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[Angel Who Cares]

Many Web Sites Dedicated to Search for Haleigh
Created: 2/12/2009 3:33:22 PM
Updated: 2/16/2009 2:17:24 PM
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Haleigh Cummings disappearance is generating Facebook pages and international stories.
Since last week, even more sites are popping up.
Below is a list of Web sites about the case. Click on the text of each description to see more:

YouTube Clip 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaSNaOo-n98

YouTube Clip 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r1dr7kVexg&feature=channel_page

Flickr Photo Page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/texasequusearch/sets/72157613795578812/

Bring Haleigh Home:
http://www.bringhaleighhome.com/

First Coast News Special Section:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/amberalerts/default.aspx

America's Most Wanted:
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/case.cfm?id=63252

Facebook Page (registration required):
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66856615791

True Crime Report:
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2009/02/still_no_sign_of_haleigh_cummi.php

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:
http://www.missingkids.com/missingk...en_US&orgPrefix=NCMC&caseNum=1115793&seqNum=1

www.HaleighCummings.com:
http://www.someoneismissing.com/

Coverage from MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29143439/

Coverage from ABC News:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6854563

Coverage from Sky News in London:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wo...ice_Search_For_Missing_Girl_Hayleigh_Cummings

Texas EquuSearch:
http://texasequusearch.org/2009/02/cummings-haleigh-putnam-cty-fl-021009/

"A child is missing and that's what we're most concerned about," said Sheriff Jeff Hardy.

MORE: VISIT OUR AMBER ALERT SPECIAL SECTION FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE SEARCH FOR HALEIGH
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/amberalerts/default.aspx

Article:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/amberalerts/news-article.aspx?storyid=131184&catid=295

 

[Angel Who Cares]

UPDATED: Official: It's now unclear what Haleigh Cummings was wearing
Where is Haleigh?
Sarah Lundy, Bianca Prieto and Amy L. Edwards | Sentinel Staff Writers
4:36 PM EST, February 17, 2009
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Today's Updates
4:30 p.m. Investigators announced this afternoon that they do not know what Haleigh Cummings was wearing the night she disappeared from her Satsuma home.
The pink shirt they initially thought she was wearing is in their possession. Authorities wouldn't release any more details about the shirt how they discovered the shirt and whether it was being tested for forensic evidence. "Now, what we need to focus on is the face," said Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Dominick Pape. "We don't want people to focus on the shirt."

9:53 a.m. New tips generated overnight have led Putnam County investigators to places around Florida and even out-of-state to search for missing 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings. Detectives canvassed the Satsuma neighborhood last night and found new people they hadn't spoken to the first time they did a "knock and talk" last week, an official said.
Several people have been taken polygraph tests, including Haleigh's father Ronald Cummings, 25, and his girlfriend Misty Croslin, 17. Croslin was the last person to see Haleigh before she disappeared. Investigators would not release information about what those tests showed or comment on whether they still believe Croslin is telling the truth.
Chad Eugene Reynolds, 25, who was convicted in Putnam in 2003 of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12, has not been seen since he left his mother's Ocklawaha home for a Super Bowl party Feb. 1.
Marion officials alerted Putnam County investigators about Reynolds after Haleigh disappeared. At this point, authorities don't think the two are connected, Marion County Sheriff's spokeswoman Jenifer Fisher said.

Article:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...-cummings-missing-girl-021709,0,5829153.story

 

[Angel Who Cares]

UPDATED: Officials Don't Know What Haleigh Was Wearing
Investigators Have Pink Shirt They Thought She Wore
POSTED: 6:34 am EST February 17, 2009
UPDATED: 5:17 pm EST February 17, 2009
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Earlier, investigators said the 5-year-old girl was wearing a pink shirt, but that shirt has been located. Now, officials do not know what clothing the girl was wearing when she was reported missing from her Putnam County home on Feb. 19. At a 4 p.m. news conference, investigators would make no comment about the pink shirt.
With the ground search wrapped up around Haleigh's home, investigators moved to the Lake Como area on Tuesday.
But more tactical searches may be in the future for law enforcement officers as they follow up on tips and other leads.

