Parents of Michigan School Shooter Each Sentenced To Up To 15 Years in Prison

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Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of Michigan high school shooter Ethan Crumbley, were both found guilty of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year.

PONTIAC, MICHIGAN - APRIL 9: Jennifer Crumbley looks at her husband James Crumbley during their sentencing on four counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of four Oxford High School students by their son, mass school shooter Ethan Crumbley, on April 9, 2024 at Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Michigan. The Crumbleys are the first parents in U.S. history to be criminally tried and convicted for a mass school shooting that was committed by their child.

Months before the shooting, Ethan Crumbley texted his mom that he was hearing voices and seeing demons. But he told his friends that when he asked his mother to get medical help, she laughed at him. Jennifer Crumbley, wearing a black and white prison shirt and glasses, offered her sorrow in her final statements to the court. Her husband sat across the table from her, in an orange jumpsuit and bound by chains and handcuffs. In March,for threatening a prosecutor in the case. He addressed the parents in the courtroom and said, “My heart pours out to every single one of you. It really does.

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