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Family Says Get to Know Haleigh Cummings
Created: 2/17/2009 5:32:34 PM
Updated: 2/17/2009 6:01:18 PM

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The family of Haleigh Cummings wants people to get to know the little girl.
Her grandmother says too much of the focus seems to be on the search, how it's going, where they're looking, and how many people are searching.

She says people need to understand the 5-year-old better.
Her favorite movie is "Air Bud." Her favorite color is red.
She's a huge Hannah Montana fan.
This personal knowledge of the missing 5-year-old comes from a family who has spent the last week sleeping in tents heated by portable propane heaters.

Family Says Get to Know Haleigh: Video
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video...d0b7d36168356&maven_referralObject=1037907337

Focus On Haleigh's Face: Video
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video...d0b7d36168356&maven_referralObject=1037927753

Article:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/amberalerts/news-article.aspx?storyid=131560&catid=295
 
Didn't see this posted:
http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal...w-leads-in-abduction-of-haleigh-cummings.html

Here's a couple of snippets (David Lohr's blog dated 2/17/09):
Ray said that while volunteers searched the woods, law enforcement personnel focused much of their attention on a nearby waterway.

"They had about 30 boats in the water," Ray said. "They were conducting sonar searches and they were also dragging the bottom."

AND

In related news, volunteers found one area of interest in the woods where someone had constructed a makeshift lean-to and furniture out of tree branches. A shovel and length of rope were found at the location; however it remains unclear if any of the items are of relevance.
 
Also, David Lohr just added this to his site (dated 2/17/09 under Out Of The Bag):
http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/
Here's a snippet:

tip that the FBI 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.
 
PUTNAM COUNTY, FL -- Pastor Terry Wright said Tuesday night, "We can choose to embrace despair, or we can choose to have hope."

Hope - the feeling that what is wanted can be had.

5-year-old Haleigh Cumming's mother walked into Dunn's Creek Baptist Church in San Mateo clutching her youngest child, and framed pictures of her oldest.

Johnny Marcus Sheffield, Jr., Haleigh's uncle on her mother's side, said through tears, "[Haleigh] is amazing. She's the greatest. Her and her little brother, I just love them to death. It's a shame."

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=131576&catid=3
 
PALATKA, FL -- Mounted on horseback, Haleigh's father Ronald Cummings continues to search the area with friends and volunteers. Both sides of the family are saying they are canvassing the area again.

At Putnam County E.O.C Headquarters the case continues to intensify. Detectives are now saying the five-year-old was not wearing a pink shirt.

"We are not going to talk about any investigations pertaining to this pink shirt. Law enforcement has that in our possession," says Chief Rick Ryan with the Putnam Co. Sheriff's Office.

The main focal point investigators say is Haleigh's face and what she looks like.
That is what they want people to concentrate on after evaluating all leads up to this point.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=131575&catid=3
 
UPDATED: Police Follow Tip Haleigh's Dad's Girlfriend Wasn't Home
Investigators Following More Than 1,000 Tips
POSTED: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
UPDATED: 11:44 pm EST February 17, 2009

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PALATKA, Fla. -- Since an Amber Alert was issued for 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings one week ago, more than 1,000 tips have poured into a Crimestoppers hot line; and until Tuesday afternoon investigators have not released specific information about the leads they've received.
However, on Tuesday, new information was released that Haleigh's father's girlfriend, 17-year-old Misty Croslin, may not have been at home the night Haleigh disappeared.
Investigators in Putnam County said they are looking into the Croslin tip as a possibility.
Hope Service Held For Haleigh
Over the past week, family and friends of Haleigh have come together to pray for the child's safe return during candlelight vigils. On Tuesday afternoon, instead of gathering for an outdoor candlelight vigil, they met a church a few miles from the Cummings' home.
Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, and her mother, Crystal Sheffield, sat side-by-side throughout the service as they held their son and listened to words of encouragement. Croslin was also at the service, sitting on Cummings' other side.

