Nebraska Teacher, 13-Year-Old Student, on the Run in Colorado:
I’m sure by now you’ve heard the story of Kelsey Peterson. She’s the 25-year-old teacher from Lexington, Nebraska who basically kidnapped a 13-year-old student who she’s been having a sexual relationship with.
Thanks to LiLO we have Kelsey Peterson’s MySpace.
It’s been set to private but what kind of teacher types in all caps?
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squeaky, dude, check your info before you post, that profile that you linked was made 4 days ago. I think your “99″ % full of shit!
the myspace page has been made for days months and mum i dont think its the same person were talkin about here so yea i think he maybe older than 13 but sure in the hell not 16 but also i dont think she should be sentenced to 10 years to life murders dont even get that big of a sentence my friend and her 2 yearold daughter was murdered in omaha and the guy who did it did 4 months in jail wtf my daughters uncle got shot on halloween and his killers gettin 7 years another guy i know got jumped at a party in council bluffs his 3 kileers got a few years another guy killed some one got off killed another got less than 10 years so yea she shouldnt get but a few i know that will piss alot of people off but fair is fair justice is never served in nebraska unless its petty crimes then you do the time
What I dislike the most about the law is…..when women rape men, its called “sexual assault” and when men rape women, its called “rape” I hate that double standard. Why should it be any different? And also, in many cases, if a woman and a man are both drunk and have sex, why is it that that can be called “rape”? I realize this is a bit off-topic so I’ll bring it back to the topic. Personally, I don’t really understand what attraction a grown person can have for a young person or what it is that makes them so sure they’re right to do it. But, leaving that aside, I’m kinda interested in what you guys think if there comes a case where a young guy (maybe 14-16 years old) rapes an older woman (24-35) or something like….Clearly you wouldn’t blame the adult…..or would you guys actually do that? There are guys that age who are sometimes much stronger than the women of much greater ages. And if you choose to blame this maybe “rapist” what would you punish him with? I figured that people would actually answer these questions since you guys have such a lively discussion going on
-Visar
When I was 14, I dated a 21 year old man. Although we were not sexually involved, it never occurred to me that our relationship could be illegal.
And TODAY (that was over twenty years ago) kids are much wiser at an earlier age.
At the same time, adults aren’t always that “smart” and can often be easily manipulated.
I think there is a difference between a child and a teen.
Just some thoughts.
i was raped twice by a older man when i was 14 then 16 and the guys didnt do any TIME with one of the guys he raped 9 girls before getting sentenced to 14 years in prison but in this case yes younger guys can be at wrong my daughters dad was younger than me im 24 he is 20 but still he has 4 kids all 4 years old so yes younger males think about sex alot
sorry hes 21 now he was 17 when he had all these kids
By making the age of consent 17 or thereabouts, we’re simply saying “you’re going to have to deal with your own mistakes now.” Any younger than that is simply too young to be able to make good decisions about sex. 16 year olds very rarely have the maturity and understanding of themselves for that either.
Sexual mistakes are too big to permit too young. Not only pregnancy and disease, but it really messes kids’ heads up badly. We don’t let kids make mistakes with cars either because the repurcussions are simply too big. We let them mess up decisions about homework, sports practice, arguments with friends, how much milk to put in the macaroni and cheese.
14 and 15 is too young for sex. It’s a grown up activity requiring grown up maturity. Sex has many aspects kids aren’t ready to deal with maturely. Very rarely does one come across a healthy, happy, well-adjusted adult who does not regret or feel wounded by sex they had too young. It’s just too much for young minds, in many ways.
Kids are often badly hurt by sex, even “consensual” sex too early. Boys too. Lots of boys. I work with two college boys who wish they hadn’t rushed into sex. Another who is hooking up but wants a girlfriend. He feels very bad about himself and can’t understand. I work with a boy who “consented” to sex when he was 14 with a 17 year old. He required a lot of classic “grooming” behavior from that 17 year old, which made him feel degraded. Another handsome, healthy, horny boy who had sex and 13 with a 21 year old. He is coping with profound Erectile Dysfunction now. All of these boys are dealing with some sort of sexual dysfunction not to mention other issues.
