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Teen killed after affair with teacher; husband charged

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  1. Luckyazn

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    KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- In a tragic twist to a familiar story, a teenager who had sex with his married 30-year-old teacher was fatally shot outside the woman's home, and authorities have charged the woman's husband.

    "You see all this stuff with teachers involved with their students. It just comes up time after time on the national news," said Norman McLean, father of suspect Eric McLean. But this time, he said, someone "actually died over it."

    McLean's wife, Erin, had completed half of a one-year teaching internship at West High School, where she met 18-year-old Sean Powell last fall.

    Powell's mother, who gave him up for adoption a dozen years ago but re-established contact in 2005, said her son acknowledged having an affair with a teacher.

    "He wouldn't let me answer my cell phone," Debra Flynn recalled. "I said, 'Why?' He said, 'Well, Mom, I'm going out with this girl.' I said, 'So what?' He said, 'She is a counselor at school.' I said, 'Oh, my God, Sean.' "

    Flynn, whose son sometimes stayed at her home in Nashville, said she later found text messages on her phone. "Come home. Baby, I love you. You are beautiful," they said. She believes Erin McLean preyed on her son.

    "These teachers are feasting on our children in school, and something has to be done," Flynn said.

    Powell "was a great kid, full of life," Flynn said. He had taught himself to play guitar and just received his driver's license. His adoptive parents, Scarlett and Jack Powell, had just bought him a car.

    But he left school November 20 and did not return. School officials refuse to explain why, citing privacy laws. Flynn said her son had a substance-abuse problem and went to rehab for less than a month.

    Norman McLean described his son, one of his eight children, as "an excellent person" who was not violent, but he acknowledged that his son "had a lot of burden on him for months now," referring to Erin McLean's affair.

    "Now, I am only talking about myself. But I can personally only take so much," Norman McLean said. "Everybody has a breaking point, and there is only so much you can endure before you get to that place ... where you lose control."

    Rock 'n' roll performer
    Norman McLean said his son, once a percussionist in the University of Tennessee marching band, put his own academic career on hold to support his family while his wife of 11 years pursued a graduate teaching degree from the University of Tennessee. He has worked as a pizza deliveryman while taking classes at the university.

    Eric McLean, 31, is one semester short of completing a bachelor's degree in music education. A popular performer in local rock 'n' roll bands, he hoped to become a school band director.

    On the evening of March 10, McLean called police to say an intruder was at the couple's home. About seven minutes later, Erin McLean called back to say her husband had just shot Powell outside in the boy's car.

    Eric McLean fled in his car, which was later found at the high school. McLean was arrested Sunday, walking along railroad tracks about six miles (10 kilometers) away, still carrying the suspected murder weapon, a shotgun.

    Sean Powell was buried Thursday after a funeral attended by more than 150 friends and former classmates.

    "I didn't color any rosy pictures," said the Rev. Lee Wallace, who officiated. "I said, Sean, like myself, is not perfect. He was a boy who had hopes and dreams and goals in life, like everybody else, and those were cut short."

    Erin McLean has moved in with relatives in Nashville, Tennessee, with the couple's two young sons, ages 11 and 7. She has not been charged with any wrongdoing. Police say she has hired a lawyer but could not provide a name.

    The attorney for Eric McLean acknowledges that McLean killed Powell. "So this trial is going to be about what really did happen and why -- not who," attorney Bruce Poston said.

    Poston said McLean is in a "state of shock. Like watching a deer caught in the headlights. Literally wondering, 'Have I made a decision that will ruin the rest of my life as well as others?' "




    What's up with teachers these days :rolleyes:
     
    #1 Luckyazn, Mar 17, 2007
  2. Oski2005

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    I'm sure teachers and students have been going on since Plato :eek:, but with the media, we're hearing more and more about it. I do think that maybe the coverage might be sparking interest in people who maybe have fought off the urge before.
     
    #2 Oski2005, Mar 17, 2007
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    Nope. It's those teachers. They're feasting on our children, and something simply has to be done.
     
    #3 bnb, Mar 17, 2007
  4. Lil Pun

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    It was a matter of time.....
     
