HALEIGH CUMMINGS - 5 yo - Satsuma FL - The Beginning

I sincerely hope this little girl returns home unharmed. I do not think the Dad's girlfriend has the "smarts" to do anything to Haliegh herself, but there is a possiblity that she was out when Haleigh went missing. She's only 17 years old, she was probably out with friends, or another guy.....she knew her boyfriend wouldn't be home until 3am.

Prime News 2/17/2009

PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1jzZU8LWCk
PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XNNGTC_JgI
PART 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtzjSJyzf6c
PART 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g81pKQ-Zqk0

[quote="princessmean1"]I heard about this "slip" that Misty made in another interview (WJXT) Listen to what Misty says around the 50sec mark into the interview, she says "my blanket was in the VAN that THEY TOOK". Before that she said THEY. Who in the heck is THEY? here is the link.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTl4PUY6o_E[/quote]

I thought this was referring to the police van (blankets they took as a scent for the dogs)... but even that doesn't make sense, because the blanket would have been taken after Haleigh was missing and the police arrived. Misty claimed that "because the blanket was in the van" that she had to wash another one that Haleigh had peed on. That would not make sense, as the "van blanket" would have still been at the house, since Haleigh had not gone missing yet and the police had not yet been called. Sorry for the rambling... but this slip-up caught me too!

Girlfriend Under Investigation In Haleigh Case

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 – updated: 10:04 am EST February 18, 2009

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- Eyewitness News discovered that the Putnam County Sheriff's Office is investigating Ronald Cummings' girlfriend, who claimed that she was at home and sleeping when Haleigh Cummings was taken. But a tip puts the spot light on the 17-year-old girlfriend.

The most recent information investigators got was that Ronald Cummings' girlfriend, Misty Croslin, may not have been home when Haleigh disappeared from her Satusum house early last week.

In a news conference Wednesday, Putnam County Sheriff's Office Capt. Dick Schauland says the information is one of the 1,200 tips that investigators are looking into. He says he doesn't know if it panned out. He says detectives have interviewed family members and girlfriend Misty Croslin several times.

"We will take any lead, any place, anytime," said Dominick Pape of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

On CNN, Tuesday night, Haleighs paternal grandmother, Terese Neves, spoke out in support of the 17-year-old's story.

INTERVIEW: Haleigh's Grandmother On Nancy Grace

"I believe someone went into the house and took her. I believe they either know my grandchildren and my family or Haleigh's mother's family," said Neves.

Sheriff's deputies also said they have the pink shirt that Haleigh was thought to be wearing when she disappeared.

"What we now need people to focus on is this face because we do not know at this time what the clothing was at this point," said Pape.

The massive search for Haleigh was scaled back this week. Deputies do not want to say too much in fear of jeopardizing the investigation, but confirmed they set up a road block this week and interviewed at least 300 neighbors in the area.

"We've got a life of a 5-year-old girl at stake," he said.

Another prayer vigil was held Tuesday night, at the Dunns Creek Baptist Church in Putnam County.

Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings and the little girl's mother, Crystal Sheffield sat side by side while the community came together to comfort them.

"I care for the people even though I don't know them," said one neighbor.

http://www.wftv.com/news/18738704/detail.html#-

Since the press conference this afternoon, the father, grandmother and the mother of Haleigh have been taken to the sheriff's office:

http://www.firstcoastnews.com:80/news/breaking/news-article.aspx?storyid=131632&catid=17

(From the article)
SATSUMA, FL -- The mother, father and grandmother of Haleigh Cummings made a swift visit to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office Wednesday afternoon.

Marie Griffis, Haleigh's grandmother, told First Coast News that deputies had told her to pick up Crystal Sheffield, Haleigh's mother, and take her to the Sheriff's Office.

Griffis left in a hurry, according to First Coast News Chief Investigative reporter Jackelyn Barnard.

Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, was taken there by the lead detective in the case.

The flurry of activity came hours after a news conference where investigators announced little except the tip about Misty Croslin not being at the house when Haleigh vanished.

Capt. Dick Schauland said the tip is one of 1,200 under investigation.

Marie Griffis says the family is taking the tip with a grain of salt until detectives can say whether it's valid.

There still isn't an update on this. All I can think of at this point is Misty confessed to something and they needed to tell the parents privately. Given the temper displays we've seen from the father, they are probably keeping him there until he calms down.

If they had found Haleigh, they would've announced it hours ago, wouldn't they? :king:

Found this on the firstcoast blog:

Two pieces of information from www.news4jax.com:

http://www.news4jax.com/news/18742867/detail.html

"For the first time Wednesday, officials confirmed that a vehicle was seized and processed for evidence, but would not discuss whose vehicle it was or what they may have learned in the search."

That is positive. I wonder who's vehicle it is?

