Court Analyst

It does, Andrea. It really does. Let me just go over the background a bit. Last Wednesday, neighborhood security officials found Hackman in a mudroom, his wife in a bathroom, along with scattered pills, and their dog, one of them, in a crate in the bathroom closet. Investigators at the time said no foul play, but the deaths appeared suspicious enough to warrant a thorough investigation.

That's right. At a press conference, officials said initial autopsy results were negative for carbon monoxide poisoning. And on Tuesday, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office shared findings from the gas company's extensive investigation. That investigation showed there was a minuscule gas leak on one of the stove burners, but not a lethal amount.

That's right. And if they confirm that to be true, that was more than a week before the bodies were found.

Yeah, and that could take weeks or even months. But according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, they're combing through hours of body camera footage from the deputies who responded to the scene. And they mentioned that they may soon release some of that footage.

It is Dee's stepson, 28-year-old Jaron Dale Warner. He was arrested over the weekend on charges of tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact in the disappearance and murder of his stepmother. He was briefly booked into the Lenawee County Jail before posting bond. That's the same jail where his father, Dale Warner, who is awaiting trial for the murder of Deanne Warner, is being held.

Jaron entered a not guilty plea when he was in court on Monday.

There will be two preliminary hearings. They're set for March 10th and March 17th. But if he's convicted, he could face jail time himself. The tampering with evidence charge alone carries more than a 10-year sentence. Okay, we will be watching.

Yes, Reid has been back in court for multiple hearings recently that we've been talking about here.

The defense says the prosecution suppressed video surveillance footage that would prove Karen Reid's innocence. Defense attorneys allege that in Karen Reid's first trial, prosecutors showed the jury a video that had been altered. to mislead jurors. The defense has made these motions before, and previous motions to dismiss have been struck down on both the local and the state levels.

We are still waiting for the judge's ruling on that.

We do. We do. The special prosecutor, Hank Brennan, delivered the outcome of that federal probe.

Brennan then went on to ask for a gag order for all attorneys in the case, but he was pretty pointed about Reed's defense team.

They're combing through hours of body camera footage from the deputies who responded to the scene. They may soon release some of that footage.