Ethan Crumbley’s parents Jennifer James Crumbley were found hiding in artist Andrzej Sikora’s Studio in Detroit

The accused’s parents Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley found by fugitives On Friday night, “hiding” in a Detroit business district after receiving assistance from an unnamed person, police said early Saturday.

The Daily Beast takes a closer look at images from the arrests of Jennifer Crumbley and James Crumbley showing the pair exiting a room signposted to Andrzej Sikora, a Polish-born artist living in Detroit with connections with Oxford.

Based on an article inside The Oxford Leader Last month, Sikora completed a mural at Red Knapps American Grill, a bar right near the Crumbleys’ home. A photo accompanying the story shows Sikora’s photo taken by “Jehn Crumbley,” nicknamed Jennifer Crumbley, a former marketing executive turned real estate agent who is already well known professionally and socially. . Looks like the post has been updated to remove the comments, but a WayBack Machine archive still highlights it.

Contacted by phone Saturday morning, Sikora said he had just been made aware of the investigation and was talking to people, but he did not specify whether it was a law enforcement officer or an attorney and declined to comment. to add.

“You will see more information,” he said.

Sikora studied and worked in Poland before moving to the US in 1990, according to an art agency’s biography of him. He is an avid muralist, with his work displayed in residences, restaurants and an opera house. Property records show he was associated with a Lake Orion property from 2003-2020. Their lawyer said the Crumbleys bought a home in Oxford in 2015 after living in Lake Orion.

A Red Knapp employee said she could not provide more details about the photo. Writer of The Oxford Leader The article and the newspaper’s publisher did not respond to questions about why the footnote was removed. Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman, attorneys for the Crumbleys, did not call back to seek comment.

At an early morning news conference after Crumbley was arrested by fugitive groups, Detroit Police Chief James White said that the department was aware of an individual who helped the Crumbleys find refuge in the building but that no one had been taken into custody yet. hold.

“We’re working on another person supporting them,” White said, noting possible charges are imminent.

Detroit police did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment regarding the investigation and any arrests.

The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office told The Daily Beast that Sikora’s matter will be referred to the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office for review. They did not respond to a request for comment.

OAKLAND COUNTRY SHERIFF OFFICE

At an appointment on Saturday morning, shortly after their dramatic arrest, James and Jennifer pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each of the four students who died at Oxford High School.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald charges parents about their “serious” behavior before and after the shooting– from buying their 15-year-old son a handgun four days before the shooting, to storing it carelessly in a bedroom drawer, to saying nothing when the teacher told them just hours before the shooting happened that Ethan painted a disturbing picture of shooting people.

When a teacher spotted Ethan searching for ammo on his cell phone during class the day before the shooting, Jennifer ignored emails and voicemails from concerned school officials and instead texted him. trusting her son, “Lol, I’m not mad at you. You have to learn not to get caught,” McDonald said.

Jennifer, who was told by her attorney that she worked as a marketing director for a large company, cried during the arrangement when she said she understood the allegations against her. James, a former tech salesman, smiles, laughs, shakes his head and raises his eyebrows at various points.

Meanwhile, Smith and McDonald argue over whether the pair plan to get back together.

“These are not people we can rest assured will return to court on their own,” McDonald told the judge, prompting James Crumbley to laugh.

The pair were last seen by the public on Thursday as they adjusted their son’s virtual placement from a car. McDonald’s says it withdrew $4,000 from an ATM before disappearing, prompting police to issue a warrant Warning Be On the Look (BOLO) and US sheriffs join, $10,000 reward for information.

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For several hours, Detroit law enforcement searched areas near the water, raising questions about whether the pair intended to flee to nearby Canada. But White did not answer questions about that theory during his press conference on Saturday.

A tip later spotted the couple’s black Kia Seltos parked outside an industrial building in Detroit, described in the ad as “Gems Albert Kahn“Where there are businesses like print shops, coffee shops, and auto suppliers. Oakland County Sheriff Mike McCabe said the assistant observed a woman near the moving vehicle when 911 was called.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., heavily armed police stormed the building, dragging the couple out of Sikora’s studio. White said both appeared “distressed” to be found.

However, Smith testified in court that her clients always planned to turn themselves in. She said prosecutors had not informed her of the impending charges and that the “terrified” parents were just doing their job.

“It was just a matter of logistics,” she said. McDonald’s disagrees. “I can’t imagine why they would be surprised,” she said. “The whole country knows that these charges are coming.”