A US jury said this on Tuesday Jennifer Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughterthe mother of Ethan Crumbley, a 15-year-old teenager who was sentenced to life in prison after killing four high school classmates in a shooting in November 2021.
After a consultation process that lasted more than ten hours, the jury, consisting of twelve peopleAccording to CNN, he ultimately found the 45-year-old woman who admitted last week to giving her son the murder weapon guilty.
Crumbley, in preventive detention since her arrest The day after the incident, he must attend a hearing on April 9th where he could face a prison sentence of up to fifteen years.
The prosecution has stated that it is Jennifer Crumbley responsible for the deaths because he acted “grossly negligently”. by giving his son a gun instead of offering him psychological treatment in light of the warning signs expressed by the minor. The woman clarified that the weapon was intended to be used for hunting on a family ranch.
During her testimony last week, Crumbley pointed at her husband the alleged responsibility he had to keep the weapon in a safe place. “I didn’t feel comfortable being responsible for it. It was more like something that belonged to him, so I left him in charge,” he stressed.
The parents were declared refugees until they were arrested. According to prosecutors, they ignored the school’s warnings about the erratic behavior of their son, who enjoyed torturing animals or watching videos of extreme violence.
Ethan Crumbley then turned himself in to the authorities Entering Oxford High School armed, when he was 15, and killed 17-year-old Justin Shilling; Hana St. Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17, and Tate Myre, 16. Seven other people, including a teacher, were seriously injured.
Oakland County Judge Kwamé Rome gave him the maximum sentence in December a “true act of terror” and explained that the teenager forced his partner Shilling to kneel before killing him. “This is an execution,” he said.