I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new co-case podcast, Zone 7.

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The case to find Elizabeth Thomas has gone cold and now one course that is hoping to widen the

net to bring Elizabeth home. We really need the public to realize that this young girl is in danger.

This is Carm Stories with Nancy Grace. Elizabeth was last seen in Columbia.

Investigators say that she is with Tad Cummins. TBI says that Cummins was a teacher.

She's 15. He's 50. He's now facing a charge in which the district attorney has confirmed her

to be the victim. Investigators are now going on the theory that Cummins has taken Elizabeth

either to an area outside the public or outside the southeast. They're missing. They could be

anywhere. We want her home. We want him and custody. If you see them, don't approach them.

Cummins may be armed. It has now been a week and still no sign of a school girl from Tennessee.

She is gone. Her high school teacher Tad Cummins now charged with kidnapping the little girl.

After another student reports seeing him kissing the little girl in class.

Everything has gone sideways. The case is cold and somewhere out there is a 50-year-old high school

teacher with a 15-year-old girl, a very vulnerable girl, and according to police, this guy is

armed with at least two guns. He is currently charged with aggravated kidnapping as well as

sex contact with a minor. In the last hours, the TBI gives a presser. Everyone, I'm Nancy Grace.

This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. Listen to what police have just said.

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