LEAST
LEAST $500 MILLION AND THE STATE WILL OFFER 50 MILLION IN
INCENTIVES OVER 10 YEARS.
THE GOVERNOR IS EXPECTING A
DECI4@SION FROM GM BY THE END O
THE MONTH.
THE MONTH. >>> IT SEEMS UNBELIEVABLE, A
TEACHER ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING A YOUNG STUDENT GOES
FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT4@ TO SCHOO
DISTRICT WITHOUT ANYONE
SOUNDING THE ALARM.
>> NOT THE SCHOOL, THE STATE OR
POLICE.FOR 4@REPORTER PJ BRING
US THE SHOCKING DETAILS OF WHAT
HER4@ INVESTIGATION INTO THE CA
FOUND.
FOUND.
FOUND. >>
FOUND. >> Reporter: FOR YEARS HE HELPED
TEACH CHILDREN, PERHAPS EVEN
YOUR CHILD 4@BUT POLICE 4@4@CLA
ON DAY TAYLOR HAD ANOTHER
PURPOSE OF WORKING 4@IN 4@SCHOO
SEXUAL GRATIFICATION.
SEXUAL GRATIFICATION. SCHOOLS OUT AT 4@WALNUT GROVE
ELEMENTARY, PARENTS 4@AND THE
PICKUP LINE ARE ABOUT TO LEARN
SOMETHING THEY DID NOT SEE
COMING.
COMING.
COMING. >> DO YOU RECORD IS THIS MAN?
>> THAT IS EVERY PARENTS
NIGHTMARE.4@
NIGHTMARE.4@ >> Reporter: THE FAMILIAR FACE
IN THIS ORANGE JUMPSUIT IS TH4@
MAN THAT USED TO TEACH THEIR
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. >>
KIDS. >> YOU ARE A TEACHER SO HOW ARE
YOU WORKING HERE AND YOU ARE
DOING STUFF LIKE THAT TO KIDS?
>> Reporter: A MAN PROSECUTORS
SAY GRADUATED FROM TEACHING TO
AND EVENTUALLY ATTEMPTED MURDER@
NOVEMBER 2015, 36-YEAR-OLD THE
ON DAY TAYLOR IS A 4@TEACHERS
AIDE AT A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
COURT DOCUMENTS ACCUSED HIM OF @
TAKING A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY OUT
OF MUSIC CLASS TO HIS 4@OFFICE,
MOLESTING HIM AND THEN PUTTING
THE LITTLE BOY BACK 4@INTO CLAS
MOST IMMEDIATELY THE BOY'S
MOTHER NOTIFIED POLICE AND THE
CHILD WAS EXAMINED FOR SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
ASSAULT.
ASSAULT. A FEW DAYS LATER THE HAZELWOOD
SCHOOL DISTRICT FIRED TAYLOR
BUT NOT OVER THE SU4@SPECTED
ABUSE, FOR QUOTE VIOLATING
SCHOOL BOARD POLICY.
THEY WILL NOT 4@TESTIFY WHICH
POLICY AND WE ALSO FOUND4@ THEY
DID NOT NOTIFY PARENT4@S ABOUT
WHAT TAYLOR WAS ACCUSED 4@OF.
>> DON'T YOU THINK PARENTS IN
THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE WANTED @
TO KNOW WHAT THIS TEACHER WAS
ACCUSED OF?
ACCUSED OF? >> IT IS HARD FOR PARENTS TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE
BY LAWS.4@ 4@
>> I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY
INSANE.
INSANE.
INSANE. >> Reporter: DNA EVIDENCE
CONFIRMED, THE CHILD WAS
ASSAULTED BUT NO DNA SAMPLE WAS
TAKEN FROM TAYLOR.
HE WAS NOT ARRESTED, HE WAS NOT
EVEN QUESTIONED BY POLICE.
>> WHEN THE STUDENTS SAYS THIS
TEACHER DID THIS TO ME,4@ WHY
WASN'T DNA TAKEN FROM TAYLOR AT
THAT POINT? 4@
>> Reporter: TIM LOWERY'S
ANSWER MAY MAKE YOUR JOB DROP.
>> FOR SOME REASON THIS CASE 4@
SET ON SOMEBODY'S DESK AND WAS
NOT INVESTIGATED.
NOT INVESTIGATED. >> IS4@ SICKLY 4@A ACCUSED SEXU
PREDATOR WAS LEFT FREE ON THE
STREETS BECAUSE THIS OFFICE
DROPPED THE BALL?4@
>> IT WAS NOT MY OFFICE MY
INVESTIGATORS DROPPED THE BALL.
>> YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THOSE
INVESTIGATORS.
INVESTIGATORS. THEY REPRESENT THE OFFICE.
>> WE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE.
NO DOUBT.
NO DOUBT.
NO DOUBT. >> Reporter: AFTER BEING FIRED
FROM THE HAZELWOOD DISTRICT4@ F
A VIOLATION OF BOARD POLICY, HE
APPLIED HERE4@ TO BE A STUDENT
TEACHER AND HE GOT 4@THE JOB.
>> WHY WOULDN'T YOU TELL HIS 4@
NEXT EMPLOYER?
NEXT EMPLOYER? HE WENT ON TO TEACH AND
MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MEN
HAVE ACCES4@S TO POTENT4@IALLY
HUNDREDS 4@OF KIDS, WHY NOT LET
THEM KNOW WHAT HE WAS 4@ACCUSED
OF?
OF?
OF? >>4@
OF? >>4@ IT WAS A ACCUSATION, THAT
AS FAR AS IT WENT.
>> Reporter: AFTER JENNINGS,
TAYLOR GOT A JOB TEACHING FIFTH
GRADE IN THE FERGUSON SCHOOL 4@
DISTRICT AND4@ DURING HIS 4@SEC
YEAR, PROSECUTORS FINALLY
CHARGED HIM FOR SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING HIS FORMER STUDENT
IN 2015.
IN 2015.
IN 2015. POLICE CLAIMED THERE WAS NO
INFORMATION BUT THE REAL 4@REAS
WAS SIMPLE AND HEARTBREAKING.
>>4@ WERE THERE NEW REVELATIONS
THAT CAME OUT IN 2018 THAT LED
TO THE REOPENING OF THIS 4@CASE
>> THAT IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.
>>4@ WAS ADJUST THE VICTIM
REPORTING IT AGAIN?
>> IT IS IN COURT DOCUMENTS,
TAYLOR WOULD STILL BE IN SCHOOL
TO THIS DAY IF IT WASN'T FOR
THAT LITTLE BOY.
THREE YEARS AFTER HE HAD THE 4@
COURAGE TO COME FORWARD,4@4@ HE
REPORTED THE ABUSE AGAIN DURING
A OUTBURST AT SCHOOL, IT WAS
THEN POLICE GOT A WARRANT FOR
TAYLOR'S DNA AND IT WAS A MATCH
FOR THE SAMPLE TAKEN OFF OF THE
CHILD'S BODY IN 2015.
SO HE HAD NOT SPOKEN ABOUT IT,
TAYLOR A ACCUSED4@4@ SEXUAL
PREDATOR WOULD STILL BE IN THE
SCHOOL SYSTEMS WITH ACCESS TO
OTHER POTENTIAL VICTIMS.
>> IT IS POSSIBLE.
>> A POSSIBILITY THAT LEAVES
THESE PARENTS IN 4@FEAR BECAUSE
SOON AFTER HE WAS CHARGED,
PROSECUTORS WOULD ALSO LEARN
TAYLOR IS HIV-POSITIVE. 4@
>>4@ ANY PARENTS THAT HAVE
CHILDREN THAT COULD HAVE CAME
IN CO4@NTACT WITH 4@THIS PERSON
THEY SHOULD SPEAK UP AND GET
THEIR CHILD TESTED BECAUSE IT
IS RIDICULOUS.4@
IS RIDICULOUS.4@ >> Reporter: IT TOOK THREE
YEARS BUT 4@TAYLOR WAS TAKEN OU
OF CLASS AND FINALLY PUT IN 4@
JAIL.
JAIL.
JAIL. UNFORTUNATELY PROSECUTORS SAY
TAYLOR WAS NOT DONE YET.
TRUST ME WHEN I SAY YOU WILL
NOT BELIEVE WHAT 4@HAPPENS NEXT
PROSECUTORS SAY TAYLOR HIRED A
HITMAN TO KILL HIS YOUNG VICTIM
AND THEIR FAMILY. 4@
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 10, WE SIT
DOWN WI4@TH THAT HITMAN AND FIN
OUT WHY HE AGREED TO 4@TAKE THE
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. TAYLOR IS CURRENTLY AWAITING
TRIAL FOR CHARGES INCLUDING
SODOMY AND RECKLESSLY RISKING
THE INFECTION OF ANOTHER PERSON
WITH HIV.
WITH HIV.
WITH HIV. >>> HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT THE
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