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Friday Haleigh Cummings Update

By Captain Obvious on April 1, 2009

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I just wanted to put up a quick update on some of the stuff happening in the Haleigh Cummings search. 
One thing that has come up today that apparently has been rumored for the last few days but which I just learned, is that a cousin if Misty Croslin’s, ‘Joe’, was in Satsuma around the time that Haleigh disappeared. He is back home in Tennessee and one of the big rumors flying around is that he is a pedophile. In a press conference with Haleigh’s paternal grandmother and aunt the grandmother told the media she he had ‘heard he was a pedophile’. 
Lt. Johnny Greenwood from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office disputed that rumor saying that “as far as we know, he is not a sex offender”. FBI nvestigators have spoken to Joe at his home in Tennessee but the Sheriff’s Office is not releasing any details. They also won’t confirm or deny how Croslin and ‘Joe’ are related. From what I understand, Putnam County detectives did receive a tip that Haleigh had been seen in a Carrabas restaurant in Knoxville. According to witnesses a man with the girl shielded her face and then drove off in a red Toyota Rav4 with a Florida license plate. Seems to me that if it were the cousin from Tennessee he would have Tennessee tags. More than likely it’s just someone visiting the area. I saw at least three cars today with Florida tags at my restaurant, I can pretty much guarantee that none of them had Haleigh with them either.


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Allegedly the man also got into a fight over a gun with Ronald Cummings while he was in town as well, although Ronald Cummings has denied that. I’ve run across the rumor on several different news sites and forums but nobody seems to be able to corroborate it. Just one more rumor in a mill.
Misty Croslin got another 15 minutes this morning and was interviewed by Matt Lauer of the Today show.  He asked her several different questions, including about the cousin. Croslin  promptly threw him under the bus and then backed over him…when Lauer asked her is she thought the relative had anything to do with Haleigh’s disappearance she didn’t answer definitively ‘no’ or ‘yes’. She said “I really don’t know. I don’t know if he did or not” When Lauer asked her to clarify that statement she said “”I’m not quite sure at all. No. … He’s a criminal, pretty much; he’s been in trouble his whole life. I don’t trust him,”. Damn, that’s harsh. She also added that she hasn’t spoken to him since he left Satsuma.
He (Lauer) also asked about the pink shirt that she initially told investigators that Haleigh was wearing. Apparently she later found it in the dirty clothes and she showed the detectives after she found it.
Misty is also denying rumors that she left the mobile home the night of Haleigh’s disappearance.
The reward for Haleigh Cummings’ safe return has also been increased to $20,000 according to a news conference held earlier today by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators also received some sort of tip today that lef them to search a wooded area near the home. Nobody is saying what the tip was or if they found anything there. More than 70 searchers combed the area. My feeling is that that are getting close to finding Haleigh. After eleven days it’s extremely unlikely that she is still alive though. I do know that Sheriff’s Investigators had Croslin back down at the sheriff’s office again yesterday for five hours of questioning. They have also seized a vehicle in connection with the case but are not providing any details about the type of vehicle or who owns it.
Someone has also decided that it just wasn’t cool that Ronald Cummings stay in a tent and has donated a camper while investigators continue the search for Haleigh.
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Author and owner of Captain Obvious' Crime Site. I have been blogging in one form or another since the days of Fidonet and BBSes in the early nineties. Started blogging in it's current form around 10 years ago and got seriously interested in crime in 2005, about the time Natalee Holloway vanished. I've been hooked ever since.
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  • Debbie

    Little girls ages 4 and 5 can be dressed by an adult then when the adult leaves the room can put something else on, like my grandaughter did the other night after her mother bathed and dressed her. So Misty could have put the pink t shirt on Haleigh then Haleigh could have changed what she was wearing..

