For Ron to have been away from his job long enough to take Haleigh out and bury her would, IMO, have been noticed by someone at the worksite. Even more noticeable would be him being late enough for his shift to have done all that. So, if Ron did not arrive considerably late for work or leave his work site for a considerable amount of time that night, someone else had to have taken Haleigh away.
It could not have been a Croslin. Ron would not trust any of them enough to leave such a task to them, IMO. It might have been TN. I doubt it was AS, although she could have played a key role in arranging for someone to do it.
If Misty and/or Tommy were the perps, Ron would not cover for them. Even if it meant some of his secrets (about other activities) getting out, I do not see Ron giving a pass to either one if he thought they had harmed his child. It's just too huge a transgression to let slide, even for Ronald Cummings.
If someone other than Ron removed Haleigh from the scene it had to be someone he trusted completely, and to me Ron does not appear to be a very trusting person in general. With something this huge, who could he trust? His mother or his grandmother? Maybe. But IMO either or both would have called someone else in, a male relative perhaps?
If Ron's family handled things for him that night, I seriously doubt that any Croslin knows much. I am sure they all speculate, but they don't have many facts.
I just can't see Ron calling Tommy to go to the scene and handle things--they didn't even like each other! But even if that happened and Tommy dutifully went to help his sister, where were Tommy's kids during that time? Lindsy wasn't home, and I can't see Tommy taking his kids with him. At least one of his kids was old enough to observe goings-on around him. At the very least, kids hamper one's ability to perform tasks in a timely manner. Could Tommy have taken Ron's call and then waited for Lindsy to get home before going to Misty's aid? I have doubts that a brother willing to commit a crime for his baby sister would leave her hanging for an hour or more. It's possible, but not probable IMO.
If Joe was the perp, he was the sole perp, IMO. Tommy's involvement in a Joe scenario seems unlikely--again remembering he was in charge of his kids that night, and IMO Ron would have turned them over to LE immediately, or more likely killed them both.
I can't see Ron leaving clean-up to any Croslin, working several hours overtime and then taking the time to stop at a store for beer and peanuts on his way home. Even if he stopped at the store hoping to secure his alibi, such action would require a level of trust in others that I just do not think Ron holds for any Croslin.
I can't see Misty or Tommy as the perps and Ron covering for either of them.
If Joe was the perp, he was the sole perp, IMO. And if that is so, Ron would not have covered anything up and would have cooperated fully with LE at all times. He would have been so heartbroken and inconsolable that it would have been impossible for him to go to the carnival, visit tattoo parlors, get married, pose for a variety of Kodak moments, etc.
The main problem I have with most scenarios is the number of people involved. Too many involved is not safe; it raises the possibility of someone cracking at some point. I do believe one or more of the Cummings clan (besides Ron) is involved because I do not believe Ron would trust any Croslin with something so serious.
I think Misty might not even have been there until all was taken care of at the scene, and then she was brought in to make it look as if the kids had a babysitter that night. I believe the kids were left alone--beyond that I have no clue as to what happened to cause Haleigh's demise.
I am 100% sure that by the time anyone checked on the kids, Haleigh was already gone. As much as I see the Cummings clan as dangerous and conniving, I cannot point to any one of them as being so heartless that they would deliberately leave an injured or ill child to suffer without intervention. If any one of them found a dying Haleigh, they would have rushed her to ER, IMO. And if none of them were involved in any event that led to Haleigh's demise, I believe they would have cooperated with LE to find the perp.
Unless there was no perp because it really was an accident caused by parental negligence, and the real crime is the cover-up.
