14 YO Boy Kills Teacher

This is the second teacher killed this week by a teenage kid. What is happening to our kids today??? This is so tragic the teacher was only 24 yo and the boy could tried as an adult.
 
That's what I said during the last school shooting. It's not safe to go to school anymore! Ridiculous!
 
wow 50 people view this and only one person made a comment, I guess people are getting so use to this happening it's no longer shocking or tragic. I heard the teacher body was dumped in a recycling bin and removed the school and dumped in the woods. It is so is tragic and no one bothered to find out why the boy was keeping to himself all the time.
 
And he did it with his fists from what I've read....hard to believe that much anger from someone that was seemingly quiet and well liked. What a tragedy for the woman's family. It's not something that typically happens in my area, but then no community is really safe. Who knew this woman's life was so dangerously at risk by a student.

Laura


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Teen accused of killing Danvers teacher held without bail


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Danvers teacher slain; boy, 14, held

Colleen Ritzer








Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 9:08 am | Updated: 4:21 pm, Wed Oct 23, 2013.
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DANVERS (AP) — A 14-year-old Massachusetts high school student charged with killing a teacher has been ordered held without bail.
Philip Chism was ordered held Wednesday at his arraignment in adult court on a murder charge in Salem.
His defense attorney, Denise Regan, argued for the proceedings to be closed and her client to be allowed to stay hidden because of his age. The judge denied the request. Regan declined to comment outside court.

Prosecutors say the teen beat well-liked Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer to death. Her body was found in the woods behind the school early Wednesday.

The boy also was reported missing Tuesday. He was spotted walking along a road early Wednesday.

He is due back in court Nov. 22.

Earlier story:

DANVERS (AP) — A 14-year-old high school student described by classmates as soft-spoken and pleasant was accused of killing a well-liked math teacher, whose body was found in the woods behind the school.

Law enforcement officials recovered the remains of 24-year-old Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer early Wednesday, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said. The teen, Philip Chism, was arraigned Wednesday in Salem on a murder charge and ordered held without bail.

Ritzer was reported missing late Tuesday night after she didn't come home from work or answer her cellphone. Investigators found blood in a second-floor school bathroom and soon located her body, Blodgett said. He did not say how Ritzer died.

"She was a very, very respected, loved teacher," Blodgett said, calling the killing a "terrible tragedy."

The boy also was reported missing Tuesday after not coming home from school. He was spotted walking along a road in neighboring Topsfield at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Investigators said in court documents that the arrest was made based on statements by the suspect and corroborating evidence at multiple scenes. They said they also recovered video surveillance.

At his arraignment in adult court Wednesday afternoon, Chism's defense attorney argued for the proceeding to be closed and her client to be allowed to stay hidden because of his age. The judge denied the request. The attorney declined to comment outside court.

Ritzer had a Twitter account where she gave homework assignments, encouraged students and described herself as a "math teacher often too excited about the topics I'm teaching."

She was a 2011 graduate of Assumption College in Worcester, a school spokeswoman said Wednesday. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in math, a minor in psychology and a secondary education concentration, according to the college's 2011 commencement program.

Chris Weimert, 17, was a student in Ritzer's geometry class last year. He said she had taught at the school for two years and was a warm, welcoming person who would stand outside her classroom and say hello to students she didn't teach.

"She was the nicest teacher anyone could ever have. She always had a warm smile on her face," he said.

Weimert said the suspect, who he knew from seeing him around school, "seemed like a good kid." He said, "It really threw the whole town of Danvers a curve ball."

Kyle Cahill, a junior, said he knows Chism from the soccer team. He said the 14-year-old moved to Massachusetts from Tennessee before the school year began and was a top goal scorer on the school's junior varsity team.

He called him a quiet, nice kid.

"He wasn't violent at all. He was really the opposite of aggressive," Cahill said.

Cahill said there was a soccer team dinner Tuesday night that the accused teen skipped, and team members were wondering where he was.

"We're all just a family. It just amazes me really," he said. "I'm just stunned."

Ryan Kelleher, a senior who also plays soccer, said the arrest of the soft-spoken Chism didn't make sense to him.

"From what I know about him and seeing him every day, it just doesn't add up that he would do such a thing, unless this was all an act to fool somebody," the 17-year-old said.

Kelleher took Ritzer's algebra class last year and said hello to her on Tuesday in the hallway. He said students related to the young teacher, who liked to wear jeans and UGG boots just like the students.

Ritzer lived at home with her 20-year-old brother and her sister, a high school senior. The close-knit family was often outside, barbecuing, spending time together and enjoying each other's company, neighbors said.