  • Just another mom

    Here are a few thoughts on the Haleigh case: If Misty left the trailer, how long was she gone? Let’s say for example, she left the trailer at 11pm and did not return until around 3am. Think about how many hours this little girl could have been missing. I am sure that 3/4 hours is plenty of time to travel far enough away from the scene that no one would be able to track the kidnapper and Haleigh.
    Also, police have checked on REGISTERED sex offenders…uh, hello I am POSITIVE there are plenty of sex offenders out there that just have not got caught yet! This could be a person that is not known to the authorities.
    It could be someone that lives nearby. Someone who had been casing the neighborhood, knew the kids and Misty were there alone at night, someone who would not look suspicious as far as being in the area. I heard that police had questioned the neighbors, but look what happened to little Jessica Lunsford?? She was right there…100 yards away from her home.
    Isn’t it also a possibility that this person took Haleigh only to sell her to someone that wanted a child badly enough they would be willing to buy her?
    I’m just throwing things out there….all the while praying they find this little girl alive and that even IF Misty did leave the trailor, that they NOT try to blame her…she is a child herself.
    My thoughts and prayers go out to the family…

  • mlee

    It is very hard for me to look upon Misty as a child, she has been living in an adult situation for at least 6 months, her childhood has now passed. And she was the responsible party for both of those children. There are too many ifs about this case, and one of the factors that makes me wonder.. Is how quiet the Police are in their findings. It is possible that Haleigh decided to change her clothes, but with the girl friend sleeping in the same room, it is hard for me to imagine that too much activity could have occurred without someone being distrubed and woken up. I do believe that the Police are looking at all of the unanswered questions, and as reported, the police have not stepped up and made any statments clearing either the father or the girlfriend. I also have a very hard time believing that this house was chosen at random, with an insight that the father wasn’t at home, but they would know how to enter this residence that was locked up, with sleeping people inside, and that they would know where Haleigh sleep, where her clothes were to help her change clothes.. So quiet that no one was distrubed, and this tiny little girl wasn’t frightened, crying, screaming at a total stranger sneaking into her room and taking her from her bed in the middle of the night, in the dark.. Come on people, lets be rational about this..

  • brian mark horner

    i hope the mom and dad is doing good.i am praying for yall and for yalls family.i thank misty did not have anything to do with the disappear of haleigh.haleigh will be returned safe.the person whoes got that litter girl need to braig that girl to her family so she can be reunited with her family.whoe ever wound take a litter girl from her bed when she is sleeping need to be shot.my sister got 3 kids and i will do anything for the kids.and i wont to no how misty did not here anything while she was sleep.i no yall had over a 100 tips to haleigh i hope yall braig her home to her family. someone whoe new the family took the girl from her bed. whoe wound no what time the kids and misty gos to bed.whoe no what time the get off from work.someone that new the family got haleigh.i am praying for all of yall.braig that litter girl home.leave misty alone she look good.

  • sonya from tennessee

    Something is not right with this story. First a stranger is not going to walk into a home not knowing who’s there. A robbery didn’t occur, A murder didn’t occur, if Misty was there it would seem like someone would have raped her. By that person taking a child, makes me think it was something personal between that person and perhaps the father, but it makes me wonder why didn’t they take the boy? Misty knows more than she is saying, she’s probally scared but hopefully she will break, she may be scared of someone. She’s there and didn’t see or hear anything. Makes me wonder. Where is her parents, why is she on national television with a grown man smoking a cigarette and she is not old enough to pay for cigarettes, or smoke and no one seem to notice this? I sense something strange and I’m not sure if it’s both Misty and Ron or just Ron. Did anyone check his alibi from his job? No fingerprints in the home? I hope and pray that this little innocent girl is found and not harmed in anyway. They may need to arrest the girlfriend and maybe she will break. This is real strange.

  • starr

    Whoever took Haleigh dressed her again and put her shirt in the clothes to be washed. Somehow this does not seem like your typical abductor. This happened all while Misty was in the same house. No this doesn’t make sense at all. I think Misty left the home at some point during the night.
    Maybe she did not notice Haleigh was gone as she began to do the laundry. Or Haleigh woke up saw that Misty was gone and changed her clothes to go out looking for her. I’m sure Misty would not want anyone to know she left the children alone. I pray they bring Haleigh home soon. But if Misty hasn’t told the whole truth she really needs to now, to help find the missing child.

