1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news. Now. I'm Jennifer Gould, 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: a Michigan father about to walk free after serving time 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: for imprisoning his three young sons, just got slapped with 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: a gut punch act of justice, almost a year to 5 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: the day those boys disappeared. John Skelton, fifty three, the 6 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: dad who spent a decade long lie about his boys 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: being in an underground sanctuary, was just charged with their 8 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: premeditated murders, a bombshell reveal driven by his own chilling 9 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: digital footprint. Michigan State Police Lieutenant Renee Gonzalez spoke to 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: Inside Edition, it was never our intention just to close 11 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: this case and be happy that he did fifteen years. 12 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: We want him to answer up for the murder of 13 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: these three boys. Skelton now faces three counts of open 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: murder and three counts of tampering with evidence in the 15 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: deaths of Andrew nine, Alexander seven, and Tanner five, prosecutors 16 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: announced just days before his scheduled release from Bellamy Creek 17 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: Correctional Facility on November twenty ninth. His prison stint stemmed 18 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 1: from his refusal to return the boys to their mom, 19 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: Tanya Zuvers, after a disastrous Thanksgiving custody visit. In twenty ten, 20 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: explosive details from County prosecuting attorney Jacqueline Wise's probable cause 21 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: affidavit lay bare a portrait of calculated, sinister deception. In 22 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: the frantic week leading up to the boys November twenty fifth, 23 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: twenty sixth, vanishing investigators found Skelton had scoured the Internet 24 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: for different ways to kill a person listen. 25 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: Part of the searches included the search for potassium cyanide, 26 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: the availability of prussic acid, is wrap poisoned, tasteless and odorless? 27 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: Can rapt poison kill a person? Is it orderless and tasteless? 28 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 2: Those were the search terms. 29 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: What does that mean to you? 30 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: A definite interest in finding something that could harm or 31 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 2: kill someone. 32 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: The crime scene at his home was found in utter 33 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: disarray after a botched suicide attempt landed him in the hospital. 34 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: Police later discovered a haunting note to Zuver's that simply 35 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: read quote you will hate me end quote, which FBI 36 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: agents now interpret as a veiled admission tied directly to 37 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: the slayings. This new evidence shatters Skelton's fifteen year charade 38 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: of claiming his sons were merely quote hibernating until they 39 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 1: graduate end quote. Despite exhaustive searches, the boys remains remained 40 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: cruelly elusive. Skelton, who offered zero leads at a March 41 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: court hearing where his sons were declared legally dead, was arraigned. 42 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: The father was slapped with a staggering sixty million dollars bond, 43 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: ensuring he stays locked up at the county jail as 44 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: he awaits a preliminary hearing set for November twenty fourth. 45 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: If convicted, Skelton faces life behind bars for the murder 46 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: of the three boys. For the latest crime and justice news, 47 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: follow Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on your favorite podcast app. 48 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: Also watch Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on Fox one 49 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: and YouTube more crime and justice news. After this, a 50 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: taught in Tennessee was allegedly subjected to a savage night 51 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: of torture that ended with his brutal execution, police say 52 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: at the hands of his father's own girlfriend. Kevin's devastated father, 53 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: Keith Horton, spoke to Fox thirteen News. 54 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 2: I get to the house, he's standed outside. I got 55 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 2: to find apartment people in the house. 56 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: I want to see my son he I call he Purple. 57 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: Dominika mos b twenty nine is now aged in Memphis 58 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: facing first degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges. In 59 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: the slang of Little Kevin Horton. The horror detailed in 60 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: charging documents unfolded after Kevin's dad left the three year 61 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: old boy in Moseby's care. Moseby initially lied, claiming the 62 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: boy was sick and vomiting, a claim vehemently denied by 63 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 1: Kevin's aunt, who had dropped him off and quote perfect 64 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,679 Speaker 1: health end quote. Moseby later broke, admitting she first pressed 65 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: a lit cigarette into the toddler's ear. When the child, 66 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: writhing in pain, urinated on the floor, she retaliated with 67 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: calculated cruelty, using a lighter to inflict burns on his genital's. 68 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: Investigators revealed the savage assault escalated to a murderous climax 69 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: when the frustrated Moseby said she stomped on Kevin's stomach 70 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: with the heel of her boot and repeatedly pummeled his 71 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: torso and chest with open and closed fists because he 72 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't lie down. The Shelby County Medical Examiner's report confirmed 73 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: the child's death was a homicide resulting from blunt force 74 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: trauma and thermal injuries, noting a lacerated liver, internal bleeding 75 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: in the abdomen, extensive bruising across his small body, and 76 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,119 Speaker 1: severe burns to his ear in genitals. The fatal attack 77 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: occurred sometime before three am, when Moseby finally called police, 78 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: claiming she woke up to find the boy unresponsive. The aunt, 79 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: who had noticed prior suspicious marks on the boy, including 80 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: a split lip and deep cheek bruises, also told investigators 81 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: the prior injuries were inconsistent with rough play, suggesting a 82 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: pattern of abuse. Moseby remains in Shelby County Jail, held 83 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: without bond. The investigation continues, and finally, a case of 84 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: dirt nap drama in Alabama, Peter Pettiti, forty, is locked 85 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: up after running the most despicable six feet under hustle. Ever, 86 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: police say this serial burglar wasn't using a simple map. 87 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: He was using obituaries and Facebook to target homes where 88 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: residents had just passed away. He waited for residents to 89 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: check out to the funeral before he checked in to 90 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:32,799 Speaker 1: steal jewels, electronics, and heirlooms. That's literally grave robbing. Petiti, 91 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: who was already out on bond, was busted again during 92 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: a traffic stop in Alabaster. His bond has been provoked 93 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: and he's facing burglary charges. Petiti tried to turn mourning 94 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: into money, but now this uninvited guest will be shacking 95 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: up in the slammer instead. No condolence cards for this crook. 96 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice news, follow the Crime 97 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app this Crime Alert. 98 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould.