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In August 2021, Gear was charged with tampering with evidence in connection with Glossett's disappearance. The prosecution alleged that on June 24, 2016, Gear did "alter, destroy, conceal or remove" unspecified evidence. He had also allegedly made statements to investigators which were "not truthful".
Police had searched Gear's property and found numerous samples of suspected blood throughout the home, in the garage, and in Gear's Ford F-250 pickup truck. Three of the samples collected turned out to be Glossett's blood. Investigators said the amount of blood was not consistent with a minor injury, and that that they suspected foul play in Glossett's disappearance.
Gear has not been charged with causing Glossett's actual disappearance, only with tampering with evidence after. He is awaiting trial.
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•There is a photo of Dale Gear at the link above.
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Jury finds Gear guilty of felony charge
A three-day jury trial ended with a guilty verdict against a Middle Point man charged with tampering with evidence.
The verdict against Dale Gear, 57, was handed down Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.
Van Wert, Ohio breaking news and local information from the Van Wert Independent.
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Middle Point man sentenced for evidence tampering in man's disappearance
A Middle Point man was sentenced this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court to two years in prison for tampering with evidence in the case of a Van Wert man who disappeared more than six years ago.
Dale Gear, 58, was convicted by a Van Wert County jury in June on the third-degree felony charge. Judge Martin Burchfield set bond for Gear at $100,000 cash pending appeal.