ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — More than three years later, investigators have solved the disappearance of a Michigan woman after tests confirmed her remains were found on her husband's property, state police said Wednesday.
Dee Warner's death “has been ruled a homicide. … While the remains have been positively identified and the cause of death has been confirmed, this is an ongoing investigation,” state police said on the social media platform X.
Warner, 52, was reported missing in April 2021. Her husband, Dale Warner, was charged in November with murder and tampering with evidence in her disappearance. He has pleaded not guilty.
His lawyer declined to comment on Wednesday evening.
State police said Sunday that human remains were found last week in Lenawee County, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Detroit.
Relatives told television stations the remains were found in a sealed, empty tank normally used to grow agricultural produce.
“In the dead of night, in a building with no cameras, slide her body in there, put the end cap back on and weld it all the way shut,” Dee's brother Greg Hardy told WDIV-TV during a visit to the scene.
