Ron & Misty Married 2009.3.12 ~ appeared on the "Today Show" 2009.03.13

[aprilshowers]

FWIW, here was an observation from my 2 teens who watched this interview. They know my fascination with crime, from Trenton to Caylee, and they aren't that familiar with the Haleigh case, but I got them to stop long enough to watch most of it. My 17 yo daughter said.....and this was just her take..."they just look poor and dumb. I feel sorry for them, even if they had something to do with it I feel sorry for them." I asked about body language - she didn't see anything, and when I said they were on there getting money and making some instead of searching, she (my daughter) replies, they are getting attention to the case. DD said its not that hard to stay at home and take care of 2 kids, and re: the 911 call I gave a quick replay to her...dd replied, wouldn't you be mad? Wouldnt you be po'ed and calling me names if I lost ____ (my youngest is 7). My 15yo son also said...you can't expect people to be searching 24/7 and sittting around crying. They are bringing attention to the case. He didn't think RC's drug charges were anything to be concerned with either.

UH....I do!! I know they are just my teens, but dd wants to be a psych major and reads people pretty well. She didn't pick up anything from Misty. She feels sorry for them. Okay...thanks for reading my rambling.
(and note...I don't mean to demean R &M by the "poor and dumb" comments. It was DD observation. And she wasn't laughing when she said it either.)

Some comments:

NOTHING ... absolutely NOTHING personal against your DD, and she might be right on, we don't know yet ... but she also hasn't had the 'life' experience of being lied to, cheated on and have somebody dupe her over and over. So, perhaps she hasn't picked up yet, on those things, and when someone is not being truthful or putting on a 'good' act.

Just some thoughts

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[aprilshowers]

Oh...one other comment I have before I head off to work. It was said during the Today show interview that the wedding is what Haleigh would have wanted. I can't help but think real hard about that ....... maybe Haleigh stood in Misty's way of that wedding. Or maybe not. Its just difficult to figure out what the heck happened when a child vanishes in the middle of the night and no trace. We know where this road usually leads........

SM, everytime I see your avatar, I want to get out a cloth and wipe it off!

 

[Curtain Climbers Mom]

I think Misty was gone, the look she always has when she is being questioned is what makes me think this. Looking at Ron as if she wants to tell the truth but doesn't want him mad or blaming her. I hope they find Haliegh safe, Ron doesn't set off my guilty siren, Misty doesn't either. At least not in the sense that she actually did anything to her. I think she was negligent, but I feel like she was neglected also. After seeing the Today show, I have realized how much of a child Misty is. I have a 17 year old that acts more mature and adult like in her demeanor then Misty acts. This is such a sad story, I am hoping for a happy ending...for all 3 children involved.

 

[snookie]

Oh my...... they weren't even looking at each other as they said their vows!

If they only did this because "it's what Haleigh wanted", what if Haleigh would've wanted Ron to marry Crystal instead..... would he have done it? :waitasec:

Odd Misty originally said she covered Haleigh up with a sheet while the blanket was washing and then covered her with the blanket when it was done. OMG however I feel about their marriage or not I just can't help but wonder how they would have felt if 1 of the 100 searches yesterday had found a body while they were getting married? Something just isn't adding up, it is like they know she is not dead.

(my bold)

I was wondering the same!

I agree that the blankets are key. Particularly the usual sleeping blanket.

She says, "My blanket was in the van that they took." She says she had to wash the blanket hanging on the window so that she herself could use it for sleeping.

If she needed to wash the blanket hanging on the window before she slept with it, it must not have been used for sleeping for some time. Which means the blanket normally used for sleeping had to have been on the bed the last time the bed was slept in (the night before?).

The blanket had to have been put in the van sometime between the previous evening and bedtime.

Why was the blanket put in the van?

(my bold)

Exactly!!

 

[AuburnJenn]

UGH! Where is that, do you have a link? TIA

I saw the pics on the first coast news website. The comments there are "interesting" to say the least.

 

[KDB]

Today Show
Ron and Misty Cummings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4KvgPF8cak

Hmmm, this isn't working for me. Saying no longer available.

 

[SleuthyMama]

or they know she is dead and exactly where her body is.

I just signed in to say the same thing. So...DITTO.

 

[SiberianSleuth]

Hmmm, this isn't working for me. Saying no longer available.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/29674806#29674806

 

[felineforlorn]

My first thought was NO (also not being rude, being serious.)

OK now that I have rewatched it, like someone mentioned Meredith did rephrase the question and Misty then agreed she realized she had done that (change her story). I do find it odd Ron did not hold her hand or anything, but I also think they looked a bit nervous or uncomfortabe. I have a few speculations, one being Ron is truly doing everything possible to find his daughter including marrying / "sleeping with the enemy"...or that one or both of them know something either due to some form of culpability OR from something they confided in LE and LE having shared important info and they are there to send a message of some sort. I tend to think the "my" blanket remark could have been an honest mistake, my kids and I share blankets from time to time, especially in the winter, if some are being laundered, I will give them one off my bed, etc. I consider them all "my" blankets, as they are like community property, LOL.

