Dylan Redwine

Case background and investigation

Dylan Redwine, 13, traveled from his mother's home in Colorado Springs to stay with his father, Mark Redwine, for a court-ordered visit over the Thanksgiving holiday in November 2012. His father lived near Vallecito Reservoir, northeast of Durango in La Plata County. According to the Colorado Sun, Dylan was last seen on the night of November 18, 2012, and his father reported him missing the next day.

Searches of the area did not find him. Some of Dylan's remains were found in 2013 a few miles from his father's home, and hikers found his skull in 2015, according to the Colorado Sun. KRDO reported that the remains were found in woods near Mark Redwine's home.

Mark Redwine was indicted in 2017 and arrested in Bellingham, Washington. At trial, prosecutors said Dylan had found embarrassing photographs of his father and that the killing followed a confrontation over them, the Colorado Sun reported. Prosecutors also presented a forensic anthropologist's testimony about a fracture and marks on Dylan's skull, and traces of Dylan's blood found in the living room of the home.

In July 2021, after less than a day of deliberation, a La Plata County jury found Mark Redwine guilty of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. On October 8, 2021, he was sentenced to 48 years in prison. In a statement before sentencing he maintained that he was innocent.

Redwine filed a notice of appeal in November 2021, KRDO and KDVR reported. In April 2026 the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed a related restitution order in his case; that opinion describes him as having been found guilty of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.