Originally Posted by mommabear
IMO (of course); I see many people asking "why" Ron would marry the person most likely responsible for his "missing child", I believe he thought that if MC believed that he loved her enough to marry her, she would love him enough to tell the truth to him and, if they were married, he couldn't/wouldn't have to testify against her. I do believe that RC loved Haleigh, more than anything; and in his mind, he thought that possibly, by marrying Misty, she would be more willing to tell him "everything", when that didn't happen, he divorced her. I also believe that RC has many "issues/problems" prior to his daughter's disappearance, however; in his own way, he loved her and was willing to do whatever he had to do to try to find out what happened to her. I don't think MC ever truly believed that RC loved her more than Haleigh and that's why she never "cracked". I also believe that this entire "search" is a "red herring"...MC & TC want out of jail, and they know they aren't getting out until LE finds out what happened to Haleigh. Since both of them know that a body could never be found in that river 14 months later, they are "safe" with the story and pointing their fingers at JO, hoping this will at least allow them to get "bonded out" if LE "buys" into their story. I believe Haleigh is deceased, but I do not believe she is in that river! This is just another "lie" manufactured and directed by MC!!! JMHO!
I to wanted to believe he married Misty to get the truth out her, but his actions speak louder than words to me mommabear. How tragic that here we are most of us strangers 18+ months later trying to figure out what happen to Haleigh and her own father did what for 18+months to locate her? I could go on and on...
I do believe that Ronald loves Haleigh and Jr. but just because he loves them doesn't mean he was a good father and from what we have learned so far there was "NO GOOD" in his parenting skills. Nobody is a perfect parent, but this guy IMO was not fit "AT ALL TO HAVE THE CHILDREN IN HIS CARE, THEY WOULD OF BEEN BETTER OFF IN FOSTER CARE"
I don't buy the whole story that is coming from Misty or Tommy either and feel they are using Joe as a scapegoat and are not naming the real perp. Misty did say at one time that Ron may of been involved during her LVA test.
I feel that Misty may be trying to give hints as to what happen to Haleigh, but again feel she is using Joe as the perp and is afraid to tell who the real Perp is. IMO, I feel Misty and Tommy are afraid of Ronald and they took part in some way. I don't feel they were the ones who killed Haleigh IMO.
My opinion and facts are what lead me to believe that he either knows what happen to Haleigh or was the person that committed the crime...JMO though.
Ronald's story shifts just as much as Misty and Tommy... Here are a couple of examples.
Ronald divorced Misty due to stress cited as the likely reason for the break-up.
He sold drugs
Used drugs
Left the children in the care of someone who had left the children alone in the past
Hit/physically abused his kids, or DCF would not of had to tell him how to spank them IMO
Left the children in the care of a just turning 17 yr drug user
Married the last person that was so called to be with his daughter (that at this point I question if Misty was really that last person with Haleigh)
Put a dead Rat in Tommy's mail box
Would not let Misty leave when she called on her family to come pick her that she didn't want to stay with Ron at that time.
IMO, He coerced her into filing charges against her brother for assault as well as her mother or father one of the two. That she later dropped
He denied having a fight with Joe, when even his mother said he did and that may of taken the investigation for a loop. Lie to LE how are they going to help locate your child?
He lied about abusing his children
He lied about abusing the females in his life
He shows up at his other baby's house for what? Was he also trying to threatened Amber? I wonder if Amber knows something and he was giving her a warning as he did Tommy?
He took donated money for Haleigh to get tattoos, go out to eat, go to the fair, buy beer and ciggs and was still asking for handouts.
Stood my Misty's side and said it was not her fault Haleigh went missing on her watch...Why would anyone just disregard what LE says about the last person who was with their missing child?
He told Geraldo he never did drugs, he never hit his kids, he never hit CS..lie IMO, he is in jail now for selling and in one of the videos to me it looked as if he even took a pill
February 17, 2009
The information I am referring to is a tip that investigators received from
a local resident who came forward and told them that Misty Croslin, the 17-year-old girlfriend of Haleigh's father, 24-year-old Ronald Cummings, was not at home the night Haleigh disappeared.
It has further been alleged that the night Haleigh was abducted
was not the first time Croslin had sneaked out while Cummings was at work and his kids were sleeping.
There are further allegations regarding her activities at that time; however that information has not officially been released. "Due to the sensitive nature of the information obtained by ID, no further details can be provided on it at this time."
http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/81919214001
Also, in one of Ron's interview with NG back in Feb (sorry don't have the link handy) he claims that ALL THREE WERE SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED. Same thing that was reported in the first police report, the story changed after the fact.
In this interview I also found his accounts of what happen inconsistent.