 

[LaLaw2000]

OR, they had a script ... and she messed up.

I think that is it!

 

[alwaysonmymind]

So, when Misty was questioned again THIS week she just stopped talking??

According to LE on the scene at the searchas scene on the today show.

Poor Haleigh.

 

[justwondering]

Is there a link to wedding pics of Ron and Misty?
TIA

 

[LaLaw2000]

I tell ya! Have LE bug their hotel room!!!:furious:

Now that would have been great and also would have given LE a bit more than they wanted to hear!!!

 

[WICKEDACE]

I am just completely not okay with Ron and Misty getting married... Yes they are adults and they can do what they wish, but come on did they have to do it right now?

I smell ummm hey if we get married we wont have to testify against each other.

Just sayin'

 

[Aries72]

You know, that interview was hard to watch. The whole thing was awkward, from the shot of them sitting on the couch, arms crossed with no expression of their faces til the end of the interview. Even the footage of their wedding seemed weird. For them to be so "in love" (per GGma Sykes), they sure don't act like it. I mean, I didn't want to see them acting all giddy and happy during the interview but they could've at least held hands or something to support one another during the interview. I don't even recall Ron looking at Misty during it either. Weird. MOO

 

[tehcloser]

So, when Misty was questioned again THIS week she just stopped talking??

According to LE on the scene at the searchas scene on the today show.

Poor Haleigh.

The reporter at the beginning of the interview, said LE was concerned that this marriage might cause potential problems down the road with spousal privilege....hmmm. Now they brought Misty and Ron in to be interviewed again, the night before the wedding took place, seems like they went at Misty pretty hard, and she got up and walked out. Interesting huh?

 

[Memphis Belle]

FWIW, here was an observation from my 2 teens who watched this interview. They know my fascination with crime, from Trenton to Caylee, and they aren't that familiar with the Haleigh case, but I got them to stop long enough to watch most of it. My 17 yo daughter said.....and this was just her take..."they just look poor and dumb. I feel sorry for them, even if they had something to do with it I feel sorry for them." I asked about body language - she didn't see anything, and when I said they were on there getting money and making some instead of searching, she (my daughter) replies, they are getting attention to the case. DD said its not that hard to stay at home and take care of 2 kids, and re: the 911 call I gave a quick replay to her...dd replied, wouldn't you be mad? Wouldnt you be po'ed and calling me names if I lost ____ (my youngest is 7). My 15yo son also said...you can't expect people to be searching 24/7 and sittting around crying. They are bringing attention to the case. He didn't think RC's drug charges were anything to be concerned with either.

UH....I do!! I know they are just my teens, but dd wants to be a psych major and reads people pretty well. She didn't pick up anything from Misty. She feels sorry for them. Okay...thanks for reading my rambling.
(and note...I don't mean to demean R &M by the "poor and dumb" comments. It was DD observation. And she wasn't laughing when she said it either.)

I think your kids are right on. I think regional differences are making a lot of people suspicious where there is nothing to be suspicious about. I am originally from that part of the country and know people like Misty and Ron. She is very young and scared and he is not comfortable with showing emotion in public -- especially in the world of cameras, interviews, TV, all this attention, etc. I also think they appeared on the Today show to put the story back on Haleigh. In the past week, the story has sort of fizzled in the press. The wedding has put them back in the public eye -- and another opportunity to get Haleigh's face on the air -- seen by millions of people.

 

[6angels]

Funny, I didn't see him smile much at that wedding... and sunglasses? Come on now ... LOOK at your bride and into her eyes, and let her look into YOURS!

I believe he married her to make her feel closer to him and evently spill the beans. JMO

 

[ElizaAvalon]

You know, that interview was hard to watch. The whole thing was awkward, from the shot of them sitting on the couch, arms crossed with no expression of their faces til the end of the interview. Even the footage of their wedding seemed weird. For them to be so "in love" (per GGma Sykes), they sure don't act like it. I mean, I didn't want to see them acting all giddy and happy during the interview but they could've at least held hands or something to support one another during the interview. I don't even recall Ron looking at Misty during it either. Weird. MOO

I agree.

I was struck by:

- his sunglasses
- that they weren't even looking at each other while saying their vows (!)

I'm still reeling from this exchange:

Meredith Viera: Why were there inconsistencies?

Misty Croslin: I don't know.

MV: But you know, you did do that.

MC: Yeah.

MV: And you're not sure why?

MC: No.

 

[jaimie43]

Rons body language...this marriage was NOT something he was happy and willing to do. He looks completely miserable but for some reason he must feel like he had to do it.

So Misty felt the investigator was a little too rough on her so shes just not gonna talk to him anymore?! :snooty: Well WAHHHHHH!!!!!I hope HES the one who gets to throw the cuffs on her and take her to jail>>>>>>:Justice: