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School Shooter's Parents, Melanie's Sudden Death, Cruise's Crash Probe
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Centrist Chronicle
January 29, 2024
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Yesterday marked the start of the trial for the mother of the individual responsible for the Oxford High School shooting, facing charges of involuntary manslaughter. This is the first instance in the United States where a school shooter's parent has been directly charged with such an incident. The shooter's father is set to face a separate trial in March.
The prosecution contends that Jennifer Crumbley, aged 45, exhibited gross negligence regarding the risks her son presented before the shooting. They argue that there were evident signs of his mental instability and propensity for violence. Her son, who was 15 at the time, perpetrated the attack on November 30, 2021, resulting in the deaths of four students and injuries to seven others. He used a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, a gift from his father four days earlier for Christmas. The younger Crumbley has since pleaded guilty to all charges and received a life sentence without parole in December.
Crumbley has maintained that she was not fully aware of her son's mental health issues, with her defense portraying her as a flawed yet caring parent. If found guilty, Crumbley could face a sentence of up to 15 years.
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Melanie, the iconic singer known for her performances at Woodstock in 1969 and her popular hits "Brand New Key" and "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" in the early 1970s, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 76. The announcement of her passing was made by her publicity firm, Glass Onyon PR.
Details regarding the cause of her death were not immediately disclosed. Melanie, whose full name is Melanie Safka, had been active in the music scene up until recently. Earlier this month, she was working in the studio on a new album titled "Second Hand Smoke," a collection of cover songs to be released under the Cleopatra label. This album would have been her 32nd, according to the label.
On Thursday, Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors focused on self-driving technology, announced that the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have initiated investigations into an incident that occurred on October 2, in which a pedestrian was hit and dragged by one of its autonomous vehicles.
This information came to light as part of an internal investigation carried out by the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, whose findings were released on the same day. These federal investigations are in addition to several other ongoing probes into the incident at various levels of government. These include inquiries by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the California Public Utilities Commission, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.