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A former student of Tad Cummins shares a song the Tennessee teacher once serenaded her with. Dastiny Parrish tells Nancy Grace how Cummins courted her several years before he allegedly kidnapped 15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas. The prosecutor in the kidnap case also speculates the teacher has taken the student to Mexico, where he may be posing as a church missionary.
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Three years after Chase Massner vanished, his grieving mother calls on Nancy Grace to help find answers. Cobb County, Georgia, police are turning the case over to a cold case unit, but Grace tracks down key witnesses to retrace the Iraq War vet’s last known steps. She shares what she is finding over the next weeks in a special “Crime Stories” series. Nancy visits with Chase’s mom in this episode.
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The lawyer for Elizabeth Thomas’ dad tells Nancy Grace about “disturbing” new details suggesting the 15-year-old girl did not want to go with Tad Cummins. The former high school health teacher had an “extreme dark side” only being discovered after he allegedly kidnapped the girl, attorney Jason Whatley says. Grace talks with the family’s two lawyers about the search for Cummins and the hope he’ll let the child go in this episode.
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The disappearance of Chase Massner on March 27, 2014, has stumped police and devastated the Iraqi War vet’s family. As the probe is handed over to a cold case unit, Nancy Grace leads her own investigation at the request of Chase’s mom. She shares what she's finding over the next weeks in a special “Crime Stories” series, starting with episode 1 on the 3rd anniversary of Chase’s vanishing. (music by audionautix.com)
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The Tennessee teacher now on the run with a freshman student frequently gave the 15-year-old girl back rubs and held hands with her at school, according to the lawyer for the teen’s father. There is a nationwide lookout for Tad Cummins, 50, wanted for aggravated kidnapping of Elizabeth Thomas. Nancy Grace interviews attorney Jason Whatley in this episode.
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A prosecutor offers new clues suggesting Elizabeth Thomas did not leave voluntarily with former teacher Tad Cummins. The 15-year-old told her sister “if I’m not back by six o’clock tonight, call the police or come looking for me,” District Attorney Brent Cooper tells Nancy Grace. “My biggest fear is that she had changed her mind about going with Mr. Cummins and that she expressed that to him and he took her then forcefully,” he tells Nancy in this episode.
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While Elizabeth Thomas’ father complains he was never told a teacher was romantically involved with his daughter, it’s revealed Tad Cummins’ wife works for a high-ranking school official. Police fear the teacher and the 15-year-old girl may be hiding far away from their Tennessee hometown. They reveal Cummins had search the web for info on marrying a teen. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke look at the latest in this episode.
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An alarming number of kidnappings, rapes and murders have been linked to messaging applications that can easily be downloaded onto smartphones for free by pre-teens and teens. Police are warning about one especially popular mobile chat app called Kik, which the creator claims is used by 40% of US teens. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke explore the dangers in this episode.
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The male teacher who is on the run with a 10th grade girl could be “far away” from their Tennessee town hometown, according to investigators. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is calling on people across the country to keep an eye out for Tad Cummins and Elizabeth Thomas, who they think may be camping in rural areas to avoid being found. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke update the search for Cummins, 50, who is wanted for the aggravated kidnapping of Thomas, 15.
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A high school teacher is allegedly on the run with a 15-year-old female student and investigators warn he is armed and dangerous. Elizabeth Thomas was last seen stepping into Tad Cummins’ SUV at a Columbia, Tennessee gas station Monday. A nationwide Amber Alert was issued when police determined the teen was in extreme danger. Cummins lost his teaching job last month amid accusations about his close relationship to his student. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke take a close look at the investigation in this episode.
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