Human remains were was found on a Michigan man who has already been charged with killing his wife, authorities announced Sunday.
Dee Warner was reported missing on April 25, 2021; her husband, Dale Warner, was indicted in November 2023 with killing her and tampering with evidence.
“The remains are currently being recovered and there will be a lot of work and testing completed before positive identification is made,” That was written by the Michigan State Police on social media. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday.
Dee Warners the body was found on a rural property about two miles south of the home the Warners shared in Franklin Township, according to local newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
The the remains were located on Friday in a sealed tank for anhydrous ammonia, a common fertilizer, Dee’s family members told Toledo ABC affiliate WTVG.
The victim’s brother, Gregg Hardy, told The Daily Telegraph he spoke to investigators about how he believed his sister’s body may have been hidden in a tank on the property.
Officers “found a tank that was freshly painted with new hardware on it, and it had a weld seam that didn’t seem professional, and it was locked in a separate room in that building and had a tag on it that said, ‘Do not use,’ and that’s the idea they took out, Hardy told the newspaper.
The investigators believe that Warners had an argument on the night of April 24, 2021, and that Dale then killed Dee, 52, and hid her body. However, no arrests were made in the case until more than two years after Dee’s disappearance.
Dale Warner has pleaded not guilty to all charges. He remains on $15 million bond; his next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 4.
With News Wire Services