Charges Against Vile Teacher Get Dropped

Charges filed against a former Missouri teacher who had sex with a student have been dropped since the couple got married.

Baylee Turner, a former English teacher at Sarcoxie High School, was charged with having sex with a male student in February 2019. Prosecutor Nate Dally said the case was dismissed after Turner and her student, whose name was not disclosed, got married.

Turner admitted to police that she’d had sex with her student in January 2019.

Turner was finishing up her first year of teaching at Sarcoxie High School when she started having sex with her student, prior to that, she taught at a middle school in the district.

It is illegal under Missouri state law for a school district employee or volunteer to have sexual contact with a student under or above the age of consent. Turner has since surrendered her state teaching license.

In recent years there have been six teachers, including Turner, in southwestern Missouri, who have been accused of having sex with students.