Yes, kids are horny. Being horny does not necessarily mean you have sex. Kids that age want to eat Doritos for dinner, but we don’t let them. They want to stay up all night with their friends. We don’t let them. We don’t let them make decisons about our cars at 15 because, damn, how fucked up would that be? Are you going to give a 15 year old your car keys?!?!? How about a 16 year old? How long, how late? You gradually give them decision power. Well if you love them, you protect them from their confused impulses about sex too. In a few years, when you trust them with your car and they know all the self-protective things you can teach them about sex, keep condoms in your medicine chest and but still ask about who they’re with and what their plans are. Yes, even the college kids.
I know it’s uncomfortable, but we need to be the lifeguards at the edge of our kids’ sexual exploration pool. We know they’re erratic, crazy kids. The teens are the time for craziness. They don’t know what the heck they’re doing. And if you talk to a kid, I mean really talk, the difference between a 17 year old and a 15 year old is staggering.
Adolescence lasts into the early 20s. 21 is accepted, but I’ve also seen 22 -24 in newer sources. That means they’re still pretty confused about decision-making. Back in the bad old days, when people worked 16 hour days and died befor they were 50, died young, died in birth, babies lost in birth, people married in early teens. Had to be done for the survival of the race. READ what those poor kids had to say about those marriages. So sad. It was simply what was done in crude times.
We have the luxury of some growing sophistication now, I hope. We know better now, can do better for our kids.
Having talked to hundreds of kids, I wanted to propose an age for intercourse to my daughter, give her an idea because kids make assumptions about the age they should be having sex. My impression was that the young people I’d spoken to felt good about first sex had at 18. I told her that. Since then, people in their 20s have told me they think it should be 19 or 20. I’m shocked. The 22 year olds are saying don’t have sex till you’re 20. Very interesting. I don’t think most people can resist past 18, but it’s an interesting feeling these young people have. They’re pretty disturbed by their mistakes. I think maybe kids could be happy with sexual decisons at 18 if they had some communication skills. The college-age kids are really saying that, unguided, the didn’t know what was going on till recently.
Somebody said we’re using pedophile too loosely. True. The word “hebephile” is often used on people fixated on adolescents. Sometimes hebephile refers to fixation on teen girls and “ephebopile” is used for fixation on teen boys.
Teens aren’t legitimate objects of romantic interest unless you’re a predator or you’re a teen.
Mendo
I agree that there is a huge double standard in the law concerning sexual assault cases. When we go to vote we are in essence allowing people to pass even more laws. What else are they going to do? At some point, and I think that we are far past it in my opinion, we are going to be over legislated.
Dan
What I have really enjoyed about this thread is not only the fact that everyone has me thinking of others views but also the education I get. Regarding your post Nov 20 4:32. Words I never knew. Continue the education. Thanks…R
DAN)
you have very good ideas here i was 14 when i lost my virginty and i regret every moment in it i am now 24 i wish i wouldve waited til i was atleast 21 theres a song i love called sex by lyfe jennings just listen to it and its great its true once you lose it you cant get it back alot of people thinks its nothin and it is i was raped twice and it took me along time to even want it it does mess with your head when your younge he might not think so but it does but listen to the song and what does everyone think shes gonna get?? and alot of people dont think he should beable to come back or his family should go there to mexico with him i have a 4 year old daughter and id wanna be with her and id wanna hurt anyone who messed with her in that kind of way being nice about it
Peterson’s baby’s daddy gets custody
by Trench on November 20th, 2007
Dad of Peterson’s child gets temporary custody:
The father of Kelsey Peterson’s 8-year-old daughter has been granted temporary custody of their child more than likely because of Ms. Peterson’s country fleeing and child touching ways. His name is William Alexander Long and he resides on Texas.
“My wife and I are anxious to have my daughter come live with us,” Long wrote in the affidavit. “We are both gainfully employed and capable of providing for my daughter’s needs.”
In the affidavit, Long said the girl spent the Labor Day weekend with him and his wife. After the child’s return to Nebraska, he began having trouble reaching her on the telephone, he said. Peterson told him that the girl was not home and that she would have the girl call him later.
