If you spot the vehicle and can verify the license plate to be TN 976-ZPT, call 911 immediately. (WTVF) Tad Cummins, a former teacher accused of kidnapping and assaulting one of his students, was. The TBI urges the public to remain vigilant and report any information that may prove beneficial in the ongoing search to 1-800-TBI-FIND. Posted at 4:36 PM, and last updated 3:12 PM, NASHVILLE, Tenn. There is a $1,000 reward for information leading to his capture.Īs of this morning, the TBI had received more than 1,200 tips from across the country. (WKRN) A former Maury County teacher sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2017 kidnapping of his 15-year-old student wants to be released due to COVID-19 concerns. On Friday, the TBI added him to the state’s ‘Top 10 Most Wanted’ list. Cummins is believed to be armed with two handguns and driving a silver Nissan Rogue with Tennessee tag 976-ZPT.Ī warrant has been issued for Cummins for Sexual Contact with a Minor and Aggravated Kidnapping. Cummins, who had taught Elizabeth in a forensics class at a high school in Culleoka, some 50 miles southwest of Nashville, is charged with kidnapping her.Īn Amber Alert was issued for Elizabeth on March 14, the day after a sheriff’s department had declared her missing. Last April, Cummins pleaded guilty to federal.
ZaET35u0C7Ĭummins was being investigated after he was reportedly spotted kissing Thomas in his classroom. Tad Cummins was 50 and married in March 2017 when he kidnapped Elizabeth Thomas, a student in his health sciences class at Culleoka Unit School. This is the first confirmed sighting of the two since they disappeared earlier this month.Įarly on, we issued the picture on the left, from several days before the #TNAMBERAlert, Note the apparent change in Tad's appearance. The same images show Elizabeth may currently have red hair.Įfforts to determine what vehicle they were using in Oklahoma remain ongoing. The surveillance images of Cummins and Thomas – the first obtained by investigators since the alleged kidnapping on March 13 th – clearly show Tad Cummins with an altered appearance to darken his hair. Officials said Cummins used cash to purchase various food items, but did not purchase anything else of significance. Late Thursday, after receiving information from a tip, investigators obtained surveillance images from a Walmart in Oklahoma City from the afternoon of March 15 th, showing Tad Cummins and Thomas shopping at the store. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has confirmed a sighting of 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas along with the 50-year-old man believed to have kidnapped her earlier this month. Federal prosecutor Sara Beth Myers read Thomas’ victim impact statement during his trial. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation March 31, 2017 Tad Cummins' Daughter Says She's Standing by Him: 'He's the Definition of a Good Father' Inside Edition Tad Cummins' Daughter Says She's Standing by Him: 'He's the Definition of a Good. #TNAMBERAlert SIGHTING CONFIRMED: Tad Cummins and Elizabeth Thomas were in Oklahoma City on March 15th. – The Tennessee teacher suspected of kidnapping his 15-year-old student earlier this month has been spotted in Oklahoma City with the teen, authorities said. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. "They would send me pictures from surveillance cameras to get my opinion whether or not it was him," she claimed.Īfter five weeks, Cummins and the teenager were found at a remote cabin in Cecilville, Calif., when a tipster recognized them and called authorities.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Read: Tad Cummins' Wife: He Told Me He Slept With Teenage Student Jill also gave investigators every clue she could.
Jill also revealed that she played a key role behind the scenes when her husband took off. She made a moving television appeal for Cummins to turn himself in, which she said was her idea. Maybe one day."Ī rep for Elizabeth Thomas called Tad Cummins a "classic predator" who brainwashed the teen into running away with him. "I feel slightly betrayed by her because she knew me," she added.
Jill, who filed for divorce from Tad when he disappeared with the teenager, agrees that Thomas was exploited and perhaps even brainwashed. But she added: "Never did I think there was a romantic thing between the two of them.
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