Dee Warner’s brother told jurors March 3 that his alarm and suspicion grew as he watched her husband, Dale Warner, “doing nothing” in the days after she vanished in April 2021, as emotional testimony continued during the latter’s homicide trial in Lenawee County.
Gregg Hardy, who lived next door to the Warners’ property on Munger Road, said his wife called him April 25 to share that Dee was missing. Hardy said he immediately joined efforts to find her, organizing searches, reviewing phone records and repeatedly contacting investigators.
Hardy, 19 years older than his sister, said he often acted as a father figure toward her, and she sometimes came to his home for safety with her children. Hardy told jurors he became concerned early in the investigation because Dee was gone without her vehicle and her youngest child, Angelina…