Cops: Teacher And Teen Fled To Mexico
Police Searching For Female Middle School Teacher And 13-Year-Old Student From Nebraska
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This photo from Nov. 2006 shows missing Kelsey Peterson, 25, a sixth-grade middle school teacher and basketball coach at Lexington Middle School, who was placed on administrative leave last week on suspicion of having a relationship with a 13-year-old boy student at the school. The two are believed to be on the run after police began investigating an alleged intimate relationship between the pair. (AP Photo/Tri-City Tribune)
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Paul Schwarz of the Lexington Police Department said the white Pontiac owned by 25-year-old Kelsey Peterson crossed the California border into Mexico around 11 p.m. on Tuesday.
"We know that that vehicle crossed the border and that they are probably in it or possibly in it," Schwarz said. "We've already had the FBI active on the case, so they, of course, will continue to be active on the case."
The pair disappeared after police began investigating whether they had an intimate relationship. Court documents supporting a warrant for the teacher's arrest chronicle love letters between the two.
Peterson, a sixth-grade math teacher and basketball coach at Lexington Middle School, was put on administrative leave last week, one day before the boy was last seen. A judge issued an arrest warrant Monday charging her with kidnapping, child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Authorities believed the two were traveling together in Peterson's car, and police nationwide and the FBI were notified about them. Court documents said the boy was last seen Oct. 26.
The boy, 13-year-old Fernando Rodriguez, was an eighth-grader at the school, but district Superintendent Todd Chessmore said he wasn't sure whether Peterson was his teacher two years ago.
We're still focused on locating both of them, whether they're together or not. I think right now anything is possible.
Dawson County Attorney Elizabeth WatermanThe Associated Press generally does not identify people who may be victims of sex crimes, but the boy's name has been widely publicized as police search for him.
According to court documents, Fernando's aunt Laura Rodriguez told police that she talked to her nephew by phone after he disappeared, and he asked her whether a visa or passport was required to travel to Mexico.
Court documents showed authorities had recovered several e-mails and letters in which the two professed their affection for one another.
In letters, the boy called Peterson his "Baby Gurl" and said their relationship was "just not about the sex but that it was pretty good," according to court documents.
Court documents say Peterson's school-issued laptop contained letters to the student, including one from April saying she loved him, thought he loved her, was "100 percent faithful" to him and would always be faithful.
Police said the boy contacted his family over the weekend and said the two were in Grand Island, about 85 miles east of Lexington. Police have also said the pair were spotted over the weekend in Denver and Ogallala, in western Nebraska near the northeast tip of Colorado.
Peterson's MySpace Web site indicated she last logged in to the site two days before Chessmore confiscated her laptop.
"Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits," Peterson said in her profile.
Lexington, a farming and meatpacking town of about 10,000, is about 220 miles west of Omaha in central Nebraska.
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See all 113 Comments...or maybe they are possibly in it?
"We''ve already had the FBI active on the case, so they, of course, will continue to be active on the case."
...but will they continue to be active on the case?
CBS - Crappy *** Smugglers
Beside''s that when are we going to be honest.
Every boy in my class growing up wanted to do a teacher! It''s a boys dream...
Why do we make laws that go against nature?
Why do we make laws that go against nature?
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What about all the young, uderage schoolgirls out there who want to "DO" their teacher. Should we NOT have laws to stop them from having *** with their male fantasy teacher? Whether it''s a boy or a girl, they are minors who aren''t mature enough to make these decisions. It''s RAPE...pure and simple
Equal punishment as a man taking a 13 yr old girl would get.
Equal punishment as a man taking a 13 yr old girl would get.
No chance... despite all their whining about equal rights - what women REALLY want, or I should say - what they''ve basically gotten are MORE rights... She''ll get a slap on the wrist & be let off easy...
Women can cut off their husbands johnsons - and all they have to do is cry on the stand & claim that he was abusive & they''ll get off easy
Women can kill their husbands with a shotgun while they sleep, claim abuse & get off easy
Women can attempt to kidnap a rival & get off easy
Women can molest children & get off easy
Women can be cruel & unfaithful yet still be granted child custody, alimony & the house - and oh yeah, the abuse claim helps here as well...
and they don''t even need any proof...
that''s the world we live it today
You were 14 in the 7th grade? Wow, I always knew you were stupid Tucker... but that''s pathetic...
I wonder if you would feel the same if this was a relative of yours. Put aside the s*xual aspect of this, this CHILD has been kidnapped. His family must be worried sick.
