Authorities searched Thursday for a 13-year-old boy and a female middle-school teacher believed to be on the run from central Nebraska after police began investigating whether the pair had an intimate relationship.
Police say the pair were apparently spotted last Friday night at a Denver convenience store, and Sunday in Ogallala, in western Nebraska near the northeastern tip of Colorado.
Kelsey Peterson, 25, a sixth-grade math teacher and basketball coach at Lexington Middle School, was placed on administrative leave last week. A judge issued an arrest warrant Monday charging her with kidnapping, child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Authorities believed the two were traveling together in Peterson’s car, and police nationwide were notified about them.
