Because only bones were left behind, Kurtzman said he was unable to determine how the boy died. During cross-examination, the defense highlighted how much of his background about the case came from a probable cause statement from the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office that was drafted at the time of Mark Redwine’s 2017 indictment and subsequent arrest.
The defense has theorized that Dylan Redwine wandered off from his father’s home and that his body had been picked apart by scavenging animals. During cross-examination, Mark Redwine’s attorneys questioned Kurtzman about this point, as well as the fact much of the information he received was supplied by investigators.