Crumbley family estrangement hardens between son, parents as court looms

The parents of accused Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley will have no influence, and likely no insight, into their juvenile son's high-stakes criminal case or life in the near term, legal experts say. Ethan Crumbley and his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, are deliberately estranged, and the teen's court-appointed lawyer, Paulette Michel Loftin, does not plan to cooperate with the parents' legal team despite a long tradition of attorneys following formal and informal agreements to share information. The 15-year-old and his lawyer are expected to make all decisions in a criminal ca...