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Skelton Brothers: Michigan Dad Appears in Court to Face Murder Charges 15 Years After Boys Vanished

Tanner, Alexander, and Andrew Skelton
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The father of three missing Michigan boys declared dead earlier this year appears in court on Wednesday to face murder charges. John Skelton was charge with murder last month, just days before he was to be released from prison after serving a 15 year sentence for unlawfully imprisoning 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander, and 5-year-old Tanner, …

Murder
November 18, 2025

Skelton Brothers: $60M Bond Set for Dad Charged With Killing 3 Sons Missing Since 2010

A Michigan man charged last week with killing his three sons in 2010 will remain jailed on a $60 million bond, a judge ordered Monday. John Skelton, 53, appeared in a Lenawee County court for his arraignment on three counts of murder. Skelton is believed to have killed Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, and Tanner, 5, …

Missing
November 13, 2025

BREAKING: Skelton Brothers’ Dad Charged With Their Murders Nearly 15 Years Later

A Michigan man whose three sons vanished in 2010 was charged with their murders on Wednesday. WTVG reported that John Skelton was charged in Lenawee County with three counts of homicide – open murder and tampering with evidence. Skelton has been jailed since 2011 for kidnapping his three sons —  Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, and …

Missing
March 3, 2025

Skelton Brothers: Dad Refuses to Speak in Court About His 3 Sons, Missing Since 2010

“Anything I say isn’t going to make a difference.”

Unsolved
November 26, 2020

Twelve Years Without Answers: What Happened to the Skelton Brothers?

November marks 12 years since three Michigan boys vanished while visiting their father — who remains jailed in connection with their unsolved disappearances, but not their deaths.

Tanner, Alexander, and Andrew Skelton
Missing
September 18, 2020

Skelton Brothers: Dad accused of kidnapping sons who vanished in 2010 DENIED parole

The three boys remain missing nearly a decade later

Tanner, Alexander, and Andrew Skelton
Missing
February 5, 2018

‘I miss their voices’: Jailed father of missing Skelton brothers speaks out for first time in six years

A Michigan father who claimed he gave his three sons to a family more than seven years ago said in a jailhouse interview that he regrets his decision and misses his boys. Speaking with WDIV from an Ionia County prison, John Skelton cried as he recounted how he gave his sons, Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, …

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