Efforts to determine what vehicle they were traveling in remain ongoing,' authorities said in a release.ħ. The same images show Elizabeth may currently have red hair. 'The surveillance images of Cummins and Thomas – the first obtained by investigators since the alleged kidnapping on March 13th – clearly show Tad Cummins with an altered appearance to darken his hair. On March 30, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released a video footage showing the pair at a Wal-Mart store in Oklahoma City on March 15. Amid Cummins' disappearance along with his teenage student, his wife, Jill, filed for divorce last month citing “irreconcilable differences” and alleged he was “guilty of inappropriate marital conduct.”Ħ. Read: New Details Emerge On Tennessee Teacher Suspected Of Kidnapping Teen Elizabeth Thomasĥ. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation listed Cummins under the state’s “Top 10 Most Wanted” for the suspected abduction of Elizabeth. The incident was later reported to authorities.Ĥ. 23 showed a student saw Cummins and Elizabeth kissing. After doubts were raised of her ex-teacher being involved in her abduction, Maury County’s Culleoka Unit School - where Elizabeth is a student - fired Cummins from his job as a health science teacher.ģ. Elizabeth went missing on March 13 prompting Tennessee law enforcement authorities to issue an Amber Alert for the teen.Ģ.

As new details continue to emerge in the kidnapping of the 15-year-old, here are some quick details that have surfaced so far about the case.ġ. The search for missing teen Elizabeth Thomas and her alleged kidnapper Tad Cummins, who was her former teacher, has been ongoing for weeks. If a motion for relief is filed, the government will respond in 14 days.Tad Cummins and Elizabeth Thomas, who disappeared March 13, are seen in this photo taken in January 2017. On Friday, the court appointed the Federal Public Defender’s Office to determine whether Cummins is entitled to relief. He also notes that he has been consistently attending Christian worship services during his incarceration.Ĭummins says his medical issues “pose a clear and present danger” to his health and life and that these reasons in addition to his conduct behind bars should be taken into account for immediate release or release to serve in home confinement at his daughter’s house in Columbia. Cummins also stated that he suffers from allergies and “a daily pain from an old neck fracture.”Ĭummins says that he has not received any disciplinary infractions since being incarcerated and has worked the entire time in education as a tutor for GED and ESL classes. I also suffer from gastroesophogeal reflux disease and am prescribed Omeprazole 20mg daily,” said Cummins in his appeal letter. I suffer from obesity, and the COVID-19 lockdown has completely derailed my effort to develop an exercise program to address this problem. “I presently suffer from severe hypertension and am currently being treated with three daily medications: Lisinopril 40mg, Amlodipine 5mg, and Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg. In a letter written to federal judge Aleta Trauger, and provided to News 2, Tad Cummins asked for “immediate release or release to home confinement under the CARES Act.” Cummins also appealed to Trauger that he falls under the category “of individuals considered high risk of death from the COVID-19 virus.”

(WKRN) - A former Maury County teacher sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2017 kidnapping of his 15-year-old student wants to be released due to COVID-19 concerns.

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