36-year-old teacher preys on 13-year-old student and have his baby

A former New Jersey elementary school teacher has pleaded guilty to endangering a child after abusing a boy over several years and giving birth to his child when he was 13.

Laura Caron, 36, entered the plea at a court in Cape May, New Jersey, this week. Under the agreement, she faces up to five years in state prison, the loss of her teaching licence, registration on the offender register and lifetime parole supervision. Caron worked as a fifth-grade teacher and basketball coach at Middle Township Elementary School No. 2.

According to the report, she became acquainted with the boy’s family after teaching his older sister. His parents, encouraged by their daughter’s progress under Caron’s guidance, wanted her to provide similar support for their son. Caron developed a close relationship with the family, befriended the boy’s mother and was permitted to stay overnight. She helped the children with homework and took them to basketball practices.

However, the report said she began subjecting the boy to defile when he was 11, with the abuse continuing over four years. She became pregnant while staying at the family’s home and gave birth to a daughter in 2019, when she was 28 and the boy was 13. Caron continued teaching after the birth. She reportedly told friends at her baby shower that the child’s father was “out of the picture”.

The matter came to the authorities’ attention in December 2024 after the boy’s father saw a photograph of Caron’s daughter as a toddler and noticed a resemblance to his son. He posted about the likeness on Facebook, prompting the school superintendent to contact authorities. DNA evidence subsequently established that the boy was the child’s father.

Caron was arrested in January 2025. She has now pleaded guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving defile conduct. Before the plea agreement, she had faced charges carrying a reported prison term of between 10 and 40 years if convicted.

Caron must undergo an assessment at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center before sentencing. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said the assessment would determine whether her behaviour was repetitive or compulsive, a finding that could affect her sentence. Sentencing is scheduled for January 8.

The former student has previously defended Caron and disputed descriptions of her behaviour as grooming or manipulation. Speaking to the Daily Mail last February, he said he loved her and wanted the charges dropped. He claimed that he had initiated their interactions and said he would not have wanted her imprisoned.

Those comments do not change the fact that he was a child when the abuse began or the guilty plea Caron has entered. He also said court restrictions had prevented him from contacting Caron and their child while the proceedings continued. “I can’t talk to them. I wish I could, but I can’t, and it sucks,” he said.

He blamed his father’s Facebook post for bringing the matter to public attention and said the resulting dispute had left them estranged. Declaring that he loved Caron “with all [his] heart”, he added: “This stuff is so deep. Like, the world has no idea what she has done for my family.”