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[Angel Who Cares]

Family To Hold Prayer Vigil For Haleigh Cummings
Anniversary Of Girl's Disappearance Nearing
POSTED: 8:30 pm EST February 4, 2010
UPDATED: 9:38 pm EST February 4, 2010
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The family of Haleigh Cummings, the Satsuma girl who went missing nearly a year ago, will hold a Hope For Haleigh Prayer Vigil this weekend.

Cummings' mother, Crystal Sheffield, and her grandmother, Marie Griffis, said the vigil is open for anyone who would like to pray for the girl's safe return.

Sheffield and Griffis also invited any families with missing loved ones to attend. They are asked to bring pictures of their loved one, along with any information about their disappearance to promote awareness.

The vigil will be held at Celebration Park on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

The FBI Missing Person page for Haleigh is available at:
A reward is available for information leading to her recovery or the conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. Callers may remain anonymous.
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/cummings_h.htm

Article:
http://www.wesh.com/news/22469264/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Video Report: Misty Croslin Speaks to Friends, Family from Jail 02/04/10 7 p.m. Report 1:19
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video...from+Jail/50619441001/50624658001/64908838001

 

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“Hope for HaLeigh” Prayer Vigil Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 5:30 PM

"Snip" http://www.thesky973.com/pages/6288494.php
Staff Reports Posted: Friday, 05 February 2010 2:53PM


GLEN ST. MARY, Fla.,– HaLeigh Cummings disappeared from her home in Satsuma, Florida, approximately 75 miles east of Gainesville, during the early morning hours of February 10, 2009. It will be the one year anniversary of HaLeigh’s disappearance.

The family of HaLeigh Cummings will be holding a “Hope for HaLeigh” Prayer Vigil in Glen Saint Mary, Florida on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 5:30 PM ET. The prayer vigil will be held at Celebration Park.

HaLeigh’s mother Crystal Sheffield and grandmother Marie Griffis invite everyone to come and pray for HaLeigh’s safe return. They would also like to extend an invitation to any families with missing loved ones to attend. These families are welcome to bring pictures of their loved one, along with any information about their disappearance to promote awareness.

The directions to Celebration Park in Glen Saint Mary, Florida are as follows:
From I-10, take Hwy 125 North. Go north approximately 1 mile and Celebration Park will be on the left next to the Fire Department

 

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Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin, two key players in the disappearance almost a year ago of then-5-year-old Haleigh Cummings.
Croslin: 'We're all going to prison' for drugs
Haleigh Cummings' dad also talked about drug case in jail recordings.



"Snip" By Cindy Swirko, Sean McCrory & Joe Byrnes


Published: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 10:54 p.m.
( page 1-3 at article link )


Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin, believe they are going to prison on drug charges, according to recently released audio recordings made of the pair in jail.

In a recording released earlier by the Flagler County jail, Ronald Cummings could be heard reaching the same conclusion while talking with a newspaper reporter.

"Oh, no, I'm going to DOC. I'm going to prison. No if, ands or buts," he says in the recording made on Jan. 24. "... I said, there's no if, ands or buts, I'm going to prison. ... Did I put myself in a bad spot? Of course I did."

If convicted on all charges, Misty Croslin faces more than 74 years in prison and Ronald Cummings more than 43 years, law enforcement sources have said.


Palatka attorney Robert Fields, who represents Misty Croslin, told The Sun on Thursday that "the new developments are unfortunate. My goal is to do what I can for Misty."

"As her lawyer, it's not how I wanted to start my day," Fields added in regard to the release of the audio recordings.

Meanwhile, a California bounty hunter who was involved in another high-profile child case - the slaying of Caylee Anthony in Orlando - has offered to bond Croslin out of jail if she gives him information about Haleigh's whereabouts.

Leonard Padilla also wants anything Croslin would tell him to be covered by the attorney-client privilege.

Fields said Thursday he would advise Misty Croslin to reject the offer.

"I'm going to advise her against it because I think it would really hurt her," Fields said.


Note: Much more at article link, listen to Ron's first uncut call. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100205/ARTICLES/2051002?p=1&tc=pg

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Report: Vigil for Haleigh Cummings set for Saturday
7:40 a.m. EST, February 5, 2010
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Haleigh Cummings' family will hold a vigil this weekend as a milestone approaches &#8212; the

one-year anniversary of the Putnam County girl's disappearance, a Web site is reporting.

The Hope For Haleigh Prayer Vigil will be at 5:30 p.m. at Celebration Park.

