WASHINGTON: The parents of a teenager who carried out a deadly school shooting in the US state of Michigan were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on Tuesday in an unprecedented and closely watched case.
Their son Ethan, who is now 17, is serving a life sentence for the November 30, 2021 shooting which left four students dead and seven other people injured at Oxford High School, 70km north of Detroit. Addressing the Crumbleys in court before sentencing, Nicole Beausoleil, the mother of Madisyn Baldwin, 17, one of the slain students, said:"Not only did your son kill my daughter but you both did as well."
"I will never walk her down the aisle," St. Juliana said."I am forever denied the chance to hold her or her future children in my arms." During separate trials, the Crumbleys were accused of ignoring warnings that their son had mental health struggles. He later entered a bathroom, emerged with the gun which had been concealed in his backpack and fired more than 30 shots.