.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Steven-Avery-Interview-Report-2005Nov09.pdf

Sherry Culhane DNA Analysis Reports

Exhibit 311:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lnzzfrw58eszqcy/Exhibit_311_Culhane_DNA_analysis.PDF%3Bfilename_%3D%20UTF-8%27%27Exhibit%20311%20Culhane%20DNA%20analysis.PDF?dl=0

Exhibit 312:
 https://www.dropbox.com/s/hde07r73zg441an/Exhibit_312_Culhane_DNA_analysis.PDF%3Bfilename_%3D%20UTF-8%27%27Exhibit%20312%20Culhane%20DNA%20analysis.PDF?dl=0

Exhibit 313:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/iku7tjdrfhh5e3q/Exhibit_313_Culhane_DNA_analysis.PDF%3Bfilename_%3D%20UTF-8%27%27Exhibit%20313%20Culhane%20DNA%20analysis.PDF?dl=0

Exhibit 314:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2dfxmbm1ijhr00v/Exhibit_314_Culhane_DNA_analysis.PDF%3Bfilename_%3D%20UTF-8%27%27Exhibit%20314%20Culhane%20DNA%20analysis.PDF?dl=0

Exhibits 14 & 15:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qd1jev68j4tc4wg/Exhibit_14_15_Culhane_DNA_analysis.PDF%3Bfilename_%3D%20UTF-8%27%27Exhibit%2014%20%26%2015%20Culhane%20DNA%20analysis.PDF?dl=0

Day 1 - 2007 Feb 12

Opening Statement of Prosecuting Attorney Kratz
Opening Statement of Defense Attorney Strang
Michael D. Halbach, Brother of murder victim Teresa Halbach
Thomas Pearce, Photographer Mentor and Employer to Halbach
David Beach, Cousin of Teresa Halbach, volunteer in search for Halbach

Day 2 - 2007 Feb 13

Angela Schuster, employee with Auto Trader Magazine, supervisor of Halbach
Dawn Pliszka, receptionist with Auto Trader Magazine, describes previous meeting between Halbach and Avery
Curtis Drumm, assisted in search of Halbach by airplane
Steven Schmitz, first customer who previously engaged photography services of Halbach earlier in the day
Joellen Zipperer, second third customer who previously engaged photography services of Halbach earlier in the day after Avery
Ryan Hillegas, previous boyfriend of Halbach
Pamela Sturm, second cousin of Halbach, volunteer in search for Halbach, searched car lot and discovered Halbach's Toyota RAV4

Day 3 - 2007 Feb 14

Nicole Sturm, daughter of Pamela Sturm, accompanied Sturm in search of Avery car lot and discovery of RAV4
Bobby Dassey, Nephew of Avery and Brother of Brendan Dassey
Trooper Timothy Austin, Forensic mapping of Avery Property

Day 4 - 2007 Feb 15

Bobby Dassey, Nephew of Avery and Brother of Brendan Dassey
Lieutenant Brett Bowe, Patrol lieutenant with Calumet County Sheriff's Department, called November 6 to take command of crime scene.
Deputy Peter O'Connor, Patrol deputy with the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department, first officer at scene on November 5
Sergeant Jason Orth, Patrol sergeant with Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department, second officer at scene, secured RAV4
Deputy Inspector Todd Hermann, Inspector with Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department, investigated RAV4

Day 5 - 2007 Feb 16

Julie Cramer, Great Lakes Search and Rescue Canine, assisted in search for Halbach
Special Agent Thomas Fassbender, Special Agent with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation, joined investigation November 5
William Brandes Jr., assisted in search of Avery car lot on November 8, discovered licence plate in a station wagon in car lot.
Trooper Cindy Paine, police officer who secured licence plate evidence

Day 6 - 2007 Deb 19

John Ertl, forensic scientist, State Crime Lab in Madison, examined crime scene including burn barrels and burn pit.
Deputy David Siders, Patrol Deputy Manitowoc County Sherrif's Department, assisted in search of Avery property on November 7, discovered burning barrel in field north of Avery property.
Sergeant William Tyson, Patrol Sergeant Calumet County Sheriff's Department, assisted in search on November 5, first officer from Calumet County on scene and to take custody of RAV4. On April 4 swabbed the hood latch of RAV4 which later showed contained DNA from sweat from Avery.

