Guilty! Kathryn Camille Murray, Houston, Texas (arrested Feb 2012)

KHOU: Former teacher accused of inappropriate relationship with student is back in jail (Jan 28 2013)

Kathryn Camille Murray may have spent her last days as a free woman for quite some time ... After this weekend, those worries may have grown stronger. On Friday, authorities say the victim who is now 16 years old, ran away from his parent’s house. Police later found him at Murray’s home. On Monday, a judge revoked Murray’s bond -- a development the victim’s parents called “long overdue.”​

 

KMOV: Former teacher accused of sex with student is back in jail (Jan 29 2013)

Kathryn Camille Murray may have spent her last days as a free woman for quite some time. “It’s just taking advantage of vulnerable people and we’re here to stop that,” said Sara Marie Kinney, a spokesperson for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. The crime the Harris County District Attorney’s Office is trying to stop is the alleged sexual relationship between the former Memorial Middle School teacher and the teenage boy she used to teach. “If we can step in and protect the victim from years and years of abuse, it’s our job to do so,” said Kinney.​

 

Houston Chronicle: Middle school teacher accused of sex with a student back in court (Feb 12 2013)

A judge Tuesday refused to transfer a former Spring Branch middle school teacher to a mental health clinic after the woman was accused of having sex with one of her students last year and harboring him as a runaway last month. State District Judge Michael McSpadden declined to move 29-year-old Kathryn Camille Murray to a private clinic after her attorneys argued she is suicidal. "The court finds there are sufficient mental health resources at the Harris County jail," McSpadden ruled after Tuesday's hearing.​

 

KFDM: Former teacher pleads guilty to sex with 15-year-old student (Dec 12 2013)

Kathryn Camille Murray pleaded guilty to one count of improper relations with a student and one count of sexual assault of a child. Two other counts against Murray were dropped.​

 

Click 2 Houston: Former Spring Branch ISD teacher pleads guilty to sexual assault of child (Dec 12 2013)

Kathryn Murray pleaded guilty to improper relations with a student and sexual assault of a child ... Sentencing is set for January 31.​

 

Click 2 Houston: Ex-teacher Kathryn Murray sentenced for having sex with student: Kathryn Murray to spend one year in jail (Jan 21 2014)

A judge has sentenced a former Spring Branch ISD teacher to one year in jail and one year probation for having sex with a 15-year-old student. Kathryn Murray, 31, was sentenced on Tuesday ... Murray has been ordered to have no contact with the boy for at least two years. She's also been ordered to surrender her teaching license.​

 

Houston Chronicle: Spring Branch ISD teacher gets jail time for sex with boy (Jan 21 2014)

On Tuesday, the teen's parents said their son had been victimized first by 30-year-old Kathryn Camille Murray and then by the system. The former teacher was sentenced to a year in jail and a year of probation, which was too lenient, the boy's family said ... The boy's adopted mother said her son was an easy target for Murray because he was in a new country and was trying to learn the language.​

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Murray was sentenced to two years' deferred adjudication - a form of probation that means she will not have a final conviction if successfully completed - for each of the sexual assault charges she admitted to. Those two punishments will run at the same time. As a condition for each probation, she was sentenced to six months in jail. Those two jail sentences will run one after another for a total of a year. While in jail, Murray's probation also begins, meaning she will have only one year of reporting to a probation officer when she is released.​

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Murray, who has been behind bars since January 2013 when her bail was revoked, does not get that time applied to her sentence. In addition to being prohibited from contacting or communicating with the teen while on probation, she will have to register as a sex offender for life.​

[Usually one gets credit for time served, so this really is a sentence of two full years imprisonment plus probation.]

 

Huffington Post: Kathryn Camille Murray, Former Teacher, Gets 1 Year In Prison For Sex Assault Of Former Student (Jan 22 2014)

A former middle school teacher in Texas was sentenced to a year in county jail Tuesday for having a sexual relationship with a student she tutored. Kathryn Camille Murray, 31, pleaded guilty last month to charges of inappropriate relationship with a student and sexual assault of a child. Prosecutors said Murray had sex with the teen at least four times beginning when he was 15.​

 

News 92 FM: Former Teacher Charged with Sexual Relationship with Student (Jan 22 2014)

A former Spring Branch ISD teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student will spend a year in jail and a second year on probation after agreeing to a plea bargain. 30-year-old Kathryn Camille Murray was sentenced after pleading guilty last month to two charges of sexual assault of a child. ​

 

CBS News: Texas teacher sentenced for sexual assault of teen (Jan 23 2014)

A former Houston-area teacher has been sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old student she was tutoring. Kathryn Camille Murray was sentenced in Houston on Tuesday after pleading guilty last week to two counts of sexual assault of a child under a plea deal with prosecutors. State District Judge Frank Price also ordered the 30-year-old former middle school English teacher to serve a year of probation after her release.​

 

UK Daily Mail: Student tells how he was driven to the brink of suicide after affair with married teacher, 31, was discovered as they had sex at his home (Jan 25 2014)

• Kathryn Camille Murray, 31, began an affair with a Spanish-speaking student, 17, she was tutoring in February 2012
• The couple were outed by the student's younger brother, who found them in bed at the boy's parents house while the adults were away
• Their affair continued even after Murray's arrest when the teen, then 16, was found with her at her father's house in January 2013
• According to public records, Murray is still married and lists the same Houston address as her husband