FUGITIVE CAUGHT!
Police from a small Kentucky town are on a 1,500-mile trek to Laredo, Texas, to bring back a former middle-school teacher and her 14-year-old suspected lover. Mexican authorities found Angela Comer, 26, and the eighth-grade student on Tuesday night in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, after the boy's grandmother reported him missing on Saturday.
Comer's 3-year-old son, who was with her at the Mexican hotel, and the teen, whom police have not identified, were taken into protective custody by Texas authorities. Detectives seized the boy's computer and found records of conversations between him and Comer that provided clues to their whereabouts. "They discussed a destination, and we centered in on a location," Forward said.
Comer was charged in November for trying the coax the boy into disobeying his grandmother, who had forbidden them from communicating with each other. The boy allegedly stole from his grandmother before the couple fled to Mexico and will be charged with theft, Forward said. "He stole approximately $700 in cash, as well as credit cards and her checkbook," Forward said.
The boy, whose parents are divorced, lives with his grandmother in Tompkinsville, a town of about 2,600 people. Comer was the boy's math teacher at Monroe County Middle School before she resigned in November, said Forward.
The police chief said he suspected the affair had something to do with the divorce of Angela and her ex-husband David Comer. "[David has] known about this for a while," Forward said. "She said they were supposedly just friends, but he had hired a private investigator to look into it."
Comer will face a felony charge of custodial interference for taking the teen away from his grandmother. She also faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution because she crossed the border, said Steven Gurley, special agent in charge of the FBI in Kentucky.
Forward said he was surprised by the ex-teacher's actions, but that her family is "pretty off the wall." "It's a pretty sad situation," Forward said. "We entrust those teachers to care and keep our kids safe. They are the last ones we should have to worry about."
Comer's 3-year-old son, who was with her at the Mexican hotel, and the teen, whom police have not identified, were taken into protective custody by Texas authorities. Detectives seized the boy's computer and found records of conversations between him and Comer that provided clues to their whereabouts. "They discussed a destination, and we centered in on a location," Forward said.
Comer was charged in November for trying the coax the boy into disobeying his grandmother, who had forbidden them from communicating with each other. The boy allegedly stole from his grandmother before the couple fled to Mexico and will be charged with theft, Forward said. "He stole approximately $700 in cash, as well as credit cards and her checkbook," Forward said.
The boy, whose parents are divorced, lives with his grandmother in Tompkinsville, a town of about 2,600 people. Comer was the boy's math teacher at Monroe County Middle School before she resigned in November, said Forward.
The police chief said he suspected the affair had something to do with the divorce of Angela and her ex-husband David Comer. "[David has] known about this for a while," Forward said. "She said they were supposedly just friends, but he had hired a private investigator to look into it."
Comer will face a felony charge of custodial interference for taking the teen away from his grandmother. She also faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution because she crossed the border, said Steven Gurley, special agent in charge of the FBI in Kentucky.
Forward said he was surprised by the ex-teacher's actions, but that her family is "pretty off the wall." "It's a pretty sad situation," Forward said. "We entrust those teachers to care and keep our kids safe. They are the last ones we should have to worry about."
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