Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley warned that his parents were ignoring his pleas for help in the lead up to the 2021 massacre, shocking journal entries shown in court Thursday revealed. 

Crumbley, then-15, wrote in his diary: ‘I have zero help for my mental problems and it’s causing me to shoot up the f****** school.’

‘My parents won’t listen to me about help or therapist,’ he continued, writing that he would spend the rest of his life in prison while ‘many people have about a day left to live.’

The disturbing journal entries were read out in court Friday, where Crumbley’s mother Jennifer is standing trial for involuntary manslaughter – the first time a parent has been charged over a US school shooting

Jennifer broke down in tears Thursday as the journal entries were read by an investigator, holding her head in her hands and refusing to look at the screen shown to jurors. 

Ethan is serving life in prison for the shooting that left four people dead. His father James is facing the same charges as Jennifer, and his trial is scheduled for March.  

Jennifer Crumbley broke down in tears as her son's disturbing diary entries were read to the court on Thursday, in which he claimed his parents ignored his pleas for help

Jennifer Crumbley broke down in tears as her son's disturbing diary entries were read to the court on Thursday, in which he claimed his parents ignored his pleas for help

Jennifer Crumbley broke down in tears as her son’s disturbing diary entries were read to the court on Thursday, in which he claimed his parents ignored his pleas for help 

The mom held her head in her hands and refused to look at a screen, which displayed to jurors Ethan Crumbley's final journal entries

The mom held her head in her hands and refused to look at a screen, which displayed to jurors Ethan Crumbley's final journal entries

The mom held her head in her hands and refused to look at a screen, which displayed to jurors Ethan Crumbley’s final journal entries 

In one diary entry shown on Thursday, Ethan wrote: 'I have zero help for my mental problems and it's causing me to shoot up the f****** school'

In one diary entry shown on Thursday, Ethan wrote: 'I have zero help for my mental problems and it's causing me to shoot up the f****** school'

In one diary entry shown on Thursday, Ethan wrote: ‘I have zero help for my mental problems and it’s causing me to shoot up the f****** school’ 

'I want help but my parents don't listen to me so I can't get any help', read another entry

'I want help but my parents don't listen to me so I can't get any help', read another entry

‘I want help but my parents don’t listen to me so I can’t get any help’, read another entry 

Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to his crimes and is currently serving life in jail without the possibility of parole

Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to his crimes and is currently serving life in jail without the possibility of parole

Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to his crimes and is currently serving life in jail without the possibility of parole 

The disturbing diary entries were read out after it emerged Thursday that James and Jennifer had emptied their son’s bank account on the day of the shooting, withdrawing $3,000 and leaving just 99 cents inside. 

In the days following the shooting, the couple appeared to try and flee as police sought them for questioning, and withdrew another $6,000 from two other accounts, according to testimony from Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Timothy Willis. 

The couple stayed at several hotels and bought new phones, after theirs had been seized by investigators, before eventually hiding out in an art studio in Detroit. 

Jennifer’s attorneys argued she was not trying to escape custody, but was fearing for her life after threats were allegedly made following her son’s crime.  

Their dramatic arrest inside the studio was shown to jurors the day before, showing the frantic moments they were taken into custody.  

On the day of the shooting, both parents had been called into Ethan’s school after twisted drawings of school shootings were found on his homework. After declining to take him home, school administrators ordered them to seek mental health help for their son within 48 hours. 

But Willis testified that data taken from their seized phones showed they made no calls to doctors’ offices of mental health facilities after the meeting. 

He added, under cross examination, that there was no evidence the parents had seen Ethan’s journal entries before the shooting. 

However, he argued that if they had seen the journal and decided to act, he would have expected they would face murder charges, instead of manslaughter. 

‘If I had evidence of that, I believe the charges would be different,’ he said.  

Oakland County Sheriff's Office Lt. Timothy Willis (pictured) took the stand Thursday to testify over the response Ethan Crumbley's parents had to the school shooting, saying they emptied their son's bank account before choosing to stay in several hotels

Oakland County Sheriff's Office Lt. Timothy Willis (pictured) took the stand Thursday to testify over the response Ethan Crumbley's parents had to the school shooting, saying they emptied their son's bank account before choosing to stay in several hotels

Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Timothy Willis (pictured) took the stand Thursday to testify over the response Ethan Crumbley’s parents had to the school shooting, saying they emptied their son’s bank account before choosing to stay in several hotels  

On Wednesday, Jennifer faced a humiliating revelation as it emerged that she was having an affair with a local fire station captain, whose testimony appeared to directly oppose what she told police investigators. 

