Lenawee County prosecutors continued to build their case last week against Dale Warner, showing jurors surveillance video, digital records and autopsy findings they claim link him to the murder of his wife, Dee, in 2021.
Warner, 58, is charged with open murder and tampering with evidence. Dee, 52, disappeared from the couple’s farm in Franklin Township in April 2021. Her remains were discovered in August 2024 inside a rewelded anhydrous ammonia tank on property owned by Warner.
Testimony has focused on the couple’s deteriorating marriage and business disputes. Amy Alexander, who is romantically involved with Warner’s brother, said Dee planned to tell her husband on April 24, 2021, that she wanted a divorce and to sell their businesses. That night, the couple’s nine-year-old daughter stayed with friends, leaving Dee and Dale Warner alone at home…