Article:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...s-vigil-this-weekend-20100205,0,1449536.story

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Figures tied to Haleigh's case expect prison time
Taped conversations reveal despair of Misty Croslin and Ronald Cummings, who now face additional drug charges.
Published: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 11:35 a.m.
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Croslin and Ronald Cummings, along with three others, were arrested on Jan. 20 on charges of trafficking prescription drugs including oxycodone and hydrocodone. Additional trafficking charges were filed Wednesday against both in connection with the ongoing investigation, bringing the total charges to eight against Croslin and five against Ronald Cummings.

Bond has been set at $1.35 million for Croslin, who is being held in the St. Johns County jail, and $900,000 for Ronald Cummings, who was moved on Jan. 29 to the Putnam County jail after first being detained in the Flagler County jail.

Palatka attorney Robert Fields, who represents Misty Croslin, told The Sun on Thursday that "the new developments are unfortunate. My goal is to do what I can for Misty."

"As her lawyer, it's not how I wanted to start my day," Fields added in regard to the release of the audio recordings.

Meanwhile, a California bounty hunter who was involved in another high-profile case has offered to bond Croslin out of jail if she gives him information about Haleigh's whereabouts.

Fields said Thursday he would advise Misty Croslin to reject Leonard Padilla's offer. "I'm going to advise her against it because I think it would really hurt her," Fields said.

AUDIO FILES
These are recorded telephone conversations from jail. They are edited for profane language.
Misty Croslin from jail - No. 1
http://www.gainesville.com/assets/mp3/Misty1edited.mp3

Misty Croslin from jail - No. 2
http://www.gainesville.com/assets/mp3/Misty2edited.mp3

Misty Croslin from jail - No. 3
http://www.gainesville.com/assets/mp3/Misty3edited.mp3

Misty Croslin from jail - No. 4
http://www.gainesville.com/assets/mp3/Misty4edited.mp3

Ronald Cummings from jail - No. 1
http://www.gainesville.com/assets/mp3/RCummings0124101609edited.mp3

Ronald Cummings from jail - No. 2
http://www.gainesville.com/assets/mp3/RCummings012410at1626edited.mp3

Ronald Cummings from jail - No. 3
http://www.gainesville.com/assets/mp3/RCummings012910Putnamedited.mp3

Article:
http://www.ocala.com/article/201002...res-tied-to-Haleigh-s-case-expect-prison-time

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Jail Call: Misty's Brother Blames Her
Hank Croslin Jr. Says His Sister Is Reason He Was Arrest On Drug Charges
POSTED: Friday, February 5, 2010
UPDATED: 5:05 pm EST February 5, 2010
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In a jailhouse phone conversation released Friday, Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., the brother of Misty Cummings, said he's in jail on drug trafficking charges because he got caught up in what was going on with his sister.

"I try to sleep, but every time I close my eyes, I see my family," Croslin said in a phone call to his brother Tim Croslin. "Misty brought some dude over to the house one night and wanted me to get her some rocksies. So I (expletive) went and got her some rocksies. I talked to someone I knew and got her some pills."

The conversation soon turns to Haleigh.

Tim: Do you think any of this (expletive) would happen to you if this (expletive) wasn't going on in our lives about Haleigh?
Hank: No! Hell, no!
Hank: They weren't after me. They was after Misty and Ronald. I just got caught up in the middle of it because of my (expletive) sister.

"The damn police said I'm facing three years in prison unless you can help us find Haleigh," Hank said. "I said, 'I can't help you find nobody, I don't know where she is.'"

As the brothers continue to speak, Tim warns Hank they need to be more careful about what they have to say.

Tim: We need to watch what we're saying on these phones because Nancy Grace is going to be playing all of our phone calls.
Hank: Oh, well.

Uncut Audio: Hank Croslin Jr. Calls Brother From Jail
http://www.news4jax.com/download/2010/0205/22478375.mp3

Video: Jail Call: Misty's Brother Blames Her 2:29
In a jailhouse phone conversation released Friday, Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., the brother of Misty Cummings, said he's in jail on drug trafficking charges because he got c...
http://www.news4jax.com/video/22480342/index.html

Article:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/22478342/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

SKY Investigates: New Jail Tapes, Tommy Croslin
Posted: Friday, 05 February 2010 5:01PM
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News Talk 97.3 the SKY Thursday received the recordings of 6 calls Misty Croslin recently made from the St. Johns Jail in St. Augustine, FL and the raw audio from Tommy Croslin Friday.

