A Michigan father who was just days away from being released from prison is now facing new charges in the long-running case of his missing children.
John Skelton, 53, was arrested on November 12 and charged with the murders of his three sons—Andrew, 9; Alexander, 7; and Tanner, 5. He is also charged with evidence tampering. Skelton is being held at the Lenawee County Jail on a $60 million bond.
The boys disappeared in November 2010, shortly after Thanksgiving. Skelton had refused to return them to their mother, Tanya Zuvers, following a court-ordered parenting time visit. Their whereabouts remained unknown for years, and Skelton offered shifting stories to investigators—including a claim that he handed the children over to a secret “underground sanctuary” for protection. Investigators later confirmed such a group did not exist…