She had claimed to detectives that she and her husband were too busy at work to take Ethan home for the day of the shooting, after a teacher found twisted drawings of school shootings and murders on his homework. 

However, fire captain Brian Meloche testified that Crumbley told him she could sneak off from work that morning to meet up with him.

He added that the two of them would typically carry out their secret tryst on the mornings of workdays in a parking lot across from her job. 

When the parents were called into Ethan’s school that morning, their decision not to take him home took center stage on Wednesday. 

In that meeting, Ethan sat with his head down, as a gun lay in his backpack on the floor that hadn’t been checked. Within hours, he had shot 11 people, killing four. 

While Crumbley claimed she couldn’t help Ethan, who had also written on the homework ‘the thoughts won’t stop, help me’, her boss also testified against her claims. 

On Wednesday, it was revealed that fire captain Brian Meloche was having an affair with Jennifer, and he texted her to 'be careful' what she wrote as the 'FBI are involved'

On Wednesday, it was revealed that fire captain Brian Meloche was having an affair with Jennifer, and he texted her to 'be careful' what she wrote as the 'FBI are involved'

On Wednesday, it was revealed that fire captain Brian Meloche was having an affair with Jennifer, and he texted her to ‘be careful’ what she wrote as the ‘FBI are involved’ 

Jurors at the involuntary manslaughter trial of Jennifer Crumbley were shown disturbing drawings by mass shooter son Ethan hours before he opened fire at Oxford High school, killing four

Jurors at the involuntary manslaughter trial of Jennifer Crumbley were shown disturbing drawings by mass shooter son Ethan hours before he opened fire at Oxford High school, killing four

Jurors at the involuntary manslaughter trial of Jennifer Crumbley were shown disturbing drawings by mass shooter son Ethan hours before he opened fire at Oxford High school, killing four

Jennifer Crumbley's former boss Andrew Smith testified Wednesday that she would have been allowed to leave work if she had to tend to her son, opposing her statements to police that she had to work as she kept Ethan in school

Jennifer Crumbley's former boss Andrew Smith testified Wednesday that she would have been allowed to leave work if she had to tend to her son, opposing her statements to police that she had to work as she kept Ethan in school

Jennifer Crumbley’s former boss Andrew Smith testified Wednesday that she would have been allowed to leave work if she had to tend to her son, opposing her statements to police that she had to work as she kept Ethan in school 

Andrew Smith, the CEO of Princeton Management where Crumbley had worked, took the stand to insist that she would have been allowed to leave work for the day if she said she needed to take care of her son.

He added that if she needed to bring Ethan to work with her, that would have also been allowed.

As she returned to work following the alarming meeting, Smith testified that later that morning saw Jennifer Crumbley racing down the hall of their workplace, screaming over an active shooter report at her son’s school.

As she then left work, Crumbley texted her boss that ‘the gun is gone and so are the bullets’ in her home, which he said he was ‘surprised’ to be told by the mother.

In another text shown in court, Crumbley told her boss: ‘I need my job. Please don’t judge me for what my son did.’

Smith testified that Crumbley was fired from her job days after the shooting, as she and her husband appeared to try and evade police by hiding in Detroit. Her lawyer argued she fled due to threats from the public over her son’s actions. 

Crumbley’s attorneys argued that the affair should be admitted to court, as Crumbley’s lawyer Shannon Smith persuaded judge Cheryl Matthews to allow them, claiming that Meloche was pressured by police to incriminate the mother.

‘At this point, her life is more important than her dignity,’ Smith said.

The ruling led to a slew of text messages being shown to jurors detailing Crumbley’s response to her son’s grisly crime. 

She told her lover that she had ‘failed miserably’ as a parent after her son was arrested for the murders. 

‘You didn’t do this’, Brian Meloche told her in response.

‘Be careful of anything you type on messenger or text,’ he wrote later, ‘The FBI is involved, they can access anything and everything.’

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