Jennifer Crumbley trial: Prosecution rests case after attempting to portray her as the school shooter's neglectful mother
Prosecutors rested their case after a week of intense testimony from more than 20 witnesses and text message and police video evidence.
PONTIAC, Mich. — Prosecutors in the trial of Jennifer Crumbley rested their case Thursday after a week of intense testimony from more than 20 witnesses, and text message and police video evidence — intended to show that the Michigan woman knew of her teenage son's mental state and access to a gun and yet neglected to act on the day he committed a mass shooting in 2021.
Crumbley's involuntary manslaughter trial is a rare case of charges being brought against the parent of a school shooter.
Earlier Thursday, the jury heard excerpts from Ethan Crumbley's journals in which he wrote, "My parents won't listen to me about help or a therapist," expressed his desire to "shoot up" his school and said he was going to get a 9 mm pistol, which his parents would help the then-15-year-old buy days before the shooting.
Crumbley, 45, later put her head down and sobbed as school surveillance video of the shooting was played for jurors. Oakland County Sheriff's Office Detective Lt. Tim Willis, who investigated the shooting, was in tears on the stand as he explained what was shown.
During cross-examination, Willis agreed that investigators had no evidence that Crumbley had known about her son's journals.
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