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Steven Avery & Brendan Dassey— Case Archive
evidenceevidencephysicalSteven AveryBrendan DasseyBullet FLThe fragment was found beneath an air compressor in the garage on March 2, 2006. Newhouse described it as a .22-caliber bullet and testified that its microscopic markings identified the examined Marlin rifle as its source. Culhane said a wash of the fragment yielded a DNA profile consistent with Teresa Halbach's; she also reported that her own DNA appeared in a negative control, not in the bullet sample.
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Bullet FL

The fragment was found beneath an air compressor in the garage on March 2, 2006. Newhouse described it as a .22-caliber bullet and testified that its microscopic markings identified the examined Marlin rifle as its source. Culhane said a wash of the fragment yielded a DNA profile consistent with Teresa Halbach's; she also reported that her own DNA appeared in a negative control, not in the bullet sample.

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  • Bullet fragment, Item FL
  • item FL
  • Item FL bullet fragment
  • Item FL, described by defense counsel as an alleged bullet fragment; Olson said he had not examined or chemically tested it
  • One garage bullet fragment found on March 2
  • Lead bullet fragment, item FL; its washing yielded a DNA profile Culhane found consistent with Teresa Halbach's, while Culhane's DNA appeared in a negative control
  • Bullet fragment, laboratory item FL
  • bullet fragment FL

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Newhouse identified FL as fired from the examined Marlin rifle, and Culhane attributed DNA recovered from it to Teresa Halbach. In the Avery trial, the defense sought suppression of the bullet-test results over disputed testing and contamination concerns.

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