{"id":45764,"date":"2021-07-16T02:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/jury-begins-deliberations-after-closing-arguments-in-redwine-case\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:27:17","slug":"jury-begins-deliberations-after-closing-arguments-in-redwine-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/jury-begins-deliberations-after-closing-arguments-in-redwine-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury begins deliberations after closing arguments in Redwine case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=2ce20f11-96b2-57b6-9643-0a9e88ecbd95&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1574\" height=\"1079\" alt=\"Public defender Justin Bogan finishes his closing argument Thursday in Durango with his client, Mark Redwine, to his right and fellow public defender John Moran to his left. Public defenders said jurors may not agree with how Redwine behaved after his son disappeared, but he\u2019s not guilty of murder. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Public defender Justin Bogan finishes his closing argument Thursday in Durango with his client, Mark Redwine, to his right and fellow public defender John Moran to his left. Public defenders said jurors may not agree with how Redwine behaved after his son disappeared, but he\u2019s not guilty of murder. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Prosecutors asked jurors to rely on common sense and life experiences in convicting Mark Redwine of killing his 13-year-old son, while defense lawyers urged jurors to acquit the defendant based on reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan was \u201cscared\u201d to travel to Vallecito on a court-ordered visit to his father\u2019s house in November 2012 because of rifts in the relationship and an unspoken frustration about sordid photos Dylan found showing his father in women\u2019s lingerie while eating what appeared to be feces from a diaper, Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty told jurors Thursday. A confrontation caused Redwine to kill his son, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n<p>The defense argues there is not enough physical evidence to prove Redwine killed his son. Public defender Justin Bogan said Redwine didn\u2019t have the time or knowledge of anatomy to dispose of his son and get to work in Durango early the next morning.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors began deliberations about 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Before closing arguments, 6th Judicial District Chief Judge Jeffrey Wilson announced that a juror was excused from the case because of comments the person made about Redwine\u2019s guilt. It was the second juror to be dismissed, but only 12 jurors were needed, and the trial started with 16 jurors, including four alternates.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=37ceb44f-ded5-4f10-9ff5-be3b7e50c2bc&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1611\" height=\"2211\" alt=\"Dylan Redwine\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Dylan Redwine<\/span><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Dylan Redwine was in the stages of breaking off his relationship with his father, something other family members had done, when Redwine killed him, Dougherty said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis relationship was severing,\u201d he told jurors. \u201cIt was splicing and it was cutting and it was coming to an end because the defendant\u2019s words and his deeds had pushed this loving young boy to a point where Dylan no longer wanted to have any contact with the defendant, and the only reason he had contact with the defendant was because the court ordered him to do so,\u201d Dougherty said.<\/p>\n<p>At its core, Dougherty said it is a simple and tragic case: Who was the last person seen with Dylan? Who was with Dylan the moment he sent his last text message?<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4360cdcc-c963-5ad6-bc86-8f1944d5cadd&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1183\" alt=\"Prosecutor Michael Dougherty said the relationship between Mark Redwine and his son, Dylan, had been severed. The father killed his son and disposed of the body, Dougherty said in closing arguments Thursday in Durango. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Prosecutor Michael Dougherty said the relationship between Mark Redwine and his son, Dylan, had been severed. The father killed his son and disposed of the body, Dougherty said in closing arguments Thursday in Durango. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>\u201cA damaged and deteriorating relationship that turns deadly on Nov. 18, 2012,\u201d Dougherty told jurors. \u201cAnd despite the defendant\u2019s best efforts to avoid responsibility and accountability, we are here today, and justice is about to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dylan told friends and family he didn\u2019t want to visit his father over the Thanksgiving break in Vallecito. But he was ordered to do so as part of a custody agreement. His mother, Elaine Hall, contacted her attorney in an attempt to get Dylan out of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat relationship was coming to an end,\u201d Dougherty said. \u201cAnd for the defendant, this was incredibly frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aF9-FZVbLnA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Mark Redwine, in a dark blue suit and a bright yellow shirt, listened attentively and stoically as both Dougherty and Bogan, delivered closing arguments.<\/p>\n<p>Hall, watching in the spectators benches, wiped away tears as Dougherty finished his closing argument.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor told jurors: \u201cOn Nov. 18, 2012, Elaine Hall experienced a parent\u2019s worst nightmare. The worst nightmare a parent can have. When you send a text at 10:09 as Elaine did on the night of Nov. 18: \u2018How\u2019s it going son, you OK?\u2019 She\u2019s been waiting nine years for a response. She\u2019s been waiting for nine years for a response because this guy killed her son,\u201d he said as he pointed to Mark Redwine.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThis is the response she gets now: No, your son is not OK. Mark Redwine killed him and should be held fully responsible, fully accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dylan endured blunt force trauma and sharp force injuries to the head, Dougherty said. Redwine dumped the body in the rugged backcountry northeast of Vallecito Reservoir to cover his tracks, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The boy\u2019s skull was found about 5 miles from the dump site. Redwine likely wanted to further hide the skull because it showed the most evidence of foul play, Dougherty told jurors.