DURANGO, Colo. (AP) 鈥� A Colorado father has been sentenced to a maximum 48 years in prison after 小蓝视频 convicted of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death in the disappearance of his 13-year-old son nearly a decade ago.
Mark Redwine, 60, , The Durango Herald reported.
Redwine was indicted in 2017 in the disappearance of Dylan Redwine, who was reported missing in November 2012 while on a court-ordered Thanksgiving visit to his father's home outside Durango in southwest Colorado. Dylan Redwine鈥檚 remains were found a few miles from his father鈥檚 home in 2013, and hikers found his skull in 2015.
A jury convicted Redwine in July after less than a day of deliberations.
The case drew national attention when Redwine and the boy鈥檚 mother, Elaine Hall, leveled accusations at each other over their son's disappearance on the syndicated 鈥淒r. Phil鈥� television show in 2013.
Redwine didn't speak during the sentencing hearing.
鈥淚 have trouble remembering a convicted defendant that has shown such little remorse for what they鈥檝e done,鈥� the judge said.
Prosecutors argued at trial that Redwine killed Dylan after Dylan discovered embarrassing photos of Redwine wearing women鈥檚 lingerie and eating feces from a diaper. They presented evidence that Dylan鈥檚 relationship with his father was in long decline and that Dylan told family and friends he dreaded the court-ordered visit.
A forensic anthropologist testified at trial that Dylan suffered a fracture above his left eye and that two marks on his skull were likely caused by a knife or sharp tool at or near the time of death. Fred Johnson, special deputy district attorney, testified that investigators found traces of Dylan鈥檚 blood in Redwine鈥檚 living room.
Hall testified that she sent Dylan to his father鈥檚 house on Nov. 18, 2012, learned he was missing the next day and suspected her ex-husband wasn鈥檛 telling the truth about their son鈥檚 disappearance.
Redwine didn鈥檛 testify at trial. But he told investigators he left Dylan alone at home to run errands and that Dylan was missing when he returned. Defense attorneys suggested Dylan ran away and may have been killed by a bear or a mountain lion.
Public defender Justin Bogan also suggested that Hall鈥檚 appearance on national TV turned public opinion against her ex-husband and influenced the direction of the police investigation.
Redwine, a truck driver, was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, following the 2017 grand jury indictment.
The Associated Press
