🕵️ Welcome back to Convicted. Today, Nate walks you through one of the most polarizing trials in American legal history. In October of two thousand five, twenty-five-year-old Teresa Halbach drove to the Avery Salvage Yard in Manitowoc County to photograph a minivan Steven Avery had listed for sale. She never came home. Inside the trailer, the world would find a Toyota key, a few cells of DNA, and a question that has divided a country ever since.
In this episode we walk through the evidence that sent Avery and Brendan Dassey to prison — Halbach's burned RAV-four, the bone fragments in the burn pit, the blood in the car, the key on the bedroom floor. We hear the prosecution's theory that Avery lured Halbach, killed her, and burned her body. We hear the defense's theory that a sheriff's department with thirty-six million dollars on the line had every reason to plant what it could not find honestly. Then we hear the jury say guilty, and we ask: did they get it right?
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 — Cold open
07:42 — State of Wisconsin versus Avery
13:10 — The prior wrongful conviction
24:05 — Halbach's last movements
49:55 — The prosecution's case
01:09:30 — The defense's case
01:24:14 — The trial and verdict
01:40:25 — You be the jury
🔍 KEYWORDS
wrongful conviction, Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, Brendan Dassey, Manitowoc County, RAV-four, burn pit, DNA evidence, Making a Murderer, true crime, courtroom drama
📋 NOTES
Trial transcripts and court filings. Discusses sexual assault and murder in testimony form. Listener discretion advised.
🤖 AI DISCLOSURE
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Aug 21 202636 mins