“It has now become clear that Kelsey was doing this to keep from me that (my daughter) had begun living in Gothenburg with her maternal grandparents and was now even attending school there,” the affidavit says.
Long said he learned that Peterson had been having a relationship with a minor and former student. “As this relationship came to light, she apparently had (my daughter) staying with her maternal grandparents more and more frequently.”
Sounds like a nice family. It will be nice for the daughter to be in a non-country fleeing teen touching home
Um…yeah. I just posted that at http://www.psychoforlove.com
Mendo-
There are cases where teen boys rape adults, usually adults known to them. It is an extreme act of violence. Those are some seriously damaged kids to lash out with such criminal behavior. Of course we need to remove that child from society. He is too disturbed to safely be among civilized people. But it’s a tragedy for more than the victim. A child has to be very badly treated to be made disturbed enough to commit such an act of violence.
On the topic of boys in general, this society is far too rough on boys. They definitely get the short end of the stick in many ways. Girls are generally protected, encouraged to be aware of their own feelings and communicate them. Boys are expected to act like men long before they are able. And once they look like men at 14 or 15, forget it, mercy, protection and guidance are a thing of the past.
It shocks me how we keep talking about how kids made choices and are responsible for their actions. Kids can only be responsible for decisions where they had the skills to possibly make a good decision. If your 16 year old leaves his clothes on the floor or food on the counter, then he is damn well fully responsible for his decison and should be held accountable. If he fails to show up to a babysitting job at the neighbors, he should reap the full force of the repurcussions. But do not expect a 16 year old to be able to be reponsible for intercourse because he or she is not equipped with anything but drive and hope.
And to hold a 13 year old depending on the guidance of a trusted adult responsible? It’s ludicrous.
Do you all remember being teens? Even if you weren’t the door-slamming, screaming type, I guarantee you were confused, easily upset, and made poor decisions as often as you made good ones. They’re just kids all strung out on hormones and emotions they’re not used to working with. They think they’re grown. We KNOW better.
My daughter insisted she was grown at 16. Now that she’s 20 and out in the world, she realizes she’s just a kid still. It’s that 15-17 age, where they’re sure they’re big shots, that we have to protect them the most.
dan i still agree with you all the way
I saw a news article about a 14 year old girl who went out several times with a 28 year old man. He negotiated intercourse over the course of four encounters. He took no for an answer three of the four times. She kept going out with him. People seemed to blame her.
Kids are malleable and they have no idea how to interpret or act on their feelings.
This girl saw a cute guy. He liked her. He told her she was hot. He wanted to spend time with her. He was older. Awesome. Means she must be pretty cool and mature too. He was so cute and he made her feel so desirable and grown that those feelings must be True Love.
Kids think and feel like kids.
I’m working with a 19 year old who went out with a 28 year old high school teacher this year. The teenager makes clear to me she in no way feels like a victim or is blaming the teacher. But she is hurt, feels very bad about herself. She doesn’t understand, tells me she was not “true to herself.” She has “no idea how it happened.” And she keeps kicking herself. Now this girl is extremely mature and well-adjusted. She is light years beyond many of her peers. Insightful, in touch with herself, confident, very intelligent. She felt pretty grown. Her thought process was not much different than the 14 year old above.
As I understand it, pretty much all girls must have a similarly hurtful and confusing experience with an older man who wants to get with someone innocent and as yet unjaded by, well, men like him. And our society tells him it’s perfectly fine, go ahead, enjoy. I get the sense these men truly don’t know the harm they’re doing because we constantly defend it as a “freedom” we don’t want to talk about in terms that sound judgemental. So a high school teacher gives a consent-age teenager who is not his student a lesson that men are kind of icky and not to be trusted much, and we can’t say anything about it because we’ve wrapped ourselves up in justifications.
Oh, the 19 year old is in love with her best friend at college now, trying to put the older guy behind her.
