Teacher's 'Gas Money' to Student Raises Disturbing Questions

A teacher who was convicted of having sex with a 17-year-old student allegedly went as far as sending him “gas money” for one particularly disturbing reason while their illegal relationship was taking place. McKenna Kindred, who was married at the time, became the subject of a police investigation after authorities uncovered her sexual relationship with the Central Valley High School student in Washington state. Chilling reason 'gas money' was sent to student Teacher McKenna Kindred had a sexual relationship with a student.

Credit: WHQ-TV The pair allegedly exchanged explicit messages, photographs, and videos before eventually having sex at Kindred's home while her husband was away on a hunting trip, but investigators also learned about a series of payments that had initially left the teenager's mother suspicious. The student's mother, Ashley Beckley, told police she remembered her son receiving “gas money through Venmo” from a teacher. Although Beckley described the payment as “kind of inappropriate”, she said she did not initially know which teacher had sent the money or why.

It was only after investigators began examining Kindred's relationship with her son that the payment allegedly took on a more disturbing significance. The relationship had reportedly begun after the teenager discovered Kindred's Instagram account, before their interactions subsequently escalated into a sexually explicit context, and then they allegedly had sex at her home for around three-and-a-half hours while her husband was away hunting. Afterwards, the teenager sent her a message which read: “Mom glad I can satisfy you.