Affidavits of the Dasseys

The **affidavits of the Dasseys** are affidavits by Bryan and Blaine Dassey, their mother Barbara Tadych and their half-brother Brad Dassey.

## Affidavit of Bryan J. Dassey

### Part of motion

*Defendant Steven Avery’s Motion for Reconsideration*

### Date signed

16 October 2017

**Now comes your affiant, Bryan J. Dassey, and under oath hereby states as follows:**

1. I am of legal majority and can truthfully and competently testify to the matters contained herein based upon my personal knowledge. The factual statements herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief. I am of sound mind and I have not taken any medication or ingested any alcohol that would impair my memory of the facts stated in this affidavit.
2. Steven Avery is my uncle, Barb Tadych (formerly Barb Janda) is my mother, and Bobby, Blaine, and Brendan Dassey are my brothers.
3. In October and November 2005, I lived with my girlfriend but I kept my clothing at my mother's trailer, which was on the Avery’s Auto Salvage property.
4. On or about November 4, 2005, I returned to my mother's trailer to retrieve some clothes, and I had a conversation with my brother, Bobby, about Theresa Halbach. I distinctly remember Bobby telling me, "Steven could not have killed her because I saw her leave the property on October 31, 2005."
5. I also have a distinct memory of being present prior to October 31, 2005 when my mother made a call to Auto Trader and set up an appointment to have photographs of her van taken. I know that my mother made the appointment because she told me that Steven Avery, my uncle, had insisted that she make the appointment because it was her van.
6. I was interviewed by law enforcement on November 6, 2005, after being pulled over while driving my uncle Steven's Pontiac. My brother Brendan was in the car with me and he was interviewed by other officers at the same time as me. I told the investigators that they should talk to my brother Bobby because he saw Teresa Halbach leave the Avery property on October 31, 2005.
7. I was not called as a witness to testify at my Uncle Steven's criminal trial.
8. Nothing has been promised or given to me in exchange for this affidavit.

## Affidavit of Brad A. Dassey

### Part of motion

*Defendant Steven Avery’s Amended Supplement to Previously Filed Motion For Reconsideration*

### Date signed

30 October 2017

**Now comes your affiant, Brad A.Dassey, and under oath hereby states as follows:**

1. I am of legal majority and can truthfully and competently testify to the matters contained herein based upon my personal knowledge. The factual statements herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief. I am of sound mind and I have not taken any medication or ingested any alcohol that would impair my memory of the facts stated in this affidavit.
2. Bryan, Bobby, Blaine, and Brendan Dassey are my half-brothers. Peter Dassey is our common father.
3. I had a conversation with Barb Dassey,( Janda) (now Barb Tadych) during a car trip to visit Brendan Dassey at Sheboygan County Jail. My father Peter Dassey was with us. Barb stated that she had hired someone to "reformat" her home computer. She wanted to know if "reformating" would remove what was on the computer.
4. Barb admitted her computer had some pornography stored on it and she claimed the computer had "viruses" on it. She had the reformatting done shortly before the authorities seized her computer. Barb commented that she did not think the person she hired knew what he was doing.
5. She said she did not want anyone to get what was on her computer
6. Shortly after my conversation with Barb I contacted the authorities because I thought Barb was trying to remove evidence relevant to the Teresa Halbach murder from her computer.
7. I do not know who reformatted Barb's computer.
8. I was interviewed by the authorities after I reported this information to them.
9. I was not called as a witness to testify at Steven Avery or Brendan Dassey's criminal trials.
10. Nothing has been promised or given to me in exchange for this affidavit.

## Affidavit of Blaine Dassey

### Part of motion

*Motion to Supplement Previously Filed Motion for Post-conviction Relief*

### Pages

4 (without exhibits)
5 (with exhibits)

