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White Ala. High School Teacher Arrested for Having Sex with Black Students Is Found Dead in Her Home 2 Days Later
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Nov 27, 2021, 6:15:05 PM11/27/21
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A 44-year-old teacher committed suicide days after authorities
in Alabama accused her of sexually abusing two of her students.
Leslie Buttram Gillespie was arrested on Thursday, PEOPLE
confirms.
Gillespie was charged with individual counts of second-degree
rape and second-degree sodomy along with two counts for being a
school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the
age of 19.
Gillespie was working at R.A. Hubbard High School in North
Courtland at the time of her arrest. In 2019, the school had
named her teacher of the year.
Online records confirm Gillespie was released Thursday after
posting a $60,000 bond.
On Saturday morning, police responded to the English teacher's
home in Hillsboro, where they found her body. Officials claim
she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
WAFF 48 obtained court records that indicate a student came
forward recently, telling investigators he and another male
student had sex with Gillespie in her classroom after school
back in September 2020.
The students were 15 and 16 at the time of the alleged sexual
abuse.
Lawrence County Schools Superintendent Jon Bret Smith sent a
statement home to parents following the teacher's arrest, saying
the district would be conducting its own inquiry into
Gillespie's alleged conduct.
"While the district cannot provide any specific details at this
time, we want to emphasize that there is nothing more important
to Lawrence County Schools than the safety and well-being of our
students," reads the statement. "The district will work
diligently and expediently to resolve the situation."
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A 44-year-old teacher committed suicide days after authorities
in Alabama accused her of sexually abusing two of her students.
Leslie Buttram Gillespie was arrested on Thursday, PEOPLE
confirms.
Gillespie was charged with individual counts of second-degree
rape and second-degree sodomy along with two counts for being a
school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the
age of 19.
Gillespie was working at R.A. Hubbard High School in North
Courtland at the time of her arrest. In 2019, the school had
named her teacher of the year.
Online records confirm Gillespie was released Thursday after
posting a $60,000 bond.
On Saturday morning, police responded to the English teacher's
home in Hillsboro, where they found her body. Officials claim
she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
WAFF 48 obtained court records that indicate a student came
forward recently, telling investigators he and another male
student had sex with Gillespie in her classroom after school
back in September 2020.
The students were 15 and 16 at the time of the alleged sexual
abuse.
Lawrence County Schools Superintendent Jon Bret Smith sent a
statement home to parents following the teacher's arrest, saying
the district would be conducting its own inquiry into
Gillespie's alleged conduct.
"While the district cannot provide any specific details at this
time, we want to emphasize that there is nothing more important
to Lawrence County Schools than the safety and well-being of our
students," reads the statement. "The district will work
diligently and expediently to resolve the situation."
https://people.com/crime/alabama-high-school-teacher-arrested-
having-sex-with-students-found-dead-2-days-later/
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