Mary Duffy has lived next door to the Ritzers in the comfortable, suburban neighborhood in Andover since the family moved there more than two decades ago. She had known Colleen Ritzer from the time she was a baby and said the Ritzers' oldest child had just one ambition in life: to be a high school math teacher.

"All I ever heard is that she loved her job," Duffy said.

Ritzer's uncle Dale Webster provided a brief written statement in which the family asked for privacy.

"At this time, we are mourning the tragic death or our amazing, beautiful daughter and sister," the statement read. "Everyone that knew and loved Colleen knew of her passion for teaching and how she mentored each and every one of her students."

There was no reason to believe anyone else was involved and there was no public safety danger, authorities said.

All public schools in Danvers, about 20 miles north of Boston, were closed Wednesday.

The high school's students were planning a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening.

Ritzer is the second teacher allegedly killed by a student in the U.S. this week. A Sparks, Nev., middle school teacher was allegedly shot by a 12-year-old student on Monday.
 
I feel that is where I school miss the warning signs , the boy was very quite and sat in the back of the classroom all the time wearing headphone from what I heard on the news. People made a grave mistake when they think a quite person can't do any so horrible. I thought the kid used a knife not that made any difference because the poor woman is dead .
I wonder if the boy had been in any trouble in Tennessee and it was not in his school file. this just so tragic and what a senseless violent crime. :( I saw some photos of boy and he does not looks right to me.
 
This is an incomprehensible tragedy. :(
 
Teachers are overwhelmed with large classroom sizes so how can they recognize the warning signs? There are so many kids with severe emotional baggage these days. Iam seeing the same these days. or children and future generations are at risk. we aren't doing good jobs as parents these days.
 
Why do people wonder why so many shootings happen in gun free zones? It boggles my mind.
 
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shel90 said:
Teachers are overwhelmed with large classroom sizes so how can they recognize the warning signs? There are so many kids with severe emotional baggage these days. Iam seeing the same these days. or children and future generations are at risk. we aren't doing good jobs as parents these days.
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Parents aren't allowed to do good jobs anymore in some cases. It's really sad what society has transformed into.... and then we wonder why kids grow up to do stupid shit like stab teachers and bully classmates to the point where they kill themselves.....while this is a sad tragedy, I look at this punk and hope some prison gang gives him a beat down of epic proportions cuz yeah he deserves it...
 
dead money said:
Parents aren't allowed to do good jobs anymore in some cases. It's really sad what society has transformed into.... and then we wonder why kids grow up to do stupid shit like stab teachers and bully classmates to the point where they kill themselves.....while this is a sad tragedy, I look at this punk and hope some prison gang gives him a beat down of epic proportions cuz yeah he deserves it...
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:cheers:
 
dead money said:
Parents aren't allowed to do good jobs anymore in some cases. It's really sad what society has transformed into.... and then we wonder why kids grow up to do stupid shit like stab teachers and bully classmates to the point where they kill themselves.....while this is a sad tragedy, I look at this punk and hope some prison gang gives him a beat down of epic proportions cuz yeah he deserves it...
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Yea, we aren't allowed to whip our kids' asses. I got whipping several times and I am fine.
 
shel90 said:
Yea, we aren't allowed to whip our kids' asses. I got whipping several times and I am fine.
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I lost count of my whippings.... :laugh2: and lost count and track of what I was whipped with! :laugh2: You're allowed to spank your children so long as it doesn't leave a mark. Where the hell was that law when I was getting spanked with belts and tree limbs! :pissed:
 
Mewtilation said:
I lost count of my whippings.... :laugh2: and lost count and track of what I was whipped with! :laugh2: You're allowed to spank your children so long as it doesn't leave a mark. Where the hell was that law when I was getting spanked with belts and tree limbs! :pissed:
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You girl are mirroring my life! :laugh2: I recall getting "the hickory", and I turned out fine. Perhaps it's parents who beat their kids to the point of trauma just made it illegal altogether. Sad situation here...
 
Correct parenting these days are about on par as with how you would discipline a young puppy when they run amok: wag your finger a couple times, tell them they've been bad and send them back off.......nevemind how many times they misbehave, nevermind if they don't care what u do and say and push bad behavior even further to the limit, and nevermind it seems optional for a child to learn decent manners before they turn 16.... all I know in my day where if u misbehaved, and u got caught, you got a butt whuppin' and if u were smart u didn't do it again and knew WHY u wouldn't do it again.... and yeah I don't remember kids doing half the stupid carp u read about in the news today...
 
It has nothing to do with bad parenting. The students said that Chism was not a troublemaker at school. We have to wait to find out what his motive was. My wife thinks it was an attempted rape before murder.
 
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