Vermont child molester dies in prison

2-14-2013 Vermont:

BRADFORD, Vt. - A trusted teacher who turned out to be a child molester died in jail Saturday. How he died remains a mystery. Bringing up his name in the town of Bradford Wednesday night made many people uneasy.

"If he had a heart attack or anything I'm not sorry for him. He went to jail for a reason and you have to do your time," said Candy Hazen.

Richard Foster worked at Bradford Elementary School for more than a decade when he did the unthinkable. The sixth grade teacher was convicted of sexually assaulting two students and using them to make porn at his Bradford home. Because of his criminal past, news of his death didn't upset Brandon Audet, one of Foster's former students.

"I'm not really too shocked. He was a sex offender so he deserved it in a way I guess," Audet said.

Foster was serving a 25 year sentence in federal prison when he died Saturday.

Accused rapist found dead in Exeter

1-31-2013 New Hampshire:

XETER - An Epping man accused of raping a teenage girl was found dead of an apparent suicide Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The body of Donald Tilbe, 46, of 74 Railroad Ave., was discovered around 2 p.m. in a wooded area at the Connor Farm Wildlife Management Area, located off Route 101, police Capt. Bill Shupe said.

The death came less than a week after Epping police charged Tilbe with two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. Tilbe, who resigned his position as an employee at the Epping town dump last week, was accused of raping a 17-year-old girl at his residence last October and on Jan. 7.

He was arraigned Jan. 25 and was due back in court Feb. 1 for a probable cause hearing.

According to a police affidavit, Tilbe admitted to police that he had sexual relations with the girl on several occasions. ..Source.. by JASON SCHREIBER