Maths Teacher Killed by 14yo Student in School Bathroom

Colleen was a talented 24-year-old math teacher.

Jessie London
3 min readSep 28, 2022
Colleen was a talented young woman

Colleen Ritzer was a 24-year-old math teacher who was a gifted, affable, and well-liked individual. She worked at High School in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Colleen frequently stayed after school on October 22, 2013, to provide any pupils who might have required any additional support. Philip Chism, a 14-year-old pupil, was one of them.

Philip had recently relocated to the region from Tennessee and was shy and reserved. However, when Colleen tried to inquire about his move, he became agitated, so she changed the topic.

Right before 3:00 p.m., Colleen then left the classroom to use the restroom. In order to follow Colleen into the restroom, Philip likewise stood up, looked to make sure the corridor wasn’t occupied, and then put the hood of his sweatshirt over his head.

On the CCTV clip, he can be seen grabbing a box cutter and donning gloves before going into the restroom and he was seen coming out of the restroom all splattered with blood. In the video, he can be seen returning with a huge recycling container and wheeling it past the building before exiting into some nearby woods.

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Jessie London
Jessie London

Written by Jessie London

Full-time Author & Writer of fiction & fact. British lady who loves tea with milk and bland biscuits.

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