Crystal S., Haleigh's mother #8

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  • #521
I know all about this being an RN and a chronic pain patient.

Baxter, thanks for this post. It's good to have a professional in the medical field on this board. I did not know all the information about the drug. The information you impart is very valuable to this case and drug discussion in general.
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While searching for more info on the abandoned house, haven't founf anything more. But, I found this article
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=132277&catid=3 SNIP~
Also, investigators want a DNA sample from Crystal Sheffield, the mother of Haleigh Cummings, the five-year-old who has been missing for over two weeks.

Thursday afternoon, detectives came looking for Sheffield, who had apparently gone to the doctor.

The detectives are trying to track her down after going to the wrong office. Investigators would not comment on what type of DNA sample they need, or why.

"Today's search is not in response to leads received from the family or the public, but as a routine procedure that has proven itself in other missing child cases," said Captain Dick Schauland with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. "This search is being conducted to insure that no possibility is overlooked in the search for Haleigh."

Ron Wirth, a former FBI agent who's been doing general analysis on the investigation as a representative of First Coast Crime Stoppers, says the move to get the DNA from Haleigh's mother may be about evidence.

"They may be seeking the biological mother's DNA to establish a basis for test comparisons on items that they have found, or will find, to positively identify or eliminate those items as evidence in this matter," said Wirth.
Wonder why they waited so long to get DNA from CS? Seems like DNA samples would have been requested from all family members in the beginning. Wonder if they founfd something that they needed her DNA to rule her out? ETA: And I wonder why it was so imperative that they tracked her down at her Drs. office. Seems strange to me.
 
  • #525
Curve, I thought that the time frame in which they requested the DNA sample of Crystal came near the time frame that previous DNA collected earlier in the case might have came back. I hoped that they had by some small miracle found unidentified DNA inside the home and they requested a sample of Crystal for comparison.

In my heart I pray that they have something!
 
  • #526
Curve, I thought that the time frame in which they requested the DNA sample of Crystal came near the time frame that previous DNA collected earlier in the case might have came back. I hoped that they had by some small miracle found unidentified DNA inside the home and they requested a sample of Crystal for comparison.

In my heart I pray that they have something!
Yes, I guess, but I would think in a missing child case standard procedure would be to get DNA samples from all family members, especially since most of these abductions are custodial. But maybe not. Seems alot of things in this case are done differently than most LEA procedures. IMO.
 
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Yes, I guess, but I would think in a missing child case standard procedure would be to get DNA samples from all family members, especially since most of these abductions are custodial. But maybe not. Seems alot of things in this case are done differently than most LEA procedures. IMO.

Well, all parents, stepparents and caretakers are suspects from the get-go, so I would have thought DNA from all of them would have been routine. It may be that initially the Crystal side of the family was looked at because the non-custodial parent is so often the abductor if there are custody issues. Also, if LE has Crystal's DNA and they find a crime scene with DNA that wasn't Crystal's but was similar, it might indicate a need to look at her blood relatives. (Also true of other families in other cases.)
 
  • #528
I am posting the information about Crystal regarding her seizure back in late March in case anyone is interested... the issue was originally discussed on a different thread and since it was pointed out that it didn't belong there I brought it here. ; )

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/033009haleighs_mom_seizure

snip~Sheffield’s family says this is the second seizure Crystal has ever gone through. She suffered her first two days before Haleigh was taken. Family members said she did go to the doctor then, but hasn’t been able to do any follow-up visits since her daughter’s disappearance.

Sheffield is expected to be okay and should be released from the hospital after minimal supervision. Her father was by her side the entire time she was in the hospital. Her mother was stuck at a different hospital in Jacksonville sitting with another family member, but was in constant contact by phone with her daughter ~ end snip
 
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I wonder if CS's seizures are being controlled w/ medication? Seems we haven't heard another thing about them since the DCF investigation and custody push is over. Maybe now that the stress of that is off she isn't having them anymore. I hope she is feeling better now, she always looked so tired and out of it before. IMO.
 
  • #530
Certainly looked tired in the picture at the link above. I think it was right after her accident with Chloe. I haven't been able to find anything that addresses her current health but I do recall that she looked radiant the last appearance that she made on Nancy Grace.

My son had horrible migraines when he entered his early teens. He was seen by a neurologist who prescribed depakote for the headaches and he was taking them for about 2 months when he started having horrible side effects and I had to request that he be taken off of that medicine. Depakote is a fairly common medication used to treat seizures. I too hope that Crystal is well and healthy.
 
