Her Body Was Hidden on the Family Farm for 3 Years... The Dee Warner Case

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Now today you guys I'm quite emotional because this is my last recording in this studio and as excited as I am for you guys to see my new studio it's going to be really cool definitely a couple levels up from anything that I've ever recorded out of but I don't know so much has happened in this studio I feel like from the time that I started recording in here to today I have become a very different person I have learned so many different things I just feel like yeah a completely different version of myself I've covered so many interesting cases here had so many emotional moments here I've worked with wonderful families over the years and recorded their stories out of this studio and have had so many great times with all of you so it's really the end of an era and the start of a new chapter um I'm also going to be recording sounds weird but out of my house which sounds like I'm recording in the house but I will be in an actual work place setting over at my office building I'll have a studio over there which means that my cat Lily who has been with us through so many recordings over the years even before this studio well no longer be here for recordings because she's too old for me to drag her over to my studio every day that's just not fair to her in fact I'm sure you're wondering where she is I don't know she's somewhere in my house my cat would never leave my home but she's hiding right now and I'm like really girl this is your last day you were retiring today and you decide just not to show up but everyone in my house is looking for her right now it's quite possible she will make an appearance throughout that so which I really hope because I'm very sad that she's not here we have been working on studios for all of the mile higher media shows they are all getting new studios and we have been working on them all of 2026 even before that actually so it's been a long time coming and I cannot wait to unveil unveil reveal unveil them all to you so yeah very exciting things ahead now of course I am here to tell you guys about a case today and it is one that is going to blow your mind it's certainly blue mine when I start looking into the details of it it's just truly unbelievable and it is one that needs coverage because of things that are currently unfolding but wow I could not believe what I was seeing when I started looking into this case and it was actually a suggestion from many of you so thank you to everyone who recommended it the betrayal in this case is just absolutely devastating and infuriating and I cannot tell you guys how grateful I am that justice in this case was finally served although way too late and this justice happened quite recently actually today we're going to be talking about the disappearance and murder of Deanne Warner and I know her case has been covered by a few major streaming platforms but most of that coverage came out before there was a conclusion and not to be a hater but I thought a lot of the professionally produced coverage of this case was pretty poorly done it missed so many details all of the coverage that I had seen on it you know the professionally produced ones not you know not trying to diss on any other creators but the ones with the big budget to really mess their coverage up surprisingly but anyway that's besides the point there is so much more to go over so much more to this story than people even know and as of early 2026 to be any of this year Deanne's case finally concluded giving her family the peace that they so badly deserve and needed before getting into this episode I just wanted to thank you all for listening to and supporting my show and also any of the mile hire media shows your support makes it possible for us to continue funding grants through my foundation higher hope which supports victims of violent crimes their families and like-minded nonprofits and with that let's get into today's case I am eager to tell you more about who Dee was because she was a very dynamic and fun person and before Dee Warner was Dee Warner she was Dee Hardy she was born on July 29th 1968 in the rural farming community of Lenaway County in Michigan where she spent her entire life in and around farm culture now she came from a long line of farmers really part of her heritage and with that she grew up learning what it took to work in that industry now I cannot say that I know much about farm life farm culture but I do know just you know from what I have heard and in research that I've done on many cases that it is no walk in the park it is a very time consuming demanding life to live there are very long ruling days with little to no time off and there's always more that can be done right and I'm sure some of you understand exactly what I'm talking about and that was something that Dee and her older brother Greg truly understood Greg was actually 19 years older than her so he was almost like a father figure to her in a lot of ways but despite their age gap he says they were quite similar personality wise at least and a big part of Dee's personality throughout her entire life was her involvement in 4-H which if you didn't know is a youth development organization rooted in farming and agriculture Dee was involved in 4-H from a very young age and she was particularly drawn to participating in the local fairs she absolutely loved the fair and that remained true into her adulthood as well in fact Dee was really involved in 4-H pretty much her entire life and she dedicated a ton of time and effort into the youth in the program in her area which I really think from my research that is a perfect representation of who Dee really was if there was something or someone that Dee cared about you would be damned to get in her way of helping that person or that thing and she also really seemed to be that type of person who just put her everything into all things that she cared about and had a lot of pride. Now some I guess describe this as almost to a fault because according to her loved ones Dee could definitely come across as a little abrasive to some people but that tough exterior was just an exterior she was described as having the biggest heart in the world and once you were able to see past her harder shell she was nothing but love but don't get me wrong she could however rip you to shreds if she needed to I mean we're talking about a woman in a male dominated field and that meant acting the part right I will say I think some of that toughness probably just came from living the farm life and I also know that seemed to run in their family like I said she and her brother Greg were a lot alike and he says that they both were the kind of people who'd rather tough through something themselves then ask for help Dee was someone who liked to take charge but she did it from a place of wanting to help the people that she cared about and of all the people she cared about in the world there was nobody that meant more to her than her children now D first married a man named Tim block who she had four kids with their names are Amber TJ Zach and