A 24-year-old Missouri teacher is facing child sex abuse charges after allegedly trading x-rated images and videos with a 16-year-old student in an attempt to lure him for sex while her husband was away. St. James High School teacher Rikki Lynn Laughlin is being held on a $100,000 bond after the teen boy accused her of soliciting nude pictures of him as well as sending explicit content of herself, including a video of her using a dildo, via Snapchat. The Riverfront Times reported that the student told police that “things progressed fast” after the exchange, and said that he and Laughlin had kissed. At 16 years old, the boy is a year below the age of consent in Missouri. Laughlin allegedly asked him to come to her home to have sex while her husband wasn’t there, according to a probable cause statement from the Maries County Sheriff’s Office. However, the student told police that he “made excuses” for not taking her up on the inappropriate offer because he felt uncomfortable. The teen told police that Laughlin warned him that she could potentially go to jail if he didn’t delete the nude content she allegedly sent, but he kept some and
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