Haleigh Cummings
Haleigh Cummings – Florida police are searching for a 5-year-old girl named Haleigh Cummings – aka Hailey Cummings – who disappeared from her mobile home late Monday night.
An Amber Alert was issued shortly after Haleigh Cummings vanished from her bed in her Putnam County, Florida, home, police said.
Authorities launched a massive search for Haleigh in this rural county about 80 miles north of Orlando but had found no trace of the little girl by Tuesday evening.
Ronald Cummings, who is in his 20s, was working Monday night for a company that builds bridges, and his girlfriend, Misty Croslin, 17, woke up and realized Haleigh was missing just before he returned home about 3:30 a.m., according to Lt. Johnny Greenwood of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.
Croslin alerted authorities while Ronald Cummings began to search for his daughter. He was soon joined by 130 officers from several law-enforcement agencies withbloodhounds and helicopters.
The double-wide trailer on Green Lane where Haleigh lived with her father, Croslin and a 2-year-old brother showed no sign of forced entry, according to Lt. Johnny Greenwood of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. A back door was ajar, sheriff’s Capt. Steve Rose said.
The girl’s mother was at her home in Georgia when Haleigh disappeared. It’s too early, Greenwood said, to say whether a stranger kidnapped Haleigh.
“At this point, all we know is that we have a missing little girl,” he said.
Her father said he thinks that a man snatched Haleigh from her bed.
“All I want is my child … please … all I want is my child,” Ronald Cummings told reporters, his voice breaking.
Ronald Cummings’ girlfriend, Misty Croslin, was the first to discover that the child was missing and called 911.
Haleigh had been put to bed at 8 p.m., the girl’s grandparents told reporters Wednesday. Croslin went to the bathroom two hours later and returned to find the child missing, grandmother Marie Griffis said.
Putman County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Jason Nettles told reporters that amassive manhunt for Haleigh was under way Wednesday morning, with more helicopter searches planned as well as extensive searches on the ground using K-9 units.
Nettles said Tuesday he didn’t have information on whether or not Haleigh Cummings’ father, Ronald Cummings, and girlfriend are suspects in her disappearance.
“I don’t know that for sure,” he told media representatives.
“The girlfriend and the father are cooperating with police,” Special Agent Steve Donaway of the Florida Dept of Law Enforcement told reporters on Tuesday.
“It could be an abduction. We’re looking at it from all angles,” Donaway said. Leads have been minimal, he said, and investigators are asking for the public’s help.
Haleigh was reported missing after her father’s girlfriend told police she discovered the child wasn’t in her bed about 3 a.m. Tuesday.
Cummings said his girlfriend was awake and frantic after she found the child was gone.
The woman said the back door to the residence was not locked at the time. Police found the door to the trailer home unlocked when they arrived, but there was no sign of forced entry, according to Donaway.
Several registered sex offenders reportedly live in the vicinity of the missing girl’s home in Satsuma, Fla. Donaway said they’ve all been identified, and either have been or will be interviewed by police.
Nettles said he couldn’t confirm whether authorities were worried a sex offender might have abducted Haleigh.
“I don’t think they’ve ruled anything out,” he told reporters.
Haleigh is 3 feet tall and 39 pounds with blond hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt and underwear.
And that’s the latest news on the mysterious disappearance of Haleigh Cummings.
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why are yall wasting tax payer money, everyone no that’s misty no what happen to that baby, or else she did it herself, everyone is tired, and want some closer, on that little girl,they are a screwed up famiy, but dont put the kids in harms way, if you cant deal with kids stay the hell from around them,
The parents of Ron and of Misty are all suspicious acting. None of them are truly working on finding Haleigh. I would be hounding the police daily. The investigators must get Misty and drill her until she cracks. Look at what they did to the other child that went missing some time ago, Kailey (sp). They arrested the mom and the grandparents were covering up for the mom. The baby was found dead eventually. Without really getting into Misty’s head, you will never find out what happened to this little girl Haleigh.
Unfortunately, these grandmothers are not serious. One of them said they know that this girl is alive and the reason is because she said that God will answer her prayers if she is faithful to ask Him. God will take care of everything, but he doesn’t give you what you want…God knows the big picture!!!
Ronald Cummings & Misty Croslin Divorce
(CNN) — The father of Haleigh Cummings, a Florida girl who disappeared in February, plans to file for divorce from the girl’s stepmother, a key witness in the case, his attorneys told HLN’s “Nancy Grace.”
Ronald Cummings plans to divorce his wife, Misty, his attorney says.
The move follows weeks of reported tension between Ronald and Misty Cummings during the search for Haleigh, who was 5 when last seen.
In papers expected to be filed Tuesday, Ronald Cummings, 25, cites irreconcilable differences in ending his short marriage to his 17-year-old wife, said Terry Shoemaker, Ronald Cummings’ attorney.
Haleigh went missing from her father’s home in Satsuma, Florida, on February 9. Cummings has made several public pleas for information in her disappearance.
Misty Cummings, then known as Misty Croslin, was the last person known to have seen Haleigh the night she disappeared from the family’s rented mobile home.
The teenager said she tucked Haleigh and her 4-year-old brother into bed about 8 p.m. and went to sleep herself two hours later, but awoke at 3 a.m. to find the girl missing and a cinder block propping open a back door.
Ronald Cummings called police and reported his daughter missing when he returned from work at dawn.
Investigators have said they do not feel Misty Cummings has told them everything she knows.
“The police have been telling me that I’ve been keeping Misty under my wing and that’s why she hasn’t talked to the cops,” Ronald Cummings told a “Nancy Grace” producer Tuesday. “So now, here you go, I divorced her. So now go find my baby.”
