Found Safe TN - Mary Catherine Elizabeth Thomas, 15, Maury County, 13 March 2017 #2

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  • #121
Has anyone else read the comments section of this article...?

I found the comments by one going by a moniker starting with an "A" really interesting. The arguments sound like they're being made by someone who is very sympathetic to TC.

I Googled the Disqus screen name and found another comment made about this story on another site where the user responded to the possibility of a murder-suicide that, "Murder-suicides happen in unhappy marriages at home. Here he broke free." (It seems super specific.)

I know the thought is that they are off-grid, but maybe there's a possibility that either they or people they are close to are able to comment on the case.

Just a thought...IMO.


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Please report this to the tip line. The media outlet can provide the IP address which would give a general location (state and region) to the police if the police deem the info valuable.


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  • #122
IMO there's absolutely no evidence that Tad Cummins is BG. I'm sure the police know exactly what Tad was doing on 2-13 .
the images of BG are poor quality , he looks like every middle aged mid west man . There's no evidence that these two cases are connected at all. It's laughable because this isn't the only thread that someone said a perp looked like BG . It goes to show that we really have very little idea of what BG actually looked like.
 
  • #123
TBI are trying to put together a profile on TC this is a very interesting article
http://www.newschannel5.com/news/investigators-profile-suspect-in-amber-alert


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In one link here...I read TC taught health and in another I read forensics. Forensics in high school I thought was odd.
Does anyone know what subject he did teach?
Sorry, I don't have a link but I can search for it in a bit.

ETA This link says health science teacher so maybe I read forensics in an online link.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...issing-student-begs-return.html#ixzz4bvIAreUJ
 
  • #124
@ steelman, great post...good to see you here...
 
  • #125
I'm wondering....could TC have obtained fake ID's prior to March 13th? And could those fake ID's (and additional stolen/bogus identities like social security numbers) be used to have then obtained passports? I know this is a far-fetched theory but based on his IG posts of beaches in Bali and Atlantis in the Bahamas, I'm wondering how far he was willing to go with this plan. For example: TC picks up ET at 7:45am and they drive south to a major airport (like Atlanta) as TC knows he has a headstart on the authorities by at least six hours or so (in other words, his estimation of when others would notice ET was missing). Using tickets purchased under the fake ID's that match their fake passports, they get on a plane to the Caribbean or Mexico or some other tropical beach area that can be reached in a few hours from the southern US. By the time LE are looking for them, they're out of the country. No, I haven't yet figured out what TC did with the Nissan Rogue using that scenario plus there's probably a million other factors that blow this theory to bits but I'm just trying to come up something that would explain the lack of sightings while also addressing his obvious tropical beach fantasies.

Been following along and havent had much to add since others have done a super job knowing current state of case.

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I agree.
I too wonder about either airplane tickets or some place where there is a beach.
If he bought airplane tickets using wifes name then surely LE would have tracked him by now.

So leaning towards a campground or beach area like maybe a tourist place to blend in better. Like Myrtle Beach area or maybe as far south as the Florida Keys.

Some tourist places along the beach like the Keys he may have been able to get a motel under a fake name so long as he paid cash for the room.

Some tourist motel owners could have allowed him to stay if he offered them a week rent ahead of time and paid cash up front.

I think he took her someplace like that to keep her happy and enjoying her stay.

If he flew anywhere then it seems he would have had to used his wifes name on a joint account to buy plane tickets. I am not sure how successful he could have been with any sort of fake id trying to get plane tickets. Which makes me lean to driving somewhere.

If not warm beaches south like Myrtle or Florida then maybe he went to Canada.

I think he did something drastic IMO. A major drive or flight.
All JMO
 
  • #126
Got to thinking about what he and her took with them.

I really hope his wife checked what clothes and items he packed. That could give a good hint where they went.

For example if he packed a bathing suit. Same with her family. Hope they really checked what she took with her.

Its probably LE 101 to check those things but I sure hope the extended family members have really checked good to spot something unique they took that could hint where they went.

Anything like sun screen or bathing suits would be warm place and anything like coats or jackets they could have went north. Same with shoes. Did they take extra boots which could mean camping in a more wooded campground. Or flip flops could mean beach setting.
 
  • #127
I got the sense from ET instagram account that at times she seemed very depressed and hinted at being suicidal. Holding this young soul in the light and with prayer.


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The fact he took money is a good sign that they left to hide out together. Would not be a need for a lot of money if they had both planned to off themselves.

I have good hope they are just hiding out.

But I do think she is in grave danger if LE closes in on them. I am really afraid what he could do if he sees an arrest coming. I hope LE is able to surprise arrest to not give him chance to do anything stupid.
 
