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A 44-year-old teacher committed suicide days after authorities 
in Alabama accused her of sexually abusing two of her students.

Leslie Buttram Gillespie was arrested on Thursday, PEOPLE 
confirms.

Gillespie was charged with individual counts of second-degree 
rape and second-degree sodomy along with two counts for being a 
school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the 
age of 19.

Gillespie was working at R.A. Hubbard High School in North 
Courtland at the time of her arrest. In 2019, the school had 
named her teacher of the year.

Online records confirm Gillespie was released Thursday after 
posting a $60,000 bond.

On Saturday morning, police responded to the English teacher's 
home in Hillsboro, where they found her body. Officials claim 
she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

WAFF 48 obtained court records that indicate a student came 
forward recently, telling investigators he and another male 
student had sex with Gillespie in her classroom after school 
back in September 2020.

The students were 15 and 16 at the time of the alleged sexual 
abuse.

Lawrence County Schools Superintendent Jon Bret Smith sent a 
statement home to parents following the teacher's arrest, saying 
the district would be conducting its own inquiry into 
Gillespie's alleged conduct.

"While the district cannot provide any specific details at this 
time, we want to emphasize that there is nothing more important 
to Lawrence County Schools than the safety and well-being of our 
students," reads the statement. "The district will work 
diligently and expediently to resolve the situation."

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