5th grade teacher arrested after admitting to active 'kill list' of students and staff
A fifth grade teacher has been arrested after telling one of her students that she had made a "kill list" with students she taught and her colleagues.
At approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, officers from the East Chicago Police Department were dispatched to speak with the principal and assistant principal of St. Stanislaus School -- located about 20 miles south of downtown Chicago -- in reference to a threatening report that school officials had learned about earlier in the day regarding fifth grade teacher Angelica Carrasquillo-Torres, a 25-year-old educator from Griffith, Indiana.
"At approximately 12:45 p.m. a 5th grade student told his/her Counselor that their 5th grade teacher made comments to him/her about killing herself, students, and staff at St. Stanislaus School," East Chicago Police Department said in a statement released on social media. "The teacher further told the student that she has a list and that he/she was on the bottom of that list."
School officials said the teacher was immediately escorted to the principal's office to discuss the disturbing incident and subsequently admitted to them that she did make those statements to the student and also confirmed that she had a "kill list."
"During the conversation the teacher named a specific student on her list, but did not provide the list," authorities confirmed. "The Principal then advised the teacher to leave and not return to school pending an investigation."
The East Chicago Police Department said it was not notified by the school until approximately four hours after the incident and the teacher was freely allowed to leave the premises. However, once officers were notified, they immediately notified the Criminal Investigation Division, which obtained an emergency detention order for the educator from the Lake County Prosecutor's Office.
Carrasquillo-Torres was taken into custody by the East Chicago Police Department on Thursday at approximately 11:15 a.m. without incident.
It is unclear if Carrasquillo-Torres has obtained legal representation but the investigation is still ongoing and authorities said no further details about the case or statements regarding the incident would be made at this time.
