The disturbing plans of some fourth graders from upstate New York were foiled when other students got wind of their plot to kill their teacher. The concerned schoolmates told their parents who then informed the school board and the police. The students involved in the plot were questioned and it was revealed that they were planning to use hand sanitizer to trigger an allergic reaction and murder their teacher.

Three girls from the fourth grade class at Elba Elementary School were questioned by the police when their conspiracy to murder their teacher came to light in mid-December of last year. Apparently, the girls knew of their teacher's allergy to hand sanitizer because she prohibited students from bringing it into the classroom.


According to reports, the girls thought that the teacher was mean, yelled at the class, and that they weren't the only ones who had a problem with her. They planned to put anti-bacterial hand sanitizer on objects around the classroom which they knew their teacher would come into contact with and in that way, murder her.

Although details on how severe the teacher's allergy to hand sanitizer is, experts say that an allergic reaction is similar to an allergy to peanuts which could cause swelling in the airway and suffocation leading to death.

After their investigation, the police determined that the girls never had any real intention to push through with their plans and the Sheriff's Department turned the case over back to the District because no actual crime had been committed.

"When we realized they never followed through with it and they told us they had no intention of following through, we said there was not much we can do. We suggested they turn it over to youth court, but (the school) indicated they were going to handle it internally," said Genesee County Sheriff Chief Investigator Jerome E. Brewster.

Two of the students involved were suspended and no further details were divulged via official statements due to privacy laws.

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