A teacher accused of becoming pregnant by a 13-year-old boy is facing imprisonment after DNA evidence reportedly confirmed that the adolescent fathered her child, the Daily Mail has learned. 

Laura Caron, 35, made her latest appearance at a court in Cape May, New Jersey, on Wednesday morning for a procedural hearing on sexual charges.

Appearing reserved in white attire, the fifth-grade teacher from Middle Township Elementary School appeared anxious as her lawyer, John W. Tumelty, requested additional time from the judge to prepare their defense.

Caron, who has been suspended from her job while the case against her proceeds, did not speak during the hearing.  

Caron, who gave birth to the child in 2019, has valid reasons to be concerned, according to a source who stated that DNA test results confirmed the boy as the father.

That means plea deal discussions may now follow. Prosecutors previously offering Caron 10 years behind bars in return for an admission of guilt.

Prosecutors are believed to be finished with their investigation against Caron, with the disgraced ex-teacher’s defense now wrapping up their case preparation.

Laura Caron appeared at a procedural hearing in Cape May, New Jersey, on Wednesday on charges of sexually assaulting a 13 year-old schoolboy whose baby she allegedly gave birth to

A source told the Daily Mail that DNA evidence shows Caron’s baby daughter was fathered by the boy she’s accused of abusing, who is now a 20 year-old student 

Caron’s attorney John W. Tumelty told the Daily Mail that his client ‘is doing well’ and that she has ‘no contact’ with her alleged victim, as stipulated by a court order.

If convicted of child sexual assault, Caron faces a minimum of 10 years behind bars – with the maximum term behind prison stretching to 40 years.

After Wednesday’s hearing, Caron fled the court and tried to shield her face from a waiting photographer using a black windbreaker.

She declined to answer questions about whether she has any remorse or regrets.  

She was accompanied to court by her brother and her father, who shouted ‘Get away from my car!’ when asked to comment on the case. 

Moments later, Caron made it into the car, which screeched out of the court’s parking lot. 

Earlier this year, the boy Caron is accused of raping when he was 13 and she was 28, gave the Daily Mail an extraordinary exclusive interview where he insisted that he made a pass at her first. 

Now 20 years-old and at college, the boy claimed that he is no victim, that he still loves Caron and that he wants to start a family with her when he can.  

Caron leaves the courthouse in Cape May after Wednesday’s hearing. She is facing a minimum of 10 years behind bars 

Caron’s alleged victim is pictured here. He previously told the Daily Mail that he’d made the first move on Caron, that she was no predator and that he wanted to be with her 

Caron is pictured while pregnant. Her alleged victim’s father called cops late last year on seeing a photo of her daughter and being shocked by the resemblance to his son 

‘They need to drop all charges. I wasn’t groomed or raped or manipulated by her. She never initiated anything,’ he said. 

‘I started everything. If it was up to me she wouldn’t have been in jail. It’s been six or seven years. I’m 19 about to be 20.’

The teen rejected any suggestion the alleged abuse happened when he was 11, calling the allegations ‘crazy’. 

But he was still three years under the age of consent in New Jersey when Caron sexually abused him, prosecutors say. 

Caron met the boy after teaching his older sister.

The boy’s parents were impressed by how their daughter was thriving under Caron’s tutelage and asked for advice on how to get the best education for their son.

Caron befriended the boy’s family, who were so trusting they’d let her stay in their house overnight. 

Caron pictured after her arrest in January. She remains suspended from Middle Township Elementary School, where she worked as a fifth grade teacher 

The teacher got pregnant and gave birth in 2019.

In December 2024, the boy’s father saw a photo of Caron’s daughter – the child believed to be his granddaughter – and was shocked at the girl’s resemblance to his son.

He contacted police, who arrested Caron in January. 

The boy, now a promising young star athlete, says he is upset at his father for going to police and claims to be estranged from his family.

He said: ‘All of this started with a Facebook post from my father. I didn’t want her violated like that.’

‘This stuff is so deep. Like the world has no idea what she has done for my family.’

‘I love her with all my heart. She was there for me and my family.’

Caron is due back in court next month.