He hates the military
He hates the President
He hates the country
He%u2019s for open borders (no security controls)
He has typical San Francisco values
Don%u2019t hold anyone accountable for their actions
If it feels good, then it must be right, so go ahead and do it, etc%u2026etc%u2026..
This is a big problem and TUCKER supports the problem%u2026..
Maybe I misjudged you. Perhaps you are an inocent. If you truely don''t know of anyone harmed by sexual activities, I think you may want to hang around an ER for awhile, an 18mos old who''s grandfather had torn her wide open is one memory I would rather not have. Let the rest of us who live in the real world have input on this subject.
Would you feel the same if it were a male teacher that was having s*x with this kid and took him on a road trip out of the Country?
You mean, the same sexual crime laws like Rape, Molestation, Lewd and Lacivious acts against a minor, Incest, etc....
You mean, those laws?
Children are not capable of giving consent because they don''t understand the consequences. They would happily consent to eating sugar as a primary food and doing "everybody else is allowed" to do. There is a reason they don''t get apartments when they are born. They need parents to guide them.
Are you calling me a s*xy b!tch? Thank you! OK, Just joking with ya!
The unique consequence would be that at the age of 15, this teenager is incapable of making rational decisions, sexual or otherwise, and now even moreso under the obvious duress that this kid is under.
Now granted, he may be having a "Grand Ol'' Time" with his honey cruising around the country, but hypothetically speaking, what if this chick has AIDS?
Chances are, she wouldnt tell him, he doesnt even know about AIDS, and he probably is incapabable of making a rational decision to protect himself during S.E.X.
So, that is why we have laws that protect minors.
So, let me get this straight. Your not against the crime that has been committed, your just against the terminology used in that you think it glorifies awareness and produces harsher sentences against the guilty just because of they way they use that terminology.....
Posted by tuckerndfw at 03:37 PM : Nov 02, 2007
the 2nd of two comments I''ve read that made me laugh out loud. the other was the first comment about checking that woman''s house .. lolol
Don''t know why I''m feeling so callous to this situation, I mean I can understand where Tucker is coming from, maybe if the wasn''t from a group home, foster home .. whatever it is, he probably never was able to make very good connections and here is this woman showing attention ... I really doubt he is really suffering (and I realize I could be very wrong, but that is how I see it right now.) So we really need to address the actual problem. Which I stated above.
Bottom line here is that this teacher will get off like most women do for this & other horrible crimes... they don''t want equal rights, they want more rights... and that''s precisely what they''ve got - and somehow claim it''s their birthright because their female predecessors were discriminated against by our male predecessors... so THEY somehow get to benefit at our expense for something done to someone else BY people other than us - it''s like the reparations arguement... it apparently doesn''t HAVE to make any sense...
For example: In your world, a child molester that moves into the neighborhood simply has an assault record and would reflect that as much.
I, however, have children to protect. I want to know what he has been accused of and that terminology "Child Molester", heightens my awareness where my kids and the community is concerned.
The freedom''s that have been fought and won for us have been degraded by too much government, taken by the thievery of those who want more for themselves at any cost. Poverty, ignorance and an out of control world he11 bent on entitlements.
Posted by dogsoul
Not all women feel this way. I don%u2019t feel that I am owed special treatment because of my gender.
Surely you misspoke!
What a horrifying statement! SHAME ON YOU! I can''t even wrap my brain around how much you are missing! WOW
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Posted by tuckerndfw
I thought we were making progress until you made this comment. Why don%u2019t you ask any rape victim what they would prefer? I am willing to bet the majority of them would prefer to have their face bashed in. Rape has NOTHING to do with s*x. It is about the need to completely control and humiliate another person. There are so many philological things that a rape victim goes through trying to deal with the rape. It does not even come close to your comparison.
What is your take on the group NAMBLA. Are they, to you, just a group of guys that are being unfairly discriminated against? Should society allow them to pursure thier agenda & desired activities unabated? Because it sounds as if you would in support of such a group based on your posts.
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Posted by tuckerndfw
Tell that to the rape victim whos marriage fell apart because she could not stand to have any her husband or man touch her. Nothing {reactive} about it if she didnt tell anyone.
HAHAHAHAHA. Hey Johnny, can you watch your step brother and sister tonight. I know you only grew up in a crack house, but I trust you.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
To believe that all assaults are equal is just stupid. A slap in the face is not equal to being beaten into a coma with a baseball bat; yet both are assaults and have different terminology where in one is aggrivated or some similar. To believe that a punch in the face is equivelant to rape is also stupid beyond belief.
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