Remains Found on Michigan Property Confirmed to be from Woman Missing since 2021

Warner, 52, was reported missing in April 2021 - The AP
Warner, 52, was reported missing in April 2021 - The AP
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Remains Found on Michigan Property Confirmed to be from Woman Missing since 2021

Warner, 52, was reported missing in April 2021 - The AP
Warner, 52, was reported missing in April 2021 - The AP

More than three years later, investigators have solved the disappearance of a Michigan woman after tests confirmed her remains were found on property owned by her husband, state police said Wednesday.

Dee Warner's death "has been ruled a homicide. ... Although there has been positive identification on the remains and manner of death has been confirmed, this is an ongoing investigation,” state police said on the social media platform X, The AP reported.

Warner, 52, was reported missing in April 2021. Her husband, Dale Warner, was charged in November with murder and tampering with evidence in her disappearance. He has pleaded not guilty.

His attorney had no immediate comment Wednesday night.

State police publicly disclosed Sunday that human remains were found last week in Lenawee County, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Detroit.

Family members have told TV stations that the remains were inside a sealed, empty tank typically used for crop fertilizer.

“In the dark of night, in a building that had no cameras: slide her body in there, put the end cap back on it, and weld it completely shut,” Dee's brother Greg Hardy told WDIV-TV during a visit to the site.



2 Injured Russian Climbers Rescued after 6 Days Stranded on Pakistan Peak

Paramedical staff prepare an isolation ward in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Paramedical staff prepare an isolation ward in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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2 Injured Russian Climbers Rescued after 6 Days Stranded on Pakistan Peak

Paramedical staff prepare an isolation ward in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Paramedical staff prepare an isolation ward in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

After six days of being stranded on a remote peak in Pakistan’s northeast, two injured Russian climbers were finally rescued, while another remains missing and is presumed dead, a mountaineering official said Wednesday.
The five-member climbing team, which began their expedition on one of Gasherbrum's peaks to retrieve the body of a fellow climber who died there last year, was hit by a pile of ice on Friday, officials said. Rescuers airlifted two of the mountaineers Monday while more planning was needed to rescue the other two who were unable to move because of their injuries, The Associated Press reported.
An army helicopter, backed by local volunteers, helped rescue the two injured on Tuesday, said Karrar Haidri, the secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, adding that the third climber fell into a crevasse and couldn’t be located.
Haidri said Wednesday the two were moved from the peak to the base camp and were in stable condition. “A helicopter was set to transport them to the northern city of Skardu, but it could not fly due to bad weather,” he said, and that they were trying to find another way to get them to a hospital.
The Russian team, which was not accompanied by guides or sherpas, took an unusual route on Gasherbrum.
While Haidri acknowledged that the climbers were hit by the ice formation while “ascending the mountain for a noble cause," he still warned against such endeavors.
“Climbers are fully aware of the dangers linked to such missions, but they still opt for dangerous and unexplored routes,” he said. “This is how climbers make records but also come across challenges."
Hundreds of climbers try to scale mountains in northern Pakistan every year, and accidents are common because of avalanches and sudden weather changes. This month, a Pakistani climber Murad Sadpara, 35, known for taking part in high-altitude rescue missions died during a descent from one of the country’s tallest mountains in the north.