![]() In court, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald used the murder weapon to demonstrate how to use a cable lock to keep the gun from being fired. They showed evidence that the murder weapon was never properly secured away from their troubled son. Prosecutors told the jury if the Crumbleys had taken a "tragically few steps," four Oxford students would likely still be alive. A few hours later, Ethan emerged from a school bathroom with the gun and began firing his first of 32 shots. Instead, the Crumbleys left their son at school and returned to work. The images featured a pistol resembling the Sig Sauer alongside a figure with bullet wounds and phrases like "blood everywhere" and "help me, the thoughts won't stop." They never told counselors about the gun they gifted their child when they were called to a meeting at the school the day of the shooting, not even when they were shown drawings the teen made. However, they argued the Crumbleys ignored signs their son was seriously troubled and bought him a powerful Sig Sauer 9mm handgun as an early Christmas present. Prosecutors never claimed the parents knew about their son's plans to go on a killing spree at Michigan's Oxford High School. Their son, Ethan Crumbley, pleaded guilty to murder and previously was sentenced to life without parole for the school shooting he carried out when he was 15. Many legal experts say it could set a precedent for charging parents with serious crimes because of actions taken by their child. The Crumbleys are believed to be the first parents of a mass school shooter to have been charged and convicted of such crimes. Not just one, but multiple," Beausoleil said. Everything you did that day, months prior and days after were voluntary acts (helping) your son to commit a murder. The words 'involuntary' should not be a part of your offense. "Not only did your son kill my daughter but you both did as well. Nicole Beausoleil, whose daughter Madisyn Baldwin was shot at point blank range, told the Crumbleys buying their son a gun when he was already spiraling into despair made them just as responsible as the shooter. When it was time for their families to speak, several members described how the murders still haunted them. Six other students and a teacher were injured. The teenagers who lost their lives during the shooting rampage were Justin Shilling and Madisyn Baldwin, both 17, Tate Myre, 16, and 14-year-old Hana St. Your child could make the fatal decision not just with a gun but a knife, a vehicle, intentionally or unintentionally." ![]() Ethan could be your child, could be your grandchild, your niece, your nephew, your brother, your sister. "This could be any parent up here in my shoes. "We weren't perfect but we loved our son and each other tremendously," Crumbley said. In her statement, Jennifer Crumbley said she, her husband and her son, Ethan, were an average family. Because I absolutely would have done a lot of things differently." "I cannot express how much I wish that I had known what was going on with him or what was going to happen. "I am sorry for your loss as a result of what my son did," he said. Several family members attended the sentencing. James Crumbley spoke directly to the parents of the students his son had murdered. ![]() In court, the Crumbleys looked visibly shaken, breathing heavily as they read from prepared statements prior to learning their fate. ![]() Each of those charges carried a maximum penalty of 15 years, and the sentences are to be served concurrently. courtroom to between 10 and 15 years in prison.īoth Crumbleys were found guilty in separate trials on four counts of involuntary manslaughter. James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose son murdered four classmates and shot seven other people at Oxford High School in 2021, were each sentenced Tuesday in a Pontiac, Mich.
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