We were hoping to have more video and more conversations from Donna Brock, but that is not a possibility at this moment due to some challenges at the St. Johns Sheriff's Office media center and the need to further redact parts of the telephone conversations.

Also included is a phone call from Ronald Cummings while at the Putnam County Jail.

BREAKING NEWS: New Audio from SJCO Jail Tommy Croslin
http://hosted-media.podzinger.com/wsky/archive/WSKY_News/2010-02-05_Tommy_Croslin_Calls.mp3

AUDIO: Ron's call from the Putnam Co. Jail
http://hosted-media.podzinger.com/w.../2010-02-04_Ron_C_call_from_Putnam_jail_1.mp3

AUDIO: Misty's call from the St. Johns Co. Jail 1
http://hosted-media.podzinger.com/wsky/archive/WSKY_News/2010-02-04_Misty_Call_1.mp3

AUDIO: Misty's call from the St. Johns Co. Jail 2
http://hosted-media.podzinger.com/wsky/archive/WSKY_News/2010-02-04_Misty_Call_2.mp3

AUDIO: Misty's call from the St. Johns Co. Jail 3
http://hosted-media.podzinger.com/wsky/archive/WSKY_News/2010-02-04_Misty_Call_3.mp3

AUDIO: Misty's call from the St. Johns Co. Jail 4
http://hosted-media.podzinger.com/wsky/archive/WSKY_News/2010-02-04_Misty_Call_4.mp3

AUDIO: Misty's call from the St. Johns Co. Jail 5
http://hosted-media.podzinger.com/wsky/archive/WSKY_News/2010-02-04_Misty_Call_5.mp3

AUDIO: Misty's call from the St. Johns Co. Jail 6
http://hosted-media.podzinger.com/wsky/archive/WSKY_News/2010-02-04_Mistys_Call_6.mp3

JAIL VIDEO TOMMY CROSLIN CALL Courtesy of News4Jax.com
http://www.news4jax.com/video/22424712/index.html

Article:
http://www.thesky973.com/pages/6299158.php

 

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"Snip" TJ Hart http://www.thesky973.com/pages/6301020.php


According to the rumors, Crystal Sheffield allegedly failed a drug test yet the young boy remains with her in her Baker County home.

told Marie that there is talk that Butterbean remains at home, but that Crystal may have failed a drug test due to the ingestion of a Loritab pill.


Marie Griffis responded:

"I will say yes that is true, all the other stuff on the internet came from the ones scorned (that is all I will say about them). Please let everyone know that Crystal is doing what DCF wants her too, Crystal has needed these therapies that they are offering she has dealt with a lot losing a child a second time and maybe this time peemanently and on top of that, everyone in the home will receive some type of therapy. Chad's children have been affected by HaLeigh's disappearance, they are all like brothers and sisters. Update on Butterbean he is doing great he is very happy and loving being with his Mommy he gets very upset when she has to be away from him from 3hrs to go to her classes but he understands why. We have explained everything to him that we feel he understands, he just simply wants to be with his Mommy."

 

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Palatka Daily News http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/02/06/news/news01.txt
"Snip" By Larry Sullivan
Published: Saturday, February 6, 2010
On the wall above a desk, a framed photograph features a young girl smiling as she looks at the camera.

It's a constant reminder for the people who work in the office.

This is where investigators, one from the PCSO and another from the FDLE, work full-time reviewing clues into the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings,
who vanished one year ago.

"It's like our child," Capt. Dominic Piscitello said. "We feel the emotional ties to this case as well as the investigative ties."


Informally, the workspace is known as the Haleigh Room.

The small office reflects the task at hand.

A shelf holds 18 large notebooks with CDs, photos and narratives. These catalog the 5,700 leads the investigation has examined - tips, sightings and even psychic.

Inside one book, a photo shows a man and woman with a young girl.

"Somebody thought that was Haleigh," Piscitello said.

An investiator tracked down the people in the photo and confirmed it was not the missing child from Putnam County.

On the opposite wall is an intricate timeline depicting actions and relationships of those at the center of the probe.



Through all the distractions, sheriff's office investigators have continued to locate and pull together more pieces of the puzzle.

Piscitello estimates more than 10,000 man hours have gone into the effort.

Pressure from the case has taken a toll on those working the case, including orders from doctors to rest. But that has not lessened their commitment to seeing it through.

"It will break," he said with conviction. We'll solve it eventually."

