Texas Teacher Gets Jail in Student Sex Case - Update

(Houston, Texas)

A judge sentenced a former Spring Branch ISD teacher to one year in jail and one year probation Tuesday for having sex with a 15-year-old student.

Kathryn Camille Murray had repeated sexual encounters with an eighth-grade boy at Memorial Middle School, where she taught. She was supposed to be tutoring the student.

Murray pleaded guilty last month to one count of improper relations with a student and one count of sexual assault of a child. Two other counts against her were dropped.

Investigators said Murray, 31, had sex with the boy at his home while his parents were away. She also had sex with him at a hotel on the night of a school dance and in her classroom at least twice.

Case closed.

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Texas Teacher Guilty of Sex with Boy, 15 - Update
[Previous 12/13/13 post]
(Houston, Texas)

The former Memorial Middle School teacher who had sex with a 15-year-old student has pleaded guilty to the charges against her.

Kathryn Camille Murray pleaded guilty to one count of improper relations with a student and one count of sexual assault of a child. Two other counts against Murray were dropped.[…]

The school district wanted Murray to be punished for her crime.

”We feel that Ms. Murray’s behavior is despicable, and encourage the district attorney to prosecute Ms. Murray to the fullest extent of the law,” a Spring Branch ISD statement read.

Murray’s bond was revoked and she was placed back in jail after they were caught together. Now she will learn her fate.

Sentencing is scheduled for next month (1/31/14).

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Texas Teacher and Boy, 15 - Update
[Previous 1/27/13 post]
(Houston, Texas) Already facing charges for engaging in sex with a 15-year-old male student, teacher Kathryn Murray, 29, has now been accused of harboring the boy as a runaway.

Police say they found him Friday night with Murray at her father’s home.

He tried to exit out the back door.

The boy, now 16, was Murray’s eighth grade student at Memorial Middle School.

Last year his mother spoke to 11 News about the relationship between her son and his former teacher.

"People like this should not be walking the streets, should not be close to our children," the mother said at the time.

She had hoped all contact would end.

"We are not good, we are very hurt. My son is really confused, hurt. We working with him very closely but he’s not good, not good at all," she said.

Bond for Murray has been set at $100,000.

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Texas Teacher and Boy, 15 - Update
[Previous 7/4/12 post]
(Houston, Texas) Former Memorial Middle School teacher Kathryn "Camille" Murray, now 29, has been charged with three additional child sex offenses allegedly occurring before the original February 11 incident.

The boy's parents said their son told them he had sex with Murray twice in her classroom at Memorial Middle School, and at a hotel on February 10, "the night a dance was held for eighth grade students" at the school.

On that occasion, according to the court records, the boy's father dropped him off at the school for the dance, but he met Murray at a nearby church. She drove them to the hotel -- Murray had paid for the room in advance -- and they had sex. She then drove him to "the vicinity of the school," and he walked about 100 meters the rest of the way, according to the records.

Police have gathered hotel security tapes as evidence that the boy and Ms. Murray were in the hotel together.

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Texas Teacher and Boy, 15
[Previous 2/24/12 post]
(Houston, Texas) A 28-year-old eighth-grade teacher, Kathryn "Camille" Murray, has been fired from her position at Memorial Middle School for alleged sex with a 15-year-old male student.

Murray faces a charge of sexual assault of a child.

Detectives said the 15-year-old invited Murray over to his home while his parents were away on Feb. 11.

The 15-year-old's 12-year-old brother was also home. According to court documents, the 12-year-old found his brother in bed with Murray about 11:50 p.m.

According to court documents, the 15-year-old told investigators that he was in love with Murray.

Murray was booked into custody at the Harris County Jail.