Clues teen didn’t want to go with teacher Tad Cummins?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 23 March 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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A prosecutor offers new clues suggesting Elizabeth Thomas did not leave voluntarily with former teacher Tad Cummins. The 15-year-old told her sister “if I’m not back by six o’clock tonight, call the police or come looking for me,” District Attorney Brent Cooper tells Nancy Grace. “My biggest fear is that she had changed her mind about going with Mr. Cummins and that she expressed that to him and he took her then forcefully,” he tells Nancy in this episode.

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0:00.0	I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new co-case podcast, Zone 7.
0:04.1	We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized
0:09.1	experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on
0:13.6	to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.
0:18.0	We are going to solve these cases own air together. Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app,
0:25.2	the Apple Podcast app or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.
0:36.5	Elizabeth Thomas was brand new to the Kalioka School in Murray County.
0:40.9	She started as a freshman this year entering the public school system for the very first time.
0:46.1	Investigators say that she is with Tad Cummins. TBI says the Cummins was a teacher.
0:50.7	A student reported seeing Cummins kissing Elizabeth in his classroom in late January.
0:54.9	Cummins told two students he's a father figure to Elizabeth. He saw her as a close and best friend.
1:04.1	This is Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Police arrested Elizabeth's mom Kimberly Thomas
1:10.0	last year. They charged her with five counts of child abuse and neglect.
1:14.3	If a person was looking for a teenager that could be easily influenced, I would say she would be
1:21.0	more than definitely a track record. There are constant changes and updates, twist and turns.
1:29.3	In the case of the missing school girl Elizabeth Thomas kidnapped by her 50-year-old
1:35.2	health science teacher Tad Cummins married. Welcome to Crime Stories. I'm Nancy Grace. I want to thank
1:43.1	you for being with us. Today we are joined by very special guest, the elected district attorney
1:49.2	and Columbia Tennessee, who is overseeing this investigation. Brent Cooper is joining us.
1:56.7	Before we get started on the very latest, I want to thank our sponsor CrimeCon.
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