Full hearing: Missing Skelton brothers case moves forward as father faces murder charges

John Skelton, the father of the missing Skelton brothers, has been charged with their murder 15 years after their disappearance in 2010. The boys, aged 9, 7, and 5, vanished from Lenawee County and were last seen with their father during a custody dispute. Skelton claimed to have given the boys to an underground group to protect them, but no evidence supports this. A judge has declared the boys dead, and Skelton's preliminary examination is set for May 2026 to determine if the case will proceed to trial.