a former missouri The principal realised his fate after he confessed that he had hired his friend to kill his pregnant girlfriend in 2016 using money stolen from a school. St. Louis middle School.
Federal prosecutors announced a press release Cornelius Green, the former principal of Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit murder for hire and one count of murder for hire and was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.
Green’s two consecutive life sentences mean he will have to wait at least 50 years for parole.
He was sentenced after authorities said he hired his friend, Phillip Cutler, 46, to kill his girlfriend, Joslyn Peters, 30, and her unborn child, Micah Leigh.
Cutler was handed the same sentence this week.
Former Missouri school principal admits hiring hitman to kill pregnant teacher
Prosecutors say Cornelius Green, formerly the principal at Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School, stole money meant for a field trip so he could pay Phillip Cutler $2,500 to kill his pregnant girlfriend. (St. Louis City Justice Center)
Green, who was married at the time, had earlier admitted that he had hired his friend to murder Peters. Seven Months Pregnant those days.
Federal prosecutors said Green and Cutler planned the murder through numerous phone calls.
Authorities said Green sent Cutler a UPS package containing $2,500 in March 2021 to pay him for the gruesome killing of his pregnant girlfriend.
Prosecutors said Green asked Peters to buy potatoes a few days before his killing. (US Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri)
Former principal admits he used stolen money from the school To raise funds for the murder.
“She literally stole from children to pay for the murder of her child,” said Dr. Nicole Conway, principal of Mann Elementary School.
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Authorities said Green traveled by train to Chicago to establish his defense to the murder and gave Cutler his Kia Optima and the keys to Peters’ apartment.
Cutler arrived at Peters’ apartment and went inside with the keys he had been given. and shot himAuthorities said he used a potato as a silencer. Prosecutors said he used a potato as a silencer.
At the time of her murder, Peters was sitting at the kitchen table preparing invitations for a baby’s birth – which was funded by her boyfriend.
Third-grade teacher Joslyn Peters, remembered as someone who “very cared about children,” was shot and killed while sleeping in the early morning hours of March 24, People reports. (Joslyn Peters on Facebook)
When Cutler confirmed that Josslyn and the baby had been murdered, Green bought a return train ticket.
When Green returned to St. Louis, the first thing he did was call Peters’ mother to “check on her,” because he knew what he would find, The officials said,
“Knowing that Jocelyn was dead, asking her mother to find her body is beyond comparison to that level of depravity,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany Baker said during Tuesday’s hearing.
Green eventually went to Peters’ apartment and feigned surprise, calling 911 to report her death, authorities said.
“He pretended he knew nothing about the circumstances of the death, lied to police, and forced Cutler and others to hide evidence,” federal prosecutors said. “Cutler was taken into custody for questioning that same night after he attempted to retrieve a Kia Optima from the crime scene at Green’s direction.”
Phillip Cutler was Green’s childhood friend. Prosecutors say Green gave him the keys to Peters’ apartment, where he shot him. (St. Louis City Justice Center)
In February, Green and Cutler pleaded guilty to murdering Peters and her baby.
Authorities said Green was legally married to another woman at the time of the killing and had several other romantic relationships.
Peters had previously suffered a miscarriage due to her relationship with Green. terminating a pregnancy At his request.
Prosecutors also alleged that Green was “researching ways to administer poisons surreptitiously” by crushing pills and hiding them in oatmeal or yogurt.
When the poisoning method failed, Green hatched a plot with his friend to kill his girlfriend and child, police said.
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Peters’ cousin, Dedra Peters, said his death has left the “family empty and broken.”
“There was always a light around Joslyn,” he said. “(Joselyn) touched the hearts of everyone she came in contact with.”
Peters’ mother, Lacey Peters, said Green was supposed to be Peters’ protector, but he became his executioner.
“She always loved him,” Lacey Peters said, adding, “And she loved that baby so much.”