CUMMINGS: Gave me a hug and a kiss told me she loved me, she`d see me when I got home. ( IF RON WORKS THE LATE NIGHT SHIFT WHY WOULD HALEIGH SEE HIM WHEN HE GOT HOME?)
CUMMINGS: Actually, it was about 3:25, 3:27. (BOTH RON AND MISTY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THIS TIME RIGHT, WONDER WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO CORRECT MISTY, THE REPORTERS AND INTERVIEWERS ABOUT THE TIME HE ARRIVED?)
CUMMINGS: And I pulled into the yard, and
my girlfriend opened the front door, and I already knew something was wrong because she`s not up at this time. She told me -- I said, What are you doing up at this time? She said, Your back door`s wide open and your daughter`s gone. (Ron claimed later that Misty was outside when he pulled up, another lie)
GRACE: What is her description -- what scenario took place?
CUMMINGS: She got out of bed and went to use the restroom and came back to find that my daughter was not in bed with her.
GRACE: Now, have you and your girlfriend both taken a polygraph, right?
CUMMINGS: Yes, I have. Passed it with flying colors. Yes, she has. Passed hers. (LE NEVER SAID WHO PASSED, WE DO KNOW MISTY HAS FAILED DUE TO TM.)
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP.../11/ng.01.html
Regarding the story of who picked Haleigh up and at what time is suspicious to me as well. Ron said he picked Haleigh up, yet there are people from the bus stop that say they saw Misty. Chelsea did say she saw Ron there, so Chelsea put herself at the Bus stop that day to. He said he came back 8 hrs later, but his attorney said he worked 3 hrs over time. Maybe Ron did come back 8 hrs later to clean up/stage the kidnapping/other. Again, IMO Ron has lied more than Misty with the little bit he does say.
Ronald:
I kissed my daughter, went to work, trying to make an honest living, trying to make an honest wage. I came home eight hours later, and she was gone."
Reporter: ...Tell me about the last time you saw her...
Ronald Cummings: I got her off the school bus. She ran to me--jumped in my arms. Drove the car home--got out-- gave me a hug and a kiss--loved on me-- told me she loved me and she'd see me when I got home....
If Ron really got home at 3:27 AM, that means that "eight hours before" would be about 7:00 PM. I see that as a huge slip-up on Ron's part. What was he doing for three or four hours then? If, like he said to the reporter, he left after picking Haleigh up from the bus stop, he'd have come home after about 12 hours of working.
It's interesting that GGMS mentioned a 7:00 PM time slot specifically when she came by to bring the children some clothe, then Ron slips up with the "eight hours" comment, putting that time slot at about 7:00 PM as well. Could Grandma be covering for Ron?
LE has said they did verify he was at work, they didn't say what hours though or what times the were given for Ron being at work and still refuse to do so and IMO it's because Ron was not at work the whole shift. It is said Ron was at a convenience store at 2am that morning as well. LE has video-Rumor? We later learn he was at one but at a later time. IF he called Misty over 20+ times why did he stop at the store? Why not go home?
He got her off the bus and worked 12 hours, then it changed to he worked 3hrs over time. IMO, he was Flustered and changed his story to match the hours he really was at work as LE would have verified this. Suddenly he needs to account for those extra hours and suddenly grandma steps in with the Haleigh sighting at 7pm clearing Ron.
GRACE: We know for a fact, Miss Neves, that she was at school the day that she went missing.
NEVES: Yes, ma`am, she was. I picked her up from the bus stop.
However, now it is said that the transcript is wrong and she stated that Ron got Haleigh of the bus.
Also, Misty has been saying , per police report, it was before three, she saw three. Question was what took her so long to call 911.
Now if you re-watch the Today show interview (
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/261848...74806#29674806 )she AGAIN changed her chain of events to waking up, seeing light on, door open grabs her phone to call RC and THEN notices Haleigh is missing .
In the interview RC even interjects that at that time he was already in the driveway. This now is a whole different story, and MC's "I don't know" response following a long pause with a eye gesturing plea from RC. He pretty much tells Misty what to say and when she says the wrong thing he corrects her.
Oct. 6, 2009 -
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100413/ARTICLES/100419756?p=8&tc=pg
Attorneys for both Croslin-Cummings and her husband confirm their clients are contemplating a divorce, with stress cited as the likely reason for the break-up.
Feb. 18, 2009 - Officers confirm a tip in the case that Croslin was not at the home at the time Haleigh supposedly was sleeping.
Sept. 22, 2009 -
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100413/ARTICLES/100419756?p=8&tc=pg
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office reveals that the husband and relatives of Croslin-Cummings couldn't reach her the night she said she was taking care of Haleigh and her younger brother. Cummings made 20 attempts to reach her by phone that evening, according to phone records, and when her brother went to check on her, no lights were on inside and no one answered the door when he banged on it. Later that night Haleigh vanished
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