When Cummins exited the cabin around 9:30 a.m. Deputies set up a perimeter around the cabin and elected to wait until daylight to arrest Cummins as he exited the residence, according to the sheriff's department. Cummins and Elizabeth stayed there for two nights, Barry told 'GMA.'ĭuring that time, Barry said, he didn't talk to the pair much, but he noticed Cummins tried to 'keep her away' and 'was always dominating the conversation.'Īfter picking up on these 'clues' and realizing who they were, Barry said he immediately called 911.Īuthorities from the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department confirmed their location early Thursday morning. Cummins said they were running out of gas, food and money and they needed a place to stay, Barry told ' GMA.'īarry said he paid to fuel up their car, gave them an extra $40 in cash and set them up in the cabin on the property. Cummins told Barry their names were John and Joanna and that the teen was 24. Local resident Griffin Barry said in an interview Friday with ABC News' 'Good Morning America' that he came across Cummins and Elizabeth at the gas station earlier this week. It's located more than two hours away from the nearest town of Yreka, via a windy mountain road, and nearly 2,500 miles away from Elizabeth's home in Tennessee. The saloon in Cecilville has a gas pump and a small fridge with water and energy drinks for purchase using the honor system - a cash box kept inside the fridge.Ī few other cabins and run-down homes sparsely scatter the rural property.Ĭecilville is a remote area with little to no cell phone service in Siskiyou County. ABC News was told that Monk also has a working phone in his personal cabin. The cabins are located some 200 yards away from a not-fully running 'saloon,' which houses a working phone, indoor plumbing and electricity for the rural property. ABC News learned the cabins have no electricity or running water.ĪBC News also learned that a local man, who goes by the name 'Monk,' is paying for the development in the area, including the cabins, which are off a side road near a river. Both structures are very small and newly built, according to locals, with fresh wood and metal roofs. The cabin is situated next to another one that looks identical. The tiny cabin where authorities found former Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins and his 15-year-old student, Elizabeth Thomas, is nestled in the woods in a remote, mountainous area of inland, northernmost California near the Oregon border.ĪBC News traveled to Cecilville and was able to catch a glimpse of the isolated cabin where the pair stayed, although much of the area is cordoned off for the ongoing investigation.

Tad cummins latest news