Teacher, 44, ‘kills herself’ after being charged with raping and sodomizing two students
Updated: 20:18 ET, May 31 2021
AN ALABAMA high school teacher accused by two underage students that she sexually abused them has allegedly died by suicide.
Leslie Gillespie, a 44-year-old teacher at the RA Hubbard High School in North Courtland, was reportedly found dead at her Lawrence County home just two days after she was arrested on rape and sodomy charges.
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Leslie Gillespie allegedly took her life after she was charged with sexually assaulting two studentsCredit: Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office
Police in Hillsboro, a small town in Lawrence County, apparently found Gillespie dead on Saturday, May 29 from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said coroner Scott Norwood.
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A teacher in Alabama, who was named the 2019 Teacher of the Year, has died by apparent suicide two days after being arrested for having sex with teen students.
Leslie Gillespie, 44, was found dead at her Hillsboro home on Saturday morning, May 29, from what authorities said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The English teacher, who was a staff member at R.A. Hubbard High School in Lawrence County, had been booked on Thursday evening, May 27, on rape and sodomy charges.
According to court records obtained by WAFF, the alleged incident happened in September 2020. One student told investigators that he and another male pupil went to her classroom after school hours, where she performed sex acts on them.
A high school teacher from Alabama apparently died by suicide just days after being arrested on rape and sodomy charges involving two underage students.