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Nov 2, 2007 12:39 pm US/Eastern

Missing Nebraska Teacher's Car Headed Into Mexico

Middle School Teacher Believed To Be With Student

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ― The car owned by a female middle school teacher believed to be on the run with a 13-year-old boy has crossed the California border into Mexico, a police investigator said Friday.

Kelsey Peterson, 25, a sixth-grade math teacher and basketball coach at Lexington Middle School, fled with the boy after police began investigating whether the pair had an intimate relationship, authorities said.

Authorities believed the two were traveling together in Peterson's car, and police nationwide were notified about them. Court documents said the boy was last seen Oct. 26.

A judge issued an arrest warrant Monday charging Peterson with kidnapping, child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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