Police Look Into Possibility Misty Wasn't Home When Haleigh Disappeared: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18737503/index.html

Haleigh's 2 Families Pray After 5th Day Of Search: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18719060/index.html

Volunteers 'Heartsick' They Didn't Find Haleigh: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18722879/index.html

UNCUT: Girlfriend Talks About Finding Haleigh Gone: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18700882/index.html

UNCUT: Missing Girl's Father's Emotional Interview: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18684460/index.html

FDLE: People Should Focus On Haleigh's Face, Not Clothes: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18736325/index.html

Tips Come In As Haleigh's Family Prays
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18732913/index.html

Article:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/18735417/detail.html
 
Maddie Clifton's Mother Meets with Haleigh's Mom
Created: 2/17/2009 8:24:42 PM
Updated: 2/18/2009 5:53:00 AM

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SATSUMA, FL -- The two mothers shared an embrace only women in their position could understand. They are two moms who've had to face the agony of experiencing a lost child.
The city of Jacksonville nearly went numb when police found Maddie Clifton, Sheila DeLongis' daughter, dead and stuffed under the waterbed of her teen neighbor ten years ago.
[Crystal Sheffield's book on her daughter Haleigh remains open, the ending uncertain.
DeLongis gave Sheffield a toy stuffed animal.

Maddie Clifton's Mother Meets with Haleigh's Mom: Video
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/default.aspx?aid=149569&storyid=131571

Article:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/...=u+Cz2UhGjM28G5h6peEJEuBs0408k10lWyoRhaIWbvc=
 
Girlfriend Under Investigation In Missing Girl Case
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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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.

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

Article:
http://www.wftv.com/news/18738704/detail.html
 
Amber Alert Changed: Search for Haleigh Continues
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:08:57 AM

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SATSUMA -- Despite following up on hundreds of leads, Putnam County deputies said they're no closer to finding missing 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings.
Deputies will hold a press conference at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to discuss the next course of action.

"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."
Investigators conducted spot searches Tuesday based on those leads. So far, all of those leads have come up short.

Article:
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/2/18/leads_pour_in_haleigh_search_continues.html
 
Tip Claims Dad's Girlfriend Wasn't Home When Haleigh Vanished
Investigators Following More Than 1,200 Tips
POSTED: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
UPDATED: 1:54 pm EST February 18, 2009

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An Amber Alert was issued last week for Haleigh Cummings, and more than 1,200 tips have poured into a Crimestoppers hotline about the case, said investigators, who revealed that one of the tips suggested that 17-year-old Misty Croslin may not have been home the night Haleigh vanished.
Investigators in Putnam County said they are looking into the Croslin tip as a possibility.

Tuesday afternoon, officials said they had received almost 1,200 leads -- double the number they had on Monday -- but there have been no confirmed sightings of Haleigh.

Haleigh's Dad Joins Mounted Search As Investigation Continues: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18742773/index.html

FDLE: People Should Focus On Haleigh's Face, Not Clothes: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18736325/index.html

Hundreds Attend 'Hope' Service For Haleigh: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18737547/index.html

Tip: Misty Wasn't Home When Haleigh Disappeared: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18737503/index.html

Tips Come In As Haleigh's Prays: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18732913/index.html

Volunteers 'Heartsick' They Didn't Find Haleigh: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18722879/index.html

UNCUT 911 Calls:
http://www.news4jax.com/download/2009/0211/18686377.mp3

Article:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/18735417/detail.html
 
Tipsters: Girlfriend Not Home When Florida Girl Vanished

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,495384,00.html

""We're not prepared to release information about what we&#8217;re following up on because we&#8217;re concerned about the safety of this child," Capt. Schauland said.


Croslin has told different stories to police and the media about the timing of her discovery that Haleigh was gone and where she and the child were in the mobile home the night the little girl vanished."
 
Girlfriend Under Investigation In Haleigh Case
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 &#8211; updated: 12:34 pm EST February 18, 2009

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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 spotlight 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.

Obviously that puts a spotlight on her now, if that's the case," said Captain Dick Schauland. "We have a team of detectives that are following up on this and yes they are questioning her about that."
In a news conference Wednesday (watch news conference), Schauland said 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.

