LENAWEE COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - Dale Warner is set to learn his sentence Thursday after he was convicted of killing his wife, Dee Warner.
Court is scheduled to start at 8:15 a.m. Watch live above.
A jury found Dale Warner guilty of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in March stepping from the 2021 murder of his 52-year-old wife in Lenawee County.
The backstory:
Dee Warner was reported missing in April 2021 after her children went to her Tecumseh home, and she wasn't there. According to testimony during trial, her disappearance came amid marital problems, and Dale Warner tried to claim that Dee Warner must have left on her own while he was out working on their farm.
In 2023, while Dee Warner was still missing, Dale Warner was arrested and charged following a declaration of death trial.
Dee Warner's body was found a year later in an anhydrous ammonia tank on her husband's farm.
What they're saying:
After the decision was announced, Dee Warner's brother, Gregg Hardy, spoke about the years and months that led up to the trial, as well as his feelings directly after the guilty statement came through.
"He is an atrocious piece of human trash, in my opinion," he said of Dale Warner.
He added he was disappointed the jury didn't agree on a first-degree murder decision, but said he was exuberant for his sister.
"Victory for her," he said.
The Source: Previous reporting was used in this story.
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