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Ethan Crumbley was a disturbed child who
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expressed many Sinister warning signs
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but without attentive parents all of
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those concerns raised by teachers and
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neighbors would fall on deaf ears as the
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months of neglect and being left alone
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at home turned into years an unchecked
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pattern of terrible Behavior became
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normalized and although Ethan would
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confide in his best friend and mother
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about his dark thoughts these
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opportunities once again slipped by
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without intervention and sadly by the
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time real effort was being made to help
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this Twisted teen it would be all too
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late and it came at the cost of multiple
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lives welcome or welcome back to Coffee
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today we're looking at a case that just
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seems to get worse the longer it goes on
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that being the outrageous case of Ethan
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crumblyy a young kid not even legally
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old enough to drive would become the
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center of a very dark story that ended
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in the loss of four innocent lives by
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dive this is the case of Ethan
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Crumbley welcome back folks and welcome
Michigan
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to the state of Michigan interesting
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fact here but although the state's
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capital Detroit is well known for its
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high crime rate did you know that
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Michigan was actually the first American
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state to abolish the death penalty in
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1847 apparently this was due to way too
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many wrongful convictions being passed
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through the court at the time thus
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unfortunately costing dozens of innocent
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people their lives on the brighter side
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of Life Michigan is well known as the
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birthplace of both Madonna and Stevie
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Wonder making it quite the star studded
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state it is also famously known as Motor
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City due to its importance in the
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American automotive industry being the
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birthplace of Ford Chrysler and General
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Motors for today's case though we find
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ourselves 40 Mi north of the big city in
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the small Township called Oxford with a
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population of 3,500 resid
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this small town doesn't have that much
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to offer but being in Rural America it's
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a naturally quirky place in its very own
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right and holds several strange events
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throughout the year including scarecrow
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competitions now if only the murderer in
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today's case focused on being one
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himself because I'm sure he would have
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become the state champion anyway in this
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small Township it is here that we find
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the small and allegedly dysfunctional
The Crumbley family
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crumbly family consisting of mother
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Jennifer Father James and their
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15-year-old son Ethan now although Ethan
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will be the main focus of this story to
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fully understand the case we must first
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look at his upbringing because sadly as
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we will soon find out his parents were
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not exactly the best in the
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neighborhood throughout their own
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adulthoods both James and Jennifer had
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several run-ins with the law both for
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fraudulent checks and for driving Under
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the Influence don't let this fool you
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though as famously alcoholism transcends
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throughout all classes and James and
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Jennifer had well-paying jobs and
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business management
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now I couldn't dig up anything on the
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check fraud but with these charges
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confirmed we know that both of them
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weren't the most humble of earners out
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there but their charges for driving
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Under the Influence happened in the year
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2005 just one year before Ethan was born
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on April the 28th 2006 and suddenly I'm
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starting to feel quite old Although our
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case today occurs in Michigan Ethan was
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born in Atlantic Beach Florida but the
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family wouldn't live here for long when
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Ethan was just a baby business would
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require the family to move to isaar
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Washington it wasn't long after this
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that the young Ethan would develop some
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rather strange interests for a child
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only 8 years old especially ones
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featuring a lot of blood and gore which
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was certainly not appropriate for a
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developing child of his age he also
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began to play violent video games from
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very early on namely the first person
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shooter Call of Duty and while I don't
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believe video games make people violent
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I don't think COD zombies at the age of
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10 would do anyone any favors I mean as
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with many parents keeping their children
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occupied with screens make their lives
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much easier so James and Jennifer would
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buy these movies in games and just leave
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them to it surely all of this was
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harmless right in the year 2014 and when
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Ethan was only 9 years old the family
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moved across the country yet again to
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finally settle in the township of Oxford
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which of course is where the rest of our
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story today takes place and as you can
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likely tell moving around at a tender
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age may have taken a great toll on Ethan
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moving around between towns and cities
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meant that Ethan never truly got to make
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friends with people at school and could
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never really feel secure at home and
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this made a a depressed young boy at a
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very impressional point in childhood