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan\u2019s out-of-character halted use of social media and unanswered text messages beginning the night of Nov. 18 suggests the boy was killed that evening, Dougherty said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of what the defendant did, this world will never know Dylan Redwine beyond that day,\u201d  Dougherty said. \u201cWe\u2019ll never know the impact that he would have had on this world today, his high school years, college, a future family of his own. All those things were robbed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defense attorneys recognized the strained relationship between Dylan and his father but told jurors that doesn\u2019t add up to homicide. Dylan likely went on a walk early Nov. 19 and was attacked by a wild animal, Bogan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want your son in your life, you want a relationship with them,\u201d Bogan said. \u201cYou don\u2019t kill them hours after they arrive to come to visit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bogan pointed to the lack of hard evidence in the case. There are still several unknowns, and that shouldn\u2019t be taken lightly, Bogan said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2CTMwPKiJic\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>There is no evidence of cleanup, no evidence of a physical fight and minuscule blood evidence at Redwine\u2019s home, he said. Cadaver dogs signaling to the odor of human remains at the house is not reliable enough, either, Bogan said.<\/p>\n<p>Before evidence was found, Bogan said investigators were \u201ctrying to catch\u201d Redwine by setting up cameras, tracking his car and giving scientists police reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a biased perception of evidence here,\u201d Bogan told jurors.<\/p>\n<p>But Dougherty argued the case was investigated and mulled over for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is no rush to judgment,\u201d Dougherty said.<\/p>\n<p>Bogan said sordid pictures of Mark Redwine dressed in woman\u2019s underwear eating feces out of a diaper were introduced to misdirect the jury. He told jurors the photos serve more to breed hatred toward the defendant rather than serving as a motive for the boy\u2019s death, as prosecutors claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prosecution likes these pictures a lot more than they like the tangible and scientific evidence in this case,\u201d Bogan told the jurors. \u201cThey like those pictures more than they like the fact that there\u2019s uncontested damage by animals of the remains. The marks on the cranium are consistent with animal damage. They like those pictures better than the fact that the DNA evidence is contradictory and underwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bogan said jurors should view the pictures only for the sole purpose of determining whether they support the prosecution\u2019s thesis of the case, not to unfairly taint Mark Redwine as a bad person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not get washed downstream by the photos,\u201d he told jurors. \u201cDo not get washed downstream. Say: \u2018Well, a person who engaged in this sort of conduct is probably a freak, a freaky bad person. And because they are kind of a freaky bad person, they probably would be the sort of person to kill their youngest son if they fought for him, to get custody of him, after a really bad divorce for five years.\u2019 You can\u2019t do that. You look at them like: Does this motive make sense. Does it help me understand what they\u2019re saying motive is?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=20e9ac81-201b-58ee-b471-3e3bfc41c773&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1377\" alt=\"Mark Redwine enters the courtroom after a break in closing arguments Thursday in Durango. Redwine is charged with second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in the death of his son, Dylan. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Mark Redwine enters the courtroom after a break in closing arguments Thursday in Durango. Redwine is charged with second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in the death of his son, Dylan. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Redwine is charged with second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.<\/p>\n<p>Dougherty described the difference between first-degree and second-degree murder. First-degree murder, he said, is when someone acts intentionally, like when a couple have an altercation and one waits for the other to come home and shoots that person with a handgun. Second-degree murder, he said, occurs when someone acts knowingly, like when a couple are arguing in the kitchen and one person becomes upset with the other and hits her on the head with a frying pan.<\/p>\n<p>He asked jurors to recall testimony from Brandon Redwine, Mark\u2019s son from a previous marriage, who said the day Dylan\u2019s remains were found, Mark commented about how law enforcement won\u2019t know whether blunt force trauma was involved without the skull. The statement was so out of left field that Brandon contacted law enforcement that day, Dougherty said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- gallery:0c8ebdd8-7dd2-4578-b188-2062b2f61f13 --><\/p>\n<p>The prosecution noted Redwine didn\u2019t mourn as a typical father would. Redwine appeared laid back when Dylan vanished and threw away pictures of his son in August 2016. While Dylan was still missing, Redwine transferred the money in Dylan\u2019s bank account to his personal account, Dougherty said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got rid of everything that could tie Dylan to him, tie the body to him \u2013 except the debit card. The debit card could potentially have value for him,\u201d Dougherty said.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the courtroom, most family members declined to comment about the trial.<\/p>\n<p>The only observation came from Cory Redwine, who said, \u201cIt\u2019s been difficult to go through all this again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-2931cd22f5e85591f22f98f2f3a27afe\">Herald Staff Writers Shane Benjamin and Patrick Armijo contributed to this report. Kaela Roeder is an intern for The Durango Herald and The Journal in Cortez and a 2021 graduate of American University in Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a3da286f-0885-5e47-8c43-c207dac687aa&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1186\" alt=\"Elaine Hall, center, leaves  the courtroom during a break in closing arguments Thursday in Durango. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Elaine Hall, center, leaves  the courtroom during a break in closing arguments Thursday in Durango. 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