Tennessee teacher had been reported kissing missing student
NASHVILLE — A teacher accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old female student in Tennessee had been investigated by the school system after another student reported seeing him kiss the girl, a lawyer for the missing girl’s family said.
Yet according to attorney Jason Whatley and school records, teacher Tad Cummins was allowed to continue working at Tennessee’s Culleoka Unit School for two weeks. Culleoka is about 60 miles south of Nashville near the Alabama state line.
Student Elizabeth Thomas was last seen March 13 and is believed to be with the 50-year-old teacher, authorities said.
In late January, another student saw the teacher kissing the girl on the lips, school records Whatley provided to The Associated Press show.