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Principal hired hitman to murder teacher mistress

Cornelius paid hitman to kill Jocelyn/Leah Gordone

Principal had teacher mistress killed. 

Blog King, Mass Appeal

ST. LOUIS — When murder-for-hire doesn’t go as planned. Cornelius Green, a married man and quondam middle school principal, was thrown in the slammer after he remunerated his childhood friend to delete his gravid paramour. The contract killing transpired on March 24, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. But it took 8 years to get a conviction. According to police reports, Cornelius had an affair with 30-year-old Jocelyn Peters — a teacher at Mann Elementary School. He promised to divorce his wife. But it never came to fruition. Instead… Cornelius ended up getting Jocelyn pregnant and, when she refused to get an abortion, he tried to poison her by crushing prescription pills and putting ’em in her oatmeal. When that didn’t work, Cornelius paid his homeboy — Phillip Cutler — $2,500 to give Jocelyn a dirt nap from money he purloined from a school fundraiser.

Ain’t that a bitch?

Here’s what went down: Phillip, 46, was residing in Muskogee, Oklahoma and he was down on his luck. So, Cornelius sent him a UPS package containing the aforementioned mazuma and he used the school’s return mail address. As soon as Phillip arrived in St. Louis, Cornelius gave him keys to both his Kia Optima and Jocelyn’s apartment. Then he took a train to Chicago, Illinois to establish an alibi.

While Cornelius was chillin’ in the Windy City, Phillip drove to Jocelyn’s residence and let himself in using the keys Cornelius gave him.

He creeped up on the expectant mother as she was preparing baby shower invitations and shot her in the eye — using a potato as a gun silencer.

Very creative.

Jocelyn was 7 months pregnant when she was killed.

Once her quietus was confirmed, Cornelius returned to St. Louis and pretended he had nothing to do with the femicide.

But investigators had ample evidence he procured Jocelyn’s demise.

Cornelius, 42, and Phillip were arrested and charged with two counts of murder for both Jocelyn and her unborn child, Micah Leigh.

They were convicted and sentenced in June 2024.

Prosecutors sought the death penalty.

But Cornelius and Phillip received two consecutive life sentences apiece.

Social media reaction was vicious.

One commenter wrote, “She was sleeping with a married man. An unattractive, overweight one at that. She was out of pocket. It was not worth it. She lost her life over a trash bag of a man. She didn’t deserve what she got, but she put herself in harms way.”

Another chimed in, “Married men never leave their wives… EVER!”

A third person added, “Simps would rather go to prison than pay child support. Smh.”

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  1. WHY DO THESE FOOLS THINK MEN ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY LEAVE THEIR WIFE N KIDS FOR THEM. ARE U SERIOUS U WAS JUST A PIECE OF MEAT THAT HE GOT TIRED OF EATING SO HE DISCARDED HER.

  2. Wait so he stole the 2500 from the school??? Girl he didn’t even have 2500… how was he gonna afford a baby… he couldn’t buy his own potatoes

  3. Heavy set, funky, unattractive man gets education and decent paying job/career and sets out to live the life of a celebrity. Mind blowing how he thought he’d get away with it. Now he can put whatever he chooses in his own oatmeal daily.

  4. …She was a schoolteacher having unprotected sex with a married principal, and he was having unprotected sex with a woman whom he didn’t want to have a child with. …What was WRONG with those two??? And the fact that they were educated, so-called PROFESSIONAL individuals is really unsettling!

  5. I don’t understand the reason behind girls who want to get pregnant without being married. Stop thinking a baby is going to make a man stay with you. I am sorry that she had to die because he did not want her and probably hadn’t filed for a divorce.
    Stop having a relationship with a married man, he is only using you!

  6. Someone please help me understand the logic… you’re solicited to kill someone’s baby mama for $2500. But what is $2500 when you’re behind bars? Don’t people weigh the risks? Or are they money hungry bums who think they’ll get away with it?

  7. If he isn’t divorced, you are not the only woman in his life. No matter what he says.

  8. These are the types of people they hire to educate our babies.. a principal… rip sending my condolences to the family and friends… just pure evil

  9. Ladies when a man communicates he doesn’t want children with you, protect yourself.

  10. I trust no ninja, I know if a man says he’s married, but he is in the process of getting a divorce leave him alone, its bullshit 💩

  11. 😲Ladies, when you are aware that a man is in the process of divorcing his wife, RUN!!!!!!! You are caught in a no win situation. That is his problem. Never become the one waiting in the wings for a married man or even one who is getting out of a relationship. You don’t need the baggage that this kind of messy situation usually brings with it. RUN FAST; RUN FAR!!! YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID!

  12. If the guy doesn’t want the child don’t have it! Especially if the sp. donor is a BM. They are the most likely to harm you and your unborn child. It’s not worth it!

  13. Lol….I remember the days when the newscaster would report “murder for hire” costing $50,000!

  14. Having a child out of wedlock. This is why you marry before you carry instead of reproducing through casual sex with a sneaky link. RIP ma’am

  15. She was too beautiful to waste herself on a bum like that . Sleeping with someone’s spouse is never a wise decision, he spread himself around all over the place and obviously has zero respect for women,especially his wife.

  16. Keeping his dick in his pants or using a condom never crossed his mind

  17. We have to ask ourselves why our young women are so easily manipulated? What are they looking for in these men? Most likely validation that turns into infatuation. Women have to teach young women that men are the worst means of validation. They’re good for what they’re good for, but defining your self-worth is not it!

  18. Goofy, did he not think he was not going to be the first person the police would look at. The married father of her unborn child. Sad what happened to the lady and her child.

  19. Her first mistake is having a relationship with a married man. It will NEVER end well. You never know what the consequences will be…

  20. So many pregnant women become victims because of the vulnerability of their status at that time. It really makes me thankful that I’ve survived 3 pregnancies and yes I say survive because I too am a victim of domestic violence. Rest peacefully beautiful. ️

  21. @Caramel Kisses: you’d be surprised … there was a case where a woman killed a man over $60 she promised him sexual favors behind some building and instead robbed him of $60 and his life …I also recall in detriot a police officer paid some street dude $500 out of $1000 to kill his exwife then renegaded on rest of the money and dude snitched on them both.

  22. Wow! She was really playing with fire. First thing this man was married and he wasn’t going to leave his wife. Next she had been pregnant two other times and he didn’t want the child. Anytime a man ask you to get an abortion he doesn’t care about you or that child. She should never have been with this man. He isn’t fit to be married or in a relationship. He was for the streets. I am glad the family received justice for her. My condolences to you all!

  23. Dealt with someone similar, talking wise . It never made it to the dating/relationship stage . He said they were separated but lived together & that was my first red flag .

  24. Green destroyed his friend’s life, his life, his girlfriend’s life and his unborn child. This did not make sense killing a person because he didn’t want a relationship or the child.

  25. He was a despicable male, he was married messing around with other women and messing around with her and not using any protection and when she gets pregnant he takes her life.

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