Raquel and man does it sound like they were lucky to have her as a mom because she was not only deeply devoted to them but as they grew older and started to have kids of their own she was the best Nana to her grandkids as well and she insisted on being called Nana and she was the first person to help out with babysitting and planning fun activities she wanted to be a big part of their lives too and another thing about Dee that you should know is she loved to have a good time and it sounds like she was a very fun person to be around she was described as the life of the party she loved the glitz she loved the glamour of getting dressed up and just overall was a very happy and lively fun person her nephew Parker said that she was always done up anytime that she left the house even if she was just you know going to the gas station or the grocery store or something like that she loved shopping she loved clothes she loved she to print and just had a strong sense of self and wasn't afraid to be herself bottom line is dull is not a word that you would use to describe Dee and so I think that's why people were so shocked and a little confused when she got divorced from Tim and married another man named Dale Warner now the divorce on its own was shocking for many reasons but one thing that really surprised people was Dee as I just said was the opposite of dull and she was now marrying Dale who was the definition of dull but what was even more shocking to people was the fact that Dale and his ex-wife were rival farmers and you want to know something even crazier Dale's ex-wife later ended up marrying Dee's ex-husband they kind of just swapped pretty wild so as you could probably put together it was controversial to say the least support from today's episode comes from square. 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And to be honest, I'm not sure how integrated all of their children were or how close they were. But from my understanding, they were all teens or young adults when their parents got together. But that's kind of besides the point. What I'm trying to say is that D&Dale had really started a new life together. And according to many, it didn't appear like this relationship was really built on a foundation of love. Of course, some people saw that in them and thought that they were a very happy and very loving couple. But others thought that D liked Dale because Dale shared her motivation for success. She wanted to work hard and play hard. And she wanted a partner who was interested in building an empire alongside her. And so it seems like he was the kind of person that she thought she could do that with. And I think what threw people off was despite their shared drive and ambition, their personalities were truly complete opposites. I mean, you heard how I described D. She sounded super fun. But Dale was more boring than unflavored jello. I mean, the dude really did not have much to him. He really lacked personality and also a hairline. But yeah, it appeared like their marriage was more of a business agreement. But I will say their businesses were very successful. Dale was in charge of the farming operations and was sort of the muscle behind the operation. And then D was the brains and the financial manager. And of all their businesses, their trucking company was by far the most profitable. I mean, big time stuff. They were bringing in like 10 million dollars a year or something like that. Now, I'm pretty sure D owned that trucking business 100% or at the very least, I know that she felt a very strong sense of ownership of it. And I'm bringing all this up because it is important to the case. So keep all of that in mind. And another super important detail here is the location where these businesses were run. And that was on their own personal farm, which was often referred to in this case as the Munger property because it was located on Munger Road. Now to my audio listeners, this is a great part to pay attention because I'm going to be describing how all of this was set up and you're sort of going to have to visualize it. But I will have pictures on screen for my YouTube viewers. And do you want to pop over to YouTube and you know, check it out. It's a lot easier to picture if you can actually picture it, right? But to illustrate it for you, they lived in Tipton, Michigan on this big farm property that included a home and an external office as well as several metal barns, which housed all of the equipment and materials they needed to operate their business. And it was on that property on April 24th, going into April 25th, 2021, where D vanished. That day was a Sunday. And it started out the way that all Sunday mornings did on the farm. Dee's daughter, Raquel lived just a few miles down the street and their routine was that she, her kids and her boyfriend would always go over on Sunday mornings to make breakfast. And then after breakfast, her boyfriend would typically go home and then she, her mom, her kids, and Lena would all go grocery shopping. So when Raquel showed up around 9.30 that morning, she was confused when her mom wasn't there. Although truth be told, she wasn't immediately panicked. She poked around a few rooms and didn't see her. So she ended up just popping some toast in the toaster and figure that her mom would, you know, walk in any minute. Now for reference, Raquel had seen that her mom's hummer was parked at the office building and not at the back door where she usually left it. So she assumed Dee couldn't have been far. She also noticed that Dale's JCB tractor was parked over at the office. So she thought he may have been in there too. Now I'll get into this shortly, but Raquel was aware that her mom was planning to have this very big, very heated discussion with Dale the night before. So when she saw those vehicles at the office, she figured maybe they're in there arguing about that conversation. And for some visual context, the office was no more than a hundred yards away from the house, but Dee was notorious for never walking anywhere. So it made sense to Raquel why the car would have been moved, even if her mom wasn't going very far. So anyways, she ends up texting her mom, you know, trying to just figure out if the plan was still the same for the day, but she didn't get a reply. So her boyfriend and her kids and her all left to go back home. And as soon as she pulled into her driveway, though, Raquel just got this, you know, gut feeling that something was off and she needed to keep looking for her mom. And that feeling only got stronger when she tried calling her. And her phone went straight to voicemail, which is something that never happened because Dee was absolutely glued to her phone. She was sort of at this point having that oh shit moment when her mom was not answering when the phone was going right to voicemail. And that kicked off for Raquel being a little more concerned and making some other calls. So she first calls her brother Zack, who said that he hadn't heard from her either. So she then calls her mom's personal assistant, Stephanie, who said the same thing. Then she went back to the house and walked over to her mom's office thinking