Ethan Robert Crumbley is from Oxford, Oxford Township, Michigan, United States. The village is located about 30 miles north of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
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BIOGRAPHY
Crumbley is an alumnus of Oxford High School in Oxford. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He is James Robert Crumbley and Jennifer Sawdon Crumbley‘s son.
- He lived in Florida, USA before moving to Oxford.
- He loved playing video games.
- In middle school, he was on the bowling and soccer teams.
- He did not play team sports when he attended Oxford High School.
- He wanted to be an archeologist, according to his half-brother Eli Crumbley.
- He is 3 years younger than Eli.
- His favorite video game was “Minecraft,” a sandbox video game first made public in May 2009 before fully releasing in November 2011.
- Uploaded on October 3, 2016, a YouTube video in an account bearing his father’s name shows him talking about posting a video of his homemade scarecrow costume for Halloween.
- In August 2015, his parents bought a house in Oxford. They moved from Florida to Oxford with Eli.
- In 2021, he fatally shot four teenagers in Oxford.
- In 2023, he was sentenced to life in prison.
- On April 28, 2025, he turned 19.
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TIMELINE
Ethan was a high school sophomore when he was convicted of killing four Oxford High School students and injuring seven people in 2021. His parents were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison in 2024 for gross negligence that contributed to the shooting.
2021
- In March 2021, he started sending disturbing texts about his state of mind to his mother and his brother Eli moved out from their house in Oxford and went back to Florida.
- On November 26, 2021, his father bought a Sig Sauer 9mm handgun.
- On November 27, 2021, he took to Instagram to share a photo of his father’s handgun with a caption, “Just got my new beauty today. SIG Sauer 9MM. Ask any questions I will answer.”
- He was an Oxford High School sophomore when his parents were called into the school at 10:00 a.m. on November 30, 2021 for a meeting with teachers about his behavior. At 12:50 p.m., using his father’s Sig Sauer 9mm handgun, he fired 30 rounds at the school, emptying two 15-round magazines, killing four students namely Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Justin Shilling, 17, Tate Myre, 16, and Hana St. Juliana, 14, and injuring seven other students and one female teacher, then 47. Minutes later, Oakland County Sheriff‘s deputies arrested him.
- On December 1, 2021, he was arraigned before Judge Nancy Carniak. His parents attended the arraignment via video. He was charged as an adult with one count of terrorism, four counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of assault with intent to murder and 12 counts of possession of a firearm. He pleaded not guilty and spoke only to say he understood the charges. He was booked into the Oakland County Jail in Pontiac, Michigan.
2022
- On January 7, 2022, he waived the probable cause hearing.
- On January 12, 2022, a plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf during his arraignment.
- On January 26, 2022, he announced he would plead insanity via a court filing made by his lawyers and requested an evaluation of his criminal responsibility.
- On October 24, 2022, he pleaded guilty to all of the charges filed against him and withdrew his intent to pursue an insanity defense.
2023
- On September 29, 2023, Judge Kwamé Rowe ruled that he was eligible for a sentence of life without parole.
- On December 8, 2023, he appeared in court in Pontiac before Rowe. Represented by Paulette Loftin, he said in court he was “a really bad person”. Rowe sentenced him to life in prison.
2024
- In April 2024, he was transferred from the Thumb Correctional Facility in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan to the Oaks Correctional Facility in Manistee Township, Manistee County, Michigan.
2025
- On May 6, 2025, Randy J. Wallace, Thomas C. Cameron and Sima G. Patel of the Michigan Court of Appeals issued an order denying his request to withdraw his guilty plea or be resentenced due to lack of merit in the grounds presented.
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