News and Politics | November 24, 2008 | 24 comments

Missing teen girl found in teacher's closet

source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456432,00.html

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A missing 17-year-old girl was found hiding in a closet at a male teacher's home near Chicago after he told police he didn't know where she was — prompting officers to arrest him on a charge he lied to them.

Eric Wood, 24, who teaches at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Waukegan, Ill., was charged only with obstructing justice in the bizarre case surrounding the disappearance of the girl.

The teen's family filed a missing-person report on Nov. 8.

The following day, Lake County Sheriff's deputies found the girl at Wood's Beach Park house after Wood allowed them in to search for her. He initially told authorities that he knew nothing about the girl's whereabouts.

The girl's brother said she and Wood have been in regular contact since they met at a Milwaukee car show in July, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The teen is a student at Zion-Benton High School, and her brother said he called police last month in an effort to stop her get-togethers with Wood.

Wood was "dropping off his 17-year-old sister at home after hours," the police report said.

The high school student and Wood told police and their families that they were just friends, according to the paper.

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24 comments // Missing teen girl found in teacher's closet

  • regisb
  • justright
  • keithponder
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      keithponder  

    • Whether she is in one of his classes or not is not the real issue at hand. The fact of the matter is that all teachers must abide by a certain code of ethics. If that were not the case, this would not be a story.

      Question. Who out there has taught school and who out there has a teenage daughter ? Outside of that, its just your opinion, in which you are entitled to, but this is an issue where facts matter the most.

      How well would he be trusted on his own High School campus fom this point foward.

      Prosecute this lying scum. She is still a minor.If his was not guilty, he would not have lied.

    • 3 years ago
  • MarshallsCarousel
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      MarshallsCarousel  

    • Eh, I live in Waukegan...this is not an odd occurance around here.

      It's not a very smart thing to do on the teachers part. Jefferson doesn't have to best record with picking educators either.

    • 3 years ago
  • diode
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      diode  

    • in a lot of states, age of consent is 18.

      around the globe, the average is 14-15.

      so which society has the issues?

    • 3 years ago
  • arcticspirit
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      arcticspirit  
    • diode:

      I don't know. You would think it would rest entirely upon individuals, but that isn't right either.
      We do know that biologically the brain develops at a certain rate, as to how a person should be able to make decisions and analyze information.

      But even an older person can be immature in those areas and make bad decisions thru out life.
      Which leads us back to the person as an individual.

    • 3 years ago
  • arcticspirit
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      arcticspirit  

    • It's a middle school teacher and a 17 yr old, most likely high school student. It's so misleading, they make it sound like they were connected as student-teacher, etc.

      She's above the age of consent. There's what 6-7 year age difference?
      Might be a stupid move on both of their parts, but if they have a decent relationship and don't hide it, you would think all would be fine.
      YOU WOULD THINK.

    • 3 years ago
  • sueathome
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      sueathome  

    • There is a fine line here. What was going on in the home first of all. Why would a girl of that age need to cultivate whatever type of relationship with this man? Slim but possible that she was looking to feel validated by someone. Sorry, but there is more to this story.

    • 3 years ago
  • Ihatethemall
  • Auberella
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      Auberella  

    • It's amazing how people look at the job title of "Teacher" to be powerful and "Student" to be innocent. Students never do anything, it's allways the teachers fault. The student must have been persuaded with some sort of brain washing th the teachers house. Uh huh. SURE

    • 3 years ago
  • Gargaryun
  • arcticspirit
  • Gargaryun
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      Gargaryun  

    • She's 17 years old, people, not 12 or 13...even if They ARE having a sexual relationship, this isn't Statuatory Rape in most States...Contributing to the delinquency of a minor, @ the worst....So is Her family going to be happier if She's screwing the legs off of another 17 year old?, instead of Someone who already has a college degree & a JOB?!?
      Sorry, a 6-7 year difference in age isn't any reason for anyone to get their knickers in a twist about...not when She's that old, UNLESS She's mentally incompetent.

    • 3 years ago
  • cantucwearebrothers
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      cantucwearebrothers  
    • Gargaryun:

      I think her family might be happier if they weren't being lied to.

      If she (who has it made clearly obvious by her actions that she is in no way shape or form old enough for this relationship) or the man (who by his actions knows that what is taking place here is wrong) thought that this relationship was appropriate neither of them would have been sneaking around trying to hide the facts.

      It's called a guilty conscience.

    • 3 years ago
  • arcticspirit
  • Pnut_head
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      Pnut_head  
    • Gargaryun:

      I agree Gargaryun.

      And Cantucwe., perhaps THEY may not feel that their relationship is wrong, but they recognize that the girl's family wouldn't approve, so they attempted to hide it from them. It isn't unheard of.

      I myself have been in a relationship for two years where, until about a month ago, my boyfriend and I kept it from his family and almost the entire Islamic community in our area due to the fact that he is a muslim (who isn't allowed date/is supposed to have and arranged marriage) and I am not. Of course our relationship isn't really wrong; we love each other dearly. His family, on the other hand, certainly does not feel the same way.

      Two different situations, I know, but I'm just saying that trying to hide a relationship doesn't always equal a guilty conscience.

    • 3 years ago
  • IcamacD
  • diode
  • keithponder
  • standingchair
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      standingchair  

    • You know, maybe it's something about Chicago. When I was in high school, their were a few very open, or rather, easy to put two and two together, teacher-student relationships.
      But I digress, this is disgusting.

    • 3 years ago
  • Neghie
  • eldamon
  • wild_kat
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