![]() "And he told me no and not to do it 'cause it’d change who I was,' she recalled. "I was feeling real low, and I was wanting to get on anti-depressants and try to go to a therapist," she revealed to ABC. She said she even avoided therapy over his advice. However, things quickly took a turn for the worse, and Thomas said she fell for Cummins' charade because he made her feel like no one else could care for her as he did. Jill had even come out to say they thought of Thomas as their third child and that she believed the relationship between the teen and her husband was that of a parent and child. Cummins went on the run with Thomas in March 2017 (Source: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)Īccording to the Daily Mail, Thomas previously revealed in an interview with ABC's 20/20 that she became close with the teacher and his wife of 30 years, Jill Cummins, because the couple took her in after her mother was charged with child abuse and neglect over her and her sister. His defense team's argument that he should be given the minimum 10-year sentence because of his lack of a previous criminal record failed, though he did avoid the maximum possible sentence of 30 years. Predatory school teacher Tad Cummins, 52, has been sentenced in the abduction case that saw him coerce then-15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas to run away from home with him and force her to have sex with him every day.Ĭummins, who had previously pleaded guilty to obstructing justice and taking a minor across state lines for sex, was sentenced to 20 years in prison this past Wednesday, January 17, by US District Judge Aleta Trauga in Nashville.
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