Murder of MA. teacher

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Murder of MA. teacher
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For the second time this week, a math teacher has
been killed by a student. Authorities in the
quiet Massachusetts town of Danvers are trying to
determine why a beloved young math teacher was
murdered Tuesday in the bathroom of her high
school. A judge on Wednesday ordered Philip
Chism, 14, held without bail on a murder charge
at an arraignment hearing in adult court, just
hours after the body of Colleen Ritzer, 24, was
found in woods near Danvers High School 20 miles
north of Boston. A search began for Ritzer
Tuesday after police were notified that she had
not returned to her home from work and was not
answering her cellphone. Investigators found
blood in a school bathroom and soon located her
body. The teen, who transferred to Danvers High
this year, stabbed Ritzer, then dumped her body
in the woods behind the campus. Chism, a leading
scorer on Danvers' junior varsity soccer team,
had been reported missing Tuesday after failing
to return home from school. He was found about
1230 a.m. Wednesday.
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