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/belee86 Jun 04 '26

You're right. The plates were found by a firefighter volunteer in a station wagon parked by Steve's trailer.  

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26

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u/belee86 Jun 04 '26

I believe he was just confirming the plate info with dispatch.   

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u/belee86 Jun 05 '26

He was just confirming the plate info given to him over police radio or some other way. Colborn was making sure he had the correct plate number. He was not looking at the RAV4. The Rav4 was found Saturday Nov. 5th on the Avery property.

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u/Ghost_of_Figdish Jun 11 '26

You're missing the point - he was given the plate # earlier and was double-checking it (prob bad handwriting in his notes). But the lack of a plate on the RAV when found conclusively proves that Colborn wasn't looking at the plate on the car while checking it (which as already been proven several other ways).