John Skelton has pleaded no contest to three counts of unlawful imprisonment. Television station
that John Skelton, the father of three missing boys from Morenci, has pleaded no contest to three charges of unlawful imprisonment in Lenawee County Circuit Court.
Andrew, 9, Alex, 7 and Tanner Skelton, 5, have been missing since Thanksgiving day when they did not return with their father from a court-ordered visit.
John Skelton has maintained that his
and that he does not know their whereabouts.
Hundreds of people have searched areas southern Michigan and northern Ohio with no results.
The
that Skelton is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 15 and could receive up to 15 years in prison.
Additional kidnapping and parental kidnapping charges have been dropped as part of a plea deal.