that if Dee and Dale were fighting, then Lena was probably there. And she didn't want her to witness that. But anyway, the office was empty. And that was a big concern. So from there, she continued calling her other siblings, TJ and Amber, as she made her way down the road to her uncle Greg and aunt Shelley's house. Now it doesn't sound like Raquel thought that her mom was there because both of her cars were at the monger property. Her hummer was at the office and then her Cadillac was parked in the garage. But still she wanted to see if her on uncle had at least heard from her maybe. But when she was over at their property looking for them, she happened to get a call from Dale. Now he wanted to know if she had spoken to her mom because he was saying that he couldn't get a hold of her. He also mentioned that they had gone into a fight the night before, which, you know, Raquel already knew that was probably the case. And now he was concerned because she wasn't answering his calls, which is a very, very key detail here. So hold on to that. Okay. So she is over at her aunt and uncle's place. And after talking with Shelley, it didn't sound like she knew where D was either. And then from there, Raquel drove to another property that D owned called Cedar Point. But that was empty too, which yes, very strange, but something you must know is there had been other times where D sort of just left for a few days with the pressure of running her businesses and all that. Sometimes she would just leave for a bit. However, the difference this time, though, was D was not reachable. And the other times she was. And another difference was anytime she would believe she would always take Lena with her, but not this time. And turns out Lena had actually spent the night before at a family member's house. And Raquel learned that Dee never came to pick her up, which was very unusual. So next, Raquel returns to the monger property. I believe Shelley was with her too. And that's when she started to search inside the home. And I know it's a lot. It's probably getting a little confusing. This case in general is a little confusing, but stay with me because it is just absolutely wild how all of this unfolds. But while Raquel was looking through all of the bedrooms, her two brothers had shown up as well. And they started to search the office building. Now their property, as you can imagine, had a handful of security cameras. So they were in the office going through that footage just if anyone came to pick up their mom that morning. And nothing ended up being found. But while they were there looking, Dale showed up. These personal assistants, Stephanie, had called them about 30 to 45 minutes prior telling him that everyone was looking for Dee. And he told her that he was out spraying a neighbor's property and would be home in about that amount of time. So when he came back to the monger property, the office was the first place he went. And when he was there, he made what seemed like a pretty big discovery, Dee's wedding ring. He said that it was just sitting on his desk and that she must have left it there before leaving. And I'm sure some of you who follow enough true crime coverage can see where this is going. But anyway, Dale then brings that ring into the house where Raquel was still looking around and he told her the same thing that she had probably left it on his desk and then left. And he was also kind of just word-vomming about how she was on all these pills and basically making it seem like she had ruined his life and that all of this was proof that she had just walked away on purpose. Plus, to support his own theory, he pointed out that a lot of Dee's personal belongings were missing too. Her makeup bags, some of her hair tools, her hairspray, things like that. They were all missing from her bathroom. Apparently, she also kept a go bag that was missing and that was just a bag filled with clothes and stuff in case she ever wanted to leave quickly. So he's like, yeah, she just dipped out intentionally. Clearly, that's what happened. But why would she leave? Well, according to Dale, it was because of what happened the night before. And this is super important. So time to lock in if you're a little distracted. This is the time to focus, okay? And actually, to explain what happened on Saturday night, I have to first explain what happened on Friday. So, I know we're jumping around a little bit here, but that night on Friday, Dee was on the monger property as usual. And that's when an argument sparked between her and her two employees this time, Todd and Terry. This fight was multi-tiered. But the big issue was that Todd was accusing Dee of not paying $360,000 in payroll taxes. And it was such a bad fight that one of them ended up quitting. Then flash forward to Saturday morning when Dee was at Lena Soccer Game. And she got a really hurtful text from Terry's girlfriend, whose name also happened to be Terry. So Terry, with a Y, Terry, with a night anyway. It was a longer message, but the part that matters reads, "Your evil, nosy, miserable, your husband said you take Xanax because you're a mess." That's the truth he told me and Terry. And this really, understandably upset Dee. And she was literally hyperventilating and sobbing that entire day, which many people can attest to. She even threw up from how much she was crying. So she was, I mean, devastated by that message. And the reason that she was upset is because she felt like Dale had betrayed her. Not only did she feel like he was siding with the employees in the fight, but she was angry that he was talking about her personal business with them too. And I'm guessing this was in the first time that something like this had happened either. But according to everyone that spoke with Dee that day, this was sure as hell going to be the last time that it ever did. Dee spoke to her daughter Amber, her lash tech, her sister-in-law Amy, and Raquel over the course of that Saturday. 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So they decided it would be in nine year old Lena's best interest to not be home during that. And as we know, based on what Dale had told Verquel on the morning of the 25th, that night ended in a big fight. And he told her that they fought about the Todd and Terry situation. And during that fight, Dee developed a terrible migraine. And she had taken some migraine pills. And because of that, he said that he gave her a massage and that she fell asleep on the ground as a result. And he claimed he moved her to the couch where he claims she slept the entire night. He also said that when he left in the morning between 6 and 6.30 am to begin his farm duties, she was still snoring on the couch. And that you guys would end up being Dale's story throughout all of this or at least some variation of that over the coming days and weeks the severity of that fight would change based on who he was talking to. But more or less, that's what he said happened. Now, another very key part of his story is his suggestion that Dee had left with another man. He was telling people that she had a burner phone that nobody knew about and that this guy must have picked