to at least 10 years in prison on Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented a "runaway train" — the killing of four students in 2021.They were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors presented evidence of an unsecured gun at home and indifference toward the teen's mental health. James Crumbley, defense lawyer Mariell Lehman, Jennifer Crumbley, and defense lawyer Shannon Smith await sentencing in Oakland County, Mich.
Later that day, on November 30, 2021, the 15-year-old pulled a handgun from his backpack and began shooting."These convictions confirm repeated acts, or lack of acts, that could have halted an oncoming runaway train. The Crumbleys will be eligible for parole after serving 10 years in custody and will get credit for the jail time. If parole is denied, they can't be held longer than 15 years.
Nicole Beausoleil, the mother of Madisyn Baldwin, recalled simple things she enjoyed doing for her daughter, such as scheduling an oil change for her car or helping choose senior year classes."While you were purchasing a gun for your son and leaving it unlocked, I was helping her finish her college essays," Beausoleil told James and Jennifer Crumbley.Prosecutors said "tragically simple actions" by both parents could have stopped the catastrophe.
The Crumbleys attended a meeting at the school that lasted less than 15 minutes. They did not mention that the gun resembled one James Crumbley, 47, had purchased just four days earlier — a Sig Sauer 9mm that Ethan had described on social media as his "beauty". No one, however, checked Ethan's backpack. He pulled the gun out later that day and killed four students — Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, Shilling and Baldwin — and wounded seven other people.
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