TBI officials said they remain concerned about the girl’s safety because there have been so few sightings reported. Surveillance video appears to show Cummins putting gas in his silver Nissan before allegedly meeting up with Thomas on the morning she disappeared. Thomas’ and Cummins’ cellphones were turned off, CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reported from Columbia. About eight hours later, information obtained by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation placed the teenager about 70 miles away, in Decatur, Ala. A friend dropped her off at Shoney’s Restaurant in Columbia the morning of March 13, the day she was last seen. Thomas was last seen at a restaurant in Columbia, Tenn., last week, wearing black leggings and a flannel shirt.
She posted a quote about “Beauty and the Beast.” Cummins wrote: “Let’s do this.” On the day Thomas disappeared, both wrote cryptic messages on Instagram.
He faces charges of sexual contact with a minor and aggravated kidnapping, “CBS This Morning” reported. The teacher was fired a day after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert about the teen. In her letter, Love said the girl being in his classroom was a violation of the principal’s order to him. 3 by school principal Penny Love after the girl was seen in Cummins classroom for a little more than half an hour that day. The teacher would later be reprimanded on Feb. The report also recommended that the administration monitor Cummins’ classroom to make sure students weren’t there when they weren’t supposed to be.
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The report said the allegation could not be confirmed but recommended that the girl be taken out of Cummins’ forensics class and that he be reprimanded to uphold his professional responsibility as a teacher. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, WTVF-TV Surveillance photo released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation shows Tad Cummins, a suspect in the disappearance of a 15-year-old student The teacher, however, acknowledged that the girl was “a really good friend and she does leave her other classes to come see him when she needs someone to calm her down,” according to a school report dated Jan. The school’s investigative files provided to the father show that both Cummins and the girl denied kissing. School officials did send files to the father after the lawyer sent the letter. Marczak did not return a call seeking comment. Cummins should have been out the door until the police investigation was completed,” Whatley said. “My client’s position, respectfully, is that Mr.
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