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‘Compromising’ fetish pics led Colorado dad to kill teen son, prosecutors claim
By Joshua Rhett Miller
June 22, 2021 | 11:05am
Mark Redwine makes his first appearance in district court in Durango, Colo. 2017
Mark Redwine makes his first appearance in district court in Durango, Colo., in 2017.
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An enraged Colorado father killed his 13-year-old son after the boy found “compromising” photos of him eating feces from a diaper while wearing women’s underwear, prosecutors allege.
The murder trial of Mark Redwine, 59, began Monday with opening statements by prosecutors who claim he flew into a rage when his teenage son, Dylan, may have mentioned or shown him the sordid photos the night he was killed in November 2012, the Denver Post reported.
“A damaged relationship, exposed with compromising photographs, photographs in the hands of a 13-year-old who is disgusted by it, which triggered a violent rage in the defendant,” prosecutor Fred Johnson said.
Redwine, who was arrested in 2017, is charged with second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.
Dylan Redwine with mom Elaine
Dylan Redwine, seen here with his mom, Elaine, was killed in 2012.
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Dylan disappeared from Redwine’s Vallecito home during a court-ordered visit at the residence over Thanksgiving 2012. The boy’s remains were not discovered until 2013 and 2014, the Denver Post reported.
Johnson said Monday prosecutors intend to show Redwine killed Dylan in his living room and then dumped the body off a trail near his home before misleading investigators for months to cover up the killing.
Traces of blood belonging to the boy were found in Redwine’s living room and his son’s body was found without his wallet or backpack.
A Colorado Bureau of Investigations investigator searches a travel trailer next to Mark Redwine’s house in Vallecito Colo. in 2012.
A Colorado Bureau of Investigations investigator searches a travel trailer next to Mark Redwine’s house in Vallecito, Colo., in 2012.
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Redwine’s public defender, meanwhile, insisted that Dylan had no interest in visiting his father and suggested he may have been attacked by a bear or mountain lion after running away, claiming a tooth mark was found on his skull, the Denver Post reported.
Defense attorney John Moran said Redwine’s son had previously confronted him about the fetish photos during a cross-country trip — and that prosecutors will not be able to prove a connection between his death and the revealing snapshots.
The images “come from deep within Mark’s private life,” Moran said. “If the prosecution could find an expert to say people who do that are more likely to kill their child, that information would be given to you … Mr. Redwine did not kill his child.”
Redwine was working as a trucker in Washington when he was arrested, KUSA reported.
Moran said no evidence tied his client to the boy’s death, the station reported.
The trial is expected to last until mid-July.
Family photo; La Plata County
“Mr. Redwine … in addition to being innocent, lost everything,” Moran said Monday. “He lost it all, and now he sits here with this demand for wrongful conviction.”
Dylan’s older brother, Cory, who previously said he saw the “disgusting” photos of his father as well, called for “justice” in his brother’s death in November 2020.
“Dylan needs strength from more than just us and I can’t begin to explain how much every single person that knows his story is a part of that!” Cory Redwine wrote on Facebook. “Every day a kid is forgotten by the legal system and that is not ok!!”
Dylan was eventually found without his wallet or backpack.
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The trial, which was postponed after multiple delays in the case, is expected to last until mid-July, with testimony to start Tuesday, the Denver Post reported.
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‘Compromising’ fetish pics led Colorado dad to kill teen son, prosecutors claim
By Joshua Rhett Miller
June 22, 2021 | 11:05am
Mark Redwine makes his first appearance in district court in Durango, Colo. 2017
Mark Redwine makes his first appearance in district court in Durango, Colo., in 2017.
AP
An enraged Colorado father killed his 13-year-old son after the boy found “compromising” photos of him eating feces from a diaper while wearing women’s underwear, prosecutors allege.
The murder trial of Mark Redwine, 59, began Monday with opening statements by prosecutors who claim he flew into a rage when his teenage son, Dylan, may have mentioned or shown him the sordid photos the night he was killed in November 2012, the Denver Post reported.
“A damaged relationship, exposed with compromising photographs, photographs in the hands of a 13-year-old who is disgusted by it, which triggered a violent rage in the defendant,” prosecutor Fred Johnson said.
Redwine, who was arrested in 2017, is charged with second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.
Dylan Redwine with mom Elaine
Dylan Redwine, seen here with his mom, Elaine, was killed in 2012.
Dylan disappeared from Redwine’s Vallecito home during a court-ordered visit at the residence over Thanksgiving 2012. The boy’s remains were not discovered until 2013 and 2014, the Denver Post reported.
Johnson said Monday prosecutors intend to show Redwine killed Dylan in his living room and then dumped the body off a trail near his home before misleading investigators for months to cover up the killing.
Traces of blood belonging to the boy were found in Redwine’s living room and his son’s body was found without his wallet or backpack.
A Colorado Bureau of Investigations investigator searches a travel trailer next to Mark Redwine’s house in Vallecito Colo. in 2012.
A Colorado Bureau of Investigations investigator searches a travel trailer next to Mark Redwine’s house in Vallecito, Colo., in 2012.
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Redwine’s public defender, meanwhile, insisted that Dylan had no interest in visiting his father and suggested he may have been attacked by a bear or mountain lion after running away, claiming a tooth mark was found on his skull, the Denver Post reported.
Defense attorney John Moran said Redwine’s son had previously confronted him about the fetish photos during a cross-country trip — and that prosecutors will not be able to prove a connection between his death and the revealing snapshots.
The images “come from deep within Mark’s private life,” Moran said. “If the prosecution could find an expert to say people who do that are more likely to kill their child, that information would be given to you … Mr. Redwine did not kill his child.”
Redwine was working as a trucker in Washington when he was arrested, KUSA reported.
Moran said no evidence tied his client to the boy’s death, the station reported.
The trial is expected to last until mid-July.
Family photo; La Plata County
“Mr. Redwine … in addition to being innocent, lost everything,” Moran said Monday. “He lost it all, and now he sits here with this demand for wrongful conviction.”
Dylan’s older brother, Cory, who previously said he saw the “disgusting” photos of his father as well, called for “justice” in his brother’s death in November 2020.
“Dylan needs strength from more than just us and I can’t begin to explain how much every single person that knows his story is a part of that!” Cory Redwine wrote on Facebook. “Every day a kid is forgotten by the legal system and that is not ok!!”
Dylan was eventually found without his wallet or backpack.
Family photo
The trial, which was postponed after multiple delays in the case, is expected to last until mid-July, with testimony to start Tuesday, the Denver Post reported.
‘Compromising’ fetish pics led Colorado dad to kill teen son, prosecutors claim
An enraged Colorado father killed his 13-year-old son after the boy found “compromising” photos of him eating feces from a diaper while wearing women’s underwear, prosecutors allege. The murder tri…
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