    #4 Lil Pun, Mar 17, 2007
  5. Dairy Ashford

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    True; but a story like this, as horrific as it is, at least explains in the starkest terms possible why it's a crime, and why it shouldn't be more socially "tolerable" or "amusing" when the teacher's a female and the student's a male. Even though McLean had a lot of psychological emotional baggage, the fact that the adultery was with a kid was probably emasculating enough to put him over the edge, as it probably would any other male. This is probably the type of story ever high-school aged boy should hear at least once.
     
    #5 Dairy Ashford, Mar 17, 2007
  6. Mr. Mooch

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    Relations between teachers and students happen at EVERY school.
     
    #6 Mr. Mooch, Mar 17, 2007
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    At 18, he's a man. Way to spin it Mom.
     
    #7 hooroo, Mar 17, 2007
  8. Fatty FatBastard

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    Please, please let this be my ex... :p
     
    #8 Fatty FatBastard, Mar 17, 2007
  9. Rocket River

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    hhhmmmm found on the man's property . . i wonder if he will be convicted

    I am unsure of the law. . but if an intruder is *in* the house i know you can shoot him
    but
    *in* your yard I am unsure

    I'm pretty positive if the husband did it he will say ole boy was an intruder

    Rocket River
    " . . . . I ain't saying he should have done it but. . . " - Chris Rock
     
    #9 Rocket River, Mar 17, 2007
  10. pchan

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    I don't know what I would have done if my wife's boyfriend show up at my front door and I happen to own a gun...

    with that said... the man is still responsible for what he has done.
     
    #10 pchan, Mar 17, 2007
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    Too bad for him, he should have thought with his brain before he did that stupid thing, maybe this will slow the trend down a little.
     
    #11 pirc1, Mar 17, 2007
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    I woulda shot his ass too.
     
    #12 mateo, Mar 17, 2007
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    Of course the guy thats charged with killing him looks like a human rat. I think theres some breed of people that always get arrested or end up on cops that were inbred with rats or something
     
    #13 dntrwl, Mar 17, 2007
  14. Rocket River

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    I mean seriously
    Screwing your wife. .. THEN SHOW UP AT YOUR HOUSE????

    Rocket River
    . . . maybe the kid was on crack
     
    #14 Rocket River, Mar 17, 2007
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    ITA. Referring to him as a "teenager" and "student" takes away from the fact that, while what she did was wrong and probably a violation of school policy, it was an act between two consenting adults, and the kid is as much to blame as she is.

    How 'bout this: if the wife invited the kid over, without telling the husband, is the kid still considered an intruder? If that were the case, would that make it 1st degree murder?
     
    #15 FrontRowJoe, Mar 18, 2007
  16. Rocket River

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    Well If he didn't know. . . I think they would say 'to him' he was an intruder
    I mean . . how would he know otherwise
    [Law and Order]

    Rocket River
     
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  17. Jeff

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    Teachers and students having sex is nothing new...except in how it is reported by the media. It is something teachers and school districts have known about for a LONG time. It was just not something that was reported until recently.

    For quite a number of years, no one even reported female student/male teacher relationships to the police. It was just not spoken about. It took even longer for male student/female teacher relationships to be discussed because, for a very long time, it was thought that boys could not only handle it, but they were happy about it.

    When these things did happen and they became a distraction, it was usually handled quietly by the school usually by dismissing the teacher.
     
    #17 Jeff, Mar 18, 2007
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    I was just talking to an ex co-worker the other day, and he mentioned meeting his girlfriend, who at the time was married, and is now divorced.....

    Maybe it's just me, but a lot of people see no problem with this, and it happens a lot. You never know what a husband will do about the affairs of his wife. At least let them get their relationship resolved, and be on their way before putting yourself in that position.

    In the end, it's all about someone persuing their "needs", and not caring, not respecting the situations of others.
     
    #18 TECH, Mar 18, 2007
  19. Rocket River

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    These Lyrics by AKON made me like his music more than previous
    because they so true


    "Men steady comin' after you
    Women steady comin' after me
    Seem like everybody wanna go for self
    And don't wanna respect boundaries" - AKON

    Rocket River
     
    #19 Rocket River, Mar 18, 2007
  20. mateo

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    #20 mateo, Mar 18, 2007
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