  • susanna

    I think Misty left those kids and went to visit someone.
    1. How else would the door get unlocked from the inside?
    It’s been proven there was no forced entry.
    2. How would you not hear someone come into the home when you are young and your b/f is working. You would most likely hear every creak because you are alone.
    3.They both said that the door could not be opened by a child. It was too high and it was tight.
    4. The door was propped open so that Misty could get back in without going through the front door. Both doors close on their own if not propped open.

    Misty needs to come clean because the time line is important to investigators to determine clues to finding her.
    She knows more than she is telling.

  • dreambreaker

    Some questions Misty said she woke up and was going to the bathroom,noticed the light was on and the back door was opened.Then she noticed Haleigh missing. She went to to call Who?
    Land phone or cell phone? Did she get an answer? What time? If Ron got a call at work,Why did he say What are doing up to her when he arrived home? Is she always asleep when he gets home from work.What way does he enter the home? Who was his girlfriend before Misty and why did they breakup? Family friends that knows the layout of the home? How many people knowed of his job hours? Has investigators check calls that week by phone records?

  • Bamagrlntx1971

    Just to answer a few of your questions, Misty said she called Ron from her cell. He was already in the drive way and instead of answering walked to the front door where Misty was waiting to tell him his daughter was missing. He searched the home for her then instructed Misty to call 911.

    As far as the door he used to enter the house he says he ALWAYS uses the front door. The back door is never opened. Of course in an interview Misty stated they only use the back door to take out the trash or if they are washing the car, so apparently the door is used at times which allows for opportunity for the door to be left unlocked. They insist it is not possible.

    Hope this helped.

  • Rosalita

    I think most everyone in this family is lacking in common sense and certainly parenting skills! I don’t blame the biological mom for seeking custody of their son. Clearly, Ronnie Boy doesn’t understand why 17 year-olds are not adults and leaving one in charge of the safety and well-being of his kids was poor judgment. Who knows why someone took this little girl? But we do know that someone went to alot of trouble to do so – and Misty somehow managed to miss it all! I think Ron and his little girlfriend have some ideas as to whom may have done this and why. And there’s only one reason why he married her…to bolster his case in the upcoming custody battle.

  • Bellwoodian

    Does anyone think it is strange that Ron does not care about Misty being with another man. A black man. The little boy said the couch was bouncing and the man that was there had squeaky shoes. Then Ron makes the statement he married Misty because he wanted to keep his enemies close.

    Ron doesn’t seem like the type of guy that wants to share his child bride. Why isn’t the police checking out the record of Ron and why isn’t Child Services doing a better job of knowing what is going on in this family.

  • Ann

    I strongly believe Misty holds the answer. I dont see how they haven’t charge either one of them Ron or Misty for Neglence. He left he children in the care of a 17 year old for extended hours. Her story has changed soo many times. Now the latest she was getting it on with someone on the coach. That guy has a bunch of drug charges and Ron a drug dealer hmmm. Or how the van that moved and tampered with. Someone who had access to it. I dont trust Misty as far I can throw her that not very far lol. The poor mother im glad she finally doing something about everything. I hope they find Haliegh to bring closure to this family. I hope they catch the jerk who did this. She has a my space and she says she 19yrs old go figure she an imature liar.

  • ADRIANNE BENNETT

    THIS IS JUST NOT RIGHT THERE IS SOME THING THAT MISTY IS NOT TELLING!! SHE IS COMING UP WITH ANY THING BUT THE TRUTH! I THINK THAT WHEN THERE IS AN ANOTHER MAN INVOLED AND YOU DON’T WANT” YOUR MAN” TO FIND OUT, US WOMEN WILL GO TO ANY LENTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT HE (YOUR MAN) DOSEN’T FIND OUT ABOUT THE “OTHER MAN” THAT YOU ARE SEEING WHILE LIVING IN “YOUR MAN” HOUSE AND TAKING CARE OF HIS KIDS LIVING A FREE LIFE AT SEVENTEEN!! JUST A THOUGHT TO THINK ABOUT????????????

  • Shallee

    look under the trailer…case solved…little girl saw something she should have not seen..guy takes off..little girl killed to keep her mouth shut..happens too often…

  • carolyn jorgensen

    after hearing about another little girl missing i was sooo sad i cant believe what this world is coming to i hope and pray this little beautiful if found and brought back home to her family that loves her ……..love carolyn

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