SUICIDE on day he was to be sentenced.
More charges were pending in cases going back to 1969.
June 24, 2008 - Robert Hugh Rayburn, 69, a retired school teacher, was found dead on Monday, the day he was to be sentenced charges of 
sexual molestation of minors. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was found by a family member.
Rayburn pleaded guilty on March 31 to two counts of indecent liberties with a child. The charges stem from an incident between Rayburn and a 14-year-old boy on March 15. He was to have been sentenced on that charge.
OTHER CHARGES, OTHER VICTIMS On April 21, he was indicted on nine charges for sexual offenses from 1969-76. Those indictments include five offenses of crime against nature involving a young boy from 1969-73. Four indictments are for indecent liberties with a child for a female under age 16. The incidents occurred between Dec. 8, 1975, and Dec. 7, 1976, according to the indictments.
Rayburn taught for 36 years in Andrews, beginning in 1960. He retired in 1996.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Andrews, NORTH CAROLINA
