DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Decatur police are investigating a Decatur Public Schools employee for an apparent sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy. 

The Decatur Police Department said a 21-year-old woman is under investigation and added that the teen is not a student in the district. 

DPS told WAND News that she is a Macon Piatt Special Education employee who resigned effective April 3. Her exact role there is unclear. 

Decatur police added that a similar report involving the same woman and a teen was investigated in October 2025. At the time, she was not a DPS employee. 

The Macon County State Attorney's Office closed the case due to insufficient evidence. 

Police stated that the investigation reopened because it received new information. The investigation is ongoing. 

Anyone with information is encouraged to call DPD's Criminal Investigations Division at 217-424-2734, or Crime Stoppers at 217-423-TIPS. 

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