ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico elementary school teacher charged with abusing an 11-year-old student is facing more charges involving a second student. Kelly McEachran has been a teacher at Hope Christian School for over three decades.
Back in June, he was arrested while on a trip in Idaho. Investigators say that a young girl came forward in April, telling her parents that Mr. McEachran had been inappropriately touching her for months.
The accusations made news around the state, and a different potential victim saw that reporting. This second victim is now a teenager but says that she was inappropriately touched two times by McEachran when she was an elementary student. According to a new criminal complaint, one of those incidents occurred in front of her classmates.
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McEachran is facing two new charges of sexual contact with a minor for the incident. Albuquerque police believe there could be even more victims. “Having worked these cases myself for decades, we know that as investigations get deeper and people understand what’s going on, these can often expand,” says Commander Kyle Hartsock with APD…