Heather Daughdrill

Kidnap Charged, Car involved, 13 Yr. Old

Heather Daughdrill was working at a Louisiana summer Bible school camp
when she met a boy, 13, with whom she began a four-month sexual relationship

Sentence: 5 Years, 4 Suspended - 5 Years Probation (Same Concurrent Sentence in Both Jurisdictions)

A Bible school teacher is facing up to five years in jail after being accused of having sex with a 13-year-old boy.

Heather Daughdrill, 28, of Westlake, Louisiana, is alleged to have begun the affair with the teen after meeting him at a summer Bible school camp.

She is alleged to have checked the boy out of school without parental permission and taken him to her home where they had sex.

Daughdrill, now out on bond, would allegedly pick the boy up from school without his parents knowledge for their liaisons

Heather Daughdrill was working at a Louisiana summer Bible school camp when she met a boy, 13, with whom she began a four-month sexual relationship

Investigators discovered several sexually explicit text messages that had been sent by Daughdrill to the boy.

The alleged relationship went on from June until October of this year.

Police began investigating Daughdrill after receiving a tip off earlier this month that she was involved in an inappropriate relationship with the underage boy.

They discovered Daughdrill had met the teenager at a summer Bible school camp where she was one of the adult teachers.

Daughdrill was first booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center on four counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, eight counts of sexual battery, three counts of 2nd degree kidnapping, contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile and indecent behaviour with a juvenile.

She was released from Calcasieu Parish on $47,000 bond and then booked into Beauregard Parish Jail on 3 counts of 2nd-degree kidnapping and carnal knowledge of a child.

Her bond in Beauregard Parish has been set at $200,000.

Sentencing

Heather Daughdrill entered a guilty plea in 14th Judicial District Court on Tuesday to felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile and was sentenced to a year in prison as part of a plea agreement that mirrors the one she entered in Beauregard Parish.

Daughdrill, 29, of Westlake, was accused of having sex with a 13-year-old boy. She faced four counts of carnal knowledge, eight counts of sexual battery, three counts of second-degree kidnapping, one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile and one count of contributing to a juvenile’s delinquency.

Daughdrill, who faced up to 10 years in prison, was sentenced to five years in prison, with four years suspended. She must serve five years’ probation, register as a sex offender for 15 years and not be associated with anyone under the age of 17, except for her son.

Reading the prosecution’s case, assistant district attorney Cynthia Guillory said Daughdrill had a sexual relationship from June 2011 through October 2011 with a 13-year-old boy who was her helper in a Bible class.

The two became friends and began exchanging text messages, Guillory said. The relationship eventually became sexual, advancing to intercourse, she said. Daughdrill had sexual encounters with the boy in Beauregard and Calcasieu, including at her home, Guillory said.

Dressed in sneakers and her prison jumpsuit, Daughdrill said little Tuesday, mostly answering Judge Ron Ware’s questions.

“When these things happen, you’re not the only one that’s affected,” Ware told Daughdrill.

“I’ve learned that,” she replied.

Daughdrill pleaded guilty to one count of felony carnal knowledge in Beauregard in September and was sentenced to one year in prison. The sentences are to run concurrent.

Guillory said the victim’s family was consulted before the District Attorney’s Office agreed to the plea deal.

“With all candor to the court, of course they wanted more time, but they understand what we’re doing,” Guillory said.