Overview
- Jurors viewed a law-enforcement interview recorded days after Dee Warner vanished, opening the third day of testimony in Lenawee County’s 39th Circuit Court.
- IT worker Kyle Wagner testified that the day after Dee disappeared, Dale Warner ordered exclusive access to company servers and cameras for himself, and in 2019 asked him to clone Dee’s phone.
- Former son-in-law Brian Bush said Dale had him buy a GPS tracker later found in Dee’s Hummer, as well as trail cameras and an identical safe to swap for Dee’s, and that he checked the Hummer’s location dozens of times weekly at Dale’s request.
- Massage therapist Stacey Brodie described a large bruise and a suspected handprint on Dee before her disappearance, while bookkeeper Stephanie Voelkle recalled frequent money disputes and Dee’s plan to leave and sell everything on April 24, 2021.
- Dale Warner is charged with open murder and evidence tampering; Dee’s remains were found in 2024 inside a welded fertilizer tank with duct tape around her head and neck, and proceedings are scheduled to continue Wednesday, Feb. 18.