  • #128
Been following along and havent had much to add since others have done a super job knowing current state of case.

Re BBM

I agree.
I too wonder about either airplane tickets or some place where there is a beach.
If he bought airplane tickets using wifes name then surely LE would have tracked him by now.

So leaning towards a campground or beach area like maybe a tourist place to blend in better. Like Myrtle Beach area or maybe as far south as the Florida Keys.

Some tourist places along the beach like the Keys he may have been able to get a motel under a fake name so long as he paid cash for the room.

Some tourist motel owners could have allowed him to stay if he offered them a week rent ahead of time and paid cash up front.

I think he took her someplace like that to keep her happy and enjoying her stay.

If he flew anywhere then it seems he would have had to used his wifes name on a joint account to buy plane tickets. I am not sure how successful he could have been with any sort of fake id trying to get plane tickets. Which makes me lean to driving somewhere.

If not warm beaches south like Myrtle or Florida then maybe he went to Canada.

I think he did something drastic IMO. A major drive or flight.
All JMO
I also thought about the less obvious gulf shores, orange beach in AL.
 
  • #129
I also thought about the less obvious gulf shores, orange beach in AL.

Yes something like that would be a good spot for them to go.

I have a nagging feeling that he went to a place he had been before.

I really hope his wife is working closely with investigators and thinking of all possible good places he could have gone.

I really think he had to have been there before. He had to come up with a good idea to show off to her and be proud of his great idea. And the only place that could be would be a place he had been to before.

like "I know a great place and it will be perfect for us"
 
  • #130
Forensics is typically considered an extra curricular activity, and most schools don't require more than an adult willing to lead the class. We had many cheer coaches with no cheer experience, the same teacher that taught theater led the debate team, etc.
 
  • #131
I think the IG pictures of far off and exotic places are simply red herrings. They are hiding in the "backyard" and hoping you guys chase the bait. If anything, they have headed north to the border where it's easier to cross.


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  • #132
Tennessee manhunt: No sign of teacher and teenager
Other student saw two kissing


By MADISON PARK AND ELIOTT C. MCLAUGHLIN , CNN

Posted: 7:08 AM, March 21, 2017
Updated: 8:07 AM, March 21, 2017

(CNN) - Despite hundreds of tips, authorities still don't know the whereabouts of a 15-year-old Tennessee teenager and her former high school teacher, who is charged in her abduction.

Tad Cummins, 50, who taught forensics at a high school in Culleoka, Tennessee, and Elizabeth Thomas, a freshman, have not been seen for more than a week, leading police to believe that he may be hiding her or that they have fled far from the state, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations.

They vanished on March 13, weeks after another student reported seeing the two kissing...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/tennessee-manhunt-no-sign-of-teacher-and-teenager
 
  • #133
In one link here...I read TC taught health and in another I read forensics. Forensics in high school I thought was odd.
Does anyone know what subject he did teach?
Sorry, I don't have a link but I can search for it in a bit.

ETA This link says health science teacher so maybe I read forensics in an online link.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...issing-student-begs-return.html#ixzz4bvIAreUJ
He was also over the HOSA which is students in the Health and occupational science association IIRC this is how he first met ET

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  • #134
Another thing to keep in mind is that she may be driving the vehicle. I'm not sure what the age is in TN to have a license or permit, but 15 yrs old is when most kids get their license where I live.

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  • #135
I'd guess that Cummins is clean shaven and looks about 20 years younger at this point, mainly thanks to the hair dye. Him and ET may have shared that package of Clairol. Publishing pictures of him when he was about 30 years old and clean shaven would be a good idea if such pictures exist.
 
  • #136
Another thing to keep in mind is that she may be driving the vehicle. I'm not sure what the age is in TN to have a license or permit, but 15 yrs old is when most kids get their license where I live.

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Tn is 15 also you have to carry it a minimum of 6 months no matter what age you get it. You also have to have decent grades and attendence so the school has to sign off as well as your parent.

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  • #137
For those of us that followed the Indiana murder thread the last thing we need is another blurry image to try to look at.

With that said can anyone make out what he is carrying in his arms in the third photo down.

I see a teddy bear at the top of the pile and that is about the only thing I can make out.

Its too bad it is not clearer as his items should hint to where they went. Sorry if this has been discussed before.
The teddy bear speaks to his grooming the girl.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3139214/tad-cummins-elizabeth-thomas-alleged-kidnap/
 
  • #138
Tn is 15 also you have to carry it a minimum of 6 months no matter what age you get it. You also have to have decent grades and attendence so the school has to sign off as well as your parent.

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At this point, I'm kind of doubting that they are concerned with such trivial rules.


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SIL has released new photos one shows blond hair one brunette for reference.

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