Years after Elizabeth Thomas was groomed and abducted by a trusted teacher as a 15-year-old student in 2017, she breaks her silence for a Lifetime show.
They continued through Utah, Nevada and crossed into California, where they spent time in San Diego and Los Angeles, Noble said.
Thomas was returned to her family, but faced mounds of backlash from the community, which claimed she wanted to go with Cummins. "When I started school, you picked me out of the crowd," Thomas wrote in her victim impact statement that she read during Cummins' sentencing. "You made her feel safe and loved because you saw what she needed and made her believe you would be her ‘protector.’ I was at a point in my life where I needed to be protected the most. And when it came down to it, that was all a part of your plan. All you were was a man who wanted sex, and you manipulated me and used me just for that.
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