Day 7 - 2007 Feb 20

Sergeant William Tyson, Patrol Sergeant Calumet County Sheriff's Department, testimony continues from previous day.
Sergeant Andrew L. Colborn, patrol sergeant with the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department, present during search in bedroom when RAV4 key is found, failed to log call that could have freed Avery from his original incarceration in Beernsten case (until 8 years later a few days after Avery was released), was questioned on cross about planting evidence.
Lieutenant James Lenk, Lieutenant Detective Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department, present during search in bedroom when RAV4 key is found.

Day 8 - 2007 Feb 21

Lieutenant James Lenk, Lieutenant Detective Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department, continued questioning from previous day, was questioned on cross about planting evidence, questioned about access to vial of Avery's blood in Clerk's office.
Detective Dave Remiker, Detective with Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department, present during search in bedroom when RAV4 key is found.
Lieutenant Dan Kucharski, Patrol officer and evidence tech with Calumet County Sheriff's Department, searched property on November 5 with cadaver dog, found several .22 long rifle shell casing on floor of garage

Day 9 - 2007 Feb 22

Deputy Daniel Kucharski, Patrol officer and evidence tech with Calumet County Sheriff's Department, continued testamony from previous day, details search of garage and "possible" bloodspots.
Investigator Gary Steier, special investigator with the Calumet County Sheriff's Department, assisted in search of Avery property and general sweep of several residences on property.
Special Agent Kevin Heimerl, Special Agent with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation, assisted in search of Avery property on November 6, participated in neighborhood canvasing, secured evidence from burn pit and burn barrels.

Day 10 - 2007 Feb 23

Katie Halbach
Ronald L. Groffy
Sherry Culhane

Day 11 - 2007 Feb 26

Sherry Culhane
Nick Stahlke

Day 12 - 2007 Feb 27

Nick Stahlke
Blaine Dassey
Robert Fabian
Scott Tadych
Bobbie Dohrwardt
Laura Schadrie
Bobbie Dohrwardt

Day 13 - 2007 Feb 28

Special Agent Tom Sturdivant
Dr. Donald Simley
Karen Halbach
Dr. Leslie Eisenberg

Day 14 - 2007 Mar 01

Dr. Leslie Eisenberg
Curtis Thomas
William Newhouse

Day 15 - 2007 Mar 02

Kenneth Olson
Dr. Jeffrey Jentzen

Day 16 - 2007 Mar 05

Dr. Marc LeBeau

Day 17 - 2007 Mar 06

Lynn Zigmunt
Dr. Marc LeBeau

Day 18 - 2007 Mar 07

Special Agent Rodney Pevytoe
Michael Riddle
Anthony Joseph Zimmerman
Michael Daniel Halbach
Investigator Mark Wiegert

STATE RESTS

Day 19 - 2007 Mar 08

Lisa Buchner
John Leurquin
Roland Johnson
Debra Kakatsch

Day 20 - 2007 Mar 09

Janine Arvizu
Dr. Scott Fairgrieve
Investigator Mark Wiegert

Day 21 - 2007 Mar 12

Fair Testing Motion
Motion to Suppress Multiple Searches
Motion to Dismiss All Charges
Individual Voir Dire
Defendant Waives Right to Testify

DEFENSE RESTS

Day 22 - 2007 Mar 13

Jury Instruction Conference

Day 23 - 2007 Mar 14

Closing Arguments

Day 24 - 2007 Mar 15

Closing Arguments
Final Instructions

Day 25 - 2007 Mar 16

Jury Requests

Day 26 - 2007 Mar 17

Jury Requests

**Day 27 - 2007 Mar 18

Reading Verdicts

There are concerns about the images that were supplied to u/SkippTopp at stevenaverycase.org when the evidence was requested. Most of the images were post-processed through photoshop, which can be seen in the exif data. It's how the images were received. Many photos are shopped, cropped, manipulated and intentionally blurred. Showing a zoomed in shot of a specific detail would be allowed in court, provided the unedited, source image were included for verification and context. The images we see in evidence exhibits/photos on the stevenaverycase.org site, however, show indications of pure tampering and fraud. Digital photographs are weak evidence because they can be altered, which is why Poloroid film is still used because it is unalterable.



Now here's an image that Skipp received with the evidence:



And here's something found online:



No EXIF on this one either, but it is much better quality. Maybe Zellner has a CD of the original images that were digital. It's hard to know if these are copies of film prints or originally digital.

Spot the differences in cropping and quality of the images. Notice that the change on the table has been cropped out in the images provided to SkippTopp. Maybe somebody was concerned that change sitting on the table wasn't consistent with the violent shaking we've been told was necessary to make the key appear? Photos exist with the change already on there, so what would be the point of trying to hide it now? Desperation, maybe... Yeah, damage control I guess. There would be a certain % of people that would only see the "new & improved" pics. I guess from their PR campaign's point of view, they need all the help they can get, so crop out as much as possible to make their fairy tale more believable.

