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FBI agent testifies he has 'no doubt' John Skelton killed his children, cites digital traces and cell‑phone movement
Summary
In testimony at the Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court, FBI Special Agent Corey Burris summarized digital forensics, timed online messages and cell‑phone location data from the 2010 investigation and said he has "no doubt" John Skelton killed the children who went missing Nov. 26, 2010.
FBI Special Agent Corey Burris testified at the Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court that digital and physical evidence gathered during the 2010 investigation led him to conclude there is "no doubt" John Skelton killed the three children who were last seen on Nov. 26, 2010.
Burris told the court investigators found multiple internet accounts created from the same IP address associated with Skelton's home, including two Yahoo accounts and a CafeMom profile under the name "Mom Forever Yung" created Nov. 6, 2010. Burris said messages from that account show someone posing as "Joanne Taylor" contacting the children's mother, identified in the record as Tanya Skelton, and that investigators concluded Skelton himself created the Joanne Taylor account. Burris said, quoting from a search‑warrant review and his forensic analysis, that Skelton's laptop contained online searches for potassium cyanide and phrasing such as "how…
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