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Haleigh Vigil Scheduled Ahead Of 1-Year Anniversary
Saturday, February 06, 2010 7:18:29 AM
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A vigil is planned Saturday night for Haleigh Cummings, who has not been seen in close to a year.

The vigil for the missing 6-year-old is set for 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Celebration Park, in Glen St. Mary.

Despite thousands of tips and countless hours of searching, there have been no signs of the girl.

Article:
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2010/2/6/haleigh_vigil_scheduled_ahead_of_1year_anniversary.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Haleigh sitter to get bail? 2:41
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2010/02/05/ng.mom.bail.out.cnn

Haleigh Cummings case 1:11
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2010/02/05/ng.haleigh.dad.attorney.cnn

 

[Donjeta]

This is kinda OT but I wanted to post this because it is a reminder that there is a large number of people who have been affected by Haleigh's disappearance. For example, her schoolmates and their parents who may feel less like the world is a safe place than before.

Bus Drops Off 8-Year-Old At Wrong Stop
Saturday, February 06, 2010 8:15:05 AM

Lost In Plain Sight
Reported by Jason Wheeler

PALM COAST -- Did a school bus driver fail to follow protocol after a child got off at the wrong bus stop?

&#8220;Monday afternoon, I&#8217;m waiting at the bus stop, and my daughter wasn&#8217;t on the bus,&#8221; Tonya Perry told News 13. &#8220;They let her off somewhere else, and the driver wouldn&#8217;t tell me where she was at.&#8221;

That began a terrifying 20 minutes for Perry, as she raced around, trying to find her 8-year-old daughter, Delaney.

The bus driver drove away as Perry went to get a cell phone to call 911.

Eventually, the second-grader was found about one-half mile away from her actual bus stop. A couple noticed her roaming the street, looking for her home.

Monday was the first day Delaney rode the bus home from Belle Terre Elementary School. Her mom made sure she and her teacher had copies of the bus assignment sheet.

A copy of the same sheet also went to the driver to let him know he had a new rider.

&#8220;We&#8217;re reviewing the tapes still and trying to get the full story, but it appears that a student that was a new rider to the bus was dropped off a stop ahead of their assigned stop,&#8221; said Mike Judd, an assistant to the Flagler County school superintendent.

Perry and her family recently moved to Palm Coast from Putnam County, where Delaney went to school with Haleigh Cummings.

More at http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2010/2/5/child_dropped_off_at_wrong_bus_stop.html

 

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UPDATED: Prayer Vigil Held For Haleigh Cummings
POSTED: Saturday, February 6, 2010
UPDATED: 10:48 pm EST February 6, 2010
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The family of Haleigh Cummings, the Satsuma girl who went missing nearly a year ago, held a 'Hope For Haleigh' Prayer Vigil on Saturday night. More than 100 people gathered at Celebration Park in Glen St. Mary to pray for Haleigh's return.

"We just want to know, is she here? Is she still with us? If she's gone to heaven to be with Jesus, I have a peace about it. God's standing with me, He's been with me through all this. I have a peace either way," Griffis said.

Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, and former step-mother are in jail accused of selling prescription drugs. "I'm very heartbroken that he can't be there, but he'll be praying from where he's at," said Teresa Neves, Ronald's mother.

Another remembrance for Haleigh will be held in Satsuma on Wednesday -- the one-year anniversary of the girl's disappearance.

Video: Vigil For Haleigh 2:02
Almost one year later more than one hundred people came to pray for Haleigh.
http://www.news4jax.com/video/22488957/index.html

Article:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/22488167/detail.html

 

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A year since Haleigh vanished, Ronald and Misty lost their way long ago
Story updated at 1:06 AM on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010
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Ronald Cummings was already a volatile man with a drug-related past when he met Misty Croslin, a defiant, barely educated teenager who moved in nearby. Before they came to define the troubling story of Cummings' 5-year-old daughter, the pair now jailed on trafficking charges lived in a world surrounded by drugs and marked by mistrust, family and others recalled in interviews. Haleigh disappeared from southern Putnam County a year ago Wednesday. The arrests end nearly a year that was both sad because of Haleigh and tawdry in the lives it exposed to a national audience.

Ronald
Anger and a sense of remoteness had marked Cummings for years, said his grandmother Annette Sykes, who reared him and his sister until Sykes' husband became debilitated by Alzheimer's. Annette and Kirby Sykes had guardianship of the two children beginning when Ronald was 3. He moved out as his grandfather became increasingly ill and was back with his mother, Teresa Neves, in Sumter County by the time he was a young teenager.

