07/10/2025
***WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS DISTURBING INFORMATION!!***
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An affidavit details allegations that 30-year-old Nicole Baird, a former Wichita North High teacher also known as Nicole Hernandez, engaged in a s*xual relationship with a student.
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According to the affidavit, police were alerted to a social media post on May 19th, 2025, claiming an inappropriate relationship between a Wichita teacher, Ms. Baird & a former student. Investigators identified the student, an 18-year-old male, & brought him in for an interview.
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The student said Nicole was his art teacher at both Mayberry Middle School & later at North High School during his sophomore, junior, & senior years from 2021 to 2024. He described how she groomed him over time, starting in his sophomore year when sheโd invite him to her classroom before & after school when no one else was around. By junior year, she began touching him, starting with rubbing his back & shoulders while they were alone.
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Nicole gave him her personal cell number, & they started messaging regularly. At first, they talked about school, but the texts soon shifted to personal topics, especially Nicole venting about her failing marriage. Their conversations continued into the summer after his junior year.
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During his senior year, the relationship escalated. The student spent many lunches with Nicole & often stayed after school alone in her office. She frequently asked for hugs, during which sheโd kiss his neck. They also began exchanging handwritten notes. One letter he gave to police read, "I hope and pray one day I get the chance to be with you," & "I know that I love you."
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In one incident, Nicole texted him to meet up. After talking for a while, she asked for a hug. When he leaned in, she kissed his neck, then repeatedly asked if he wanted her to kiss him. Though nervous, he eventually said yes. They kissed for about 1โ2 hours before leaving separately. The next day at school, Nicole told him to keep it secret & act normal, making him promise not to tell anyone.
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The student says, about halfway through his senior yearโsometime after January 1st, 2024โNicole kissed the student & inappropriately touched him over his clothes while they were alone in her office. During the student's last week of school, Nicole invited him to her office where they kissed & engaged in s*xual contact. The student said similar incidents happened two or three times that same week, each time in her office.
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On graduation night, May 13th, 2024, they met in a residential neighborhood where Nicole asked him to get in the back seat of her Jeep. He said a child car seat was in the back seat & instead of sitting next to him, Nicole climbed on top of him & asked if he wanted to have s*x. Despite feeling nervous & pressured, he said yes. He told investigators that while they were having in*******se, Nicole said things like "It's okay" & that they wouldn't get in trouble since he had graduated.
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During the last couple of weeks of the 2023-2024 school year, when seniors didn't have to be at school but classes were still in session, the student described multiple encounters with Nicole. He said they met three or four times each week in the neighborhood near the school, where they had s*x in the back seat of her Jeep.
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After graduation, the student said the s*xual relationship continued, with more encounters & Nicole sending him n**e photos. By October 2024, he said he realized the relationship was inappropriate & stopped communicating with her. Nicole kept trying to contact him, even leaving candy on his car & showing up at his job. On May 18th, 2025, he told his girlfriend, mother, & father what had happened.
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During his interview with police, he turned over multiple pieces of evidence he had saved, including 8 n**e photos of Nicole, handwritten letters, text messages, & voicemails.
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Detectives spoke with North High School principal Kristina Murray, who revealed there had been a prior concern brought by a teacher during the 2023-2024 school year about Nicole having too close of a relationship with the student. The concern was that the student was spending too much time with Nicoleโhe regularly ate lunch with her & would walk her to her car after school. Murray said those concerns were handled internally by another school administrator.
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Murray said the current concern was reported to her on May 19th, 2025, & she spoke with Nicole about it the same day. Nicole admitted she had gotten too close to the student & said she had crossed some boundaries. At first, she claimed the relationship was only emotional & began after the student graduated. But later in the conversation, she changed her story & admitted it had actually started in early May 2024, while seniors were still in school.
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Nicole was arrested at her home on May 22nd, 2025. She was released the next evening after paying $5,000 on a $50,000 bond through Wichita Bonding Company. On June 2nd, 2025, Nicole was charged with four counts of Unlawful Sexual Relations under Kansas Statute 21-5512, which criminalizes s*xual activity between certain authority figures & students, even if the student is 16 or older.
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Each charge involves the same student, with the breakdown as follows:
โข Fondling: Between January 1st, 2024 & May 2nd, 2024
โข Sexual in*******se: May 3rd, 2024
โข Fondling: May 3rd, 2024
โข Sexual in*******se: Between May 4th, 2024 & May 13th, 2024
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Nicole is due back in court on July 28th.
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Read the affidavit- https://drive.proton.me/urls/F07XZWXKMW
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Our post about her being charged- cutt.ly/DrUG8oLW
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**Suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Our information comes from public records like police reports, court documents, scanner audio from police, fire & EMS, news reports & other reliable sources.**
