Jennifer Crumbley Wants 3 Witnesses Blocked From Her Trial: Reports

ROCHESTER HILLS, MI — Jennifer Crumbley wants three witnesses who were inside Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021 blocked from testifying at her upcoming trial, according to multiple reports, citing court documents.

Crumbley's lawyer argued Tuesday that testimony from a teacher, an assistant principal and a student is "irrelevant" to the case and "is so devastating, gruesome, and appalling that its admission would certainly inflame the passions of a jury," according to reports.

Jennifer Crumbley and her husband, James Crubmley, were each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the deadly Oxford school shooting, which their son, Ethan Crumbley, carried out. In December, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The four students killed in the shooting were 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana, 16-year-old Tate Myre, 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin and 17-year-old Justin Shilling.

Prosecutors added the three witnesses: Molly Darnell, Kristy Gibson-Marshall and Oxford student Keegan Gregory, who was stuck in a bathroom with the shooter, last week. All three witnesses testified during Ethan Crumbley's Miller Hearing.

Darnell, a teacher, said she locked eyes with Crumbley before he opened fire, striking her in the arm, just six inches from her heart.

"He was aiming to kill me," testified Darnell, who has since left her job at Oxford High, stressing: "Do you know how hard it is to heal from something like this?"

Gibson-Marshall said she gave mouth-to-mouth Myre after he was shot in the back of the head, telling him she loved him and to hang on.

"He was blue. When I was giving him breaths, he was getting white, so I kept giving him the breaths. It felt like forever," Gibson-Marshall said.

Gibson-Marshall said she was in the hallway where Crumbley surrendered to police.

"He came out with his hands up and he was on his knees," Gibson-Marshall said, as police asked for his name. "He didn’t answer. I said, ‘His name is Ethan.’"

Keegan said he and Schilling went into a bathroom and squatted on the toilet, hoping no one would see their feet as he group texted his family. At one point, he said they planned to escape the bathroom, but Crumbley ordered Justin out and fatally shot him execution-style.

Keegan said Crumbley then ordered him out of the stall and told him to stand next to Justin's body. That's when Keegan said he escaped the bathroom.

"I ran behind his back behind the door," Gregory said. "I think when I saw his body, I realized that if I stayed, I was gonna die."

Crumbley's request to block the witnesses comes after an Oakland County judge agreed to block certain evidence from her trial, including prosecutors' evidence claiming the couple's son tortured a baby bird months before the deadly Oxford school shooting and evidence claiming the parents' infidelity.

Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first set of parents charged in connection to a deadly school shooting. They are being held in the Oakland County Jail with a $500,000 bond each.

After fighting charges together for nearly two years, the couple asked for separate trials, which a judge granted them. The trials are expected to start Jan. 23, though it's unclear who will go first.