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YOU THIS EVENING.
WCCO HAS LEARNED A SOUTH
ST. PAUL TEACHER AND HIS HUSBAND
WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING MINORS.
THEY WERE FOUND DEAD LAST
WEEK AND BODIES WERE DISCOVERED
IN WASHINGTON STATE ON THURSDAY
AND POLICE DESCRIBE A
MURDER/SUICIDE.
ARIC BABBITT WAS A LONG-TIME
TEACHER AT LINCOLN CENTER
ELEMENTARY IN SOUTH ST. PAUL AND
LIVED WITH HIS HUSBAND, MATTHEW
DEYO, IN A HOUSE ON 5th AVENUE
SOUTH.
A SEARCH WARRANT FOR HOME
REVEALS WHAT POLICE FOUND AND
WHAT FORMER STUDENTS TOLD
INVESTIGATORS ABOUT THEIR
MENTOR.
Reporter: FOR 15 YEARS, ARIC
BABBITT TAUGHT HERE AT LINCOLN
CENTER ELEMENTARY, COURT PAPERS
SHOW EARLIER THIS MONTH A
16-YEAR-OLD, FORMER STUDENT, AND
HIS PARENTS WENT TO SOUTH ST.
PAUL POLICE WITH A DISTURBING
ALLEGATION.
THE TEEN ACCUSED ARIC BABBITT OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND TURNED OVER
PICTURES OF HIMSELF NAKED WITH
THE TEACHER AND SAID ARIC
BABBITT BECAME HIS MENTOR WHEN
HE CAME OUT AS GAY TO HIS
FAMILY.
HE DESCRIBED HOW HE AND HIS
HUSBAND TOOK THE TEENAGER TO A
HOTEL AND A CABIN FOR SEX USING
MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL TO GET THE
TEENAGER INTOXICATED.
A TRANSGENDER FRIEND OF THE BOY
WAS ALSO AT THE CABIN AND SAID
SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS DRUGGED.
COURT PAPERS DETAILED ANOTHER
ENCOUNTER IN A RENTED ROOM IN
DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS DURING
PRIDE WEEK.
THE TEENAGER SAID HE EVENTUALLY
HAD A BREAK DOWN AND TOLD HIS
PARENTS AND BROTHER WHAT HAD
BEEN HAPPENING.
HIS BROTHER BECAME UPSET BECAUSE
OANOTHER FORMER STUDENT--
ANOTHER FORMER STUDENT HAD TOLD
HIM ABOUT SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH
ARIC BABBITT AND MATTHEW DEYO.
THERE WAS A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION WHICH TRIGGERED
HIM PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE IN AUGUST.
A SEARCH WARRANT SHOWS
INVESTIGATORS WERE LOOK ING FOR
ANY SIGNS OF DRUGS OR CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY.
THE COUPLE'S NEIGHBORS ARE
SHOCKED BY THE MURDER/SUICIDE
AND HAD NO IDEA OF THE
ALLEGATIONS.
IT SCARES ME FOR A LOT OF
DIFFERENT REASONS, ESPECIALLY
PERSON HAVING KIDS.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO 4 NEWS.
COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW POLICE
FOUND A VARIETY OF COMPUTERS,
CAMERAS, AND OBTAINERS OF WHAT
APPEARED TO BE MARIJUANA.
