Trial date set for former Aurora teacher charged with sexual contact with a student

A September 28 trial date has been scheduled in Lawrence County Circuit Court for a former Aurora High School shop teacher and assistant football coach who is charged with sexual contact with a student.

A pre-trial hearing is set for July 14.

Kyle Doss, 33, Monett, allegedly began a friendship with a girl in his shop class, began exchanging messages, including sexually explicit photos and videos with her through social media applications and met with her after school in his classroom and shop area, according to the probable cause statement.

From the probable cause statement:

On 01/30/2025, I received information from the administrators of the Aurora R-8 School District regarding a teacher having a past inappropriate sexual relationship with a student.

The administration received a report from the victim's mother which prompted the investigation. The teacher was identified as 32-year-old Kyle Doss.

The victim was a student in his industrial arts class from 2021-2024. Doss met with administrators that morning and was placed on administrative leave. During his conversation with school administrators, Doss admitted he had made a mistake.

I interviewed CV on the afternoon 01/30/2025. CV stated she was a sophomore when she first start taking Doss' classes. She and Doss developed a friendly relationship, which eventually became romantic in 2024 during her senior year.

CV explained she and Doss began communicating outside of school, first messaging on Tik Tok, then by phone, then by other social media applications, including Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook. CV stated once she turned 18 during the second semester of her senior year, she and Doss began exchanging sexually explicit photos and videos of one another.

CV explained she began staying after school to visit Doss in his classroom/shop. They would go to a back storage room where they would kiss. CV explained on one occasion, she allowed Doss to put his hands under her shirt and feel both of her breasts over her bra. She stated Doss frequently groped her buttocks and he would press his erect penis into her vaginal area as they embraced one another. CV explained she and Doss planned to have sexual intercourse after she graduated but it never actually happened.

During the interview, CV showed me several messages she exchanged with Doss on Tik Tok. These specific messages began on 04/11/2024. They discussed their romantic fantasies with one another. Doss asked about CV's sexual history. Doss fantasized about taking CV to the back storage room. Doss provided his phone number and asked CV to save his number under a girl's name. They began communicating through text message.

CV explained she and Doss exchanged most of their nude photographs through Snapchat, but she did show me a text message where Doss sent her a shirtless photo..