Aric Babbitt was an American schoolteacher at Lincoln Center Elementary based in South St. Paul, Minnesota. ^[1]

On August 25, 2016, a kayaker in Washington state found the bodies of Babbitt and his husband, Matthew Deyo next to a suicide note on the beach in the San Juan Islands. ^{[0] [1]}

In August 2016, Babitt and his husband were under investigation for sexual assault, after a student reported to police that they had sex with him.

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The teen had provided authorities with Polaroid pictures of him with Babbitt. Babbitt refused to discuss the allegations when police searched the couple’s home. ^{[0] [1]}

In December 2016, a police report was made public alleging that the pair had sexually assaulted 8 boys. ^[5]