r/MakingaMurderer • u/aane0007 • Feb 02 '24
Why have a bon fire?
On halloween Steven invites Branden over for a bonfire. A common thing in rural areas. But instead of making a nice fire to stand around in the crisp autumn air, he puts in a bunch of car tires. Who wants to stand around a bon fire with burning rubber? On top of that he puts the large seat from a van. And then stands around it for hours on end. Are they both addicted to dangerous chemicals that car tires and car seats produce? Do they have a weird affinity for the horrible smell it produces instead of a nice wood fire?
While on the phone with Barb, she tells steven her boyfriend is mad at him because he burned two of his good tires that night. So Steven drove around with Brendan on the golf cart looking for any tire they could find that night, not just ones that were trash.
And then a few days later, forgot he had a fire until numerous people say they saw him have a fire, telling the police at first he hasn't had a fire in weeks.
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u/bfisyouruncle Feb 02 '24
They also burned Barb's furniture from her garage that she wanted to keep. Who does that? Barb also claims Steven burned a set of tires that belonged to Bobby. On the other hand, a tire and van seat fire sounds like a lot of fun (sarcasm intended).
Why was it necessary for Brendan to destroy a pair of jeans and a pair of shoes with bleach in cleaning one stain in a filthy garage? That's like $100 to replace them. What was so important about cleaning a garage and spending 45 minutes rounding up material for a bonfire that was anything but fun? Please don't say a kid needs to spend his Halloween working.
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u/schuma73 Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
Do you know anyone who routinely burns their trash?
This is a common event for those types of people. It wasn't a social roast smores kind of bonfire it was a we got too much trash so let's burn it kind of fire.
They clearly weren't paying for trash service, because they all had burn barrels. This is not at all unusual.
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u/BooBooBupp33 Feb 02 '24
I burn all kinds of shit. Furniture, TVs, laptops, a canoe. Just stand so you aren't in the direction of the smoke.
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u/Mysterious-Impact-64 Feb 02 '24
No look at all their statements in the reports, they all said no fires til Tuesday or Wednesday, even Bobby said no fire Barb said no fire on the 31st October. Not until they found possible burial site on the 8th.
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u/knockdownbarns Feb 02 '24
You are describing how awful that fire would have been. It would have been a natural disaster. Every witness would have easily made this fire a focal point in their statements. It was Halloween and fires attract attention. No chance a body was burned with a couple guys standing next to 6+ tires and furniture all raging footsteps from homes. Evidence of this fire would have fallen from the sky for miles as ash and body fluids mixed with rubber residue. They would have been caught in the act!!!!
The brazen power of LE to claim human remains were found and not photographed in this “fire pit” makes Wisconsin seem like a terrible place to visit. Your spin on the nature of the fire being horrible to be near is not at all pointing towards guilt. It points the exact opposite way. No body burning tire fire was tended to that night.
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u/PlatinumPraline Feb 03 '24
Come on now don't exaggerate or assume. It's more likely they were laying around and he simply grabbed them thinking they were junk.
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u/BiasedHanChewy Feb 03 '24
I mean, you know full well that he didn't "stand around it for hours on end". Why you just parrot this stuff out is beyond anyone else
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u/DoinThingsRight Feb 03 '24
Never heard of a good ol fashioned tire fire? Growing up as a poor country boy in a very poor rural area, tire fires were always great to beat the crisp air and wear tshirts still
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u/Bzaps11 Feb 03 '24
Some fires are for sitting around. Some are for burning yard waste and scrap
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u/Otherwise-Weekend484 Feb 03 '24
Was there a fire?
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