The Murder of Mike & April Holton [True Crime Documentary]



On the night of September 11, 2016, a deputy with the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a home in Eclectic, Alabama, after receiving a 911 call from Michael Holton claiming his son, Jesse “Madison” Holton threw a party and trashed his house while he was at work. When the officer arrived at the home, he noticed that Madison had been handcuffed behind his back by his father as a form of discipline.



They made arrangements to take Madison to the police station the following day to discuss the party, where drugs were involved. Eleven minutes after the officer left, police received another 911 call from a neighbor reporting a shooting at the Holton’s home. When police arrived, they found Michael and April on the floor with a gun between them. Michael was pronounced dead at the scene. April was unconscious, but she was still breathing.



Madison immediately became a suspect in the case as he was the only one in the home at the time of the shooting. However, he denied killing his parents. However, he denied killing his parents. He said after the officer left their home, April and Michael got into an argument. His father then grabbed a gun and shot his wife before turning the gun on himself. Madison was later arrested and charged as an adult with first-degree murder in both his parents’ death. He spent one year and three months in the Elmore County Jail, missing his senior year at Elmore County High



The Murder of Mike & April Holton True Crime Documentary