Complete Video Of Feb. 17 Briefing: Video
http://www.wesh.com/video/18734433/index.html

Officials Don't Know What Haleigh Was Wearing: Video
http://www.wesh.com/video/18734852/index.html

Watch 4 P.M. Press Conference
http://www.wesh.com/video/18733882/index.html

Tuesday's Haleigh Briefing: Video
http://www.wesh.com/video/18730855/index.html

Ground Search For Haleigh Ends : Video
http://www.wesh.com/video/18729380/index.html

New Images Of Haliegh: Slideshow
http://www.wesh.com/slideshow/18711660/detail.html

Article:
http://www.wesh.com/news/18729399/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Amber Alert -- New Leads In Search For Haleigh
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:35:43 AM

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"We were able to come up with several good leads that we are following up on," Rose said. "Those leads, as I said, were a result of doing the neighborhood canvas last night."
Afterward, volunteers began packing up to leave, something Ronald Cummings said is his worst nightmare. "Law enforcement is discouraged. Volunteers, I don't know, but I encourage anybody that wants to help look for my daughter come back and help me look," Ronald Cummings said.
Cummings, however, made one final call to his daughter, hoping she was listening.
"For the perpetrator or perpetrators, please bring her home. Please bring her home safe," Cummings said. "And if she's watching, baby, I love you. I'll never give up on you."

Haleigh Briefing -- Feb. 17: Video
http://www.cfnews13.com/MediaPlayer...4&cat=Local&title=Haleigh Briefing -- Feb. 17

Article:
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/...eighs_father_begs_for_search_to_continue.html

 

[momtective]

Misty Croslins Family and possible related family members
Lisa Carman Croslin Age 39 (Misty&#8217;s Mother)

Associated family members:
Hank Thomas Coslin age 40
Adam Troy Croslin age 43
Dawn Renee Croslin age 52
June Marie Croslin age 63
Carman George Croslin age 31
Michael Croslin age unknown
Adam Troy Croslin age 43
Clester Leon Croslin age 44

Residences
Parma, MI
Saginaw, MI
Colorado Springs, CO
Madison, TN
Wheeler MI

Hank Thomas Croslin age 40 (Misty&#8217;s Father)
Possible relatives
Lisa Carman Croslin age 39
Clester Leon Croslin age 44
Michael Croslin
Debbie K Goldsberry age 37
Adam Troy Croslin age 43
Dawn Renee Croslin age 52
June Marie Croslin age 63

Residences
Wheeler, MI
Flagler Beach, Fl
Madison, TN
Saginaw, MI
Colorado Springs, CO
Merrill, MI
Nasville, TN
Calhan, CO
Simla, CO
Bunnell, FL

Thomas Hank Croslin Jr (Misty's brother)
Timothy Croslin (Misty's Brother)
Chelsea Croslin ( Misty's Sister-in-Law)
Lindsy Collins Croslin ( Misty's Sister-in-Law)

Have not found Lisa's maiden name...

 

[ElizaAvalon]

I think this clears up how long Ron has been living in the house:

http://m.firstcoastnews.com/news.jsp?key=165580&rc=lo

SATSUMA, FL -- Donald Bard remembers the phone call early last Tuesday morning that woke him up.

His wife Phyllis answered the call.

"We were sleeping and then we received a phone call, the automated phone call that Haleigh Cummings was missing in our neighborhood," said Phyllis Bard.

The Bard's recognized the name right away.

"The home where Haleigh was taken from belonged to my parents," said Phyllis.

It sits right next door to her own home, and Phyllis began renting it out a few years ago after her father died of diabetes complications and her mother died in a car crash 80 days later.

The Bard's first met Haleigh's father, Ron Cummings, last August.

Phyllis says, "They first moved next door to us, and then they needed a bedroom for each of the children he said, and so he asked to rent that house and we rented that to him in November."

She's an adorable little girl," says Phyllis. "Just adorable. She would come over when I was hanging clothes on the line, and I would see the two of them out in the yard playing and she's just, what can I say, a beautiful, adorable little girl. It just breaks my heart that all this has happened."

The Bard's say, almost one week later, it's still so hard to believe. The FDLE Command Center is just yards from their front door, and Monday night, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office teamed up with the Florida Highway Patrol to set up a another roadblock outside the neighborhood.

Sgt. Joseph Wells of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said, "It's just a general set of questions. Were they down here last week, and then if yes, a few more questions."

"We might find that there's a paper delivery or a gas delivery company or something that comes and goes on this day and time and we'd just like to know who was down here and maybe did they see anything."

Sgt. Wells said the roadblock, which will be up until 2 a.m., is part of CART protocol, which is the Child Abduction Response Team.

Just down the road, Phyllis Bard thinks of the missing daughter, and of her own mother, and is comforted.

"I heard on the television, hold on to hope. I heard the sheriff say that, and all of a sudden it hit me, my mother's name was Hope. It's the house of hope. Because if my mother were living, my mother would say, just hang on to hope."