### Date signed

10 February 2017

**Now comes your affiant, Blaine Dassey, and under oath hereby states as follows:**

1. I am of legal majority and can truthfully and competently testify to the matters contained herein based upon my personal knowledge. The factual statements herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. I am of sound mind and I am not taking any medication, nor have I ingested any alcohol that would impair my memory of the facts stated in this affidavit.
2. In October 2005, I lived with my mother and brothers at 12930A Avery Road, Two Rivers, WI 54241. My brothers' names are Brendan, Bryan, and Bobby Dassey. Brendan and I shared a bedroom. Bobby had his own bedroom. Bryan kept some clothes at the house but lived with his girlfriend and was rarely at the residence. Tom Janda had moved out of the residence in early 2005.
3. When none of us were home, the residence was always locked.
4. My uncle Steven Avery ("Uncle Steven") only came to the residence when my mother and his sister Barb was home. I never remember my uncle Steven entering the residence when my mother was not home.
5. I remember that my Uncle Steven had cut his finger 1-2 weeks before October 31, 2005.
6. I remember, on October 31, 2005, seeing my Uncle Steven carry a white plastic bag to his burn barrel. I did not see a fire in the burn barrel. However, the police pressured me into saying that there was a fire in the burn barrel and visible smoke coming from the burn barrel. My testimony about the fire and smoke coming from the burn barrel was not true.
7. I remember, on October 31, 2005, seeing a bonfire behind my Uncle Steven's garage that was about 3-feet high. The police tried to pressure me into saying that the flames of the bonfire were much higher, so at trial I testified that the flames of the bonfire were 4-5 feet high but that testimony was not true. The police put the height of the flames "in my head and I agreed to it."
8. On October 31, 2005, I was with Brendan up until I left to go trick-or-treating. I distinctly remember Brendan wanted to use the computer at slightly before 5 p.m. because I wanted to make a phone call and his use of the dial-up internet computer would have prevented me from doing that. I know that Brendan was not at Uncle Steven's trailer up until I left to go trick-or-treating.
9. There was only one computer at the residence and it was always in Bobby's room sitting near a desk.
10. The computer had a password.
11. The computer had an AOL dial-up internet connection.
12. Bobby was the primary user of the computer.
13. At no time did I ever do searches for pornographic images or words related to pornography, words related to violence, words related to death, words related to mutilations, words related to torture, words related to guns or knives, words related to Teresa Halbach, words related to Steven Avery, words related to DNA, or words related to dead, mutilated or dismembered female bodies.
14. At no time did I ever create a folder for Teresa Halbach, my Uncle Steven, DNA, or news stories on the murder.
15. The only time I used the computer was to do my homework and occasionally send instant messages.
16. I remember my mother Barb hiring someone to "reformat the computer" but I'm not sure who that person was.
17. I do not have any personal knowledge of who made the appointment with AutoTrader to have my mother's van photographed but I did help clean the van so that it could be sold.
18. At the time, my family had two burn barrels located behind our house.
19. I was familiar with the gravel pits to the south of the Avery salvage yard but I did not go to the gravel pits to hunt. I stopped hunting when I was 22.
20. On October 31, 2005 when the school bus driver brought Brendan and me home as we travelled west on STH 147 I saw Bobby on STH 147 in a bluish or greenish vehicle heading towards Mishicot. Bobby was not driving his black Blazer. Bobby was not home the rest of the evening while I was home. (Attached and incorporated herein as **Exhibit A** is a map that of the location of Bobby's vehicle that I described in this paragraph.)

## Affidavit of Barbara Tadych

### Part of motion

*Defendant’s Motion to Issue Subpoena Duces Tecum to Barbara Tadych*

### Pages

3 (without exhibits)
11 (with exhibits)

### Date signed

2 August 2018

**Now comes your affiant, Barbara Tadych, and under oath hereby states as follows:**

1. I am of legal majority and can truthfully and competently testify to the matters contained herein based upon my personal knowledge. The factual statements herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. I am of sound mind and I am not taking any medication, nor have I ingested any alcohol that would impair my memory of the facts stated in this affidavit.
2. I am the biological mother of Bryan, Bobby, Blaine, and Brendan Dassey.
3. On November 10, 2017, I was interviewed by Special Agent Jeff Wisch and Special Investigator John Dedering. I met with them at a Subway and identified myself as Barbara Tadych.
4. I specifically told the investigators that I did not believe that Steven Avery was involved in the murder of Teresa Halbach.
5. Sometime after the interview, I was shown a portion of the police report about my interview and I noted that the report stated, “BARBARA was asked if STEVEN was involved in TERESA HALBACH's death and she stated she did think so [. . .]” (Attached and incorporated herein as **Exhibit A** is the November 10, 2017 police report). I have no idea why the investigators would incorrectly attribute this statement to me when I told the police officers that I did not believe Steven Avery was involved in the murder of Teresa Halbach.
6. After the interview, I returned home to my residence at 12520 Princl Road in Mishicot. At this time, the investigators requested that I turn over my computer tower, which was the same one that was in my home in 2005 and had been examined before. I agreed to turn the computer tower to the investigators.
7. I distinctly remember, at the time I turned over the computer tower to the investigators, saying “I am thinking of getting rid of this computer.” After I made that comment, Investigator John Dedering replied, “That would be a good idea, and you should not give the computer to Kathleen Zellner.”