The jurors commented that they did not believe the bookcase was shaken because the change was still on top of it. Exactly. This photo has always been the smoking gun. Coupled the uncropped photo with the change on the top of the record case and it's just obvious the key was planted.

In the paper bag are the novelty toy thumb cuffs. These MINIATURE novelty cuffs were presented as evidence and listed in trial record under "weapons and ammo" and titled "leg irons." It helps the prosecution because they are not photographed next to a RULER!

BRENDAN DASSEY

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9TvyUQXEMgoBDZAibMHO2A

New photos from Brendan Dassey's trial - NOW ONLINE!

New documents from Brendan Dassey's case - NOW ONLINE!

• http://www.stevenaverycase.org/dassey-trial-records/

• http://www.stevenaverycase.org/evidence-photos/

Brendan's Overturned Conviction:

The following three documents were filed in Dassey's case. There's nothing exciting here but I figured I'd upload and post them anyway. Please note the documents related to the dismissal are not dismissals of the state's appeal or of their opposition to Dassey's release - see further explanation below.

• Consent Motion for Voluntary Dismissal: click here
• Final Order for Dismissal: click here
• Notice Regarding Nirider Availability for Oral Arguments: click here

Explanation of the dismissal:

Case 16-3397 (7th Circuit Court of Appeals), Filed 09/09/16

This is the state's appeal of the habeas decision, and it's still open, pending resolution.

Case 16-3911 (7th Circuit Court of Appeals), Filed 11/15/16, Closed 11/30/16

This was a separate case that was opened when the state appealed the decision granting Dassey's release on recognizance. As I understand it, the above voluntary dismissal and final dismissal order (in response to this 11/29/16 order) serve simply to close this separate case, which apparently did not need to be opened because the state's appeal of Dassey's release is part of the above case 16-3397.

In other words, this separate case is moot, but the state's appeal of the habeas decision and their opposition to Dassey's release are still in play. In other words, there's really nothing to see here other than administrative paperwork.

Brendan's Trial:

Brendan Dassey full trial transcripts. All nine days plus the judgment with release date.

For those interested in trial transcripts, they are list by the day and in PDF format.

1. http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DasseyTrial_Day1_4.16.07.pdf
2. http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DasseyTrial_Day2_4.17.07.pdf
3. http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DasseyTrial_Day3_4.18.07.pdf
4. http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DasseyTrial_Day4_4.19.07.pdf
5. http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DasseyTrial_Day5_4.20.07.pdf
6. http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DasseyTrial_Day6_4.21.07.pdf
7. http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DasseyTrial_Day7_4.23.07.pdf
8. http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DasseyTrial_Day8_4.24.07.pdf
9. http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/DasseyTrial_Day9_4.25.07.pdf

Judgment:
http://jenniferjslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Dassey_Judgment_8.2.2007.pdf

Link to photo exhibits:
http://freebrendan.org/index.php/2016/03/08/photo-exhibits/

Brendan's first interview:
http://www.stevenaverycase.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Brendan-Dassey-Interview-Report-2005Nov06.pdf

Brendan Dassey Trial Transcripts self.MakingaMurderer

submitted 5 months ago * by Fred_J_Walsh

(Please note that additional Dassey case documents are now offered after the transcript list.)

I've now been granted access to the trial transcripts of the complete Dassey trial, Days 1 through 9. [Edited to Add: My source for the docs had been using a publicly accessible online service called PACER.]

Day 1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/c9ow4lwzec007mi/dassey_4_16_07.pdf?dl=0
Day 2 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/s4jyyith9lwpstx/dassey_4_17_07.pdf?dl=0
Day 3 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mrlpwg8i7ijgl40/dassey_4_18_07.pdf?dl=0
Day 4 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/sd61m0fi8scvalq/dassey_4_19_07.pdf?dl=0
Day 5 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/rgzsfpayoeexuc9/dassey_4_20_07.pdf?dl=0
Day 6 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ihqb4nsa96b5grd/dassey_4_21_07.pdf?dl=0
Day 7 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mghew07qa5c9gry/dassey_4_23_07.pdf?dl=0
Day 8 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ae9ms03070j5423/dassey_4_24_07.pdf?dl=0
Day 9 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/wh68grcgefr6vo2/dassey_4_25_07.pdf?dl=0