her up sometime that morning. Now, to be clear, to be very clear, nobody believed that this was true. Now, it did eventually come out throughout this investigation that Dee was having an affair. But that man was cleared because he was out of the country at the time. Plus, I think we all see where this is going, right? However, before it was 100% clear what had happened, there was a period of time where Dee's brother Greg thought that she may have taken her life. He just knew how much stress she was under and how unhappy she was in her marriage. So it definitely crossed his mind. The more he spoke with Dale, though, and the more things weren't adding up, he eventually formed the opinion that Dale must have done something to her. And it definitely didn't help that Dale was the only person who didn't want to report her missing. He told her kids that he would think about reporting her missing the next day after taking Lena to school, but none of them wanted him to wait. It just made no sense why wait. In fact, they all left the monger property and went over to Zach's house where they ended up just making the missing persons report themselves. And thank God they did because the Lenaway County Sheriff's Office took this seriously and they began investigating her disappearance right away. That same day, a deputy came to the property to speak with Dale and I'll let the footage speak for itself. Next one, I'm going to give you all the money I'm going to share, so I'm sorry for you, sir. Alright, so at the end of the year it's quite depressing. Well, I don't know if she's missing her or she just left, so I've got to actually get an application with her or her colleagues for two or one. The last day, I came home last night, she was really upset. So she was talking about a lot of bad things and bars and employees wanted to play inside the room and fuck off and all herself and take me out of my evening. But she had COVID in the morning. After two or three weeks of low, she discounted her phone for like a week or so. She answered, "No," she said. Her blinds just walked up, she's got an infection, she's got migraines, it's our last night, she's coming out real bad migraine. So she took, she's got to migraine, till the end she takes. She took, what a few of those, and she finally passed out on the couch. Went to sleep, we got her calm down. I thought, you know, that was close to midnight when she finally went to sleep. I said, "I got the bed and I got a cup of corn." So she went to sleep in on the couch, and then this morning around six o'clock I got up and she was storming away after the wake-up. So then I went out and got my chemicals and got sprayed and loaded up. It was pretty bad. I texted her and she didn't answer, so I figured, "Well, she's still asleep and she's not answering." So then I loaded up another bath and I went back up and I said, "Now it's spring in." Then her cow called me, her second call me and said, "Her cow called her, she can't find her mind." And I said, "Well, she said the homeless was in their land on the couch." And I said, "Well, excuse me, so she could find her and I called her cow." And I said, "Your mom's out there. She was just there." And I said, "There's no hour to go." She said, "No, she's not here." And I said, "Well, I'll be done spreading it in your short leave. I'll be back." So I went back and I was like, "Well, if I miss later, I got back here." And I went in the house and she was gone, and I walked around the house on the bathroom. Well, we're here for Christmas, we're on the hairdryer's lawn, we're going to make our bags gone. And she has a go bag packed all the time in the evening. This is the first time she needs to. She said, "Life is where she takes out those sorts of houses that she's used to." So as long as it takes out, it was over there for a day. This time, the difference is she has a hangover. I was, when she said her mom was here, I wouldn't see all that stuff going on. I wasn't really concerned because I was just going to make some stuff. I didn't see the other exact stuff. So she said, "Sir, she'll cool off the char at night home. Nobody get home over." Then Dale suggests that someone must have picked her up. "I don't know. Then she took all her bags, so somebody picked her up. She's with someone somewhere. You know, anybody who would have called everybody, you know, like, "I could just use the sack." "I don't know what else to do other way to day yourself and see what she's used to." "I don't know. I'm fired up. I'm fired up. I call these people." This is the first time she's done this guy. The first thing is she's not moving. The only thing that's really strange, too, is this time, she put her wedding ring on it. Yeah, she's never done that before. Dale also said that Dee's second phone might be something worth looking into. "It's not a phone work. It's your person who's normally going to get your phone out of her head or if she's never without it. Never without it. But I told the other kid that she's got a second phone. "She's got a second phone. She doesn't know that I know she has it. Why would she have it?" "I have no idea. I can confirm her about it because I didn't want the conversation. But I know she has not a phone work." Now listen, if you took Dale at his word, there was nothing in the actual house that suggested foul play. There was no sign of a struggle, and a lot of her personal belongings, including her wallet and passport, were missing almost as if she took them with her. So on that front, he sounded believable. Also, his hands appeared to be completely free of scratches or anything to suggest that he had been in a physical altercation. So actually, at first, the officer was pretty certain that foul play wasn't an issue here. But the more that they dug into everything, there was eventually just no evidence that she had left on her own accord or on purpose, either. Her phone stopped reporting data around three in the morning, and there was no activity in any of her bank accounts and her social media, which she was notorious for posting every single day on had just gone silent. Not to mention the fact that both of her cars were still on the property, and their security cameras never showed anyone picking her up. So it was kind of like it doesn't look like she ran away, but it doesn't look like she was murdered either. And Dale definitely seemed to push them towards the theory that she ran off. And at one point, he even told investigators that $100,000 was missing from a safe in their house. According to Zach, though, Dee had her own secret stash of money in her desk that Dale didn't know about, and that money was all still there. And it was a lot of money. And if she had left on purpose, I mean, you would think she would have taken that, right? Doesn't really add up. All that to say, pretty much everyone, except for Dale, of course, was in agreement that something bad likely happened to her. So of course, over the next several days, searches took place in and around the monger property. And the only strange thing that anyone really noticed was this one set of tire tracks. On the morning of the 25th, when Raquel was