Steven Avery: Do I Receive A Call That Day?

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In discussions of the phone call that Steven Avery made to Autotrader, one controversial issue has been if Steven Avery had an evil purpose when calling Autotrader. On the one hand, the defense claims that Steven Avery wasn’t hiding anything, he just wanted to make an appointment. On the other hand, the prosecutors insist that he was targeting Teresa because he specifically asked them to send her and that he made many other phone calls to her. My own view is that there is enough evidence to convince me that Steven Avery was targeting Teresa Halbach. Ms. Pliszka, the receptionist of Autotrader described the call that she got from Avery. Ms. Pliszka states, “ Attorney Kratz: At or about 8:12 a.m., do you recall receiving a call that day? …show more content…

AK: And could you tell the jury about that call, please. Ms. Pliszka It was from a man. He said that he wanted the photographer who had been out there before….” (75). This shows that Steven Avery had evil plans because he specifically asked for Teresa Halbach. In the book “Indefensible” by David Feige it states what happened when Teresa Halbach came to take a picture of a car once, “Avery had come out wearing nothing but a towel. Halbach was concerned by this incident” 173. This confirms that if would call her personally then she would have never came to take the photos. This is why he called the Autotrader office because he knew she didn’t want to ever come back to his place. In addition, he introduced himself with a different name and he called using a different cell phone. When he was calling he stated some false facts, in the book “Indefensible” it stated, “... Avery didn’t own the van he called Auto Trader to take a photo of that day. It was his sister Barb’s, and she didn’t even want the vehicle sold. … she did not want a picture of the van” (173). This shows that he made up some information just to lure Teresa Halbach to his place. In the afternoon, he called Halbach many times using *67 but when he called her the last time, he did not use

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