Michigan Father Believed to Have Killed His 3 Children Set for Release

Back in 2010, three young boys from Michigan went missing after they spent the Thanksgiving weekend with their father John Skelton.

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After years and years of searching for 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton along the known routes of where their father's phone pinged off towers.

Despite searches of woods and water and numerous public tips, police were unable to find the boys.

Earlier this year, a judge granted the boy's mom Tonya Zuvers request, to declare the three boys legally dead.

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Zuvers shared with Wood TV How difficult a decision this was:

This decision came after much thought and discussion with my family and friends. It did not come lightly and was definitely a difficult decision to make, No parent wants to lose a child, but to have to have the courts step in and declare them deceased is just unfathomable.

Police have said that they believe the boy's father killed them, but because of a lack of evidence they could never charge him with their murders.

The father ended up pleading no contest to three counts of unlawful imprisonment and was sentenced to prison for 10-15 years.

Taking into account the time he had already served, The latest possible release date is November 29, 2025.