first looking around the property, remember how I said that she saw her mom's hammer parked over at the office? Well, that car was normally parked at the house right outside of the backsliding glass doors. And since it wasn't parked there, she happened to notice that there were tire tracks in that exact spot, and those tracks were from Dale's JCB tractor. And that is important to remember guys. But in the commotion of that morning, Raquel eventually noticed that her mom's hammer was moved back to the house, and it covered those tire tracks. Still though, she vividly remembered seeing them, and thankfully detectives remembered seeing them too. And I will explain why that matter so much here in a little bit. It would be jumping too far ahead if I explain now, but just remember that. But for the context of those early search efforts, those tire tracks were really the only thing that stood out to everyone. But anyway, as the investigation continued, detectives of course ended up speaking with employees of their businesses. After learning that Dee had gotten into an argument with Terry and Todd, they obviously had to pursue that as a possible lead. And for a minute there, things looked a little bit sketch with Todd, Terry on the other hand had an alibi and was cleared, but Todd took a little while longer. 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But through that they realized he was actually totally torn up about the whole thing and probably innocent. And honestly though, there was only one person who reasonably could have done something to her, and that was Dale. I mean, he was the last person to see her, and by that point, everyone knew that they had gotten into this giant argument the night before she vanished. Investigators on the other hand, of course, still had quite a long way to go before they felt the same. And thankfully, a few days after she was first reported missing, Deppie spoke with him a second time to see what more they could learn, and this time he finally opened up about the fight that they had, and he detailed the events he said transpired that night. So, did you guys have that conversation? I thought, you know, she didn't say anything about something. How else are you trying to start an argument about my sister and my sister, now we're not going to argue with her. Well, you try to watch me not argue about her. You know what I'm saying? She wanted to, because of Terry, she had the ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior ulterior Then, a few months later, after she disappeared, Dale started moving assets from the existing business to the new one. In order to do this, though, what would he have needed? D's signature, right? And guess what? He totally forged it. I mean, think about it. If D sold the trucking company, all that money would go away. And the trucking company was the only company that was making a massive profit. So if he moved all the assets into his own name, he could continue running it without her. And it was later learned that he forged her name on other things too, including a $1.4 million loan through that same company. So Mr. Dale is a giant piece of shit, which we already know, right? But law enforcement at this point was pretty much saying that without a body, they're likely wouldn't be an arrest, which was very, very difficult for her family to accept. But with the help of Billy Little, D's family turned up the pressure. They started a justice for D social media campaign. They held rallies and vigils to help keep her name in the news. And they even put up a billboard that said, help Dale find D. Billy and Greg even held the press conference in May of 2022 to present the evidence that they say proved that Dale was involved in her disappearance. And it was clear that they were not going to stop until justice was served. And I don't know if this was a reaction to their efforts. I imagine it was, but in August of 2022, the Michigan State Police took over the case. And they of course just had far more resources than the local police department did. And those resources were immediately put into action. In December of that same year, Dale was interviewed for a third time. And this time, investigators were finally able to call him out on his bullshit. After suggesting that these own children were the ones who were acting strange on the morning of her disappearance, Dale's entire story of what supposedly happened that morning was called into question, specifically as it related to that damn JCB tractor. 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Which by the way, the reason that I'm saying the thing that he forgot, I mean, you would hope that there would be an actual account of what it was. The reason it's still just referred to as the thing is because he has changed what it was multiple times across multiple different stories. But anyway, she could not have been asleep all morning and also have moved the hammer before he drove the tractor right up to that back door. Doesn't add up. Also, if you remember, Rick Hell said that at some point that morning the hammer was moved back to its original spot, and Dee was already gone by that point. And on top of all of that weirdness, Dee Farms' security cameras never captured the driver of the hammer. And that strange, because if the car had taken the most direct route from the house to that building, a camera would have captured that. And instead, investigators came to believe that whoever drove it took the long way, which would have avoided the cameras. And then another while discovery by investigators was the fact that Dale tried logging into the security camera system that morning to check the footage before 9am. In this third interview, he admitted that he checked the cameras in order to try and find his wife, but you guys, he didn't get the call from Stephanie that Dee was missing until 10.32am. He also used an app on his phone to access her Cadillac that morning, which he denied in the interview, but of course, it doesn't lie. And this matters because everyone says that Dee always kept her purse locked in that car. So when investigators believed that he accessed it to get her purse in order to hide it and make it seem like she left on purpose. Now this whole interview was basically just Dale trying to double down on what he had been saying, but it was obvious now more than ever that he was lying. Still though, no arrest was made. And Dee's family understandably was so upset by this point that they'd started the process of filing a wrongful death suit against him. That way they could at least get justice in some way. In order to do that though, they would have to get Dee declared legally dead, which wasn't something that happened very quickly. And her brother Greg had also petitioned the court to appoint a conservator to protect her business interests, because as we know, Dale was doing some shady stuff with that as well. And get this in September of 2023. He was arrested after being found in contempt of court and sentenced to 93 days in jail as a result. Dale Warner, the husband of Missing Lenowake County Woman D Warner, is behind bars again tonight, after being found