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while living in Oxford neighbors noticed
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that Jennifer and James would often be
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out of the house at the same time
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leaving Ethan to fend for himself at
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home this worryingly included him having
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to make his own meals and he was
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sometimes left all alone overnight I
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mean to be fair a few hours Home Alone
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for any 13-year-old boy can be
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considered a great r Treat you can
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finally do whatever you want in the
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freedom of your own space however the
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length and frequency of which Ethan was
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left to his own devices from the
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inexperienced age of 10 was anything but
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normal or healthy he didn't even have a
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phone in case of emergencies so if
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anything went wrong or he got into
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trouble he would have to rely on his
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neighbors for help which he frequently
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did all in the meanwhile his parents
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were either at work or at local pubs and
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bars in the evening due to his reclusive
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nature Ethan's academic life
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deteriorated throughout his teenage
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years at the age of 14 he attended
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Oxford High School which is just one
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year before our tragic event takes place
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during his time at Oxford High School
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Ethan fit into a group of Ables and
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outcasts and never had much luck
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blending with more popular or
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academically gifted kids in this time
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frame he was particularly close to one
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classmate due to his age I'll be keeping
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his identity private but for
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storytelling purposes I'll nickname him
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Victor Ethan regular confided in Victor
Red flags
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throughout his textt messages talking to
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him about how lonely he felt and how he
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felt that life had no meaning however
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over time these text messages became
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darker and far more concerning Ethan
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eventually expressed his desire for
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violence and even confessed that he
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trapped tortured and killed baby bird in
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his garden and what's worse he seemed
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proud about it now you may have already
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figured that this was a very strong
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warning sign of things to come because
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famously Killers start their murderous
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careers on animals since the two were
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edgy teenagers they seem to just cruy
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laugh about it through messages but what
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Ethan didn't tell Victor is that he'd
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actually kept the head of that bird in a
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jar under his bed and just a few days
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later he would even bring this head into
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school and then plant it into the girl's
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bathroom leaving the school traumatized
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by the discovery now you would have
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thought that this was maybe the first
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public warning sign right by March of
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2021 Ethan had well and truly lost it
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messages sent to Victor were becoming
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increasingly violent some of those
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messages are so screwed up that I've had
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to blur some of them out but parts of
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those messages include the following
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just looking at them in their eyes as
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they look back at you while they know
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their life is about to end so young the
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best feeling just thinking about the
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torturing and the screaming it fills the
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void whenever I see a little kid about a
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year old or a little more I want to pick
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them up and run off with them then
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torture them before throwing them off a
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cliff in the spring of 2021 e Ean began
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to confide in his mother but this was
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never in person either because he liked
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to keep his parents at arms length or
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because he rarely had the opportunity to
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speak with them instead he sent her
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various text messages over several
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months and found within these messages
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were shocking revelations about the
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family home at 6:03 p.m. on March the
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17th 2021 he sent his mother the
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following okay the house is now haunted
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some weird [ __ ] just happened and now
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I'm scared I've got some videos and
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picture of the demon it is throwing
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balls I'm not joking and it [ __ ] up
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the kitchen I'm going outside for a
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while can you at least text back his
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mother never responded to these messages
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but phone records show that she did
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message a husband about Ethan's Behavior
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deeming it possibly could be attention
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seeking this is entirely understandable
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by the way seeing how the young boy was
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almost always left to his own devices
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personally speaking I think it's awful
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how she never even responded to her son
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these interactions would continue in the
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coming month months and he complained
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that all of the strange things in the
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house only happened when he was alone
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apparently the demon would often appear
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to terrorize him by trashing rooms and
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flinging objects around the house but at
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least in my mind this boy was just
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desperate to have some attention from
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his
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parents simultaneously the violent
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messages to Victor carried on and
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whether this was some messed up form of
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attention seeking or something far more
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Sinister nobody knew at the time however
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what we do know at this time is that
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Ethan's parents were absolutely aware of
