Teacher And Student Found On The Run

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

California police arrested the 50-year-old Tennessee teacher who five weeks ago eloped with one of his 15-year-old students, sparking nationwide persecution.

Josh Devine, spokesman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told People that “someone in California saw them and called the authorities. That is the power of the public in a situation like this, in an amber alert."

At the moment it is known that Tad Cummins, who had been on the run with his student Elizabeth Thomas since March 13, was discovered with her in a cabin in Cecilville, a town near the Oregon border, about two hours from the police station. nearest police station.

The case of the teacher who fled with his young student generated national interest due to the unusual nature of the situation. Initially, Cummins' wife and daughters asked him through the media to return, but as more details of his relationship with the student he was supposed to help were released, his wife filed for divorce.

Among those rugged details are that, according to authorities, Cummins "groomed" Thomas for months and was even suspended from his job after he was allegedly caught kissing her in the middle of school.

After being fired, he escaped with the teenager five weeks ago, prompting authorities to issue an arrest warrant for him on charges of aggravated kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor.

Upon learning that the young woman had been found to be in good physical condition, her sister Kat Bozeman expressed relief. "We are absolutely thrilled and blessed to have her safe and on her way home," she told People. "It's amazing. This is the best day we could have imagined."