Just in:

SATSUMA, FL -- Family members of Ronald Cummings say he got into a fight with another man over a gun one day before his daughter disappeared.

A relative told First Coast News Cummings accused the other man of stealing a gun. The relative could not remember the name of the man or where the fight happened.

The relative said the man disappeared the next day and the gun was found in a ditch.

No word on the type of gun, but on the night Haleigh disappeared, Cummings told responding deputies he had a 9 mm Beretta handgun and would kill the person who had taken his child.

Authorities would not comment on the claim.

An FBI expert told First Coast News with the investigation at this stage, authorities take a really close look at anything unusual in the hours, days and weeks before a child's disappearance.

Admin wrote:(From the article)
SATSUMA, FL -- The mother, father and grandmother of Haleigh Cummings made a swift visit to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office Wednesday afternoon.

Marie Griffis, Haleigh's grandmother, told First Coast News that deputies had told her to pick up Crystal Sheffield, Haleigh's mother, and take her to the Sheriff's Office.

Griffis left in a hurry, according to First Coast News Chief Investigative reporter Jackelyn Barnard.

Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, was taken there by the lead detective in the case.

The flurry of activity came hours after a news conference where investigators announced little except the tip about Misty Croslin not being at the house when Haleigh vanished.

Capt. Dick Schauland said the tip is one of 1,200 under investigation.

Marie Griffis says the family is taking the tip with a grain of salt until detectives can say whether it's valid.

well, if the tips are accurate, she wasn't even home when the baby disappeared and the paternal grandmother said she saw them all at 7pm - but no one can confirm when this girl was home, and therefore, they can't confirm when she was actually missing.

Car Taken Into Custody In Haleigh Case



Thursday, February 19, 2009 – updated: 7:56 am EST February 19, 2009PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- The search for missing 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings is in its tenth day. Eyewitness News has learned that a car was taken into custody by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, but they are not revealing where or when it was taken.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office will follow up on more tips Thursday. Each day more tips and leads come into the sheriff's office.

"There was a tip earlier on which we had processed for evidence. But we do not want to get into any of the details on that, but it was processed by FDLE," said Dominick Pape of the FDLE. "At this point in time, we don't want to give out any more information reference that vehicle."

Detectives were tight-lipped when it came to giving detailed information on clues and tips that they're getting. They said releasing specifics could jeopardize the investigation.

The sheriff's office continues to question Ronald Cumming's live-in girlfriend, Misty Croslin. There were questions about whether or not she was home when Haliegh was abducted early last week.

Haliegh's mother, Crystal Sheffield spoke with WFTV reporter Mark Boyle about the possibility that no one was caring for her daughter.

RAW INTERVIEWS: Mother Speaks Out | Haleigh's Great Grandmother

"For her to leave them there unattended by themselves, that's just irresponsible," she said.

Annette Sykes is Haleigh's great grandmother. She said people should be searching for the little girl and not shifting the focus to Misty.

"I know everybody makes a big deal, she's only 17 and that's true, but she's a lot more mature than a lot of people that I have seen and that I know that are 25 and 30," Sykes said.

Sykes remembers seeing Haleigh hours before she was abducted.

"She was sitting on the front porch when we drove up and junior was just sitting up there with a plate in the lap eating," she said.

The sheriff's office also continues to talk to Haleigh's father. Eyewitness News was there when Ronald Cummings got into the front seat of a detectives car Wednesday.

"Are we frustrated? Absolutely. We wish we had this resolved on day one within three hours," said Cummings.

Nancy Grace 2/17/2009

PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdSxBDsCqS4
PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrw5xI4egrQ
PART 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-WToKgOB3M
PART 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDLF94Vlhj8
PART 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xODCZlzoZwI
PART 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZ4h9B3c5I
PART 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7vTqV-MzFA

Transcript: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0902/17/ng.01.html

PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocNnzR9IOaw
PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPI4UROyQs
PART 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DC5UnDdsWI
PART 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynkHhgIPkys

Transcript: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0902/17/ijvm.01.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E01D2wHv2og

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzrqLqnlnMI

http://www.firstcoastnews.com:80/news/amberalerts/news-article.aspx?storyid=131661&catid=295




SATSUMA, FL -- Family members of Ronald Cummings say he got into a fight with another man over a gun one day before his daughter disappeared.

A relative told First Coast News Cummings accused the other man of stealing a gun. The relative could not remember the name of the man or where the fight happened.

The relative said the man disappeared the next day and the gun was found in a ditch.

No word on the type of gun, but on the night Haleigh disappeared, Cummings told responding deputies he had a 9 mm Beretta handgun and would kill the person who had taken his child.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE ON SEARCH FOR HALEIGH

Authorities would not comment on the claim.

An FBI expert told First Coast News with the investigation at this stage, authorities take a really close look at anything unusual in the hours, days and weeks before a child's disappearance.

