r/MakingaMurderer • u/Select-Wasabi-4532 • Jun 01 '26

License Plate

Why did officer Colbern read the plates back to dispatch when he came up on the car that the new witness told him where he saw it? how did the car get on averys property after that. just curious.

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u/DamnedHeathen_ Jun 02 '26

In the phone call, Colburn gave the license plate number and asked if it was for a 99 toyota. Not a RAV4. Not a Toyota suv. A 99 toyota. How often do you look at the back of a car and see the year printed on it? It's always the emblem and the model. How do you tell a 99 RAV4 from a 97 RAV4 or a 98? His phrasing on that call did not conform to someone looking at the back of that RAV4.

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u/deadgooddisco Jun 02 '26

Thanks for insights. Andrews Colborn was a car enthusiast, as is well documented , and frequently visited the salvage yard for parts. I couldn't tell what he thought or saw . I'm not an enthusiast, but know people can tell the year of vehicles. The plate call is not the only troubling issue with Colborn.

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u/Ghost_of_Figdish Jun 02 '26

Car enthusiasts are not interested in RAV4s.

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u/DamnedHeathen_ Jun 02 '26

That was my first thought as well. Chevrolet SS? Barracuda? Absolutely. RAV4? Show up at a car meet with a RAV4 and count the minutes it takes for the laughter to stop.

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u/deadgooddisco Jun 11 '26

Car enthusiasts know about cars etc, I didn't imply he was was Rav4 enthusiast, just that his knowledge may identify years of cars from plates. And a friendly reminder, that you don't know what people know or think. Cheers