A former middle school principal in Missouri has pleaded guilty to charges related to a murder plot he orchestrated against a woman with whom he had an affair after she became pregnant.
Cornelius Green, married principal of Carr Lane School of Visual and Performing Arts in St. Admitted He paid a friend $2,500 to kill Jocelyn Peters and “their unborn child,” the Daily Mail reported.
Peters, 30, a teacher at nearby Mann Elementary School, was 27 weeks pregnant on March 24 when Green’s childhood friend, Phillip Cutler, entered her apartment using a key Green had given her. He is believed to have been shot in the head. 2016.
Ann indictment Cutler claims he killed Peters as she lay in bed “using a potato as a silencer to muffle the sound of the gunfire,” according to information obtained by NBC News.
In court documents viewed by First Alert 4, Green said: romantically involved Along with several other women.
Later that day, Green “went to Peters’ apartment and called 911 to report he had been shot,” local media reported.
The former principal’s plea agreement states that Green also admitted that the $2,500 he paid Cutler was stolen from the school.
“Defendant Green expects to be sentenced to life in prison for murder and conspiracy to commit murder.” people report. “If he were sentenced to life in prison, state prosecutors would drop the murder charge against him, which could have carried him with the death penalty.”
Mr. Cutler has also been charged with involvement in the incident, and his trial will begin on March 11th.
Shortly after Peters’ body was discovered, Mann Elementary Principal Nicole Conaway dedicated a memorial garden in the teacher’s honor.
“She cared deeply about children, not just their learning, but the kind of people they were to become better people,” Conaway said. Mr. Miss. Said Fox 2 Well, it’s time.
“I don’t think our family was the only one in St. Louis who loved our daughter,” Peter’s mother, Lacey Peters, said at the garden’s dedication.
