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Father of Missing Skelton Boys Charged with Murder Days Ahead of His Release From Prison

John Skelton faces three open murder and evidence tampering charges after 15 years; his sons were legally declared dead in 2025 despite no bodies found.

  • Nearly 15 years after the Skelton brothers went missing, their father John Skelton has been charged with three counts of open murder and three counts of tampering with evidence.
  • The three boys, aged 9, 7, and 5, were last seen with their father in November 2010 amid a divorce and custody dispute with their mother.
  • Police tracked John Skelton's phone traveling to Ohio and back, but the boys' whereabouts remain unknown despite their mother being granted a declaration that they are deceased.
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Michigan man charged with murder in 2010 disappearance of his 3 sons

A Michigan man who has long been blamed for the disappearance of his three sons 2010 has been charged with their deaths.

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WTOL 11 broke the news in on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
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