Overview
- Jurors began to be seated Tuesday, Jan. 27, with the trial expected to run several weeks and conclude in March.
- Dale John Warner, 57, of Tipton, is charged with open murder and tampering with evidence in the death of his wife, Dee.
- Dee Warner disappeared on April 25, 2021, from her Munger Road home in Franklin Township after initial property searches found nothing.
- Michigan State Police located human remains on Aug. 16, 2024, inside a welded storage tank on Warner’s property, later identified as Dee through dental records.
- Defense efforts to delay proceedings and move the venue were rejected, related 2025 charges against Warner’s son were dropped, and Warner remains held in the county jail.