I just read the entire page, and I have a comment on the child rape issue. The reason that in current law that it is considered rape and not concensual is the fact that legally a child can’t make desicions like that. The same reason a child under 18 can’t buy cigarettes, beer, or go to strip clubs or enter into any legally binding contracts such as wedlock. They are children. To the guy posting as Kenny, studies have shown that when a child is subjagated to sexual activities from an adult, especially one who is familiar, and EVEN when it is is “consensual”, adverse effects don’t always manifest themselves immediately, but many times later as they in turn prey on the innocent, or become rapists of adults and children alike. So in closing, all acts of sex with children merely serve to confuse and mislead, and is morally and ethically wrong, even from outside a religious viewpoint.
So I just heard on the local news that they have new developments in the whole story. Turns out that our young man is also a dad to a two year old little girl! That would have made him only 11 when he became a dad. All I can say is WOW!!!
man or man,she the teacher is HOT and gives me a boner i wish i got laid by my teachers when i was 13 or 12
Now im 18,but i still luv older girls!
I hope they free kesley peterson she is innocent and the boy is NOT a victim!
NOBODY is a victim both parties consented!
this is really gettin ignorant
so now the bois back what yall think is she gonna get anytime out this if so how long
I bet a lot of the people posting comments here would be outraged if they heard of an adult giving alcohol to a 13 year old that “wanted it.” But somehow they think that same 13 year old is capable of making a sexual decision. Groan. Cmon, we all drink as adults, there’s no harm in it, right?
u guys i had kelsey peterson for a sixth grade teacher and her daughter was like my best friend and i’v been to her house and her daughter has spended the night at my house and it is really scary for knowing she has done all this stuff and i feel so bad fo her daughter ] :
OMG! SERiOUSLi i LiV iN LEX ND i DNT KNO WTS UP WiTH ALL YA’LL SAYinG
“BiG DEAL iTS LEXiNGTON”
LEXiNGTON iS NOT A BAD PLACE
AT ALL!.! ND JUST KUZ SHE WAS FRM HERE DNT MEAN WE ARE ALL LiKE DAT!.
i MEAN EVERYONE MAKES STUPiD MiSTAKES ND
YEA MAYB HER’S WAS BiGGER THAN MOST OF
OTHERS BT SERiOUSLi STOP JUDGiNG OTHERS
ND LUK AT URSELF.
DNT B STUPiD ND PUTTiNG COMMENTS YU DNT NEED TO PUT THERE.
MS. PETERSON WAS Mi 6th GRADE TEACHER
TOO. ND WE ALL KNE iT WULD HAPPEN SOONER
OR LATER. SO W-E iT HAPPENED SO GET OVER iT.
What is wrong with Lexington? Let’s see; the gangs, the drugs, the killings, the rapes, the burglaries, the beatings, the graffiti on things people have no business being around, the racism, the theft – oh and one more – look how you spell. If you think you can get on here with that spelling and grammar and get anyone to take you seriously – I suggest that you think it through. Also, you don’t know why people are saying, “Big deal, it’s Lexington?” and then you turn around and say to let it go – that you knew it would happen sooner or later. That’s great – that says a lot for the town you are rooting for.
omg i bet have the stuuf u were talking about happens in ur town and u were exageratig about some of the stuff that happens in lexington unless u lived here like me u would know wats going on and i agree with someone but get real u need to get real got it if ur gunna have a name like that u should at least look at urself in the mirrior ok
And judging by that last post, apparently Lexington’s public education system didn’t make anyone’s “best in the country” list, either…LOL
That stuff does happen in Lex. I have lived there for well over twenty years. Just last week someone was cut across their abdomen and arm because someone said they were a snitch. Not long ago there was a huge meth bust. Before that someone got their throat slit for drugs, there was a rape about three months ago, gang related stabbings are pretty frequent, read the news paper and most all the police logs are burglaries and car thefts and breaking and entering. I know someone that had the only house in a three block radius not to be vandalized with graffiti only to have it happen two weeks later. And there are now registered 3 different gangs with a possibility of four in that town. So maybe if you are going to stand up for something you should know what you are standing up for. Lexington has one of the highest ratings in Nebraska for drug and gang related activity – do your research before you spout off.