Vermont police have found the body of a science teacher who went missing on Sunday. NECN's Jack Thurston reports.
By msnbc.com news services
Vermont police?have arrested a couple in connection with the death of teacher Melissa Jenkins, whose body was found in local woods after she was reported missing.
Allen Prue, 30, and his wife Patricia Prue, 33, were taken into custody late Tuesday night and are being held at the Northeast Region Correctional Facility, The Caledonian-Record News reported.
Allen Prue was a snow plow driver and a sub-contracted newspaper delivery person for The Caledonian-Record since January, the newspaper said.
Police searched their home in Waterford Tuesday night.
The body of Jenkins,?a 33-year-old single mother of a two-year-old boy, was found in the woods in Vermont on Monday by a state trooper. Her car had been found Sunday by a friend with her son inside.
Jenkins,?a single mother, taught science and used to coach basketball at the prestigious?St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont, which counts former President Calvin Coolidge among its alumni.
"She's got a real gift with students who either haven't liked science before or learning science doesn't come easy to them," headmaster Tom Lovett said. "She's got a real gift with them."
Between 100 and 200 students gathered at the academy Monday night after the news came out that a body had been found, The Associated Press reported. Classes were canceled Tuesday.
Jenkins grew up in Danville, a tight-knit town west of St. Johnsbury where she attended the Danville School, the AP reported.
A family friend said Jenkins left her home that night to meet up and help someone out.
"She would do anything for anybody. She definitely will be greatly missed," Ron Craig, of Peacham, told the AP.
Police believe the crime occurred sometime between 7 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Sunday night.
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