VIDEO: http://www.cfnews13.com/MediaPlayer2/MediaPlayer.htm?video=MISSINGGIRLPRESS219W_021920090352&cat=Local&title=Missing%20Girl%20Press%20Conference)

SATSUMA -- At an afternoon press conference Thursday, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said Misty Croslin, 17, the girlfriend of Haleigh's father Ronald Cummings, is being questioned again.

They also said Timothy Randall Loucakis, a sexual predator who lives about a mile away from the girl, has been arrested for a curfew violation. However, they said there is nothing linking him to Haleigh's disappearance.

Deputies said he was home Feb. 9 when Haleigh disappeared. They wanted to question him, but said they have no reason to believe he may be involved in the case.

Read more . . . .

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/2/19/amber_alert_was_haleigh_home_alone.html

local news reported that misti's cousin/relative was visiting and returned to knoxville tn after haleigh disappeared - the sheriff didn't confirm this nor did he confirm if the relative was a sex offender.

also, a haleight sighting in knoxville was reported but not confirmed

oviedo45 wrote:local news reported that misti's cousin/relative was visiting and returned to knoxville tn after haleigh disappeared - the sheriff didn't confirm this nor did he confirm if the relative was a sex offender.

also, a haleight sighting in knoxville was reported but not confirmed

I still haven't heard anymore about the van "they" supposedly took. In one of Misti's interviews she stated that the blanket was in the "van they took". Nobody has mentioned this and I've sent emails to a couple reporters about it. Makes me go hmmmm...............

Sheriff: Arrested Sex Offender Not Linked To Missing Girl

Thursday, February 19, 2009 – updated: 6:42 pm EST February 19,
2009ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- The Putnam County Sheriff's Office held a press conference Thursday afternoon (watch it)
to announce that a sex offender, who lives within a mile of Haleigh
Cumming's home, was arrested, but said the arrest is not in connection
with
the 5-year-old's disappearance."I'm not going to excluded anybody from
being not involved," Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy said.Sheriff
Jeff Hardy said an arrest was made of 50-year-old Timothy Randolph
Loucakis, a sex offender who lives near the home Haleigh disappeared
from. When asked, he said the press conference was called because
inquiries were being made about the arrest and, while they don't
believe Loucakis to be connected to the disappearance, they wanted to
get the information out."We
did go back on the evening that Haleigh disappeared and looked at the
monitoring and he was within his home zone," Hardy said.Hardy
said Loucakis was arrested Wednesday night after violating the
restrictions of his "home zone." Loucakis is under GPS monitoring and
law enforcement was informed that he was not at his own home during the
10:00pm-6:00am curfew window as required. Hardy said they do know where
he was, due to the GPS monitor, and they plan to do a precautionary
search of that area.Hardy also said Loucakis was the first sex
offender in the area interviewed immediately after Haleigh's
disappearance and said his home was searched.Eyewitness News
also learned Thursday, detectives say Misty Croslin's cousin was in
town the night Haleigh disappeared. There are questions about what role
he may have played in the disappearance. After the little girl
vanished, he took off to Tennessee."I can tell you that we
aren't going to confirm whether or not he is a sex offender or
predator. But have we been in contact? Yes," Hardy said.At noon
Thursday, 17-year-old Misty was escorted to a car with two detectives.
She had to put out her smoke before getting into the backseat, but
didn't answer any questions.Minutes later, her boyfriend, Ronald Cummings, spoke out about her (watch it)."I
don't have any suspicions of anybody," Ronald said of Misty. "Anybody
could have done anything. Obviously, if I knew what was going on, I
would have my daughter."There are also reports of a Haleigh
sighting in Knoxville, Tennessee. When asked if that is confirmed, the
sheriff said that information has not been validated yet.
FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN TENT DURING SEARCHEyewitness News spoke with Haleigh's family Thursday about how they are coping. They are living in a tent, about 15-by-15 (see images).
Coolers are full of water and drinks and inside is where the family is
living, because their mobile home down the street is still a crime
scene.New information was released Thursday about the pink shirt
Haleigh was last reported wearing. Ronald Cummings' grandmother,
Annette Sykes, told Eyewitness News earlier this week deputies allowed
Misty
Croslin back inside the mobile home where Haleigh was abducted.At a
press conference Thursday afternoon, Ronald Cummings pleaded for his
daughter's safe return.NEWS CONFERENCE: Haleigh's Father Speaks
THE TENT: See Images Of Tent Family Is Living In
RAW INTERVIEWS: Haleigh's Mother | Great Grandmother"Yes,
I do have a message for whoever has taken Haleigh. I would ask that you
please, please bring my daughter home. She's not yours, not your
property. She's not something that you just take and say, 'It's mine.'
This is my daughter, this is blood and I would like to have my daughter
back please. Please bring my daughter home," he pleaded.Sykes
said the 17-year-old girlfriend found the pink shirt in the home, but
the sheriff's office won't confirm where it was found. Meanwhile, the
family
is still camped out in the neighborhood."It's not home, but it's good.
I mean it's dry, basically, it's out of the sun," Sykes said.But
on a rainy Thursday in Putnam County, water poured through the cracks
of a tent donated by a funeral home. The fire department donated a
propane tank to keep them warm on cool nights and the family is taking
shifts sleeping on mattresses."Waiting on Haleigh to come home.
This is as close to the house as we can get really and the gentleman
here was nice enough to let us put this up in his yard," Sykes said.That
gentleman is also allowing Haleigh's family to run cable to the tent so
they can watch a big, color, flat screen TV. There's also food, drinks,
and chairs for guests.As for the investigation into Haleigh's
whereabouts, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office is still following up
on more than 1,300leads. Haleigh's great grandmother said she'll be
sleeping
under the stars until the little girl comes home."We'll be right here
waiting," she said.Haleigh's little brother, Junior, is sleeping at a
family home about six miles away.

