Pamela Sturm testified in Steven Avery's 2007 trial that she and her daughter found a branch-covered RAV4 during a volunteer search of Avery Salvage Yard and called investigators. Her vehicle observations were tested on cross-examination.
Witness
Pamela Sturm
Volunteer searcher who found Teresa Halbach's RAV4 with her daughter at Avery Salvage Yard.
AppearedSteven Avery
MentionedBrendan Dassey
269 lines·15 proceedings·13 mentions·2 trials
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Pamela Sturm searched Avery Salvage Yard with her daughter Nikole while looking for Teresa Halbach. Testifying in Avery’s trial, Sturm said they had permission to search and no prior direction from law enforcement. She described finding a partly covered RAV4, her daughter photographing it and trying its locked doors, and a windshield wiper being touched; she said neither of them entered the vehicle. Sturm called investigators, and the recorded call included an instruction not to touch it. In Dassey’s trial, Karen Halbach recounted that Sturm and Nikole had gone to the salvage yard and later told the family they had found Teresa’s vehicle.
Trial Record (15)
Pamela Sturm was described in Brendan Dassey's trial as a searcher who reported finding Teresa Halbach's vehicle.
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