“The conviction of Jeffrey Steven Clay is a great achievement in keeping our communities safer from those who target and prey on innocent people.
“This crime was disturbing and relentless,” said Raul Bujanda, FBI Special Agent in Charge. Jane Doe escaped when Clay was stopped at a traffic light and sought help at a nearby convenience store.Īt trial, another woman testified that Clay repeatedly sexually abused her as well, both when she was a minor and when she was an adult, including while she was seven months pregnant. Afterward, Clay drove Jane Doe back to El Paso. Clay then took Jane Doe to a bedroom where he struck her in the face and sexually assaulted her while she was handcuffed, crying, and pleading with Clay to stop.
When she rebuffed him, Clay struck Jane Doe in the face and handcuffed her. Instead, Clay took Jane Doe to his residence in Anthony, New Mexico. 4, 2021, Clay offered a ride to Jane Doe near Copia Street in El Paso, Texas, ostensibly to take her to a friends’ residence in El Paso.
Clay previously worked for EPISD in various roles including as a teacher and school principal.Īccording to the evidence at trial and other publicly available court records, on Aug. At the time, Clay was employed as the Executive Director of Analytics, Strategy, and Assessment and Public Education Information Management Systems for the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD). Gonzales presided over the trial.Ī federal grand jury indicted Clay on Nov. The jury convicted Clay, 51, of Anthony, New Mexico, on one count each of kidnapping and transportation for illegal sexual activity.
Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Jeffrey Steven Clay.
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