The Case Died With Her

Popular track coach Jim Wilder was accused of sexual assault by multiple students. Did the high school respond accordingly?

Jim Wilder was arrested not once, but twice, for allegations he had sexually abused students at Lindbergh High School.

Jim Wilder was a beloved track coach at Lindbergh High School in Missouri. He was also accused of sexually abusing an underage student.

Jim Wilder, a popular track coach, was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with student Emilie Morris — but she tragically died before the case could go to trial.

“We did something that wasn’t right according to the laws these days,” former coach Jim Wilder allegedly said in a taped conversation with former student Emilie Morris, while also insisting he was “not a creeper."

"I think there are enough things suspicious about her death that I have never felt comfortable with the answers I have been given,” her sister said of Emilie Morris’ death.

From hiding in closets to threatening to derail a student athlete’s career, these coach sexual abuse scandals are downright chilling.

Emilie Morris died before she was due to appear in court regarding her charges against Jim Wilder for sexually inappropriate behavior she experienced as a minor.