MANITOWOC – Evidence in the case against Steven Avery has been sent to the Wisconsin State Crime Lab in Madison for scientific.
The evidence is from the Toyota RAV4 of Teresa Halbach, the 25-year-old photographer whom Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, are convicted of killing in 2005. Both men are fighting their convictions.
In August, Avery’s attorney, Kathleen Zellner, filed a motion to support her request for additional scientific testing in the case.
Sheboygan County Circuit Judge Angela Sutkiewicz ordered the scientific testing in November.
Sending the evidence to the crime lab complies with that order.
The evidence was turned over to Calumet County Sheriff’s Lt. Mark Wiegert and the department’s evidence custodian Amanda Bunnell to be transported to Madison.
The Manitowoc County Clerk of Court’s Office sent:
A bloodstain cutting from the Toyota RAV4 driver seat.
A swab of the ignition area of the RAV4.
A bloodstain cutting from the passenger seat.
A swab of a bloodstain from a CD case.
A swab of a bloodstain near the rear passenger door.
Blood flakes on the floor by the center console.
A swab from the hood latch.
The key to the RAV4.