The Putnam County Sheriff’s office said in August that “the evidence and investigatory effort has minimized the likelihood that Haleigh’s disappearance is the work of a stranger.”
Ronald Cummings and Crystal Sheffield, Haleigh’s mother, are not considered suspects, police said.
“Investigators believe that Misty Croslin-Cummings continues to hold important answers in the case,” the sheriff’s office said in a written statement.
“She has failed to provide any sort of detailed accounting of the hours during the late evening and early morning of Haleigh’s disappearance.
Furthermore, physical evidence at the scene contradicts Misty’s sketchy account of her evening activities.”
Shoemaker said his client told Misty Cummings he wanted a divorce on Sunday, and that the a divorce agreement was drawn up Monday. The agreement was sent to Misty Cummings’ lawyer for her signature.
“He really didn’t come to us and say, ‘I want to file for divorce,’” said another of Ronald Cummings’ attorneys, Brandon Beardsley. “My understanding is that this is something that he and Misty have been discussing for the last few days and they’re contemplating it because they ultimately feel that it is in the best interest for both of them.”
Misty Cummings’ attorney, Robert Fields, told CNN he has not talked with his client and doesn’t know her thoughts regarding the divorce. Fields said he had received the papers via e-mail but had not had a chance to review them.
Asked what he thought the divorce would mean for the search for Haleigh, Fields said, “Probably nothing.”
“You have to understand that ever since Haleigh went missing, they have been scrutinized,” Beardsley said of the Cummingses. “They can’t go out to dinner, can’t even go to the convenience store to get a drink. … The pressure of everything that is going on, the allegations and speculation, has been a stress on the relationship.
The two lived together for about six months before marrying in March. The divorce agreement provides no financial terms, according to Shoemaker.
On Monday, Misty Cummings left Satsuma to stay with a friend in Orlando, 50 miles south, Shoemaker said.
My Heart goes out to Ronald Cummings and his family,
I have watched this since the story broke, There is no doubt in my mind he loves his daughter and little boy Jr.
I think everyone should lay of of him, he has and is
doing the best he can to survive this ordeal and still maintain his composure Misty Cummings is a whole different matter.
Mr Cummings I have a lot of respect for you and pray that one way or another you and your family will have some kind of closure . God Bless , Martha Brimhall
red- i agree with you the babysitter does seem a little unconvincing but i dont think the dad had anything to do with it. and yes at least they didnt wait a month to report it. we are praying for your safety haleigh. the angels are with you in your time of need!
Try freeze framing the inteview Misty gave right when she was with her mother. You will see that Misty is a very angry person from her expressions. She did it. for sure.
why are people saying that the two arnt hounding police enough? does watching paint dry make it go any faster?
LUM; are you retarted? or do you have spelling problems?
i feel that little haliegh is still alive. i hope and pray that she is. she is a beautiful little girl and deserves to be with her daddy. she is so innocent and pure, can’t some one please tell the cops what they know? please help bring her home, santa is coming and takes care of ALL little kids and she is part of that group.
have the cops looked at all the little camp grounds around that area? have they considered looking at that one camp ground where the mother and her boyfriend took the mother’s little girl with them? i know it was in california, but who knows, maybe that’s where she is too. obviously she is not in the area where she lived, so why don’t the cops expand their search? anything is possible, right? please, just find this beautiful child and bring her home for christmas.
Hey w.w.e. —– do YOU have spelling problems??? (the word “retarded” is spelled with a D, not a T)
Offer Misty some Librium to make the withdrawal she is going thru easier and may get the real scoop on Misty from her. As for Ron seeing as how was talk when Haliegh went missing that he was an undercover cop could he have been part of the sting on her. If not did he get involved in the drugs before his daughter disappeared or after he lost his job. Where is Halieghs little brother. Children don’t often lie and what about his story re: a man in black coming into the trailor and carrying his sister away. What too about Rons mother. She seemed like a really nice woman.
I think that Misty definately knows something about little Hailey’s disappearance. I also think that drugs were definately involved. I believe the little girl died and she paniced and disposed of the body. I hope she stays in jail for the rest of her life.
I think misty knows where she is…Diffenitlity!!! She needs to come out and tell the truth to everyone including ronald before it gets to late and that precious little girl wont be back in her daddys arms!!! It’s good she is in jail, Maybe it will get her to talk…HOPEFULLY!!! I pray for your safe return haliegh. God Bless You!
PUTNAM COUNTY
Misty Cummings stopped by officers while on way to see attorney
Authorities in Seminole County pulled Misty Cummings from a car Wednesday, responding to an alert of a person with a handgun, her attorney said.
Robert Fields said Cummings, who was baby-sitting Haleigh Cummings when the girl disappeared Feb. 9 in Putnam County, was a passenger in a car on Interstate 4 and was going to Palatka to see him.
“Another person was driving, and I guess someone reported they had waved a gun out of the car,” Fields said.
Officers did not find a gun when they searched the car, Fields said.
No one has been charged in the girl’s disappearance. Cummings is married to Haleigh’s father.
St. Augustine Record
I’d like to bang Misty..what a hottie!
Misty Croslin faces six counts of trafficking in prescription medication – Oxycontin and Hydrocodone – and she is being held on $950,000 bail.
Haleigh’s father Ronald Cummings is being held on $500,000 bail for three counts of the same charge.
Both were arrested in January 2010 after undercover deputies made several drug buys from the couple, their relatives and other associates.
Misty Croslin is facing 25 years in state prison and has began cooperating with authorities in hopes of reducing her sentence.
any arrests yet?
RIP Haleigh!
Her own relatives killed her. Yes they did. Think about it.
Excellent job of hiding the body.
keep up the good work. you’ll find her soon…