BELLINGHAM, WA — The father of Dylan Redwine, the 13-year-old Colorado boy whose dead body was found in 2012, was arrested Saturday in connection with his death, according to the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office.
A grand jury issued an indictment for Mark Redwine after establishing probable cause to charge him with second-degree murder and child abuse in connection with the killing. The investigation into the teen’s disappearance and death spanned a period of almost five years.
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Dylan was 13 when he arrived at his father’s house on November 18 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Denver Post reported that several witnesses testified that Dylan had not wanted to visit his father, according to the indictment, and that text messages recovered by investigators indicated that Dylan wanted to stay with a friend for the night after he arrived, but his father refused.
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Dylan made plans via text to visit a friend’s house at 6:30 A.M. the next morning, but never arrived. The friend sent him a “where are you” message, but got no response, according to the indictment.
At 2 A.M., Mark’s neighbor said she noticed that his exterior front porch light was still on. In the morning, when it was still dark, she said it was off.
Mark has said he left Dylan at home alone while he ran errands that morning and returned to find him gone — and claimed that he was not concerned about his son due to the fact that he knew Dylan wanted to spend time with friends.
The teen’s body was found seven months later, and the investigation into his death spanned another five years.
During that time the case made national headlines, and various theories developed regarding Dylan’s whereabouts, from being picked up hitchhiking to abduction to being killed in a bear attack.
Mark has always denied any involvement in his son’s death.
According to the indictment, in June 2013, some of Redwine’s remains were found in the woods a few miles from his father’s house.
You read the full indictment here.
In November 2015, Redwine’s skull was found by a group of hikers just over a mile from where the rest of his remains were discovered. According to the indictment, forensic anthropologists found “two small markings consistent with two marks from a knife” on the skull that were not caused by an animal or another natural cause.
Investigators named Mark Redwine as a person of interest in the case two years ago.
Investigators who studied Dylan’s skull determined he had suffered injuries consistent with blunt-force trauma.
His blood was found in his father’s living room, and cadaver dogs detected a scent that indicated a deceased person had been in Mark’s living room and in the bed of his truck.
Dylan’s parents were in the middle of a custody battle over the teen, and his mother, Elaine Hall, has always insisted that her ex-husband had something to do with Dylan’s death.
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The entire family appeared on Dr. Phil twice in 2013, and they accused Mark of having a hand in his murder. But Mark insisted that he had “no idea” where his son was. Mark told Dr. Phil that he would take a polygraph test to clear his name, but later said that he did not feel well, and ultimately backed out of the test.
The indictment also states that Dylan had plans to confront his father about “compromising” pictures of him. There was no explanation of what the pictures were.
Mark is being held on a $1 million, cash-only bail.
Dylan would have been 18 years old this year.
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Main photo: Mark Redwine [La Plata County Sheriff’s Office]
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