Former Lamar Middle School student teacher charged with sexual misconduct, indecent exposure, enticement of a child

The Barton County Prosecuting Attorney's office has filed additional charges against a Lamar R-1 student teacher who was already facing two counts of possessing child pornography.

According to a news release issued this afternoon, Emily Louise Edson, 35, Golden City, has been charged with three counts of sexual misconduct involving a child by indecent exposure and one count of enticement of a child for incidents occurring at Lamar Middle School in 2017.

The initial arrest of Edson, who was a senior at Missouri Southern State University at the time, came less than two months after she received the top award for middle school education from the School of Arts and Sciences during the annual Academic Achievement Ceremony.





The 2017 probable cause statement indicated the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force uncovered photos depicting two naked underage boys either having anal intercourse and simulating the act while executing a search warrant Edson's phone.

The search was in connection with a separate Lamar Police Department investigation that eventually led to the new chargers.

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