I too have wondered how the RAV4 was opened by DCI but I suspect that it was done easily, and was not a big deal. For example, I know that the police are adequately trained and provided with equipment to open all models of vehicles. From a personal experience, a friend and I were suddenly locked out from a 200x-model, economy, 4-door which "automatically" locked its doors under its own volition with the key still in the ignition while we visited a very remote family grave site on a late, cold, October evening. Thankfully an hour-and-a-half later a police officer arrived with his squad car's trunk filled with manuals, hand tools, and electronic devices. The final solution involved a simple
slim jim. However if you google-search for "devices to unlock electronic automatic car doors" you'll discover how easy it is for technologically advanced thieves to access your car.
But...the reason for my post: I can not make heads or tails from the
Calumet County Sheriffs Department Evidence List pdf-file: the column heads really mean nothing to me. For example, item
8368 is oddly described and appears to be grouped with other items which were found. If one could presume that the items listed within the immediate surrounding items are all related to a search of the RAV4, either the person who listed
8368 is a complete idiot or the item
8368 is something other than a prophylactic condom!
Further, either way you understand it, if something like
that was found in the RAV4 why was
that never presented as probative evidence: it goes directly to the heart of
Avery's motive?