Case of teacher accused of molesting student, hiring hitman to kill victim headed to trial
PJ Randhawa
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A former north St. Louis county teacher accused of molesting a student then hiring a hitman to kill the child is headed to trial.
Thursday, 38-year-old Deonte Taylor was expected in St. Louis county court for a plea hearing. Just two hours before the hearing, the I-Team learned the case will go to trial instead.
A bizarre backstory
Taylor was a teacher’s aide at Lusher Elementary School in 2015. Prosecutors say that's where he took a 7-year-old student out of class and molested him. The 2nd grader reported the abuse to the school and police.