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his mental health that was deteriorating
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throughout the following months the son
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was willing to lie disobey and even
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become aggressive and phone records
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between Jennifer and James confirm that
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not only did they know about this but
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they spoke about it too now these two
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clearly deserve a parent of the Year
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reward because despite all of these
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concerning details they decided to grant
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him the birthday present that he'd
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always wanted a firearm I don't know
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what to say here of course that is
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precisely what any mentally Disturbed
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15-year-old child child needs a firearm
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Jesus and with signs of violence and
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dysfunction so apparent it astounds me
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that Jennifer and James would go ahead
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and Grant Ethan his wish for a firearm
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on November the 27th Ethan and his
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mother went to Accurate shooting range
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to try out his new toy his parents were
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actually regulars there and the shooting
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range deemed itself to be a
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familyfriendly establishment hosting
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birthday parties and even Mother's Day
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events and so after using more than 100
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rounds of his new 6h hour 9mm a handgun
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and even teaching his mom how to shoot
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Ethan put his gun carefully back in its
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case and the pair then returned home
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with it it was only 2 days later on
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November the 29th that Jennifer received
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an angry phone call from Skool
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apparently her son had been looking up
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ammunition during class which no
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surprise alarmed his teacher now
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shooting is a common Hobby in America
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and is nothing out of the ordinary but
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Ethan was a 15-year-old boy showing
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worrying signs of antisocial behavior
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and a rather strong obsession with
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violence and unfortunately it is clear
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that his parents did not take any of
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this seriously enough and while looking
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at the text messages sent between
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Jennifer and her son immediately after
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this phone call we can tell that she
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didn't give a single [ __ ] at all the
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messages read this is nothing I should
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get in trouble for did you at least show
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them a pick of your new gun no I didn't
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show them the pick my God I only told
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them I went to the range with you on
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Saturday it was a harmless act L I'm not
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mad you have to learn not to get caught
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I know
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LOL Although Ethan's Newfound hobby
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could perhaps excuse his short-term
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Obsession his parents both knew that
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this wasn't a oneoff being honest with
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you the way that Jennifer responded is
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at best negligent and at worst
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borderline Psychopathic however what
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they didn't know is during all of this
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time Ethan was actually planning
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something far more Sinister and just one
November 30th, 2021
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day after getting in trouble at school
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and his mother carelessly brushing It
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Off the township of Oxford would learn
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in the most tragic of ways
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possible November the 30th 2021 to most
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it was just another typical day in
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Oxford people had readily made their way
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to work and children were in their
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classes at school however as the day
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wore on and lunchtime approached Oxford
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Police Department received the first of
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more than 100 incoming calls and all of
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them were saying the same thing reports
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of an active shooter at Oxford High
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School officers hastily responded to the
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calls and were dispatched just 1 minute
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after the first call at 12:52 p.m. when
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they arrived at the scene they found
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panicked students sprinting out of the
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school and seeking Refuge wherever
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possible reports emerged of a gunman
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entering the bathroom and returning with
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a firearm before opening fire at other
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students in the hallways after students
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started running he continued down the
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hallway firing into classrooms and at
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students unable to escape when students
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began to barricade them themselves in
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the classrooms the asant tried to trick
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them by saying it was now safe to come
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out taking place on the southern
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quadrant of the school a school security
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officer was already trying to convince
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him to stop and the gunman in question
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was of course none other than Ethan
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Crumbley when additional officers
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arrived Ethan saw no way of continuing
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his Rampage as a result he surrendered
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and upon arrest officers found seven
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rounds in a 6-hour pistol and two 15
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round magazines on his person
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First Responders were quick to scout the
Aftermath
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school for any injuries and upon their
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investigation it was discovered that
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Ethan's Rampage had resulted in seven
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injuries and three fatalities
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heartbreakingly all of those dead were
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young students amongst the fatalities
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were 17-year-old Madison Baldwin
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16-year-old Tate Meyer and 14-year-old
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hannent Juliana tragically 17-year-old
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Justin Schilling who was mortally
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injured at the scene would later succumb
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to his injuries at hospital four young
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lives were taken by the selfish and
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violent actions of one of their peers
