He would tell students that he had been in the FBI, the CIA and the military and "had the ability to get lost," Noble said. Culleoka is a community about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of Nashville near the Alabama line. Cummins decided to use the name Castro because it was a Hispanic name and he thought they would be better off portraying themselves as having that heritage if they were going south of the border.Ĭummins, a respiratory therapist by training, was a mentor to students at the Culleoka Unit School and kids would often go to him with their problems, the FBI agent said. A federal judge on Friday ordered a Tennessee schoolteacher accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old student held until trial, saying he is a. They tried to kayak from San Diego to Mexico, but the waters were too treacherous, Noble said, decided it was too risky going into Mexico on foot. Testimony at the detention and preliminary hearing showed that Cummins spent $1,500 on a two-seat kayak, and he and the student used it to try to get to Mexico. In the days before he left with the girl, Noble said, Cummins had actually looked up teen marriage and age of consent on the internet.
News Sports Counties Business Music Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. They decided to call themselves John and Joanne Castro and tell people that they were married, and he was 40 and she 24, the FBI agent testified. Tad Cummins was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a nationwide manhunt for him and a 15-year-old student.
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That included, testimony showed, disabling his GPS on his vehicle, switching out license plates, and Cummins and the girl throwing their cellphones in the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama, so they wouldn't be tracked. She said Cummins had abused his position of authority as a teacher and she noted all the ways he tried to evade police.
"Here the evidence of danger is substantial," Holmes said. Tad Cummins, a former Tennessee teacher accused of running off with a 15-year-old student to California, prompting a coast to coast search, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, officials said. Ultimately, Elizabeth bravely stood up in court and helped send the teacher she once trusted to prison.U.S. Tad Cummins, former Tennessee teacher, sentenced to 20 years in student's kidnapping. "After enduring sexual abuse at the hands of Cummins, Elizabeth was left to face those in her home town who thought that she was responsible for her own kidnapping. Cummins is pictured at right in a booking photo. Elizabeth’s abduction set off a nationwide manhunt and her over month-long ordeal came to an end when the pair was discovered in northern California and Cummins was arrested. A federal judge has sentenced Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins, 52, who went on the run for weeks with a 15-year-old student, to 20 years in prison.
"Making her feel safe and loved, he groomed Elizabeth for months, and ultimately coerced her to go on the run with him after another student reported seeing him kiss Elizabeth. "Elizabeth Thomas (Summer Howell) was just a 15-year-old high schooler who wanted to make friends when she caught the eye of Tad Cummins (Michael Fishman), a trusted, beloved and married high school teacher," the film's description reads. He continues to serve his sentence today. Thomas' story made headlines for years, and now, it's being retold in a new Lifetime film, My Teacher: The Elizabeth Thomas Story. In the eventual legal proceedings that followed, Tad Cummins was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the counts of sxual assault and kidnapping. 2 Elizabeth Thomas was kidnapped by Tad Cummins at the age of 15 Credit: TBI How can I watch Abducted by My Teacher: The Elizabeth Thomas Story?
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