Teenager’s Abduction Turned Her Into A Different Person

He Took Psychological Control

Elizabeth’s father Anthony soon began to think something inappropriate was going on between his daughter and her teacher. Other family members believed that Tad Cummins was gaining psychological control over the teen girl. They also believed he had been manipulating her for some time before anyone noticed anything amiss.

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Her family later reflected on moments they might have missed and how terrifying the prospect was terrifying. Elizabeth’s big brother, James Thomas, 27, spoke to People about the situation. He spoke of how terrifying the situation had been saying, “He pretty much controlled every aspect of what she believed she could do and couldn’t do… that to me is terrifying, [that] he had that much control over her without anyone knowing.” It became clearly that this situation was not a spur of the moment thing but rather Tad Cummins had been slowly grooming Elizabeth over the period of many months.