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Steven Avery & Brendan Dassey— Case Archive
locationlocationBurn area behind Steven Avery's garagecrime_sceneBurn area behind Steven Avery's garageInvestigators collected burned debris from the area behind Steven Avery’s garage and later sifted it for possible remains and other evidence. In Dassey’s trial, a stipulation stated that Scott Tadych would testify he saw a large fire there on October 31, 2005, with Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey beside it. In Avery’s closing argument, the State cited bone fragments mixed with tire steel belts to argue that the area was the primary burn site.
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Burn area behind Steven Avery's garage

Investigators collected burned debris from the area behind Steven Avery’s garage and later sifted it for possible remains and other evidence. In Dassey’s trial, a stipulation stated that Scott Tadych would testify he saw a large fire there on October 31, 2005, with Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey beside it. In Avery’s closing argument, the State cited bone fragments mixed with tire steel belts to argue that the area was the primary burn site.

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Also known as (4)
  • burn area behind Avery's garage
  • Burn area behind Steven Avery's residence
  • burn area behind the detached garage of Steven Avery
  • burn area directly behind Mr. Avery's garage

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The area was an evidence-recovery site and central to the State’s argument that Halbach’s remains were burned behind Avery’s garage. A stipulation in Dassey’s trial also placed a reported fire there with Avery and Dassey beside it.

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