in contempt of court criminally. Christy Gillette was in Adrian today and joins us now live in studio. Christy, there were several matters that Judge heard regarding the Warner case today. Yes, there was. The first one was something that we've been reporting about for some time on whether Judge Catherine Salah would declare Dianne Warner officially dead. Take a look at this video from inside the courtroom earlier today. Judd Salah found Dale Warner in contempt of court stating he intentionally and deliberately sold his wife's assets after being instructed by the court not to. She marked several examples of Dale's contempt, the most egregious being the selling of Dee's trucking company, which was the most profitable portion of her state. Now, obviously this was a little victory for Dee's family, but it wasn't the arrest that they were really looking for. Thankfully, though, that was just around the corner because on November 21st, 2023, Dale Warner was finally arrested and charged with Dee's murder as well as tampering with evidence. He was arraigned the following day and given a whopping $20 million bond, which secured his nasty ass behind bars. An emotional day for Dianne Warner's family. My sister was a egregious person. Sorry, but it's hard to talk about. Her brother Greg Hardy pushing law enforcement the last two and a half years for his development, like the one we're seeing today. "This is an amount of people versus Dale Warner." Dianne's husband Dale Warner facing Lennway County District Judge Laura Shadler for the first time since being arrested in connection with her disappearance and murder. "Mr. Warner does enter a plea of not guilty to both counts." And with bonds set at $20 million, $15 million for the murder charge, $5 million for tampering with evidence, Dee's nephew Parker Hardy quoting her response. Mr. Warner is just fine where he's at. And that was about as good as she could stay right there. Deeson Zach Bach still in shock with the recent developments. "I still kind of feel like I'm in a bit of a dream. Like I can't really believe that it's happening right now." He says he's mostly looking forward to a guardianship hearing over D and Dale Warner's daughter who is still a minor. "It's been two years since I've been able to see my sister." Still a long road ahead for this family, hearings, trial, reliving tragedy over and over. But they're hopeful for a conviction. "One step closer to closure." "Yes." And I cannot imagine what this felt like for their family. For Dale to have been arrested after all that time, it had to have felt so good. And even though Dees' body still hadn't been found with all of the evidence against him, state prosecutors were confident in their ability to secure a guilty conviction. In order to get that, though, a preliminary hearing was required, so a judge could say, or certain, whether or not the evidence they had was enough to move forward with the trial. And let me tell you, the testimony from that hearing alone was all the evidence that I personally needed to know that Dale is a guilty sack of shit. Just this comment alone from Raquel tells me everything I need to know. "Did she meet any other statement to you during that conversation that you would indicate any fear on her part?" One of the last things that my mom said to me was, "I watched a deadline like every night and he could do something like that to me." "And what did she mean? What did you take that to me? She could do something like that to me." "Objection, speculation, if you know." "Make her disappear." There's just something so chilling, so disturbing about the fact that Dee knew what Dale was capable of, and she said that only hours before he took her life. It is just heartbreaking, truly. It was definitely powerful, as was all of the testimony that came from that hearing. The judge heard from her family members regarding her troubled marriage, and also from investigators regarding the evidence collected, and ultimately, it was ruled that there was enough evidence to move forward with a trial. And even better news than that, although bittersweet, I should say, is that they wouldn't have to go through that trial to prove Dee's death without a body. And that's because on August 18th, 2024, Dee's remains were found. And the story of how they discovered her remains is absolutely insane. Now the details go back to just a few days after Dee was reported missing. And it was her nephew Parker, who first made the mental note that something he had seen didn't seem right. Right after she disappeared, Parker, who his Greg and Shelley's son, was on the monger property. And it was sort of late at night, and he ran into Dale, who appeared to be painting this old fertilizer tank. Take a listen. What I pulled in to get fertilizer in this special fertilizer shed has all these pumps and everything in it. He had this rusty and hydrous tank sitting on the ground and I kind of chuckled and all know they have what's called a running cariner in which is the wheels. But this was just the tank sitting on the ground. And I kind of chuckled. I said, "What? Dale, what the heck are you doing with that tank?" And I said, "Looks like I said, somebody have an accident. I've had them. We've had them. The bolts break and they roll off the card if somebody turns too short. And I thought it rolled off the card and ended up in a pond or something and people left it." And he said, "Oh." And he said, "That rusty thing." He said, "I told the guys that I haven't been able to sleep at night, and I would bring a few of these rusty tanks and I would paint them at night when I could sleep down here in this fertilizer barn. No cameras. No nothing." He said, "But I didn't mean that rusty tank." He said, "I meant one of the ones on wheels that just had a little bit of rust. That in hydrous is very corrosive. So it will rust the outside of the tank and every so many years you paint the tanks. Just ladders some white paint off." And so that's what he said he was doing and I thought it was kind of strange to me, especially the rusty tank. I never seen it before laying around, just kind of appeared out in a way. I didn't think much of it. In the back of my head it was just very weird, but I drove out of there and kept working. My dad goes down the next day and he's got that tank that he said he wasn't going to paint. It's still sitting there, half painted. Unlike you heard, he didn't think all that much of this interaction. However, there were a few things that stood out to him as strange. For starters, this tank was in the spray barn, which I'm not an expert on farming, so this will probably make sense to some of you out there. But I guess this wouldn't normally be where you would store a tank if they were being worked on. And like he said, it was very rusty and this is the kind of tank from my understanding that you would just get rid of, not the kind that could be revived with a fresh coat of paint. So the fact that Dale even painted it was weird to him and both of his parents agreed. And in those early days, Greg and Shelley even talked about the possibility that these body could be in there, but it just seemed too