Overview
- At a Dec. 17 probable cause conference in Lenawee County 2A District Court, the judge scheduled the preliminary examination for May 11–20, 2026.
- The multi-day exam is slated for May 11–15 and May 18–20, when prosecutors must show sufficient cause to proceed and the defense can cross-examine witnesses.
- John Skelton, 53, faces three counts of open murder and three counts of evidence tampering filed Nov. 12, about two weeks before his expected release on an unlawful-imprisonment sentence.
- He remains in the Lenawee County Jail on a $60 million bond.
- Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, and Tanner, 5, vanished in 2010, were declared legally dead in March 2025, and investigators cite phone data and Skelton’s shifting accounts as central to the case.