A teacher’s aide who was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student at a school for children with developmental & emotional issues has died by suicide, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
Jennilynne Derolf, 38, of Levittown, was charged in July with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, institutional sexual assault, and related offenses. She pleaded not guilty & was freed after posting $10,000 bail.
On Sunday, police said, she shot herself in the head as the victim looked on. The victim’s grandparents contacted police Sunday, saying Derolf had reached out to the boy to arrange a meeting, in violation of the conditions of her bail. When police found Derolf & the teen parked along a secluded road in Falls Township, she shot herself. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The boy was not injured.
Derolf had worked as a teacher’s aide at Valley Day School in Falls Township, an institution that caters to students with special needs. There, she befriended the teenager & began messaging him through Discord, a social media app.
The boy’s grandparents discovered the relationship & notified police, the affidavit said.
In an interview, the boy told detectives that what began as friendly conversation between the two led to in-person meetings at places in Lower Bucks County, including Levittown Lake & Falls Township Park. Starting in June, the affidavit said, Derolf initiated intimate contact with the boy &investigators learned of at least three incidents inside her vehicle in the weeks before her arrest.
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Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
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