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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Parents of Mass Shooter Ethan Crumbley Blow Wet Kisses in Court

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A prosecutor is asking a judge to intervene after the parents of a suspected school shooter reportedly blew kisses at each other during a remote hearing.

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0:00.0

Cribe Stories with Nancy Grace

0:07.0

Blowing kisses, sending love signals, secret signals, and court.

0:19.0

While each of them are charged with four counts of homicide.

0:25.0

Really?

0:26.0

I'm talking about the parents of school shooter Ethan Cromley.

0:31.0

Take a listen to our friends at Inside Edition.

0:34.0

Their son is accused of killing four students during a school rampage in Michigan last November.

0:39.0

And the parents are facing their own serious charges of manslaughter for allegedly allowing him access to a gun.

0:46.0

Now prosecutors want them to stop acting all lovey-dovey in court.

0:51.0

It started when James Cromley was seen mouthing I love you to his wife, Jennifer, at a court hearing last December.

0:58.0

Following their dramatic arrest at a warehouse in Detroit where they were hiding out.

1:02.0

Cromley looked on the verge of tears.

1:04.0

Jennifer kept stealing glances in his direction.

1:07.0

Then during a recent court hearing via Zoom, Jennifer tries to communicate with her hands.

1:12.0

Next she waves, and then tells her husband she loves him.

1:17.0

The prosecutors say the romantic moments must come to an end immediately.

1:22.0

The courtroom is not a place for blowing kisses and sending secret signals.

1:27.0

This is a time for families to pursue justice.

1:30.0

And those families are the parents and the loved ones of the students that were murdered at a public high school.

1:39.0

Can you imagine you take your children to school that morning or you put them on the bus?

1:46.0

And then the next thing you know you get urgent texts you may see a flash on the news.

1:51.0

Your child is dead from a school shooter.

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