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who now at this point in time was still
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breathing himself no doubt though
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whether Dead or Alive Ethan Crumbley had
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thrown away his life too and now with
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investigators building a dark and
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harrowing recollection of his atrocities
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it was time for Ethan to face trial any
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on behal of Ethan crley thank you and
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Miss
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Melby goodno your honor cour appointed
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guardian and light on behalf of Ethan
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Crumley thank you and Mr Crumbley could
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you state your full name for us
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please he Robert Crumbley thank you Mr
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Crumbley if at any time you cannot hear
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or understand myself or any of the
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parties to the proceeding will you
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please let the court
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know yes ma'am after a thorough
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investigation through the school
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surveillance footage physical evidence
Recalling the incident
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at the crime scene and an exhaustive
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search of the family property
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authorities could accurately depict the
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actions taken on that fateful day it
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turns out that Jennifer Crumbley had
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actually received a phone call from
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school that very same morning teachers
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were understandably growing concerned
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about his behavior and this was for a
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very good reason too they had found
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disturbing drawings scribbled all over
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one of his homework assignments these
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drawings included a picture of a gun
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pointing at the words the thoughts won't
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stop above a crudely scribbled out help
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me other phrases were also scribbled out
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such as my life is useless the world is
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dead and blood everywhere he further
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muddied his motive though by adding ohos
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rocks I love my life so much and we're
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all friends here unknown to everyone at
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the time but at the time of drawing this
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Ethan had already planned out his method
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of attack and as for his firearm and the
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ammunition that was already in his bag
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his parents were called almost
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immediately after teachers noticed these
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drawings but when James and Jennifer saw
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the drawings they didn't bother to tell
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teachers that they' recently purchased
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their son a gun the school in insisted
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that his parents seek counseling within
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48 Hours of this meeting and if they
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failed to do so they would call Child
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Protective Services somewhat annoyed
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about this suggestion Ethan's parents
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refused to take their caution seriously
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and furthermore failed to take their son
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home that morning and tragically that
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would be a grave
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oversight at 12:50 p.m. Ethan decided to
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execuse his plan he was caught on a
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surveillance camera entering a bathroom
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with a backpack only to one minute later
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armed with a pistol and several
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magazines prowling the corridor he came
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across his first victim Phoebe Arthur
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who he heartlessly shot in the face now
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thankfully she would survive and even
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make a full recovery it is no surprise
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that she was his first Target and we'll
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get to this reason later Ethan proceeded
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to roam the corridors taking shots at
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fling students who were passing between
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classes luckily though many of his shots
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would miss his targets staff and
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students had thankfully been trained for
16:59
this kind of outbreak a voice over the
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school intercom assured students and
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teachers that this was not a drill and
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everyone adopted the Alice technique to
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fend off their as salant for those who
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don't know Alice is an acronym meaning
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alert lock down inform counter and
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evacuate both students and teachers
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alike were very quick to act alerting
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those around them locking and
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barricading the doors staying as far
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away from Windows as possible and
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evacuating wherever they could Ethan
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continued in his mission even trying
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trying to shoot through doors and
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windows once the corridors were empty he
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entered another bathroom desperately
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trying to find more victims one student
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who was hiding in the bathroom stall
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recalled hearing a gun [ __ ] outside of
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it but thankfully Ethan missed that
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storm the teens Rampage lasted for
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approximately 5 minutes before two
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officers apprehended him but sadly in
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that time frame he had already claimed
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four lives and injured seven more at
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1:22 p.m. just 7 minutes after reports
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of the shooting emerged Ed Ethan
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received a message from his mother
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saying Ethan don't do it but Jennifer
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like always was far too late to make a
More worrying clues
18:07
difference only 15 minutes later at 1:37
18:10
p.m. a call to 911 was made by James
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Crumbley reporting that a sixh hour
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pistol was missing from the property and
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that his son was possibly the Oxford
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High School shooter a deeper dive into
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Ethan's personal life held some
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extremely worrying clothes Ethan left
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his bag inside the bathroom he entered
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just before his spree began and when
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officers found this bag they found
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several concerning details amongst the
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items detectives found a journal and
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inside was the tale of a deeply
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Disturbed individual notable Pages
