HaLeigh’s family Remains Divided 6 months later
It was Teresa Neves, not Ronald, who contacted Crystal to tell her that her precious daughter HaLeigh had been abducted from her home. If Ron truly cared and had nothing to hide, he would have stepped up and called Crystal to break the news to her as gently as possible. I have to ask, what is Ron afraid of? Ron’s refusal to empathize with Crystal’s grief is selfish and unjust as I am concerned. He did not commit himself to doing all he could to bring HaLeigh home for Crystal's sake and this is why I don’t trust Ron and suspect he would hurt his daughter.
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Six months into the unsolved disappearance of Haleigh Cummings, those who deeply love her believe she is still alive.
It’s about the only thing the two families closest to the investigation of her disappearance agree on.
With today marking the six-month anniversary of her case and next week’s arrival of her sixth birthday, her divided family has even scheduled separate events in Putnam County.
Cummings and Crystal Sheffield, the long-estranged parents of Haleigh and her 4-year-old brother Ronald Jr., see each other only to exchange the boy at a pre-arranged stop in Florahome, about midway between Cummings’ home in southern Putnam County and Sheffield’s in western Baker County.
Tension between Cummings, Sheffield and their families has hummed like high-voltage background noise since the beginning of the case.
“I feel like that maybe if the families could speak with each other and put differences aside that maybe it would help the case, but there is too much going on down there and it is being pushed our way to blame us for what happened in Putnam County,” Griffis said from her home outside Sanderson where Sheffield also lives.
She said her family has been accused of abducting Haleigh and hiding her with family out of state.
“There should have been more attention to Crystal’s family,” Ronald Cummings said. “I think they should have paid more attention to everyone rather than just me and Misty.”
Cummings has cut off interviews with investigators.
“Besides ‘No I didn’t have nothing to do with my child being missing,’ what do you say?” he asked.
Maj. Gary Bowling, director of law enforcement for the department, said detectives would like to interview Cummings again but have been resisted.
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-08-09/story/haleighs_family_remains_divided_6_months_later
It was Teresa Neves, not Ronald, who contacted Crystal to tell her that her precious daughter HaLeigh had been abducted from her home. If Ron truly cared and had nothing to hide, he would have stepped up and called Crystal to break the news to her as gently as possible. I have to ask, what is Ron afraid of? Ron’s refusal to empathize with Crystal’s grief is selfish and unjust as I am concerned. He did not commit himself to doing all he could to bring HaLeigh home for Crystal's sake and this is why I don’t trust Ron and suspect he would hurt his daughter.
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Six months into the unsolved disappearance of Haleigh Cummings, those who deeply love her believe she is still alive.
It’s about the only thing the two families closest to the investigation of her disappearance agree on.
With today marking the six-month anniversary of her case and next week’s arrival of her sixth birthday, her divided family has even scheduled separate events in Putnam County.
Cummings and Crystal Sheffield, the long-estranged parents of Haleigh and her 4-year-old brother Ronald Jr., see each other only to exchange the boy at a pre-arranged stop in Florahome, about midway between Cummings’ home in southern Putnam County and Sheffield’s in western Baker County.
Tension between Cummings, Sheffield and their families has hummed like high-voltage background noise since the beginning of the case.
“I feel like that maybe if the families could speak with each other and put differences aside that maybe it would help the case, but there is too much going on down there and it is being pushed our way to blame us for what happened in Putnam County,” Griffis said from her home outside Sanderson where Sheffield also lives.
She said her family has been accused of abducting Haleigh and hiding her with family out of state.
“There should have been more attention to Crystal’s family,” Ronald Cummings said. “I think they should have paid more attention to everyone rather than just me and Misty.”
Cummings has cut off interviews with investigators.
“Besides ‘No I didn’t have nothing to do with my child being missing,’ what do you say?” he asked.
Maj. Gary Bowling, director of law enforcement for the department, said detectives would like to interview Cummings again but have been resisted.
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-08-09/story/haleighs_family_remains_divided_6_months_later