Deceased/Not Found MI - Dee Ann Warner, 52, last seen @ home, Tecumseh, 25 Apr 2021 *Reward* *trial to declare legally dead*

[Sundog]

AUG 20, 2024

Autopsy performed on remains found on Warner property, officials awaiting formal identification

MSP said further testing is needed and it should be done in the next few days.

www.13abc.com

Michigan State Police: More analysis needed to identify remains found on Warner property

An autopsy conducted on human remains found on property belonging to Dale Warner did not yield a positive identification, state police said Tuesday.

www.lenconnect.com

...Hardy said this past Sunday that police telling him they had video showing Dale moving welding equipment into the barn at their residence and farm where he kept the fertilizer sprayer reminded him that shortly after Dee went missing he saw Dale refurbishing an old tank in the sprayer barn, and he shared that information with police.

An old tank with newer paint, an unprofessional weld and marked "do not use" was found on property Warner owns on Paragon Road, Hardy said. ... That tank was taken to an X-ray facility in Detroit at the U.S.-Canada border to be examined, and the image showed a body inside. Police opened the tank and found human remains wrapped in a blue tarp.

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Seems that with the information that LE showed him on video of the welding equipment being taken into the barn by Dale, then things in Hardy's mind clicked and it all came together. Dee's brother never gave up and ultimately was key in helping to find Dee's remains.

I know we're still waiting for that confirmation (that the body in the tank is that of Dee Warner), but it is so likely to be her remains. Finally, they can lay Dee to rest and pursue justice for her and her loved ones.


EBM

 

[TravelingBug]

Just saw a tweet by the MSP public information account that it's confirmed to be Dee.

Dee Warner investigation update. Today further investigation was conducted by the Jackson County Medical Examiners Office on the human remains that were found on Dale Warner‘s property. The Jackson County Medical Examiner has positively identified the remains as Dee Warner. Her death has been ruled a homicide. The manner of death has been confirmed however will be withheld pending further investigation. Although there has been positive identification on the remains and manner of death has been confirmed, this is an ongoing investigation. Investigators will continue to gather evidence and work with the Lenawee County Prosecutor’s Office to ensure a conviction.

https://twitter.com/MSPFirstDist/status/1826389386734219413/photo/1

https://twitter.com/x/status/1826389386734219413

 

[hibachai]

Despite the heartbreaking reality and tragic outcome of this case, I find a small measure of solace in knowing that Dee has finally been found. I know this isn’t true closure for her family— since they’ll carry this pain for the rest of their lives—it does offer a step toward healing, however difficult and incomplete

 

[PommyMommy]

AUG 21, 2024

Human remains found on Warner property confirmed to be that of Dee Warner, woman missing since 2021

The findings bring Dee’s loved ones one step closer to long-awaited closure and present a turn in the murder case against Dee’s husband

www.13abc.com

[...]

“It’s hard to explain because you have the relief of knowing that we’re finally going to be able to lay her to rest,” family spokesperson Kathryn Adams said Sunday. “But then there’s that grief that comes back that we’ve had to relive over and over every time we make progression with the case -- when she was declared deceased, and then again when Dale was arrested for murder -- it’s just a wound that we keep having to reopen.”

[...]

Family members tell 13 Action News they expect to hold a news conference on the new developments on Thursday.

 

[PommyMommy]

AUG 21, 2024

Authorities say human remains belong to woman missing since 2021

TECUMSEH, Mich. — Human remains found on a Lenawee County property belonging to Dale Warner were identified as his wife, Dee Warner, authorities said. The ...

www.toledoblade.com

Shortly after his sister Dee Ann Warner vanished, Gregg Hardy happened into a barn on the Lenawee County property where she and her husband, Dale, lived to find Mr. Warner spray-painting an old anhydrous ammonia tank.

Mr. Warner’s explanation that it was a simple maintenance task didn’t seem right, Mr. Hardy said Sunday, because the fertilizer tank was as small as others he had been selling off, and in any case Mr. Warner tended not to do such manual labor himself.