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It was not the ending the Wallen family hoped for. Just three days after pleading for the public’s help to find their missing daughter, the family fought back tears describing the man who has been accused of killing her. “He is a monster and he is a liar,” said Mark Wallen, describing Tyler Tessier. Tessier, […]

Online court records show Tyler Tessier, the boyfriend of slain high school teacher Laura Wallen, has been charged with first-degree murder, altering physical evidence and making false statements to a police officer. Tessier, 33, was charged Wednesday in Wallen’s death. Wallen, 31, was a teacher at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, and lived in […]

The boyfriend of an Olney teacher, missing nine days, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with her murder, police said Wednesday night. Tyler Tessier’s arrest follows the discovery, earlier Wednesday, of Laura Wallen’s body in a shallow grave off a quiet country road near Damascus, Police Chief Tom Manger said at a news conference. Tessier […]

Family and friends of a missing Olney teacher gathered at the Montgomery County Police Headquarters in Gaithersburg on Monday to ask for the public’s help with finding her. Laura Wallen, 31, is a teacher at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia and four-months pregnant. Police said the family became concerned after Wallen was a no-show […]