A TRUE STORY: SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED HERE...

Today we cover a true story of murder, theft, and a wild west style shootout. We visit a place where there was a shootout. When the dust cleared, there was one dead and two wounded. But the story doesn't end there. Let's explore the location of the shootout and another location related to the shootout.

SPOILER ALERT:

Okay, I know the story is a little convoluted, so let me go ahead and put out the characters and a time line for you.

Brothers:
Timothy Dale
Warren Dale

Other Characters:

Wenta Household:
Steve Wenta
Doug Fink
Doug Fink’s Wife and Children

Jim Malone – Owned the mine where the Dale brothers worked

Scott Rice – Informant who saw Timothy kill Warren

Timeline:
1973
Tim and Warren Dale head up to Steve and Doug’s house.
Tim: 19 years old
Warren: 27 years old
Steven Wenta: 76 years old
Doug Fink: 31 years old

Tim and Dale get into a shootout with Steven and Doug over stolen mining equipment. Steven is killed, Doug is wounded, and Warren is wounded.

Between 1973 – 2000 no information

2001 Timothy Dale kills his brother Warren and dumps his body down a mine shaft. Scott Rice witnessed the murder, but remained silent until:

2003 Scott Rice comes forward and tells his story about Warren killing Dale and the location of the body.

“The second crime was murder. The eyewitness testified at the preliminary hearing that he watched as Tim Dale beat his brother with his fist and then bludgeoned him with a large rock.
Warren Dale's body was later dumped in an old mine shaft.”

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