Baltimore City teacher allegedly raped missing 12-year-old girl

BALTIMORE – We learn more about a Baltimore City Public Schools teacher who is accused of sexually abusing a child.

According to charging documents, the victim is a 12-year-old girl who was reported missing on June 21.

The girl reportedly left her mother a message saying she was on her way to Pennsylvania to meet a friend.

Police learned that the girl was using a friend’s phone to stay in touch with a man she had been talking to.

The friend’s phone records revealed a number for 24-year-old Lewis Laury Jr.

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This led investigators to Laury’s apartment, which happens to be in the same complex as the girl’s apartment.

Laury was not home at the time, but the missing girl was there. WMAR-2 News is not releasing the victim’s name due to her age.

During an interrogation by the criminal police, the girl claimed to have told Laury that she was 22 years old.

She said the two had consensual, unprotected sex several times in Laury’s apartment.

Because of the nearly 12-year age difference, police charged Laury with second-degree rape of a juvenile and third-degree sexual offense.

According to Laury’s Facebook page, he is a MERVO graduate who graduated from Towson University and now teaches U.S. history in the Baltimore city public school system.

His last Facebook post was on June 29. A post on June 26 read: “I keep finding myself attracted to women who fight demons… God I must be an exorcist…”

Laury is currently being held without bail and faces 30 years in prison if convicted.

Baltimore County Police