DYLAN REDWINE: Colorado vs. Mark Redwine for 2012 murder of 13-year-old son *GUILTY*

Justice for Dylan Redwine: seven years and waiting



Dylan Redwine disappeared seven years ago Tuesday in La Plata County, an event that prompted a yearslong investigation that led to the arrest of the boy’s father on suspicion of murder.

Dylan’s disappearance Nov. 19, 2012, and subsequent homicide investigation sparked national attention. The boy, 13, was last seen with his father, Mark Redwine, on surveillance footage at the Durango-La Plata County Airport and at Walmart in Durango.

“It’s kind of surreal,” said Elaine Hatfield-Hall, Dylan’s mother, in an interview Tuesday with The Durango Herald. “Sometimes, it doesn’t feel like it happened.”

Dylan’s last known whereabouts were at his father’s home, 2343 County Road 500, just north of Vallecito Reservoir. His last phone activity or communication was at 9:37 p.m. Nov. 18, 2012, when he sent text messages to a friend about plans to meet up.

Dylan’s friend sent a text at 6:46 the next morning asking, “where are you,” and received no response.

Investigators found the boy’s partial remains in June 2013 about 8 miles up Middle Mountain Road. Hikers found the boy’s skull in November 2015 about 1½ miles up Middle Mountain Road from where the rest of his remains were found.

Law enforcement arrested Mark Redwine, now 58, in July 2017 in Washington state and accused him of second-degree murder and child abuse. He has been incarcerated ever since at the La Plata County Jail.

Redwine’s trial date has been postponed at least three times in the past year. He is currently scheduled for a four-week trial in April 2020.

Justice for Dylan Redwine: seven years and waiting

Dylan Redwine disappeared seven years ago Tuesday in La Plata County, an event that prompted a yearslong investigation that led to the arrest of...

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Mark Redwine murder trial: Dylan suffered skull fracture around time of death, expert testifies

Dylan Redwine suffered a skull fracture above his left eye and was cut with a sharp tool around the time he died, a forensic anthropologist testified Thursday during the murder trial for Mark Redwi…

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Dylan Redwine suffered a skull fracture above his left eye and was cut with a sharp tool around the time he died, a forensic anthropologist testified Thursday during the murder trial for Mark Redwine, who is accused of killing his 13-year-old son in November 2012.

Forensic anthropologist Diane France discovered two marks on Dylan’s skull that were likely caused by a knife or sharp tool around the time of death, she testified, going over photos of the damage in painstaking detail with the jury.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Phone data shows how often Dylan Redwine’s father tried to call him after he disappeared

Dylan Redwine's phone records show he didn't respond to text messages or calls after 8:07 p.m. the night he disappeared.

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Phone data shows how often Dylan Redwine’s father tried to call him after he disappeared​

The day Dylan Redwine was reported missing, his father Mark Redwine sent him four text messages and attempted to call him seven times. The following morning, he called him once and never tried again.

That’s according to phone data that was analyzed by expert witness Scott Eicher, who testified in Mark Redwine’s murder trial on Friday morning.


According to Eichner’s testimony, Dylan Redwine’s last outgoing communication from his phone was at 8:07 p.m. on that night. His phone was at the same location when he received a text message from his mother just after 10 p.m. asking, “How are you doing son? Doing ok?”

The boy never answered.

 

[Kimster]

In a perfect world, I was going to watch some more of the trial over the weekend. But my weekend was wrapped up in The holiday and dealing with personal issues that arose Thursday afternoon. I really appreciate the updates!

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Witness describes the 4 text messages Dylan Redwine’s father sent him the day he was reported missing

Investigators went through text messages associated with missing 13-year-old Dylan Redwine before his disappearance.

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Witness describes the 4 text messages Dylan Redwine’s father sent him the day he was reported missing​

The communication between Mark Redwine and his 13-year-old son Dylan was sporadic in the months leading up to the boy’s disappearance, but the father sent four text messages to his teenage son the day he was reported missing.

This was the content of four messages Mark Redwine sent his son the day the search for him began:

• 8:14 a.m.: Hey bud, out of the office, call me.
• 8:15 a.m.: Hey you, call me please.
• 11:23 a.m.: Dyl, I am home and you’re nowhere to be found. Come back so I can get you to Bayfield. At least call me, k?
• 2:33 p.m.: Dylan, you need to call me. Where are you?

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Here's where a cadaver dog smelled human remains during the investigation into Dylan Redwine's death

A cadaver dog searched Mark Redwine's property and signaled the presence of human remains multiple times. The dog's handler testified at his murder trial.

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Here's where a cadaver dog smelled human remains during the investigation into Dylan Redwine's death​

A dog handler who brought a K9 named Molly to Mark Redwine’s home months after his 13-year-old son Dylan’s disappearance said the animal indicated there could have been human remains on the first floor.

“I would say there was a large source of human remains odor in my experience,” said Carren Gummin, the founder of a company called Canine Search Solutions.

