A female teacher who admitted to giving birth to her 13-year-old student's child faces five years in state prison after pleading guilty.
Laura Caron, 36, pleaded guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct on Wednesday in a Cape May, New Jersey, courthouse.
Under her plea agreement, she faces up to five years in state prison, will lose her teaching license, must register as a sex offender, and will be under parole supervision for life, according to the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office.
Caron will be required to undergo an evaluation at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center to determine if her behavior will be classified as repetitive or compulsive, which could impact her sentence, the agency said.
If the evaluation is complete, the teacher will be sentenced on January 8.
Caron was charged in January 2025 after investigators discovered she sexually assaulted the student from 2016 to 2020, beginning when he was just 11 years old.
Their child was born in 2019, when the victim was 13 and Caron was 28.
The victim exclusively told the Daily Mail in February 2025 that he does not believe he was groomed by Caron and said she shouldn't face jail time. He insists he doesn't feel like a victim, loves Caron with all his heart, and is hoping they can be a family soon. He has not issued any statement on the guilty plea.
Laura Caron, 36, faces up to five years in state prison after pled guilty on Wednesday
Caron admitted to abusing a teenage student and having his child in 2019
Caron was charge in January 2025 after the victim's father saw a resemblance between Caron's daughter and his son
'They need to drop all charges. I wasn't groomed or raped or manipulated by her. She never initiated anything,' he told DailyMail.com. 'I started everything. If it was up to me, she wouldn't have been in jail.'
Prosecutors said Caron preyed on the youngster and subjected him to years of abuse before having his child.
The pair kept the romance secret, and Caron supposedly told friends at a baby shower that the father was 'out of the picture.'
The relationship only emerged years later when the boy's father saw a photograph of Caron's then-toddler daughter and noted the uncanny resemblance to his son.
Caron, a fifth-grade teacher and basketball coach at Middle Township Elementary School #2, met the boy after teaching his older sister.
His parents saw how their daughter was thriving under Caron's guidance, and wanted the same for their son.
She quickly became friends with the boy's mother, who brought her closer to the family.
They trusted Caron to care for their son and two other children so much they let them stay in her house overnight.
Caron will be required to undergo an evaluation at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center to determine if her behavior will be classified as repetitive or compulsive, which could impact her sentence
Under her plea agreement, she faces up to five years in state prison, will lose her teaching license, must register as a sex offender
The abuse happened inside Caron's home, where the victim and his sister spent a lot of time. The victim told the Daily Mail in 2025 that he did not feel groomed and didn't want to see Caron face jail time
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Caron ended up taking them to after-school basketball practices and helping them with their homework.
The overnight stays became more frequent and full-time. It was during that period that Caron got pregnant. No one in the boy's family suspected that he could be the father.
Eventually, the boy's father contacted authorities after seeing a photo of Caron's daughter. DNA evidence linked the boy to the child, a source told the Daily Mail in August 2025.
Caron, who was living with her mother, continued to teach at the elementary school after her daughter was born.
The victim blamed his father for the fallout, telling the Daily Mail: 'All of this started with a Facebook post from my father. I didn't want her violated like that.
'This stuff is so deep,' he said. 'Like the world has no idea what she has done for my family.'
'I love her with all my heart. She was there for me and my family.'
The Daily Mail has reached out to Caron's lawyer for comment.
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