The only reason I have considered someone else as the perp other than a Cummings or a Croslin is I am trying to figure out why everyone was acting so suspiciously practically from Day One, IF they are not guilty of harming Haleigh.
I can't believe Ron would not have known or eventually found out if Misty was the perp. At the very least, he would have questioned her to no end if he even suspected she might be capable of harming Haleigh. But he didn't do that. As a matter of fact, when NG asked Ron what Misty had told him about that night his response went something like, "I haven't really talked with her about that night, Mizz Nancy."
(I see that as one of many golden opportunities NG had to seriously advocate on Haleigh's behalf, but she didn't pursue it. HUH?)
Same goes for Tommy or Joe; it seems to me that Ron would have found out if either or both were involved. He would have questioned them in any manner he saw fit, IMO, or he would have leaned heavily on Misty in any matter he saw fit to get her to spill about her brother and/or cousin. I think he would have pursued this if he had even the smallest suspicion that they might be involved.
So, if I eliminate Tommy and Joe based on the appearance of Ron having eliminated them, and eliminate Misty for the same reason...that leaves Ron as the perp in Haleigh's demise. But, Ron was at work. We have had this hammered at us from all directions as if it is a fact. And if I accept that as fact, I can come pretty close to eliminating Ron as a suspect.
It could be TN or AS. Ron would do just about anything to protect them, IMO. He wouldn't do to protect Misty, Tommy or Joe.
What kind of evidence does LE have that made them so sure that Misty is the key? Maybe they know TN and/or AS have lied and that Misty can confirm they lied. Maybe they believe Ron was not at work the entire evening and that Misty can confirm that. But, if either is the case, why hasn't Misty come clean by now? I can see her holding out right up until her sentencing, but she clearly must know she has little to lose and much to gain by telling all she knows. Certainly her attorney would have made that clear to her many times over by now!
So, if the perp was not TN, AS, Ron, Misty, Tommy, or Joe...WTH is going on with the whole group that they all have lied repeatedly and not one of them has yet seen the light--that since they were not involved they can come clean now and bring some closure to this case!!
If none of these people are the perps, and if none of them staged a crime scene or disposed of a body, why haven't they now come forward and admitted to their lies and the reason(s) behind them? If their lies were to hide drug activity, to save Ron's reputation as a good daddy, or to hold on to custody of Junior, those issues are all moot now. If they were to come clean now about all their lies, they might succeed in pointing the finger of guilt elsewhere, away from themselves. Because their lies are what pointed the finger of guilt toward them in the first place!
The only reason I can think of for none of them coming forward now and admitting they lied and why, is because they are all still trying to cover something up. IMO, either they were each involved to some degree in crimes against Haleigh, or they are all covering up for a series of events that eventually led to the death of this innocent child.
People only cover up what they need to keep hidden. It usually isn't something insignificant. In the face of a missing child investigation, anything those close to the crime need to keep hidden has to be something huge, IMO.
LE needs to find out everything that Ron and Misty were into, as a couple and separately. LE said Misty is the key and they have never retracted that, though they never called Misty a suspect. A big reason why so many think Misty is the perp is because she was labeled "the key." I say that since the victim was Ronald's child, and LE has never called him a suspect, that Ron could just as easly be "the key."