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include a checklist of things to bring
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on the day of his crime and next to this
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list Ethan wrote I wonder what life in
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prison will be like and I have lost all
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hope in life another page details his
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desire to kill girls and record the
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entire event so that the victim's family
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and friends would have have to see it in
18:59
court it also appears that Ethan had
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somewhat of a vendetta against girls an
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Insel in Disguise if you will another
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page shows an illustration of a girl
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with a gun to the back of her head with
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the message the first victim has to be a
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pretty girl with a future so that she
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can suffer just like me this may
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indicate why he selected Phoebe to be
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his first victim in his journal he also
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says last time I had a mental breakdown
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my parents were out of town so I
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murdered a family of five baby birds my
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grades are failing my parents have each
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other we have no money and I have zero
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help for my mental problems and it's
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causing me to shoot up the
19:43
skull throughout his journals it is
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quite clear to see that Ethan was an
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exceptionally mentally disturbed child
19:49
and Not only was he aware of this he was
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also aware of the consequences that his
19:53
actions would have Ethan was fully
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coherent regarding his intentions and
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how he'd set set out to achieve them and
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in addition to this he had even
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highlighted how he would surrender to
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police once they arrived now I would
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show you the rest of his 22-page journal
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but time aside it is the edgiest slop
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that I've ever encountered and simply
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isn't worth your energy but saying that
20:14
these extensive plans and drawings
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alongside Ethan's coherence would make
20:17
it very easy for the prosecution and so
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moving forward Ethan Crumbley was faced
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with 24 separate charges which included
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four counts of Murder in the first
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degree and even Terror ISM moving into
Legal Proceedings
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the legal proceedings of this case you
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would think this would be a rather open
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and shut story but first serious
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discussions over Ethan's mental
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well-being psychology upbringing and age
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had to be made the prosecution presented
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his journal entries the surveillance
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footage and other crucial evidence not
20:47
yet discussed which included a recording
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Ethan had made with his mobile phone
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just one day before the shooting her
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name
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is Ethan
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Crum aged
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15 and I'm going to be an ex school
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shooter I thought about this a
21:09
lot I can't stop thinking about
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it like it's constantly in my head
21:17
every conversation I have with
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someone no matter what I'm thinking
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about it and I can't get it out it's
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currently
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November
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29th 2021
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10:05 p.m. the school I'm shooting up is
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Oxford High School I'm in 10th Grade
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there I've always been
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fascinated like guns when I was a kid
21:46
and always wanted to join the
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forces the SWAT and I was third
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grade Navy Seals when I was a
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fourth Marines fifth or seventh Army
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Rangers and I never thought of a career
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never had
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motivation I kept lying to myself
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that there is something out there for me
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Ethan ranted about how the school system
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was messed up that getting a career in
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life is nothing but brainwashing that
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life has no meaning and that he couldn't
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learn to be happy knowing that and then
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in his own words he confessed his St
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intentions when the bat rings to n f
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hour tomorrow October 30th November
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30th
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2021 going
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to walk to the dividend between the boys
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and the girls'
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bathroom I will have my black jacket
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on and I will walk behind someone and I
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will shoot a bullet in their school you
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that's my first
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victim I'm going to open fire on
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everyone in that hallway the hallways
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are too
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Gena I will try and hit as many people
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as I can I will reload and I will find
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people hiding I'm going to teach them a
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lesson I understand that I'm going to
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prison for this Michigan doesn't have a
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death penalty I don't want to die so
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isn't I see I want to kill other people
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I do not want to
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die I realize how valuable life is
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and I realized I broke the code of
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what's happening I broke the
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code I realize what is actually
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happening and these
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people they don't have the capabilities
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of understanding
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it I'm someone to teach the entire
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nation and the
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world of what's happening and how we're
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on to break a downfall on October the
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24th 2022 and and with the overwhelming
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amount of evidence stacked against him
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Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to all 24
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charges this consisted of one count of
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terrorism seven counts of assault with
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intent to murder 12 counts of possession
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of a firearm in the commission of a
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felony and four counts of first-degree
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murder Ethan would also withdraw his
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Insanity plea insisting that he spends
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the rest of his life in prison Ethan's
24:21
trial aside there is one unique element
Ethan's Parents...
