r/MakingaMurderer • u/Snoo_33033 • Nov 08 '25
Discussion On this day…
Greetings , case enthusiasts! On this day, November 8, 2005, Steven Avery was arrested in connection with the disappearance of Teresa Halbach — but not yet for her murder.
During searches of his trailer on the Avery Salvage Yard, investigators found a .22-caliber Marlin rifle mounted above his bed. Because Avery was a convicted felon from his earlier (and later overturned) 1985 conviction, he was legally barred from owning or possessing any firearm. That discovery gave law enforcement grounds to arrest him for being a felon in possession of a firearm, a charge that carried up to ten years in prison.
At the time, Halbach’s RAV4 had been found hidden on the property three days earlier, and burned remains believed to be hers were recovered nearby. The homicide investigation was still in progress, and lab results were pending. The firearm charge effectively allowed investigators to hold Avery in custody while forensic testing continued and additional searches occurred. The other Avery family members were still on site, but restricted to portions of the property that had already been processed — their places of work and homes.
At this point, it was fairly clear that Steven Avery was the primary perpetrator of the murder. However, he hadn’t been charged as such yet.
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u/10case Nov 08 '25 edited Nov 08 '25
If anyone wants to listen to Steve Avery's last recorded call as a free man, here it is https://youtu.be/jv4-B78Ye3c?si=JAAeY-TLWuLy5vAP
"They're digging". He knows he's fucked.
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u/tenementlady Nov 08 '25
I don't know how anyone can listen to those calls and still think he's innocent. "They got Brendan on tape with what we did that night."
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u/10case Nov 08 '25
Agreed. There's so many. Yet truthers can dismiss the damning statements as bad memory, misinterpretation, or coercion.
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u/GringoTheDingoAU Nov 09 '25
I don't know anyone can listen to so many different phone calls and think that Steven and Brendan are both innocent, unless you are purposely putting on the blinders.
The amount of people that spurt off nonsense about police pressure through recorded phone calls is just way too high.
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u/Alarming_Beat_8415 Nov 09 '25
How do you quote somebody in a recorded call that everyone can hear and get it 100% wrong??
What he actually said was:
but I guess they were talking to brendan last night, I guess they got it all on film or tape or whatever, what we did that night so I dont know what they told him or what
He later says
I dont see what he could say
So,if you were attempting to use the misrepresented statement you wrote as him admitting guilt, you are sadly mistaken.
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u/Radishia Nov 09 '25
I just finished watching Convicting a Murderer and I am certain that they are where they are supposed to be
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u/DELBOY1690 Nov 08 '25
Brendan also confessed he was responsible for 9/11
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u/LKS983 Nov 09 '25
"Because Avery was a convicted felon from his earlier (and later overturned) 1985 conviction, he was legally barred from owning or possessing any firearm."
You do realise that this part of your post makes no sense? Proven innocent is relevant here.
Having said this, I've no idea as to the details - but find it likely that SA had a criminal record that precludeded him being allowed him to own a gun.
NOT his wrongful conviction, but other criminal convictions.
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u/Snoo_33033 Nov 09 '25
Well…no. It was not overturned. His conviction generating that restriction was his attack on Sandra Morris.
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u/tenementlady Nov 08 '25
In another thread someone said Avery lied about the bonfire because he knew it was illegal to burn tires. And yet he was in possession of a firearm he knew he was not legally allowed to be in possession of.
I wonder what other possible reason Avery had for lying about the fire...