"I knew who the other girl was from previous years because I taught her brother," she said. "When I found out this happened, my first thing was 'I didn't know this student was back at Forest Hills [Elementary School in Walterboro], so I mean, obviously, she had not told me anything about it because I knew she had gone somewhere else last year. I really... as close as I was to RaNiya, I feel like she would have told me if something was going on. She told me everything - everything that was going on at home - everything, and not once did she ever say anything."