http://www.wftv.com/news/18752473/detail.html#-

WFTV Viewer Donates Camper To Haleigh's Father



Friday, February 20, 2009 – updated: 7:04 am EST February 20, 2009PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- An Eyewitness News viewer decided to donate a camper to Haleigh's father, who is presently living in a tent, while investigators search for the little girl.

The camper will be arriving Friday for Ronald Cummings to live in. Cummings moved into the tent when his home became a crime scene.


FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN TENT DURING SEARCH

Eyewitness News spoke with Haleigh's family Thursday about how they are coping. They are living in a tent, about 15-by-15 (see images). Coolers are full of water and drinks and inside is where the family is living, because their mobile home down the street is still a crime scene.

New information was released Thursday about the pink shirt Haleigh was last reported wearing. Ronald Cummings' grandmother, Annette Sykes, told Eyewitness News earlier this week deputies allowed Misty Croslin back inside the mobile home where Haleigh was abducted.

At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Ronald Cummings pleaded for his daughter's safe return.

NEWS CONFERENCE: Haleigh's Father Speaks
THE TENT: See Images Of Tent Family Is Living In
RAW INTERVIEWS: Haleigh's Mother | Great Grandmother

"Yes, I do have a message for whoever has taken Haleigh. I would ask that you please, please bring my daughter home. She's not yours, not your property. She's not something that you just take and say, 'It's mine.' This is my daughter, this is blood and I would like to have my daughter back please. Please bring my daughter home," he pleaded.

Sykes said the 17-year-old girlfriend found the pink shirt in the home, but the sheriff's office won't confirm where it was found. Meanwhile, the family is still camped out in the neighborhood.

"It's not home, but it's good. I mean it's dry, basically, it's out of the sun," Sykes said.

But on a rainy Thursday in Putnam County, water poured through the cracks of a tent donated by a funeral home. The fire department donated a propane tank to keep them warm on cool nights and the family is taking shifts sleeping on mattresses.

"Waiting on Haleigh to come home. This is as close to the house as we can get really and the gentleman here was nice enough to let us put this up in his yard," Sykes said.

That gentleman is also allowing Haleigh's family to run cable to the tent so they can watch a big, color, flat screen TV. There's also food, drinks, and chairs for guests.

As for the investigation into Haleigh's whereabouts, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office is still following up on more than 1,300leads. Haleigh's great grandmother said she'll be sleeping under the stars until the little girl comes home.

"We'll be right here waiting," she said.

Haleigh's little brother, Junior, is sleeping at a family home about six miles away.

Thank you for posting this Mom! I'm glad someone finally stepped up to help this family!

Haleigh Cummings


by oviedo45 Today at 8:46 amlocal
news reported the family is in a tent because they want to be right
next to the command center, and they cannot return to the trailer. the
other child is staying with family members nearby. local firefighters
have donated heaters, and others have set up electricity, a flat panel
tv, sheriff's office has set up coolers for them, etc. i think they
want to be in the donated tent because it puts them right there, where
they can see and hear everything going on with the investigation.

the
today show had misti on - she doesn't speak very kindly of the relative
who fled after haleigh disappeared, and apparently he has been
questioned.

tip was she was seen at carraba's in knoxville -and the cousin lives there

Girlfriend's Cousin Under Investigation In Haleigh Case



Friday, February 20, 2009 – updated: 8:46 am EST February 20, 2009PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- The Putnam County Sherriff's Office says that the FBI is investigating Misty Croslin's cousin.

Eyewitness News learned Thursday, that Misty Croslin's cousin was in town the night Haleigh disappeared. There are questions about what role he may have played in the disappearance. After the little girl vanished, he took off to Tennessee.

WFTV reporter Mark Boyle briefly spoke with Misty Croslin about her cousin.