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Face of Missing Girl Up All Over Town
Created: 2/17/2009 8:33:46 AM
Updated: 2/17/2009 9:01:15 AM

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SATSUMA, FL - The picture of Haleigh Cummings is up all over town.
Everywhere people turn, you can't miss it, from store fronts to the local newspaper, Haleigh's face is staring back at people with the hope that someone has that critical clue to bring her home.

READ: INITIAL REPORT SHOWS NO SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=131276

Article:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/amberalerts/news-article.aspx?storyid=131510&catid=295

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Haleigh Search Taking Financial Toll On Sheriff's Office
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- Eyewitness News has learned that Putnam County commissioners will be looking for financial help from the state and federal governments because of the search for Haleigh.
From overtime and fuel, to equipment costs, Putnam County Sheriff Jeff hardy said the search has taken a toll on the sheriff's office budget.
Hardy said assistance from outside agencies helped, but the county still has a bottom line. He met with commissioners Monday to discuss other possibilities for funding.
Article:
http://www.wftv.com/news/18729752/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

AMBER ALERT -- Watch the next news conference in the search for Haleigh Cummings at 4 p.m. today LIVE on News 13. Get the latest at CFNews13.com.
Get Breaking News Alerts | Follow News 13 on Twitter

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Neighborhoods searched for missing girl
Police canvass neighborhoods for leads
Last Edited: Tuesday, 17 Feb 2009, 10:00 AM EST
Created On: Tuesday, 17 Feb 2009, 10:00 AM EST

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In a news conference Tuesday morning, investigators said they came up with several good leads last night. They also said they conducted a vehicle checkpoint in the area which is an in-house protocol that detectives and administrators train for in cases of missing children. Investigators would not detail the nature of the searches.
Sheriff's officers said they are confident in a general timeline surrounding Haleigh's disappearance, and are continuing to look at everybody as a suspect.
Only officials with the sheriff's office will continue to search for the missing girl.

Article:
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/local/021709Neighborhood_canvass_conducted_for_missing_girl

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Deputies Search Neighborhood For Haleigh
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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PALATKA, Fla. -- Investigators searching for a missing north Florida girl say they have done another neighborhood canvas of the area where 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings vanished more than a week ago.
Putnam County Sheriff's Office Captain Steve Rose says detectives received several good leads while talking to neighbors in the Satsuma area and will be looking into those Tuesday. Rose declined to talk about those leads.

FEB. 17 PRESS CONFERENCE: Watch Raw Video
http://www.wftv.com/video/18730572/index.html
FEB. 16 PRESS CONFERENCE: Watch Raw Video
http://www.wftv.com/video/18726351/index.html

Article:
http://www.wftv.com/news/18731060/detail.html

 

[worriedmom]

Is there any way we can get a copy of the Motion for Contempt filed in the custody proceeding on 2-10-09? That to me seems like it could be significant. Was Dad filing a motion for contempt because mom wasn't paying up? The timing is suspicious. Now I know she went missing on the 9th, but its possible that they had to give the person a heads up that it would be filed before filing it.

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Investigators Begin 2nd Week In Hunt For Haleigh
Sheriff To Family: 'Do Not Give Up Hope'
POSTED: Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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For six days, teams of up to 300 people, along with boats, divers, bloodhounds and aircraft searched and researched a five-mile radius around the doublewide mobile home where Haleigh lived with her younger brother, father and his girlfriend.
WJXT-TV reported that investigators have interviewed Croslin, Cummings, Haleigh's mother Crystal Sheffield, and extended family members and friends who had contact with Haleigh in the hours and days before she disappeared. Lie-detector tests were administered to most of them.

Rose said a canvas of the Hermet's neighborhood and check point along Buffalo Bluff Road -- the only access to the home park -- on Monday afternoon and evening generated several new leads that they would be following up on Tuesday.

Article:
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/18731694/detail.html

 

[christine2448]

Police follow new leads in search for missing girl


-- Investigators are pursuing several new leads in the case of a missing 5-year-old girl in Florida, they said Tuesday.
Haleigh Ann-Marie Cummings, 5, who vanished a week ago, may have been abducted, police say.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office on Monday night searched the neighborhood of Haleigh Ann-Marie Cummings, who vanished a week ago. Deputies also searched surrounding neighborhoods.
Authorities said the girl may have been abducted.
Officials wouldn't release any details on the leads.
"Those leads, like I said, are as a result of doing the neighborhood canvass last night, and we will be following up on those leads today," said Capt. Steve Rose of the Putnam Sheriff's Office.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/17/...irl/index.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Car by Car Search Turns up New Leads
Created: 2/17/2009 9:49:14 AM
Updated: 2/17/2009 10:28:35 AM

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Capt. Rose said their teams gained several important leads in the secondary canvas, but wouldn't disclose what any of them were. He did say that leads were still coming in locally, statewide, and out of state, and that they were following up on each one. Asked if officials had come up with a suspect or suspects yet, Rose said, "We are still looking at everybody as a suspect at this time."

