Former Teacher Charged After Admitting Rapes, Thinking Statute Of Limitations Had Expired

August 2, 2012 at 7:35 am by imonfireDAMMIT  

CLAYTON, MO – If only all criminals were as stupid as Mr. Donald Ingerson. The 67-year-old, long-time St. Louis teacher has been charged with rape and statutory sodomy after he confessed to sexually assaulting two girls, believing that the statute of limitations had expired on the crimes.

Ingerson worked in five or six districts in Missouri County between 1960 and 1990.  He called the St Louis County Prosecutors office on June 4 to inform them he had sexually assaulted two high school girls, aged around 15 years old. One of these occurrence happened in 1974, the other in 1995.

‘This is the first time we’ve had someone contact our office and say, `I want to talk about what I did,’ said St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch.

What was the motive behind Ingerson confessing to his crimes? Perhaps he felt guilty.  Maybe he wanted to make amends before he died. Who knows, really? Whatever the reasons, Ingerson only confessed because the statute of limitations is 30 years and thought he could do so without suffering any legal repercussions.…