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Well, all parents, stepparents and caretakers are suspects from the get-go, so I would have thought DNA from all of them would have been routine. It may be that initially the Crystal side of the family was looked at because the non-custodial parent is so often the abductor if there are custody issues. Also, if LE has Crystal's DNA and they find a crime scene with DNA that wasn't Crystal's but was similar, it might indicate a need to look at her blood relatives. (Also true of other families in other cases.)

You would have thought PCSO, FDLE or the FBI would have giving all the grandparents LDTs but they didn't do that either.
 
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I understand Marie asked for one and also took another test with it.

Are you suggesting TN and Sykes have not taken one? They have to be cooperative and ask or say yes when asked to take one. I recall in the very beginning, the PCSO said that they were all asked to take tests.

I guess all here assumed they did....but we should never assume. The Anthonys refused also...everyday, everyway, the Cummings are playing by the Anthony rules. I hope I am wrong, but I don't think TN has ever said she has taken one....
 
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iirc Crystal said she took one and thought she passed. I am more interested in Marty, Marie, Johnny Jack and Sarah.
 
  • #534
iirc Crystal said she took one and thought she passed. I am more interested in Marty, Marie, Johnny Jack and Sarah.


Actually, she said she didn't know, she said she was told it was being sent somewhere else. When pressed, she said in her most committal comment about it "I guess I might have."
 
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Actually, she said she didn't know, she said she was told it was being sent somewhere else. When pressed, she said in her most committal comment about it "I guess I might have."

That's not quite what happened, debs.

GRACE: Ms. Sheffield, have you taken a lie detector test?

SHEFFIELD: I sure have.

GRACE: And did you pass it?

SHEFFIELD: As far as I know. The man that did it told me he thinks I did, but they had to send it off to Washington to the...

GRACE: And did you do it voluntarily? Did you protest, or did you go along?

SHEFFIELD: Yes, I did.



http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0902/24/ng.01.html
 
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hardly a resounding assessment of how she believes she did. Her most assertive statement was that she took it. Thanks.
 
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Actually, she said she didn't know, she said she was told it was being sent somewhere else. When pressed, she said in her most committal comment about it "I guess I might have."

snipped atherella
GRACE: Ms. Sheffield, have you taken a lie detector test?

SHEFFIELD: I sure have.

GRACE: And did you pass it?

SHEFFIELD: As far as I know. The man that did it told me he thinks I did, but they had to send it off to Washington to the...

GRACE: And did you do it voluntarily? Did you protest, or did you go along?

SHEFFIELD: Yes, I did.
hardly a resounding assessment of how she believes she did. Her most assertive statement was that she took it. Thanks.

Your statement summarized it nicely.
 
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How did TN do on her test?
 
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:waitasec:
iirc Crystal said she took one and thought she passed. I am more interested in Marty, Marie, Johnny Jack and Sarah.

Actually, she said she didn't know, she said she was told it was being sent somewhere else. When pressed, she said in her most committal comment about it "I guess I might have."


hardly a resounding assessment of how she believes she did. Her most assertive statement was that she took it. Thanks.

snipped atherella
GRACE: Ms. Sheffield, have you taken a lie detector test?

SHEFFIELD: I sure have.

GRACE: And did you pass it?

SHEFFIELD: As far as I know. The man that did it told me he thinks I did, but they had to send it off to Washington to the...

GRACE: And did you do it voluntarily? Did you protest, or did you go along?

SHEFFIELD: Yes, I did.


Your statement summarized it nicely.

How did TN do on her test?


Well who knows? The resounding answer to me is" Crystal supposedly took a lie detectors test, not confirmed by LE by the way, just according to her, and it was sent off. :waitasec:Okay. It was sent off to washington :waitasec: Does this mean everyone who took a lie detectors test was also sent "off to Washington"? If not, why not? Why was her test only sent to Washington? Why is there no public acknowledgement of any of the test results of Crystal Sheffields polygraph tests? Why? :waitasec: Why hasn't other family members been given a lie detectors test? :waitasec: I'm looking toward LE for these answers.

The only bus driven was the Misty Lie detector bus and it was driven into the dirt. Why? :waitasec: Why haven't we heard of Crystals results? :waitasec: Did her lover take a test just like Ron's lover was given a lie detector test? :waitasec: Why don't we know? :waitasec: Why nine months into the investigation it's okay to rip Misty apart about a supposed deceptive lie detectors test, since everyone is supposedly seeking truth, why did truth just end with Misty? :waitasec: Surely truth is truth, right? :waitasec:
 
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iirc Crystal said she took one and thought she passed. I am more interested in Marty, Marie, Johnny Jack and Sarah.

Me too Flossie, and I will add to that all the Croslins, heck line everyone up.

Personally Crystal didn't look worried one bit about whether or not she passed the polygraph. In my opinion she was very sincere.
 
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