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Elizabeth Thomas is being welcomed home to Columbia, Tennessee with signs and banners.

Her family says she is comfortable and resting but has suffered severe emotional trauma.

I'm just so overjoyed to have her home that she's safe.

This is Harm Stories with Nancy Grace.

The 15-year-old and her former teacher were found more than 2,000 miles away in a remote

cavity in Northern California with no electricity or running water.

They said they're from Colorado on the inside of the house fire.

They pulled me aside at one point in the minute statement that he was glad that this was all over.

His sister says he doesn't believe he kidnapped Elizabeth.

I asked him why, why would he do this?

And the answer to him is that she wanted to run away and she wanted to leave

and he didn't want her to go alone so he went with her so that he could know that she was safe.

This is Crime Stories. I'm Nancy Grace.

Thank you for being with us.

We have just obtained court documents in the divorce proceedings of kidnapped girl,

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