After Cummings graduated from high school in Leesburg, he and his girlfriend moved back to Putnam County. They went to his grandparents in Welaka, where his girlfriend became pregnant, but Cummings had changed, his grandmother said. "He just had a dirty mouth," she said. "He was very disrespectful."

Crystal
In Leesburg, Cummings had lived with his mother and Crystal Sheffield, a 14-year-old who came from Putnam County where she met the year-older Cummings. Sheffield, who would be the mother of Haleigh and Ronald Jr., left school in the ninth grade to be home-schooled but never went any further.

Her mother, Marie Griffis, said her daughter was supposed to visit Cummings in Leesburg for a weekend but never came home. Mother and daughter were not often in touch for the next two years, and Griffis said she sometimes did not know where Sheffield was. "When Crystal was with him, she didn't have much contact with me," Griffis said. "She never called me. When I called her, she didn't return my calls."

Sheffield, who now lives in Baker County on property beside her mother and stepfather, said drugs including pot and cocaine were part of the lifestyle she and Cummings shared while they were together. After separating in 2005, Cummings was given custody of Haleigh and Ronald Jr. because he had a job with health insurance.

Misty
Cummings and the two children were living together when he met Croslin in 2008. Sykes said she saw another side of her grandson's girlfriend in the months after Haleigh vanished, when Cummings, Croslin and Ronald Jr. moved in with her. "You can't threaten her or do anything to her emotionally or mentally that will affect her," Sykes said. "She doesn't have the ability." Sykes said even repeated interrogations by investigators had little impact. "When the sheriff's department was threatening her and doing all their doings and stuff, it didn't faze her," she said.

At about 15, Misty bought a bus ticket under a false name and moved to New Jersey with a boyfriend. After several months and with the help of a social worker, she was found and brought home. About that time, the Croslins moved to Putnam. Her father said she began hanging out with Kristina "Nay Nay" Prevatt and Amber Brooks, who is the mother of Cummings' other son.

On Feb. 9, the night after Croslin returned to Cummings' mobile home from the weekend of partying, Sykes dropped by. She said she was upset that Croslin had gone off and left her grandson without anyone to watch over the two kids. "I was mad because Ronald let her come back," she said. "But it's his house. There wasn't nothing I could do about it other than be mad." By the next morning, Haleigh was gone.
*Much Much More Info At Link!!!

Article:
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/...ed_ronald_and_misty_lost_their_way_long_ago_0

 

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Video Report: Vigil For Haleigh
Feb 6, 2010
Almost one year later more than one hundred people came to pray for Haleigh.
TN did attend the vigil.

"Snip" http://www.news4jax.com/video/22488957/index.html

 

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Misty's 'life spiraled' Grandfather was a mentor to Ronald Cummings
"Snip" http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100207/ARTICLES/2071006/1002
By Lise Fisher & Cindy Swirko and Cindy Swirko, Staff writers


Published: Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.

( page 1 of 6 )

Teresa Neves is certain of one thing. Before the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings, Misty who cared for the little girl and Junior, was caring and responsible.

"She loved them," Neves, 50, said of Misty Croslin. "There was no doubt in my mind about that."

Today, TN says she doesn't know who Misty has turned out to be. "I feel that somewhere in those two or three days before Haleigh went missing, she took a wrong turn in life, and that brought her to where she is today," Neves said. "I do not feel she is the same person she was when I first met her. It's like night and day."

As for Ronald Cummings, Neves wouldn't talk about the current criminal charges against him, but acknowledged he has made mistakes in the past.



"He was a very, very intelligent person. He has a very high IQ," Neves said of her son. "He has made some mistakes. You know what they say, they that can cast the first stone. I say that everybody makes mistakes in life. Ronald straightened out his life. His main focus has mainly been his children."

The lives of both Misty and Ronald showed signs of trouble even before Haleigh's disappearance.

Much more at article link!

 

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By Cindy Swirko Staff writer

Published: Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.

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SATSUMA - Judy Poppen was sleeping soundly in the early morning of Feb. 10 last year when she was awakened by a commotion around 3 a.m.


"The first thing that woke us up was Misty walking and crying and talking to somebody on the phone," Poppen said of her neighbor, Misty . "The next thing you know, the police are here, and ... they are in our house, searching. It was like bang, bang, bang."