She was on the witness stand for hours Tuesday morning and afternoon during the first day of the third week of Mark Redwine’s trial. He is charged with second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.

Gummin’s testimony was riddled with objections from the defense, which took issue with multiple exhibits and discussions about the accuracy of cadaver dogs. The dispute between the attorneys led to two afternoon breaks and multiple bench conferences.

The prosecution focused on past instances where Molly successfully found bodies, including in the Delaware River in Pennsylvania.


Gummin said the dog signaled there had been an odor of human remains near the garage of Redwine’s home during her search.

“There was a large amount of human remains odor detected on the exterior of that property,” she said.

Inside the house, Gummin said Molly signaled that she detected the presence of human remains seven times on the main floor, and made no indications she smelled anything on the second level. Previous testimony by the prosecution focused on the presence of blood in the living room.

Gummin said the dog signaled 12 times on Middle Mountain Road, but that she did not find remains herself. The dog also indicated the possible odor of human remains in the back of a Dodge pickup truck that belonged to Mark Redwine.

 

[Kimster]

Witness describes the 4 text messages Dylan Redwine’s father sent him the day he was reported missing

Investigators went through text messages associated with missing 13-year-old Dylan Redwine before his disappearance.

www.9news.com

Witness describes the 4 text messages Dylan Redwine’s father sent him the day he was reported missing​

The communication between Mark Redwine and his 13-year-old son Dylan was sporadic in the months leading up to the boy’s disappearance, but the father sent four text messages to his teenage son the day he was reported missing.

This was the content of four messages Mark Redwine sent his son the day the search for him began:

• 8:14 a.m.: Hey bud, out of the office, call me.
• 8:15 a.m.: Hey you, call me please.
• 11:23 a.m.: Dyl, I am home and you’re nowhere to be found. Come back so I can get you to Bayfield. At least call me, k?
• 2:33 p.m.: Dylan, you need to call me. Where are you?

Dylan didn’t answer his mom’s text the night before. Nuff said.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Mark Redwine trial: Prosecutors point to Dylan’s fishing pole as evidence of obfuscation

Mark Redwine told authorities that his son’s fishing rod was missing within hours of 13-year-old Dylan Redwine’s 2012 disappearance in La Plata County, focusing the early search efforts…

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Mark Redwine trial: Prosecutors point to Dylan’s fishing pole as evidence of obfuscation​

Mark Redwine told authorities that his son’s fishing rod was missing within hours of 13-year-old Dylan Redwine’s 2012 disappearance in La Plata County, focusing the early search efforts for the boy on the Vallecito Reservoir — well away from the location where Dylan’s remains were eventually found.

Mark Redwine, 59, who is standing trial on charges of second-degree murder and child abuse in Dylan’s death, told investigators he’d searched his house for his son’s fishing rod and couldn’t find it, and suggested Dylan might have wandered off to go fishing.

Later, investigators would comb the property for evidence without finding the fishing rod, according to testimony in the high-profile murder trial, which is well into its third week.

But one month after Dylan’s bones were found in June 2013 — in rugged, wooded terrain on Middle Mountain, nowhere near a fishing spot — Redwine suddenly claimed to have discovered the fishing rod in his garage. He turned it over to investigators, La Plata County sheriff’s Lt. Tom Cowing testified Wednesday.

“He mentioned how he’d moved his ATV from the garage and discovered the fishing pole behind a washing machine,” Cowing testified for the prosecution, which is seeking to prove that Redwine killed his son on the night of Nov. 18, 2012, and then worked diligently for years to mislead investigators and cover his tracks. Prosecutors suggested Redwine used the fishing pole to intentionally misdirect search efforts for Dylan.

 

[Kimster]

Mark Redwine trial: Prosecutors point to Dylan’s fishing pole as evidence of obfuscation

Mark Redwine told authorities that his son’s fishing rod was missing within hours of 13-year-old Dylan Redwine’s 2012 disappearance in La Plata County, focusing the early search efforts…

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Mark Redwine trial: Prosecutors point to Dylan’s fishing pole as evidence of obfuscation​

Mark Redwine told authorities that his son’s fishing rod was missing within hours of 13-year-old Dylan Redwine’s 2012 disappearance in La Plata County, focusing the early search efforts for the boy on the Vallecito Reservoir — well away from the location where Dylan’s remains were eventually found.

Mark Redwine, 59, who is standing trial on charges of second-degree murder and child abuse in Dylan’s death, told investigators he’d searched his house for his son’s fishing rod and couldn’t find it, and suggested Dylan might have wandered off to go fishing.

Later, investigators would comb the property for evidence without finding the fishing rod, according to testimony in the high-profile murder trial, which is well into its third week.

But one month after Dylan’s bones were found in June 2013 — in rugged, wooded terrain on Middle Mountain, nowhere near a fishing spot — Redwine suddenly claimed to have discovered the fishing rod in his garage. He turned it over to investigators, La Plata County sheriff’s Lt. Tom Cowing testified Wednesday.

