Teen Charged Cheltenham Slaying Of Teacher

By: Michael Stevens
07/29/2010 08:03 AM ET

Teen charged Cheltenham slaying of teacher. A Maryland teen has been charged with the teacher slaying at the Cheltenham Youth Facility. Other than the slaying, the teen was also charged with the attempted rape of a Cheltenham teacher.

Prosecutors have moved to try the Maryland teen as an adult. The teen has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted rape of a teacher her at the long-troubled Cheltenham Youth Facility. The facility is located in Prince George’s County.

The juvenile was 13 at the time of the incident and turned 14 in early July. The charges come five months after the death of 65-year-old instructor Hannah E. Wheeling. Her partly clothed body was found by another staff member at about 7:45 a.m. February 18 outside a lower-security program for young offenders.

The name of the teen is being withheld in this report because he is a juvenile and charged as one. If convicted of first-degree murder as an adult, the teen would face a possible maximum prison sentence of life without parole. He also faces life sentences for convictions of attempted first-degree rape and first-degree sex offense.

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