"Snip"
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100207/ARTICLES/2071007/1118?Title=A-town-changed

 

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Satsuma residents say Haleigh case changed area
Published: Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 6:40 a.m.
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Judy Poppen was sleeping soundly in the early morning of Feb. 10 last year when she was awakened by a commotion around 3 a.m. "The first thing that woke us up was Misty walking and crying and talking to somebody on the phone," Poppen said of her next-door neighbor, Misty Croslin. "The next thing you know, the police are here, and ... they are in our house, searching. It was like bang, bang, bang." But it changed in an instant a year ago Wednesday, when a frantic phone call placed at 3:30 a.m. notified the world that 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings was missing.

Authorities, meanwhile, say they hope for a breakthrough and have kept up the pressure on key people in the case. Family members have been questioned repeatedly, while inconsistencies in Croslin's account of events have been repeatedly probed. Still, the drama surrounding the case never ebbs for long before some new twist - yet another arrest of a family member, a new rumor, a new conspiracy theory.

Cummings is now in jail facing prison time if convicted of charges he sold oxycodone and hydrocodone to an undercover officer on five different occasions. He is well aware that his image of a grieving father cast in the days just after the disappearance has quickly tarnished. "Well I know people that got the wrong perspective of me. There ain't nothing that can change it. People are going to think what they want to regardless," Cummings said in a recent interview from jail.

Poppen, who lives for the winter season in the home next to the one in which Cummings and Croslin lived when Haleigh vanished, no longer feels as safe as she once did. And the case has confounded law enforcement. Why hasn't the person who likely holds the key, Croslin, cracked under the pressure of intense questioning, surveillance and arrest? "She is very street savvy," Putnam County Sheriff's Lt. Johnny Greenwood said last week. "People have seen her on the news and how quickly she can change her story."

Curiosity seekers even visit the areas central to the case. A man now living in the mobile home from which Haleigh disappeared says "crime tourists" often parade by. Greenwood said the public's fascination with the case has some troubling elements. One man, for instance, has blogged and posted videos on YouTube that lay out elaborate theories and conspiracies about Haleigh. Among his theories are that there is widespread criminal activity surrounding Haleigh's disappearance and that some family members intended to profit off the case. At first, investigators reviewed the information, but Greenwood said they eased off "when they saw the spin he was putting on was not factual."

Few outward reminders of Haleigh remain in Satsuma. A billboard is still on the short stretch of U.S. 17 that passes through. But signs are no longer up in the few stores in the area, and the Haleigh Bug Center, a clearinghouse and meeting place, closed.

People do remember, though. .............I wish they could put a happy ending to it, but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen."[
*Much More Info At Link! ~Pages 1-5 Included In Article!

The home in Welaka where Ronald Cummings was living before his arrest on drug charges.

Article:
http://www.ocala.com/article/201002...tsuma-residents-say-Haleigh-case-changed-area

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Timeline for Haleigh case
Published: Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 10:43 p.m.
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It has been one year since Haleigh Cummings went missing from her Satsuma home. This is a timeline of events from then until now.

Feb. 9, 2009: Haleigh Ann-Marie Cummings, 5, last seen at about 10 p.m. at her Satsuma home, 202 Green Lane.

Feb. 10, 2009
3 a.m.: Misty Croslin, 17, Ronald Cummings' live-in girlfriend, says she woke up to use the bathroom and that on her return, she noticed Haleigh missing.

3:30 a.m.: Haleigh reported missing to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office soon after Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, 25, returns from his job at PDM Bridge in Palatka.

March 20, 2009: Both of Haleigh's parents announce that they are being represented by attorneys. Over the year, who is representing them as well as Cummings' wife, Misty Croslin-Cummings, will change.

Aug. 17, 2009: Officers mark Haleigh's sixth birthday by announcing Croslin-Cummings is &#8220;key&#8221; in Haleigh's disappearance and that physical evidence contradicts her &#8220;sketchy account&#8221; of the night the girl vanished. Sheriff's Office also reports it no longer thinks the girl was taken by a stranger.

Aug. 19, 2009: EquuSearch director confirms Croslin-Cummings underwent a polygraph in Orlando and that the test &#8220;showed huge deceptions.&#8221;

Jan. 20, 2010: Following a month-long investigation into the trafficking of prescription medications, Misty Croslin, Ron Cummings, Misty's brother Hank Croslin Jr., Hope Sykes and Donna Brock are arrested. Misty Croslin faces six counts of trafficking in prescription drugs. Three counts of the same charge are pending against Cummings and one against Hank Croslin Jr., Sykes and Brock.
*Much More Info At Link! ~Article Includes Pages 1-4

Article:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100207/ARTICLES/100209557/1002