Ashley Ra-Nae Rison, 31, was indicted in January on eight counts of sexual battery and tampering with evidence and one count of furnishing alcohol to a minor.
The student wrote about his sexual encounter with the teacher and during a trip to Florida in 2021 and how he "came to terms" with it in the college admissions essay.
Lauren Kay Dean pleaded guilty on Wednesday to avoid the death penalty after police found her 7-year-old daughter deceased at her apartment in 2020 during a welfare check.
Asia Womack, 21, was shot and killed by her male friend, Cameron Hogg, after they played a pickup game at a park just up the street from her home on Monday.
The family, including an 8-month-old baby were caught on surveillance video being zip-tied and kidnapped from their business in Merced County, California, on Monday.