ジェフリー・スメラー被告（45歳、ポートヒューロン在住）は、2025年9月に発生した襲撃事件で、17歳の息子を殺害し、他の子供2人に重傷を負わせたことを法廷で認めた。被告は、わいせつ露出罪での判決を控え、ストレスを感じていたと述べている。検察側との司法取引なしでの有罪答弁となった。
スメラー被告は火曜日、殺人罪1件、殺人未遂目的の暴行罪2件、第1級児童虐待罪2件、および銃器使用の重罪5件について有罪を認めた。これらの容疑は、同日の朝に起きた襲撃事件によるもので、被告は380口径の拳銃を使用し、ケイレブ・スメラーさん（死亡）と、重傷を負った兄弟のベントリー・スメラーさん（13歳）およびキンズリー・スメラーさん（12歳）を銃撃した。被告はその後自殺を図ったが、銃がジャムを起こし、家族が武器を取り上げたことで一命を取り留めた。
An 18-year-old man was taken into custody after allegedly opening fire at a pickup soccer game in Grand Rapids, Michigan, killing a 14-year-old boy and a 39-year-old mother of eight.
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A Michigan couple already serving prison time in Tennessee for abusing their adopted daughters has now entered pleas in their home state on similar charges. Jessica Klimp pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree child abuse, while her husband Jason Klimp had pleaded guilty earlier this year.
A 72-year-old man in Minnesota faces charges of attempted murder after police say he shot his 18-year-old grandson during a dispute over a household chore.
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Shiann Lynn Erickson, a 24-year-old from Moorhead, Minnesota, has reached a plea deal and is set to plead guilty to second-degree murder in the 2024 death of 3-year-old Eastyn Deronjic. The child died from blunt force trauma after months of abuse while staying with Erickson and her co-defendant. Her court appearance for the change of plea is scheduled for April 7 in Clay County District Court.