Thank You for your hard work, Papa.
1. RON THREATENING AND ACTING OUT SUICIDE: Think of the fact (and those of us who believe these words of Misty's to be true, spoken under the severe strain of being in jail and having a little time with her Daddy)that this girl witnessed Ron putting a gun to his head. We have Tim Miller's account of Ron doing this in front of Tim (with his little boy present) as corroboration, though I don't find corroboration necessary. It's there, though.
So, we can assume that three children witnessed this at different times, Ron acting out suicide, holding an actual lethal weapon in the room with vulnerable young people under his control.
A sixteen year old girl, who turned 17 and 18 while she was with him. A four year old boy, who witnessed this after losing his sister and probably witnessed it before, as a three-year-old. HaLeigh, too, more than likely witnessed this at least once in her young lifetime. The trauma and the scars would be incredible and that alone could account for Misty's behavior since the crime against HaLeigh occurred.
THINK OF THE FEAR THAT RONALD CUMMINGS INSTILLED IN THESE VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE, two of them his own precious, very young children.
2. USING HALEIGH: Ronald Cummings and his grandmother, Annette Sykes are so low that they would use an innocent five year old girl, their own flesh and blood, to lure a teenager back into this place of terror. The isolation they must have felt, those poor little children and even Misty, as she was sucked back in, probably ashamed and afraid to tell her family the brutal truth about Ron. Since grown women have trouble getting away from these kinds of situations think of a 16/17/18 year old girl, who in the midst of the abuse more than likely witnessed the death of HaLeigh at her father's hands. (This is my opinion).
The Cummings/Sykes/Neves are not above using ANYBODY if it serves whatever purpose they have in mind. Get Misty back so she will babysit those kids so the womenfolk don't have to. Also, keep Ron calm, get Misty back, use precious HaLeigh to do it.
My God, they used HaLeigh AFTER she was GONE, stating, as if what they were saying was perfectly logical and loving: HALEIGH wanted ~ "WANTED," they said, not "wants" ~ Misty and Ron to get married. So they were getting married because of THAT! In the infamous words of Granny Sykes, I say: "That's a CROCK!"
I firmly believe that these three people; Ron, Annette, and Teresa, threatened Misty and coerced her into lying about the events surrounding HaLeigh's death and the hiding of her body. I believe that they threatened Misty, and continue to threaten her and her family. Annette is calling Chelsea Croslin, mentioning Ron's lawyer beeping in on the other line getting all up into their business under the guise of being concerned. During the summer, when Misty mustered the strength and courage to call her family for help, we have Annette Sykes actually pushing Misty's mother back into her vehicle, not allowing this mother to protect her minor child and letting Misty witness what she and Ron would do to her family should she try leaving. Basically, imprisoning this child in the grips of her violent grandson and herself, both of whom she was (and is) intent on protecting.
THESE ARE MY STRONG OPINIONS, BASED UPON ALL WE HAVE HAD TO SEE AND LISTEN TO FROM THIS conscience-challenged, self-serving BUNCH, this paternal side of HaLeigh's family. Hearing young Misty talking to her Dad confirms what so many of us have believed to be close to the truth.
