Get the latest gossip

Teacher Who Tried To Kill Student He Slept With Released On Parole!

A teacher who attempted to murder the 17-year-old student he slept with has been released from prison. The crime, which went on to inspire a Lifetime

While talking to police at the time, Shelton admitted he had slept with the minor once — but quickly tried to put an end to their encounters soon after. She went limp, leading the teacher to believe he’d killed her, so he took her body to a wooded area in Citizen Park in Belleville, Illinois to “make it look like she got strangled there”. At the time of his court hearing in 2007, he was booked into Illinois River Correctional Center for a sentence of 20 years.

Get the Android app