far-fetched to them. In order to get her in there, Dale would have had to have opened the tank, put her in there, and then he would have had to re-weld it shut, and apparently Dale wasn't a very good welder. So they kind of just let this fall into the back of their minds. Now to be clear, they did tell the police about the tank and why they thought Dale's behavior was strange, but for reasons we'll never know, no follow-up was ever done on it. And that's why it ultimately took years for the discovery to be made. And another huge shout out to Greg here because he ended up bringing this back to their attention. In August of 2024, he had sort of just been going through everything in his mind once again. And after the Michigan State Police shared some evidence with him, it reminded him about what he and Parker had seen. Greg says he remembers seeing Dale the day after the painted tank ordeal, and he said that Dale looked like he hadn't slept all night. Dale had even told him that he would weirdly enough paint those tanks whenever he couldn't sleep at night. This dude is unbelievable. Who would believe that? Like, oh, I can't fall asleep. Let me go out and paint the tanks. But anyway, Greg also knew that the cadaver dogs never searched the fertilizer barn in those early days because Dale, of course, had once made a comment that his dog died from being exposed to the chemicals. He basically said that his dog had walked around in there, and the chemicals had absorbed, and the dog had died because of it. So long story short, Greg tells investigators about what he and Parker witnessed. And that kicked off an all-new search effort. Investigators say they were specifically looking for anhydrous tanks that appeared to have a fresh coat of paint, and basically a non-factory well just looks sloppier than a factory well would, and that is exactly what they found in a barn on Paragon Road, a property owned by Dale a few miles down the street from the monger residents. The tank also had a sign on it that said bad dip tube do not use. And at first, the fear was that cutting the tank open would release harmful gases, so they actually took it to be x-rayed at weirdly enough a Canadian truck stop. I guess this was the nearest place they could think of to have something as big as a tank x-rayed. So when they did this, it revealed a tragic discovery, and I'm about to share that with you. So this weekend, me and a bunch of my girlfriends went out on a party bus to celebrate some of our friends' birthdays, and me and my bestie were freaking out the night before. 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The medical examiner says that she died of strangulation, and that she also had blunt force trauma to her face and her head. And do you want to know that evidence I mentioned earlier that investigators shared with Greg that jogged his memory? It turns out that security cameras on the property captured Dale moving welding equipment into the spray barn, not long after D went missing. And what's super freaky about this too is they believe she likely hadn't been put into the tank until a few days after she died. So she was somewhere on the property when friends and family were looking for her, and we don't know where. They think it's possible that she had been kept in a safe, but not totally sure on that. And I'm sure a lot of you will be able to guess how they believe he moved her body. That fucking JCB tractor. That was the reason for those tire tracks. They don't think he forgot something inside. They think that he drove right up to those sliding glass doors and put her body in the bucket of the tractor, and then transported it somewhere else until he eventually moved her to the tank. And they're pretty sure they have a video of him doing it. When investigators were going back over all that body cam and drone footage from those first few days, they realized that they had captured footage of Dale on Tuesday the 27th using a tractor to move a white and hydrous tank toward the spray barn. There was also body cam footage from that same day. And they're pretty sure the tank her body was found in could be seen on video. So he was literally moving evidence right under their noses. And on top of that, body cam footage from Dale's second interview showed that he had a pretty significant sunburn on his arms. Now mind you, this is April. And if you've ever been to Michigan in April, the UV is not going that hard, right? But I didn't know this. I guess welding if you don't use proper protection can actually give you a sunburn, and it makes sense, right? And not only that, you guys, Dale's fingerprint was also found on the ammonia sticker on the tank she was found in, but I don't think you need any more convincing at this point. It's pretty obvious what he did. And since I'm already going over a lot of evidence here, we may as well go ahead and jump into the trial, which began very recently in February of 2026. In the rest of that opening statement, the prosecuting attorney did a really good job of laying out all the facts of this case, and the fact of the matter is Dale and Dee had a very troubled marriage. I'm going to talk a little bit about Dee and Dale's relationship. If she witnesses, we'll testify, but it's never constant verbal disagreements. Over text, face to face, a pattern of stalking by Dale towards Dee. Dee, her main car was a Cadillac Escalade, comes with OnStar. So you can go on your phone and you can find out where the car was. Well, you'll hear from the person from OnStar, they really pull up their records how many times that Dale tracked Dee over the period from January of 2020 through April of 2021, and it was over 2,000 times that he tried to get her or did find her locations over four times a day. He also drove a Hummer occasionally. That was also GM Tribe, but didn't come with OnStar. His then son-in-law, Brian Bush, will testify that he wanted to track her into Hummer 2, and so he had Brian, he, Dale, had Brian by off Amazon, a tracker that could be installed in the Hummer. They had an IT person from the farm, Kyle Wagner will testify. Dee was scheduled for a medical procedure, Dale approaches him and says, can you clone Dee's phone for me? Basically, download everything that's on there, all their text, all their phone calls, and Kyle says, no, I'm not going to, I'm not going to do that, I'm going to violate her trust. The last thing he did with Brian was to try to set up cameras in the living space so he could monitor Dee in the home. And that only scratches the surface of Dale's efforts to try and control and track his wife. He was clearly a jealous, very unhappy person, and more importantly, rather than risk losing millions of dollars from the trucking business, the prosecution argued that he murdered Dee and put her body in the tank to try and conceal his crimes. Now the defense, on the other hand, argued that the state's theory was purely based on speculation, assumption, and innuendo, and that they had no physical evidence to support their theory. And yes, the state's evidence was largely circumstantial, but based on what I've already told you so far, it was as good as circumstantial