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Homicide charges against Avery delayed [/size][/font]
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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MANITOWOC A special prosecutor is expected to file homicide charges today in Manitowoc County Circuit Court against Steven Avery in time for a judge to set bail during Avery's previously scheduled court appearance. [/font][/font]
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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Although the homicide charge was not filed Monday as expected, search warrants returned to the Manitowoc County Courthouse linked "*advertiser censored*, torture and death" to a possible motive in the disappearance and presumed death of photographer Teresa Halbach. [/font][/font]
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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Warrants revealed that investigators seized Avery's computer last week. The hard drive was turned over to the Grand Chute Police Department. The department, like the state Crime Lab, does forensic examinations of computers. [/font][/font]
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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A search warrant return filed by Calumet County Sheriff's Detective Mark Wiegert said he believes "images of *advertiser censored*, torture and death may be relevant as to issues of intent, motive or Steven Avery's plan to commit violent or sexual torture against Teresa Halbach." [/font][/font]
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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]According to the records, an unspecified number of five-gallon buckets also "have been located on the Avery compound property which appear to have been utilized to distribute the burned remains" of an adult female body. [/font][/font]
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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Authorities also found "items believed to be human muscle tissue" and "material believed to be human skin," a warrant return says. [/font][/font]
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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Searchers also found Halbach's crumpled license plates in a junked car on the Avery property. [/font][/font]
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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Judge Patrick Willis is expected today to set bail and a preliminary hearing date for Avery, 43, for a firearms possession charge. Avery will be transported to the Manitowoc County Courthouse from the Calumet County Jail in Chilton for the 2 p.m. hearing. [/font][/font]
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