James Crumbley is on trial for involuntary manslaughter in Michigan, charged after his son fatally shot and killed four of his classmates at Oxford High School. His wife – the shooter’s mother – Jennifer Crumbley, was found guilty of the same crime last month. The jury in James Crumbley’s trial has listened to several days […]
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Former investigator testifies at James Crumbley trial
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — James Crumbley, the father of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter–one charge for each student shot and killed by his son at Oxford High School in 2021. Oxford: Opening statements will begin today in the trial of James Crumbley The Oakland County jury on Friday […]
James Crumbley involuntary manslaughter trial, Day 2: Watch live
Jurors will hear evidence for a second day in the involuntary manslaughter trial of James Crumbley, father of the Oxford High School shooter. Proceedings are to start at 8:30 a.m. The parents, whose then-15-year-old son murdered four students and injured six students and teacher on Nov. 30, 2021, are the first in America to face […]
James Crumbley has jail communication privileges restricted after ‘threatening statements’
PONTIAC, Mich. — The father of the teenager who fatally shot four students at his Michigan high school had his jail communication privileges limited because he made “threatening statements,” authorities said Thursday. James Crumbley, 47, is on trial on counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with four killings his son carried out at Oxford High […]
James Crumbley made threats over jailhouse phone
Day 1 of testimony in James Crumbley’s trial was almost an instant replay of his wife’s case, but it ended on a dramatic note, with the jury being sent home early and a visibly irritated Crumbley mouthing “no” emphatically to his lawyer. Turned out, Crumbley was caught making threatening statements on a jailhouse telephone and […]
James Crumbley trial’s opening statements focus on whether son’s shooting rampage was preventable
PONTIAC, Mich. — Prosecutors in the criminal trial of James Crumbley, the father of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, opened their case Thursday by showing jurors an image of the gun’s unused cable lock still in its original packaging — teasing out evidence meant to suggest he failed to prevent the looming rampage. “That nightmare […]
Crumbley verdict and respect for guns
Feb. 9—On Wednesday, a Michigan jury found Jennifer Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of four students at Oxford High School in 2021. She was found guilty despite never firing a shot. She didn’t load a weapon. She didn’t aim. She wasn’t even at the school when it happened. And it was absolutely […]
Jennifer Crumbley guilty verdict ‘is going to echo through every household in the country’
In a landmark case that puts parents across America on notice, particularly those with guns in their homes, an Oakland County jury Tuesday convicted Jennifer Crumbley of involuntary manslaughter, concluding she’s responsible for the deaths of four students murdered by her son in 2021 at Oxford High School. The four guilty verdicts reverberated across the […]
Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Ethan Crumbley, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in son’s school shooting
PONTIAC, Mich. — Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan woman charged in connection with her son’s deadly school shooting rampage in 2021, was convicted Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter in the unprecedented case. The unanimous verdict came on the second day of jury deliberations in a landmark trial that turned on an unusual question: Can the parent of […]
Jennifer Crumbley found guilty in Oxford school shooting. One moment swayed the jury.
I think maybe the tide turned against Jennifer Crumbley on the witness stand, when she insisted there had been no sign that her son was mentally ill. The notion that mass murderers and serial killers can seem just like everyone else is a shopworn cliché, and doesn’t stand up, in most cases, to the barest […]
Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Ethan Crumbley, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in son’s school shooting
PONTIAC, Mich. — Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan woman charged in connection with her son’s deadly school shooting rampage in 2021, was convicted Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter in the unprecedented case. The unanimous verdict came on the second day of jury deliberations in a landmark trial in which Crumbley became the first parent to be held […]
Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter’s mother, guilty of manslaughter
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021. Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley had a duty under Michigan law to prevent her son, who was 15 at the time, […]