John Skelton jail convo with daughter: “You’re youngest Skelton now”

Fox - 2 Detroit
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Aug 31, 2026
You indicated that you also listen to jail calls in the coming days or months after.
Years, yes, I have.
Years, okay.
Do you recall any specific calls standing out to you?
I do.
And do you recall the date?
Not offhand, no I don't. I want to say it's in June.
June 7, 2011, is that not accurate?
Correct, yes.
Okay. Were you familiar with John Skelton's voice on the jail call?
I was.
And what about his mother?
I am.
Tell me what this particular call is that we're discussing today.
So in the call, he's talking to his daughter, Katie.
Okay, I'm going to stop you there.
And, Your Honor, I'm going to play the jail call from June 7, 2011.
Okay.
Mr. Amedeo and I have stipulated to it that I did, so I have the original, but I also clipped the first seven minutes out of his mom talking.
It would just be the portion where he speaks to Katie, or you.
Yeah, I reviewed it, Judge.
We did.
Yeah, and she provided the whole call, Judge.
You were supposed to clip that, I'm acceptable with that.
I did, and I did indicate to him that I would do that, but I didn't provide the clipped copy to him, so.
Certainly.
Thank you.
So.
Talk to me.
Huh?
If she wants to talk to me.
You want to talk to your dad?
Hi, my daddy.
Hello.
Hey, sweetie.
Hi, daddy.
I love you, honey.
I love you, too.
I missed you, baby.
Were you crying?
I was.
What's wrong?
Happy to see you.
And I'm sorry for all the wrong I've ever done you.
You didn't do anything wrong, daddy.
I meant to you.
I don't regret what I should have done, because I made the mistakes that I made with you when you were little.
I didn't want to make those same mistakes with your brothers, and I still was making the mistakes with you, because I was trying so hard with them.
It's okay, daddy.
We need it.
I'm sorry.
Daddy, don't be sorry.
Don't be sorry, daddy.
You deserve a better mother than me.
No, I don't, daddy.
Daddy, I know.
I really don't, daddy.
I love you, honey.
I love you very, very much.
I love you, too, daddy, and I promise it's all going to be okay.
You're the best daddy in the world.
You really are.
You're probably fine without me, and I will do better for you.
Daddy, you did the best for me.
You really did.
I made a lot of mistakes with you when you were little.
I tried not to make those same mistakes with the boys, and I tried to call you on your birthday and on the Christmas Eve.
I did buy you a lot of Christmas presents.
I did just as much as I should have.
Daddy, it's okay.
It really is.
Daddy, it's not about the things that you got me.
It's the fact that you tried, daddy.
You kept trying.
That's what it was.
That's what makes you the best daddy ever is that you tried.
You didn't ever forget about me.
I don't think there was a day that I would not talk about you.
I said all the time, but I won't stop now.
I did wrong.
I shouldn't have done it, right?
I wish I could have done it right.
I wish I had an excuse.
I did a lot of things wrong.
It's okay, daddy.
When you get out, we can do so much more things, okay?
We'll go places, and we'll do things, and we'll catch up on all the years.
I promise, daddy, when you get out, we're going to be best friends.
Be well, daddy.
I promise.
I've been trying to write you a lot.
I know, and I've been so busy.
Believe me, I feel so guilty about it.
I'm trying so hard, daddy.
No, no, no, no.
Don't feel bad, honey.
I thought there would be a particular phone call or a postcard from you,
but I still want to thank you.
I tried to close off the relationship, but I ruined it.
You never ruined it, daddy.
You never did.
Our lives got worse.
You never ruined anything.
I'm telling the truth, daddy.
You didn't do anything wrong.
Stop saying that.
Daddy, I couldn't ask for a better father.
I really couldn't.
I hope people haven't teased you about me and everything.
No, daddy, daddy, we're teenagers.
We don't care about the news.
No one cares.
No one has said anything about it.
No one has.
I promise.
I promise you, daddy.
I'm not lying.
No one, no one has seen anything,
and even if they had, they would never tease me.
I'm sorry, baby.
They never did, daddy.
There's no need to apologize for what never happened.
I don't think I'm ever going to get out.
You are, daddy.
You are.
It's not your fault that you married a complete bitch.
It's really not.
You're going to get out.
There is nothing worth life that is over.
You will get out.
Even if you don't get out for a long time, you will get out.
And then once you do, we're going to be the best of friends.
We're going to go places, and we're going to do things.
We're going to fish.
We're going to go to theme parks.
I hope I catch you.
I hope I catch you before you get to the hospital.
And if I don't make it to the hospital, then you'll be too busy.
That's how it works.
No, I won't be too busy for my daddy.
I'll never be too busy for you, daddy.
I know why it happened.
Well, with school and everything.
But I'm going to try harder, okay?
Okay, and I have your address.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine.
Do you have a boyfriend yet?
No, I don't.
You're the youngest scout now.
I love the boys, but I hope we can get them back.
We will, daddy.
And there will always be a skeleton, okay?
You have one minute left.
It's okay, it's okay, dad.
And then, and then...
I promise, daddy, I'm going to send more postcards.
I'm going to tell you all about my pets and my rats and my new kitten.
And to make you feel better, daddy, I made straight A's.
Good, good.
I hope we...
I pray that we can get these boys back.
Daddy, where are they?
I love you too, daddy.
Thank you for using Securus. Goodbye.
Now, after you heard that call, did you notify somebody of that one?
I did.
Why?
Because, you know, John Skelton says to his daughter,
you're the youngest skeleton now.
