Steven Avery's Co-Accused Nephew Grateful For Fans' Support After 'Making A Murderer' Release

by Rolly Gacelo / Feb 18, 2016 01:14 PM EST

Brendan Dassey is nephew of Steven Avery, the subject of the Netflix TV series 'Making a Murderer.'

Aside from Steven Avery, another convict highlighted in Netflix series "Making a Murderer" is his nephew and co-accused Brendan Dassey.

Dassey confessed in 2006 and was charged as part of a first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and first-degree sexual assault of then 25-year-old Teresa Halbach in Halloween 2005.

He is sentenced to life with a chance for parole in 2048.

He is still in jail but the warm reception of "Making a Murderer" and his uncle Steven Avery has already reached him.

His brother Brad said that the 26-year old receives letter from "fans" from time to time telling him to stay positive about the case.

"I just want to say that he thanks everyone from around the world for supporting him and donating to his commissary so he can get things," Brad said in an exclusive interview with Mirror Online.

"He is receiving tonnes of letters every week and he's writing people back and he apologises if he can't get back to you right away, I mean he is receiving a lot of letters."

The older Dassey also insisted that his brother is innocent and his cognitive behavior was taken advantage of by the authorities.

"You know, I think Brendan was a target because as everybody says his IQ level is pretty low, he doesn't comprehend right away, like everybody else," Brad said.

"I mean, coming from a brother that has attention deficit disorder myself, I don't understand things first hand right away either, and I don't think that there is anything wrong with that because, I think it just takes us a little bit longer to learn certain things, but once we learn them we know them very well."

Experts think that "Making a Murderer", released by Netflix in December last year, has raised public's awareness of the judicial system. Some people also stood by Steven Avery saying he was set up.

Iowa University of Iowa law professor and Innocence Project of Iowa president Dr. Brian Farrell also thinks that "Making a Murderer" will lead to more exoneration cases in the country following the case of Steven Avery.