Additionally here is the transcript of O'Kelly speaking with Brendan Dassey (05-12-06)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zwkqpsq58wio3cm/dassey_okelly_5_12_06.pdf?dl=0

and a transcript of a phonecall from Brendan Dassey to his Mom Barb Janda (05-13-06) https://www.dropbox.com/s/ubsv7f29l7j4e1b/dassey_mom_5_13_06.pdf?dl=0

Dassey Trial Timeline:
April 16 - Dassey, now 17, goes on trial.
April 20 - Prosecutors play Dassey's videotaped confession for the jury.
April 23 - Dassey testifies in his own defense, saying he lied when he gave the statement but doesn't know why. Avery does not testify at Dassey's trial.
April 25 - After 4-½ hours of deliberation, the jury, which was selected in Dane County, convicts Dassey of being party to first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and second-degree sexual assault.
SOURCE: (for above timeline only) http://www.gmtoday.com/news/special_reports/halbach_murder/dassey_trial.asp

Brendan Dassey Interview Transcripts and Emails:

• 2/27/06 – Fassbender/Wiegert question Brendan at Mishicot High School
• 2/27/06 – Fassbender/Wiegert question Brendan at Police Department
• 3/1/06 – Fassbender/Wiegert question Brendan again
• 5/5/2006 – Email from Kachinsky to Wiegert
• 5/9/2006 – Email from O’Kelly to Kachinsky
• 5/12/06 – O’Kelly questions Brendan without attorney present
• 5/12/05 – Email from Kachinsky to Fassbender
• 5/13/06 – Fassbender/Wiegert question Brendan again
• 5/13/15 – Recorded phone call between Brendan and his mother

Supplemental Report: Filed 2/27/2006
Criminal Complaint: Filed 3/2/2006
Motion to Suppress: Filed 4/19/2006
Dassey Hearing: 5/4/2006
Decision on Motion to Suppress: Filed 5/12/2006
Withdrawal of Council: Filed 5/30/2006
Dassey Hearing: 8/25/2006


Our very awesome /u/SkippTopp has them on his website here:

• http://www.stevenaverycase.org/dassey-trial-records/

The photos from Brendan's trial are listed on the same page as Avery's trial photos here:

• http://www.stevenaverycase.org/evidence-photos/

Exhibits from Brendan's trial

Aside from CVs of various people who testified in Brendan's jury trial, these are the remaining document exhibits:

Exhibit #	Description	Day
207	Brendan’s drawing of a knife	5
208	Brendan’s drawing of SA bedroom	5
209	Brendan’s drawing of garage	5
210	Brendan's drawing of burn pit	5
218	IEP from September 29th, 2005	6
219	IEP progress report from September 29th, 2005	6
220	Evaluation report by speech and language pathologist	6
221	IEP from October 12th, 2004	6
222	IEP from October 22rd, 2003	6
223	Report of Woodcock-Johnson testing from October 2002	6
224	Observation report from regular education teacher dated September 16th, 2005	6
227	16 PF Factors	8
228	Results of WAIS and Kaufman IQ (scores and percentiles)	8
229	Results of MMPI-A Scales and Percentiles	8
230	Results of Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale	8

May 4th, 2006 Motion Hearing Here is a list of the 5 exhibits. I requested exhibits 1, 2, and 4, as Exhibit 5 is under seal and Exhibit 3 didn't seem like something people would be interested in at the moment.

Exhibit #	Description
1	City of Two Rivers rights and waiver form dated 02-27-06.
2	Calumet County Warning and Waiver of Rights form dated 03-01-06.
4	copy of psychoeducational report prepared by Ms. Schoenenberger-Gross (school psychologist)

01-15-2010 Post-conviction Motion Hearing This hearing is the hearing we see snippets of in episode 10 of MaM. /u/Nexious provided a copy of the transcripts of the hearing, which you can find at the bottom of this page on Skipp's site. I bolded two that I thought people would be particularly interested in.