The next scheduled news conference is at 4 p.m. We will bring it to you live on First Coast News and firstcoastnews.com. Of course, if there's a major break in the search before then, we'll bring it to you as it happens.

Haleigh Cummings News Conference: Video
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video...f43367513e061&maven_referralObject=1037292289

Article:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=131517&catid=3

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Deputies Tweak Haleigh&#8217;s Description In Amber Alert
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:28:59 PM

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Deputies did slightly change the Amber Alert out for Haleigh, saying she wasn't wearing a pink shirt when she vanished as first thought. Investigators would not release information about what the polygraph tests showed, or comment on whether they still believe Croslin is telling the truth.

Officials would also not answer questions about Croslin, including where she was, and if she had access to a car during the time Haleigh disappeared from her Satsuma home. They simply said they are looking at everyone.

Friday's Afternoon Briefing 2/17/09: Video
http://www.cfnews13.com/MediaPlayer...l&title=Haleigh Afternoon Briefing -- Feb. 17

Article:
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/...eighs_father_begs_for_search_to_continue.html

 

[TigerBalm]

FDLE Amber Alert

**UPDATE** Clothing description is unknown.

http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/mcicsearch/FlyerNewPerson.asp?Case_Id=28474&case_nbr=

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Complete Video Of Feb. 17 Briefing: Video
http://www.wesh.com/video/18734433/index.html

Officials Don't Know What Haleigh Was Wearing: Video
http://www.wesh.com/video/18734852/index.html

Watch 4 P.M. Press Conference
http://www.wesh.com/video/18733882/index.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Investigators: Missing Girl Not Wearing Pink Shirt
Officials Say They Have Received 1,200 Leads In Case
POSTED: Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Putnam County Sheriff's Office Capt. Rick Ryans said the Amber Alert on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Web site has been changed to reflect that. He said investigators don't know what 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings was wearing when she vanished from her Satsuma home.
Ryan said investigators are looking into about 1,200 leads, but they still haven't located the missing girl.

Article:
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/18735177/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

New Information About Home Haleigh Disappeared From
Created: 2/17/2009 5:49:57 PM
Updated: 2/17/2009 6:42:49 PM

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About ten years ago, a different family rented the double wide trailer where Haleigh Cummings lives. Dr. Jesse Smallwood, a minister, used to live there with his family. He's now in Georgia.
Smallwood remembered the house and said its floors were noisy. He said if someone was walking inside, he could hear them even if they were on the other side of the house. "Someone could not carry the child out of that house unless someone was in a drunken stupor, and not hear that child being taken from that house," Smallwood said.
Croslin also said Ronald Cummings, Haleigh's father, checked the locks before he left for work.

Beyond the lock, Smallwood says the way the home is tucked into the woods makes it a perfect place for someone to snatch a child. "You could park down into the trees and walk right up," Smallwood explained. "If you were going to abduct someone, all you would have to do is sit back there and no one would see you."

Article:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/amberalerts/news-article.aspx?storyid=131562&catid=295
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Former Tenant Talks About Haleigh's House
Created: 2/17/2009 6:25:54 PM
Updated: 2/17/2009 6:27:59 PM

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The floor creeks, the back door sticks and makes a scraping noise, and you can feel other people walking in the house.
Smallwood stresses that the next owner(s) may have made upgrades to the rickety structure, but he remembers complaining often about the home to his landlord. "If someone was even trying to creep across the house, the floor creeks," Smallwood explained by phone.
Smallwood and his wife now live in Claxton, Georgia, but during that year they spend living at 202 Green Lane in Satsuma, Florida, Smallwood says the nights were scary for his then 9-year-old son. "He was scared of the dark, and we had a security light put in there," Smallwood says, and goes on to describe the area around the mobile home. "If there was no security light, it was pitch, absolutely black."
"You could park down in the trees," he explains, "if you were going to abduct someone, all you would have to do is sit back there and no one would see you watching the house."

Former Tenant Talks About Haleigh's House: Video
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/default.aspx?aid=149575&storyid=131566

Article:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/amberalerts/news-article.aspx?storyid=131566&catid=295