24:23
behind this story and you're probably
24:25
already thinking about that too with
24:27
Ethan's parents being so negligent
24:29
towards his behavior what exactly
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happened to them well no surprise there
24:34
was a huge public outcry to see them
24:36
held responsible for their son's actions
24:38
and as of today I'm pleased to announce
24:40
that they have lost their appeal to be
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exempt from prosecution this means that
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our parents of the Year Jennifer and
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James crumblyy will face trial on
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charges of involuntary manslaughter it
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kind of makes sense if you ask me being
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responsible for your child's well-being
24:54
includes their mental health and the
24:55
consequences of neglecting it and let's
24:58
not forget that they were aware of the
24:59
many glaring red flags and not only did
25:02
they decide to dismiss all of them but
25:04
they also purchased him a firearm
25:06
Jennifer even posted it on Facebook
25:09
stating the gun was indeed Ethan's and
25:12
not only that but it turns out that the
25:14
family didn't even own a safe to store
25:16
it in either despite their charges of
25:18
involuntary manslaughter they still
25:20
refused to take their grave situation
25:22
seriously and after failing to show up
25:24
to their arraignment US Marshals sent
25:26
out a wanted notice
25:28
this resulted in their faces being put
25:30
all over the local news with a $110,000
25:33
reward for any information that would
25:35
ultimately lead to their arrest after
25:37
being on the Run since December the 2nd
25:39
2021 it only took 2 days for officers to
25:43
track them down a business owner
25:45
approximately 40 mil away spotted their
25:47
own car in his parking lot surprise
25:49
surprise but both pleaded not guilty and
25:52
as a result their bail was set at an
25:53
alarming
25:55
$500,000 making it very unlikely that
25:57
these two will see any freedom before
25:59
their trials are
Remembering Hana, Tate, Justin, & Madisyn.
26:02
conducted the consequences of Ethan's
26:05
actions and the measures that others
26:07
could have taken to prevent it are just
26:09
as terrible as they are clear and at the
26:11
hands of negligence carelessness poor
26:13
mental health and Malice four innocent
26:16
students lost their lives Madison
26:18
Baldwin is remembered as someone with
26:20
the purest of Hearts known to be the Cal
26:22
in a storm and her mother believes that
26:24
she was so exceptional in this world
26:26
that she needed to be another Tate Meyer
26:29
is remembered as a hero amid Ethan's
26:31
attack he ran right toward him and died
26:33
while trying to protect others the young
26:35
man was always a team player right to
26:38
the very end with his final tweet saying
26:40
I had a great time at the game yesterday
26:43
thank you Justin Schilling had a
26:44
gentleness and a caring way about him
26:47
and is remembered for his kindness to
26:48
others an organ donor and a fierce golf
26:51
player in the same swing his family miss
26:53
him terribly Hannah and Juliana was a
26:56
fantastic kid who filled her family's
26:58
hearts with her infectious laugh honesty
27:01
kindheartedness and biting wit and just
27:04
like the others she also leaves a
27:06
massive void in the wake of her death
27:08
hopefully their family and friends can
27:09
now find solace in knowing that the one
27:11
who took the loved ones away from them
27:13
is now spending the rest of his life
27:15
Behind Bars and as for his parents well
27:18
there's a quote that I find very fitting
27:20
to end this story when asked if she
27:22
could say just one thing to Jennifer and
27:24
James Madison's mom said the following
27:27
I'm sorry that you didn't want to be
27:29
parents that you didn't want to take
27:31
care of your child but as a result you
27:33
took mine right away from
27:37
me and with those powerful words I think
Outro
27:40
that pretty much comes to the end of the
27:42
video folks I don't think I could say it
27:44
any better than she did and on that note
27:46
folks thank you so much for watching
27:47
today I really do appreciate your
27:49
company if you found this case
27:51
interesting or insightful please
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before you go though what are your
27:57
thoughts on this case I think the main
27:59
question here is how do you think
28:01
Ethan's parents handled a situation and
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would you say it's all Ethan's fault or
28:06
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that is it today I'll see you again very
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yourself look after each other and of
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course stay safe thank you and
28:52
goodbye