Affair With Teacher Leads to Slaying

Associated Press via Comcast.net ^ | March 16, 2007 | Duncan Mansfield

[Lancey Howard]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - In a tragic twist to a familiar story, a teenager who had sex with his married 30-year-old teacher was fatally shot outside the woman's home, and authorities have charged the woman's husband.

"You see all this stuff with teachers involved with their students. It just comes up time after time on the national news," said Norman McLean, father of suspect Eric McLean. "Well, this is the first time where one has actually died over it."

[Buddy B]

Are you implying that the teenager was married?

Moral of the story ... Don't sleep with another man's wife.

Moral of the story ... Don't sleep with a man's wife.

[Buddy B]

Was not adultery... adultery.

[khnyny]

Ok, if it wasn't adultery, then what was it?

[Welsh Rabbit]

The husband shot this kid in the head in the kid's car - that's crazy any way you look at it. I'm not condoning adultery, but the husband's "reaction" was totally insane.

I agree that the husband's reaction was insane, but I understand. I'm sure it's humiliating enough to have your wife cheat on you, but cheating on you with a teenage boy and having everyone know about it makes it a thousand times worse. Everyone snaps in some way when they're extremely humiliated. Whether they lock themselves in a room and sob or commit violence depends on the person and circumstances.

[Sherman Logan]

Your definition fits this case perfectly.

Unless you are trying to say that the wife committed adultery but not the boyfriend.

[robertpaulsen]

"I remember reading about one woman who manipulated underage students to kill her husband."

Hmmmmm. If this guy's got a good attorney he may be able to make a case for self defense. Not that I'd convict him without it. Hell, I'd have given him a pass if he offed both of them.

What was the teen doing at this guy's house? Rubbing his face in it?

[robertpaulsen]

"While having an affair with a married woman may be morally repulsive, it's not a crime."

Correct. And he wasn't arrested.

His development was, for sure.

[NittanyLion]

Powell also asked Crum's wife if he could use her cell phone. Powell used the phone to call a woman, but Crum was unsure of exactly what was said. "The kid said something about we were really rocking Friday night, so he must have been around to hear our Friday night service," Crum said.

What? Am I the only one having a hard time understanding just who was "rocking" on Friday night?

[robertpaulsen]

"Most people just get a divorce."

Only because they don't own shotguns.

[robertpaulsen]

"I'm sure it's humiliating enough to have your wife cheat on you, but cheating on you with a teenage boy and having everyone know about it makes it a thousand times worse."

A million times worse is when the boy shows up at your house and demands to see your wife.

This numbnuts had "Shoot Me" written all over him.

[Dante3]

I suspect the wife set it up, maybe have the two guys fight over her or worse.

[Welsh Rabbit]

Like I said; I don't condone the killing, but I understand. Some kid does your wife, then comes to your home and further rubs your face in it... Of course there's going to be some violence involved...

[robertpaulsen]

"I suspect the wife set it up, maybe have the two guys fight over her or worse."

"Hello? Darling? Yeah, come on over. My husband's not home and we can make hot monkey love all afternoon. Oh, and bring your gun."

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Was not adultery...

A weak attempt at definitional revisionism. According to the definition, anyone who engages in a voluntary act of sexual intercourse involving a married person and someone other than his or her spouse is an adulterer. This standard definition is completely independent of which party is married or whether they even know the other person is married.