Steven Avery

Steven Avery

STEVEN AVERYThanks to www.missingabducted.com for their fervent, hard work on these cases. Please visit them as they have details no one else seeems to have.I posted the below comment on Nov. 9, 2005 onNov. 11, 2005 the following story came out:Well, here we are at this tragedy. And i'd have to say that at this point it's not a stretch to say Teresa Halbach is dead. Usually when all the fingers seem to be pointing to the Person of Interest, in this case, im not so sure. But this time, Steven feels good for this one, despite his previous innocence. So where is Teresa? I'd say in a car (trunk, likely). Not far. Perhaps right there on the salvage yard lot. She was certainly set up to be killed, most likely by someone who had contact with her. Like thru some sort of contractual obligation to take pictures. She's got to turn up soon. Let's hope for the body for closure....i just want to update my feeling on. When i say he feels good for this one im including the possibility that perhaps he DIDNT do it but may very well know who did--and be connected to the murder that way.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Teresa Halbach’s vehicle has been found at Avery Auto Salvage. We are sure that this now discounts Steven Avery’s account of Teresa being there for 5 minutes and he must now be a person of interest. We will watch for coverage of the 9pm press conference or the one at 1:30 tomorrow. Since his exoneration, Avery has been helping out at his family’s auto-salvage company, plans to remarry in July and hopes for more children.-Reported in Feb of 2005. (CBS) CALUMET COUNTY Police have set up a search perimeter in the Mishicot area in relation to the disappearance of Teresa Halbach. CBS 5’s Jennifer Kolbusz is in Mishicot tonight, and reports that authorities closed off several roads in the area. She also says that authorities have located Teresa Halbach’s vehicle at Avery Auto Salvage, but are not releasing any additional details at this time. A press conference was held at 9pm Saturday night. Due to lightning in the Mishicot area, we will bring you the conference in its entirety on WFRV.Com as soon as possible. Authorities are calling another press conference scheduled for 1:30pm Sunday afternoon. We will carry that press conference as a live webcast here on WFRV.Com Avery said he feared he was being “set up” as he believes Manitowoc County officials had done 20 years ago. “I ain’t gonna put nothing past them,” he said. Missing woman, freed prisoner crossed paths. Missing woman, freed prisoner crossed paths http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/nov05/368439.asp Man who was wrongly jailed for sex crime is questioned By TOM KERTSCHER tkertscher@journalsentinel.com Posted: Nov. 5, 2005 Investigators looking for a missing woman Saturday searched an area near the home of Steven Avery, the Manitowoc County man who served 18 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of a sexual assault in 1985. brother of the missing woman, Teresa Halbach, said it was a "red flag" that Avery apparently was among the last people to see her, but he hoped investigators would fully question others as well. Avery said he feared he was being "set up" as he believes Manitowoc County officials had done 20 years ago. "I ain't gonna put nothing past them," he said. Mike Halbach, 23, a video assistant with the Green Bay Packers, said law enforcement officials told his family that his sister was last seen Monday afternoon. He said that Teresa Halbach, a 25-year-old photographer who lives next door to her parents in Hilbert, had three photo appointments that afternoon, including one at Avery's home in Two Rivers, and all three people said she had taken pictures and left. Halbach said investigators told his family that his sister was on her cell phone with Auto Trader, the magazine for which she was taking photos, at about 2:30 p.m. Monday. "After that, that's when everything stopped," he said. Halbach said his parents weren't aware that Teresa was missing until she didn't return calls Wednesday night to her sister. They reported Teresa missing to Calumet County authorities about 2 p.m. Thursday, he said. Halbach said his sister and her male roommate work different hours, and it was not uncommon for them not to see each other for a couple of days. Halbach said his sister wouldn't leave the area for any length of time without telling family. "Things are leading toward a different direction than that," said Manitowoc County Sheriff's Lt. John Seim. He would not discuss the investigation, other than to confirm that investigators had spoken to Avery on Thursday and Friday. Calumet County Sheriff Gerald Pagel said investigators were treating the matter as a missing person case and not a crime and that Avery has been "very cooperative." Pagel said the Avery property was searched Saturday based on possible evidence that volunteers had found Saturday morning, and other areas where possible evidence was found also were searched. Avery, 43, said Teresa Halbach has taken photos of vehicles that he was selling a number of times over roughly a year, and he never had problems with her. He said he allowed investigators to search his home Friday. "I got no problem with that. I got nothing to hide," Avery said. On Saturday, investigators blocked roads leading to the Avery family auto salvage yard. Avery works there and lives nearby. Avery's sister-in-law, Candy Avery, said the investigators searching the salvage yard late Saturday morning and early Saturday afternoon would not allow her husband, Earl Avery, to leave. She said numerous vehicles were in the area, and a helicopter flew overhead for more than an hour. Mike Halbach said his sister works for Pearce Photography in Green Bay and specializes in photos of children. He said she returned to Hilbert about a year ago after living in Green Bay following her graduation from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, with summa cum laude honors, in 2002. Halbach said volunteers distributed 2,000 fliers Friday seeking information about his sister, and on Saturday more than 100 people searched roads in the areas where she was last seen. She was driving a dark green 1999 Toyota Rav4 with a Wisconsin license plate: SWH582. The vehicle had not been found as of Saturday evening. Halbach said Avery's connection to the case raised a "red flag" because of the amount of time he spent in prison, although he expected Avery would cooperate with investigators. Avery said he left Two Rivers Saturday morning and planned to spend the rest of the weekend at or near a family cabin in northern Wisconsin. "I got no reason to run or hide," he said. Avery became well known in Wisconsin when he was released from prison Sept. 11, 2003, after serving 18 years in for the sexual assault of a 36-year-old Manitowoc woman in July 1985. He was the first Wisconsin man freed from prison by the Wisconsin Innocence Project, a University of Wisconsin Law School program that used DNA evidence to prove he did not commit the crime. Avery is suing Manitowoc County over his wrongful conviction.Halbach Case Now A Homicide Human remains found at Avery salvage yard RAW video of the press conference will be on WFRV.COM shortly It appears that an attempt was made to dispose of a body by an incendiary means. However, that attempt was not completely successful,” Pagel said. Halbach’s family found her sport utility vehicle at the salvage yard Saturday, and Pagel said investigators later found the SUV’s key in Avery’s bedroom. They also found a significant amount of blood in the SUV, as well as more blood in some buildings on the Avery property, he said. “We are classifying this as a homicide investigation,” Pagel said. ************************************************* Teresa Halbach: Steve Avery will be charged with murder. November 11th, 2005 @ 3:03 PM by News Director In today’s press conference in regards to the case Teresa Halbach, it was released that Steven Avery’s blood was found in Teresa’s car. Steven will be charged by Tuesday for the murder of Teresa as well as mutilation and concealment charges. The crime lab is still processing many items. Her car had been covered with hoods from other vehicles and branches from trees to hide it from aerial veiw. The key to her car was hidden in Steve Avery’s bedroom. Attempts were made to destroy he cell phone and camera equipment. The prosecutor also stated that a previous creulty to animals charge that Steve had on his record is now chilling when you read the details. Steve burned the cat. No motive or cause of death has been released yet. One of the last topics in the press conference related to interviews Steve gave to local stations, the tapes of those clearly show where a source of his blood would have come from, there are marks or abrasions on Steve in those videos and those are now evidence.