Exhibit #	Description
56	Crime Scene and Statement Analysis invoice dated 04-03-06 through 05-16-06.
62	email from Len Kachinsky to Michael O'Kelly
64	email from O'Kelly to Kachinsky dated 04-27-06.
65	email from O'Kelly to Kachinsky dated 05-07-06.
66	email chain between Kachinsky and O'Kelly dated 05-09-06 and 05-01-06.
72	letter from Mark Fremgen to Robert Gordon, dated October 10, 2006.
73	email from Jerome Buting to Mark Fremgen dated 01-17-07.
74	email from Jerome Buting to Mark Fremgen, dated March 22, 2007.
77	email from Jerome Buting to Mark Fremgen, dated 04-06-07.
78	email chain between Mark Fremgen and Robert Gordon, dated between April 6, 2007 through April 8, 2007.
79	email chain between Lawrence White and Mark Fremgen, dated April 11, 2007.
94	"Self Interview" form dated 04-16-06.
215	letter from Robert Gordon to Mark Fremgen, dated November 15, 2006.
225	email from Jerome Buting to Mark Fremgen, dated 01-17-07.
229	email from Kratz to Fremgen dated November 30, 2006.
339	email from O'Kelly to Dedering and Fassbender (subject: Linguistic Analysis Information)
340	email from O'Kelly to Fassbender and Dedering dated May 8, 2006.
343	email from Ken Kratz to Len Kachinsky.
344	email from Ken Kratz to Len Kachinsky.
347	letter from Len Kachinsky to Brendan Dassey.
350	letter from Len Kachinsky to Brendan Dassey.
359	Len Kachinsky's notes on Brendan's statements.
361	Len Kachinsky's notes.
362	Michael O'Kelly's notes dated 04-22-06.
363	DCI Report dated 5.12.06
370	list relating to the interview between Dassey and O'Kelly dated 05-13-06.

Exhibits that are already available

Exhibit #	Description
87	chart identifying contamination of Brendan's March 1 confession.
337	summary of Kachinsky media statements.
338	email from Kachinsky to Wiegert copied to Kratz and O'Kelly dated 05-05-06.
353	O'Kelly's handwritten notes dated 04-23-06.
356	email from Kachinsky to Fassbender.

Brendan Dassey Trial Transcripts:

• Dassey Trial – Day 1
• Dassey Trial – Day 2
• Dassey Trial – Day 3
• Dassey Trial – Day 4
• Dassey Trial – Day 5
• Dassey Trial – Day 6
• Dassey Trial – Day 7
• Dassey Trial – Day 8
• Dassey Trial – Day 9

Dassey Judgment: 8/2/2007

Summary from stevenaverycase.com:

• Day 1
  • Karen Halbach, Teresa's mother, testifies about the search for her daughter
  • Katie Halbach, Teresa's sister, testifies about the brand of jeans and lanyard her sister owned
  • Thomas Fassbender, lead investigator in the case
• Day 2
  • William Tyson, involved in searching the Avery property
  • Kevin Heimerl, participated in searching the burn barrels and fire pit, and the garage search when the bullets were found
  • Dan Kucharski, participated in searching the Avery property, and was supervising when the key was found
  • John Ertl, participated in the securing the Rav 4, searching burn barrel no. 5, searching the fire pit, and luminol testing in the garage
  • William Newhouse, firearms expert who tested the two bullets found in the garage
  • Kenneth Olson, examined Teresa's skull fragment to determine a bullet wound, and tested Avery's headboard
• Day 3
  • Kayla Avery, Brendan's cousin, testifies about the statement she gave to police
  • Sherry Culhane, DNA analyst
  • Nick Stahlke, blood pattern analyst
  • Susan Brandt, Kayla's counselor, testifies about what Kayla told her
  • Jodi Stachowski, testifies that the bedroom has been rearranged since she went to prison
  • Thomas Sturdivant, participated in searching the Avery property
  • Donald Simley, dentist who identified Teresa's teeth
• Day 4
  • Stipulation regarding Schmitz and Zipperer, two of Teresa's clients on Oct. 31, 2005
  • Stipulation regarding Bobby Dassey's statements
  • Stipulation regarding Scott Tadych's statements
  • Rodney Pevytoe, describes the heat created by tires and the scene of the burn pit
  • Dr. Leslie Eisenberg, testifies regarding the charred remains found, determines cause of death homicidal violence and two gun shot wounds to the head
  • Anthony O'Neill, testifies regarding an 11/7 conversation he had with Brendan Dassey
  • Stipulation regarding Auto Trader employees' statements
  • Mark Wiegert, testifies regarding Kayla's statements
• Day 5
  • Mark Weigert, testifies mainly about his interviews and interrogations with Brendan Dassey
• Day 6
  • Mark Wiegert, lead investigator in Halbach case, cross and re-direct
  • Kris Schoenenberger-Gross, Brendan's school psychologist
  • Blaine Dassey, Brendan's brother
  • Michael Kornely, called and spoke with Brendan on Oct 31
• Day 7
  • Brendan Dassey
  • Michael Riddle, fingerprint analyst
• Day 8
• Day 9

MAKING A MURDERER

You can also read the written transcripts to each episode of Making a Murderer by clicking here: Making a Murderer transcripts