Cummins had he not brought his presence to our attention. Two loaded handguns were found in the cabin, according to the sheriff's department. Deputies set up a perimeter around the cabin and elected to wait until the morning to arrest Cummins as he exited the residence, according to the sheriff's department.Īs daylight broke, Cummins surrendered without incident and Elizabeth was safely recovered by law enforcement officers, according to the TBI. The car was then kept under surveillance for several hours.Īuthorities from the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department found the pair at the isolated cabin early Thursday morning, nearly 2,500 miles away from their homes in Tennessee. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department in California had received a similar tip, Devine said.Īfter investigators located a Nissan Rogue, they were able to confirm through its vehicle identification number that it belonged to Cummins. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) public information officer Josh Devine said they received a call to their tip line about a possible sighting of the duo around 11 p.m. Meanwhile, an Amber Alert had been issued for Elizabeth. The former teacher was also added to Tennessee’s 10 most wanted list. On the day Cummins vanished with the girl, he left a note for his wife saying he was leaving for a while to “clear his head.” He took out a $4,500 loan and picked up two prescription refills of Cialis, an erectile dysfunction drug, a criminal complaint states.Cummins was wanted on allegations of aggravated kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor. Cummins’ sentence should be 38 years in prison – one year for each day he kept me away from my family.” Tad Cummins is a sick, disgusting criminal. For the last two years, I’ve been picking myself up, piece by piece, and proving to myself that I am much, much stronger than you convinced me I was. You preyed upon a vulnerable girl and robbed her childhood. I don’t know that any words could ever accurately express how much pain I have suffered and continue to suffer because of you. Cummins, what you did to me is unspeakable. They are still an ongoing struggle that I experience one day, and sometimes even one moment, at a time in my life. The effects have been devastating and permanent, and they are not over. “It is very difficult for me to stand here and fully describe the impact that Mr.

Here is a portion of her statement, which was eventually read by a prosecutor, according to CNN affiliate WKRN: The girl attended Wednesday’s hearing and broke down in tears when she was called to read her impact statement. They were on the run for 39 days, posing as husband and wife as they traveled some 1,900 miles away from the girl’s hometown of Culleoka, Tennessee. “We feel good about it.”Ĭummins was arrested in April 2017 and the then 15-year-old girl was found safe at a remote cabin in Northern California. “Today we got justice for a brave victim,” Don Cochran, US attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, told reporters outside a Nashville federal courthouse on Wednesday. Tad Cummins, former Tennessee teacher, indicted on federal charges Tad Cummins was charged with kidnapping 15-year old Elizabeth Thomas.

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