Jurors on Tuesday returned guilty verdicts for Jennifer Crumbley, finding her criminally responsible for the deaths of four students who were killed when her son opened fire at a Michigan high school in 2021.
Crumbley, 45, was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of Hana St. Juliana, 14; Tate Myre, 16; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; and Justin Shilling, 17. The teenagers were killed on Nov. 30, 2021, when Jennifer Crumbley’s then-15-year-old son, Ethan Crumbley, shot them and several others at Oxford High School.
On Tuesday, Judge Cheryl Matthews set Jennifer Crumbley’s sentencing for the morning of April 9. She faces as many as 15 years behind bars, WXYZ-TV reported .
Jennifer Crumbley trial: Jury deliberations begin for Michigan school shooter’s mother
Prosecutors said Jennifer Crumbley was negligent in giving her son a gun even though he had shown signs of mental distress in the months before the shooting, telling jurors that “ordinary care” could have prevented the attack. Jennifer Crumbley’s defense attorney argued that Ethan Crumbley never showed signs of mental distress in the run-up to the shooting, describing her client as a mother who was doing her best.