Teacher's Lust For Boy Shreds Lives NEWS WIRE SERVICES 08/17/97 BURIEN, Wash. The little boy was an extraordinary artist, the teacher thought. Mary Kay LeTourneau appreciated all her pupils at Shorewood Elementary School, but this second-grader was special. She bought him art supplies and introduced him to the piano. Over the years, the bond grew. By the time the boy was 13, in the summer of 1996, teacher and student were having sex. In May, just before the boy's 14th birthday, LeTourneau gave birth to his daughter. [A father at 13 ...] Last week, the 35-year-old LeTourneau pleaded guilty to rape of a child. She could get up to seven years in prison at sentencing Aug. 29.... [...] LeTourneau was further upset this week to see that the case has brought up old stories about her father, former Rep. John Schmitz of Orange County, Calif. Schmitz, a Republican, was considered too extreme even for the right-wing John Birch Society and was asked to leave it. Schmitz's career ended in 1983, when it was learned that he had a mistress and two illegitimate children. The affair began when he was teaching at Santa Ana College, where the woman was a student. Original Story Date: 081797 Original Story Section: Beyond the City