NEWS CONFERENCE: Watch Feb. 18 News Conference
http://www.wftv.com/video/18739791/index.html

Car Taken Into Evidence In Search For Haleigh Cummings: Video
http://www.wftv.com/video/18743927/index.html

INTERVIEW: Haleigh's Grandmother On Nancy Grace
http://www.wftv.com/video/18739235/index.html

Article:
http://www.wftv.com/news/18738704/detail.html
 
Investigators question girlfriend's story in Haleigh case
Sarah Lundy and Helen Eckinger | Sentinel Staff Writers
12:31 PM EST, February 18, 2009

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Authorities were originally told the 5-year-old was last seen wearing the pink shirt. That's the information they released to the public in the Amber Alert and on missing-person fliers about the girl, who lives in the small town of Satsuma. On Tuesday, investigators wouldn't discuss details of the pink shirt in their possession -- how they found it, where it was and whether it will be tested for any forensic evidence.
Several people have taken polygraph tests, including Haleigh's father and Croslin. Investigators would not release information about what those tests showed or comment on whether they still think Croslin is telling the truth.

Article:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-haleigh-update-021809,0,1755884.story
 
Haleigh's Parents Taken to Sheriff's Office
Created: 2/18/2009 1:50:54 PM
Updated: 2/18/2009 5:42:18 PM

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SATSUMA, FL -- The mother, father and grandmother of Haleigh Cummings are at the Putnam County Sheriff's Office right now. Moments ago, 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.

Haleigh's Parents Taken to Sheriff's Office: Video
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/default.aspx?aid=149653&storyid=131632

Article:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=131632&catid=3
 
Still Following Leads, Crews Have No Search Plans Wednesday
Created: 2/18/2009 9:48:28 AM
Updated: 2/18/2009 9:55:52 AM

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PALATKA, FL -- Ground crews have no plans to search for Haleigh Cummings today.
That's the word from the Putnam County Sheriff's Office as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Capt. Dick Schauland said while there are no plans to do any ground searching, crews are constantly ready to move as soon as any clue comes to them.

Still Following Leads, Crews Have No Search Plans Wednesday: Video
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/default.aspx?aid=149615&storyid=131612

Article:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=131612&catid=3
 
UPDATED: $16,000 Reward Issued For Missing Haleigh
Dad, Mom Summoned To Sheriff's Office Wednesday
POSTED: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
UPDATED: 7:29 pm EST February 18, 2009

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Investigators on Wednesday said $16,000 in rewards has been offered for information leading the discovery of a missing 5-year-old Florida girl.
Ronald Cummings and Crystal Sheffield, Haleigh's parents, along with the father's girlfriend, Misty Croslin, were each brought to the sheriff's office.
"As leads develop, we will always going back to the family members," Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent-in-charge Dominick Pape said. "As this case goes on and we feel the need to bring them in, we will. They've been very cooperative with us."
Investigators said that they are continuing to following all tips, including the claim about Croslin.

LIVE @ 4 PM: Putnam County Briefing On Haleigh Cummings Investigation: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/15505198/index.html

Anonymous Putnam Resident Donates $10K Reward In Search For Haleigh: Video
http://www.news4jax.com/video/18745271/index.html

Searching, Praying For Haleigh: Images
http://www.news4jax.com/slideshow/news/18703611/detail.html

Article:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/18742867/detail.html
 
$10,000 Donation Made For Haleigh's Reward
Anonymous Donor Contributes To Reward Fund For Missing Girl
POSTED: 4:36 pm EST February 18, 2009
UPDATED: 5:06 pm EST February 18, 2009

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During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, detectives announced that an anonymous donor recently donated $10,000 to the Crime Stoppers reward fund set up for anyone with information about Haleigh. The total reward is now $16,000.

Investigators also said they have processed a car as evidence, but did not release any additional details.
A recent tip suggested that Haleigh&#8217;s father&#8217;s girlfriend, Misty Croslin, 17, was not home when Haleigh disappeared. Croslin told police she put Haleigh to bed the night before she went missing and was home the entire time. Haleigh&#8217;s paternal grandmother said the tip is not true. "That&#8217;s a crock. I went by the house that night. I know. She was there," Annette Sykes said. "I went by around 7."

Article:
http://www.wesh.com/news/18743397/detail.html
 
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