A jury convicted a 17-year-old boy Wednesday of raping a photographer and helping his uncle, whose previous brushes with the law brought attention to the case, kill her and burn her body.

His uncle, Steven Avery, 44, was convicted last month of her murder and is awaiting sentencing June 1. He previously served 18 years in prison for rape before being exonerated by DNA evidence and freed in 2003.

During the nine-day trial, Manitowoc County Circuit Judge Jerome Fox allowed prosecutors to show the jury a three-hour videotaped statement in which Dassey detailed how Halbach was raped and killed. The teen later recanted the confession.

Unlike his uncle, who never took the witness stand at either trial, Dassey testified in his own defense, saying he had lied when he told of going to Avery's home, seeing Halbach shackled nude in a bed, raping her and helping Avery kill her and burn the body.

The prosecution argued that evidence such as leg irons and handcuffs in Avery's bedroom and two bullets - one with Halbach's DNA on it - matched what the teen had told investigators.

Avery's trial drew widespread attention because he had served 18 years in prison for a 1985 rape before DNA evidence showed he didn't commit that crime. Released in 2003, he claimed he was framed for the Halbach murder by the same sheriff's department he was suing for the wrongful conviction.

Halbach disappeared after going to the Avery family's auto salvage yard to photograph a minivan Avery's sister was selling through Auto Trader Magazine. Her cousins later found her vehicle in the lot, partially concealed by branches, pieces of wood and car parts.

In closing arguments, special prosecutor Tom Fallon said Dassey accepted his uncle's invitation to rape Halbach because he wanted to know what sex was like. He helped kill her and burn her body to dispose of the evidence of the crimes, he said.

"What we don't see up until this point and have not heard is anything scientific that matches Brendan Dassey, that places Brendan Dassey at Steven Avery's at the date and time of the killing. No DNA. No fingerprints," defense lawyer Mark Fremgen said.

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