gets. And every person that testified really solidified the facts of this case as I've already been presenting them to you. And I believe it was easy to see that nobody other than Dale had the motive, means, and of course, the opportunity to commit this crime. At the end of the day, Dee was planning on leaving his sorry ass, and with that, she would be cutting off his supply of money. And he was the only one there that night who could have possibly made her disappear. And this was separate from the trial, but his son, Jaron, was actually arrested in March of 2025 and charged with tampering with evidence and being an accessory after the fact in Dee's murder, but those charges were later dropped when prosecutors couldn't locate a witness that they needed to support their case. They can refile those charges at any time, though, and I hope they do. And there also was a jailhouse call where the two of them appeared to be talking about the tank being X-rayed, which is why they thought he was involved. But I guess not anymore, I don't really know what's going on with that. But obviously that's a huge piece of information to just drop on you, but unfortunately nothing has come of it and there's not much more to say. But going back to the trial with the caveat of Jaron possibly being involved, Dale was the sole focus. And I'm not going to make you sit through all the evidence and testimony since we've gone over it throughout this episode, but there are a few more things that came up that I think are worth mentioning. Including the fact that in May of 2021, Dale, like the blockhead he is, searched the internet for what to do with a thousand gallon propane tank. Little cremation. What is liquid cremation and why is it illegal? Widowers dating site. Ten widow dating sites. Widowers dating page. Fucking moron. And not only that, he also apparently forgot to remove his Apple watch that night, which revealed he had a higher heart rate than usual. Can't imagine why. And there was some shady shit that he had asked his IT guy to do. Only a day after due in missing and just to be clear, not shady on the IT guys park, but on Dale's part. Take a listen to that. Did Dale contact you regarding the IT system? Yes. Okay. I received a phone call early in the morning, it probably was between 8 and 830. He requested that we meet. And what are the things that he wanted you to do? He wanted the cameras put back on his phone. So the milestone server allows you to be able to access it through the milestone app that can be installed on your smartphone. And I needed to update some settings within his phone so that he could be able to view the footage. Okay. So the surveillance that's referring to as milestone correct. Could you view the surveillance footage from the office? Yes. How? He wanted to access it from the computer that I was at the reception desk. All right. And then tell us about the phone. You said that he wanted to update it on his phone? He wanted to be able to be able to access the cameras from his phone. What else did he ask you to do when you met with him? He wanted access to the camera server taken away from some of the other people that had it. Okay. And so who was left with access to the server access? I believe it was Parker Hardy and Zach Bach. So they were removed or they were left? Oh, they were removed. Sorry. Okay. And so who was left with access at that point? They would have at that point. It just would have been Dale. And then of course. If there were days worth of testimony related to D and Dale's relationship, the fight that transpired between them and how Dale could be connected back to the tank her body was found in, you know, stuff you've already heard me talk about. Now as for the defense's case, they called into question much of the state's claims, of course. And one thing that his attorney really argued was that Dale's fingerprint being on the tank wasn't that strange because this was his farm after all. So it wouldn't be unusual for his DNA to be anywhere. She also argued that none of the footage of Dale moving the tank during investigator's search proved he was moving the tank she was in. According to her, they could have been any tank. And ultimately, she said that Dale simply didn't have the time to do everything the state was accusing him of. But in the end, the jury found him guilty. In the end, Dale Warner was found guilty of second degree murder, tampering with evidence and was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Now he is eligible for parole, but not until he's 91 years old. And I hope he, maybe I shouldn't say what I was about to say. I'm sure you guys could guess, but anyway. But one thing I really want to highlight here is that Dale's case is really such a reminder of the importance of family advocacy. I can't say whether or not investigators would have given up, you know, trying to get justice for D, but I know for a fact that their family pushing so hard was a big reason that things move forward the way that they did and who knows if she would have gotten justice without them doing everything they did. No part of the last several years for them has been easy. I am grateful though that they were finally able to lay D to rest properly. After her remains were found, they had a proper burial for her and they were able to say goodbye to her officially, and her headstone reads Dan, of course, without the Warner. And with Lena being so young, I can only imagine how hard this has been on her, knowing that her dad was the one that killed her mom. I'm sure it's very hard for her to even understand everything that's happened and what's going on now, but as she gets older, I'm sure she will put more and more pieces together and family will clue her in and that's going to be very, very tough if she doesn't already know those things. And I've been trying to figure out whose custody she's currently in, you know, obviously I'm concerned for her and I believe she's in Jaren's custody of all people. I guess Dale had signed custody over to him before his arrest and I believe there's been a custody dispute over her ever since and I can see why. I just hope that she ends up in the best hands possible and that their family can all be at peace about where she ends up. Very tough situation and also quick notes, speaking of disputes, the $100 million wrongful death lawsuit is still in the works, but Dale's conviction will definitely help their case. And I will be sure to pin a comment or put an update in the show notes of this episode if you're listening on Spotify or Apple when updates come on that as well and I really, really hope they win that lawsuit. It's an absolutely wild case, though, right, I mean, Dale truly could have gotten away with this and that is a very scary thought, but thankfully, Dee has an amazing family who would have never given up on her and their efforts truly paid off, which is really beautiful to see. Definitely want to hear your thoughts on this one, you guys, so let me know in the comments below. That is going to be it for me this week, but of course, I'll be back next week to discuss another case, and until then, stay safe out there.