“He mentioned how he’d moved his ATV from the garage and discovered the fishing pole behind a washing machine,” Cowing testified for the prosecution, which is seeking to prove that Redwine killed his son on the night of Nov. 18, 2012, and then worked diligently for years to mislead investigators and cover his tracks. Prosecutors suggested Redwine used the fishing pole to intentionally misdirect search efforts for Dylan.

What a bunch of garbage! Behind the washing machine? If it was so carelessly taken care of before hand, how would he have even known it was missing in the first place?

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Unable to locate his son, Mark Redwine took a nap, FBI agent says

Prosecutors rested their case Thursday after nearly three full weeks of testimony.

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An FBI agent testified on Thursday that he was brought in to interview Mark Redwine about a week after the disappearance of his Dylan Redwine because the La Plata County Sheriff's Office was having trouble "rectifying some of his statements about what happened with Dylan."

John Grusing, who is based in Denver, traveled to the Durango area on Nov. 25 and went to Mark Redwine's home the next day. He said he told Mark Redwine that he was there "on behalf of the family" to find out what happened to Dylan.

He said he did want to be confrontational in an effort to get Mark Redwine to share as much information as possible. Specifically, he said investigators were looking to get a better timeline related to Dylan's disappearance.

Prior to his interview, Grusing said he had Mark Redwine write a "free narrative". From that written statement, he said they would look for places where Mark Redwine was very detailed or appeared to be vague.

Grusing is expected to read that narrative on Thursday following the afternoon court break.

Earlier in the day, a dog handler testified there was a "high probability" that Dylan Redwine's scent was not on a pillowcase provided as a scent article by Mark Redwine, who said that his then-missing son had slept on it prior to disappearing.

 

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Unable to locate his son, Mark Redwine took a nap, FBI agent says

Prosecutors rested their case Thursday after nearly three full weeks of testimony.

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An FBI agent testified on Thursday that he was brought in to interview Mark Redwine about a week after the disappearance of his Dylan Redwine because the La Plata County Sheriff's Office was having trouble "rectifying some of his statements about what happened with Dylan."

John Grusing, who is based in Denver, traveled to the Durango area on Nov. 25 and went to Mark Redwine's home the next day. He said he told Mark Redwine that he was there "on behalf of the family" to find out what happened to Dylan.

He said he did want to be confrontational in an effort to get Mark Redwine to share as much information as possible. Specifically, he said investigators were looking to get a better timeline related to Dylan's disappearance.

Prior to his interview, Grusing said he had Mark Redwine write a "free narrative". From that written statement, he said they would look for places where Mark Redwine was very detailed or appeared to be vague.

Grusing is expected to read that narrative on Thursday following the afternoon court break.

Earlier in the day, a dog handler testified there was a "high probability" that Dylan Redwine's scent was not on a pillowcase provided as a scent article by Mark Redwine, who said that his then-missing son had slept on it prior to disappearing.

"Earlier in the day, a dog handler testified there was a "high probability" that Dylan Redwine's scent was not on a pillowcase provided as a scent article by Mark Redwine, who said that his then-missing son had slept on it prior to disappearing."

 

[Mel70]

Mark is such a bad liar and only thinks of himself. It's disgusting how long this has been going on. Dylan would be well into adulthood now.

 

[Kimster]

Mark is such a bad liar and only thinks of himself. It's disgusting how long this has been going on. Dylan would be well into adulthood now.

His friends are all 22 and 23 years old. The ones that testified, anyway.

 

[Mel70]

You don't have a comb Mark?.

 

[Mel70]

His friends are all 22 and 23 years old. The ones that testified, anyway.

That's what I guessed roughly. So sad.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Defense Presents Case In Dylan Redwine Murder Trial

The defense is presenting its case in the Dylan Redwine murder trial. His father, Mark Redwine, has been charged with second-degree murder and child abuse in the 13-year-old's death in 2012.

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Defense Presents Case In Dylan Redwine Murder Trial​

The defense is presenting forensic analysts to discuss the discovery of those remains and the state of the remains, raising questions about the role of animals possibly causing those injuries.

Last week, a wildlife biologist who studied bear behavior in the area testified that an animal attack in November would be “highly unlikely” because most bears were in hibernation by that time, and there was no trash that would have attracted a bear to the area.

Mark Redwine’s defense opens with expert pointing to potential wildlife role in Dylan’s death

The testimony from Bruce Anderson, an Arizona forensic anthropologist, in La Plata County Court showcased the defense’s central argument in the case: That Dylan’s death can be attribute…

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[Kimster]

I watched Brandon’s testimony last night. Little by little I’m trying to see the testimonies that I think would be the most interesting to me. I thought he did very well.

 

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Not sure what purpose this serves, unless they were re-inacting a crime? But this would have been done by the defense?