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Misty Croslin’s Parents Busted In Drug Sting

Captain Obvious — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:50:11 +0000

Whoulda thunk it?

Here’s another story about a couple of mouth breathers from Florida courtesy of Me ToSee.

I spent a great deal of time last year writing about the Croslin and Cummings’ families. You know, Misty Croslin, the girlfriend (and now ex-wife) of Haleigh Cumming’s father who was supposedly babysitting her when she disappeared.

I haven’t spent a great deal of time writing about Haleigh the last few months. It’s not that I don’t want to find out who killed the little girl (anyone that doesn’t think she’s unfortunately dead is living in a fantasy world), it’s just that a lot smarter people who write prose for a living are still beating that dead horse. Both families and their trailer trash buddies should be locked up for good.

Anyway, the point of this is that Hank and Lisa Croslin, Misty’s parents, were busted Friday night during a drug sting in their neighborhood. They went to a house where Hank bough cocaine. See, this is part of what I don’t get about these fuck-ups. They all know how much exposure is one them and the entire group (most of which now sits in jail) just keeps on screwing up. Come to think of it, that’s not really a bad thing.

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Friday Haleigh Cummings Update

Captain Obvious — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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.

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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Arrest Made Near Haleigh Cummings’ Home

Captain Obvious — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

First off, I ran across this story earlier in the evening and according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s office this arrest has no connection with the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings but it shows they are really cracking down hard.

Convicted sex offender and child pornographer Timothy Loucakis lives less than a mile north of Haleigh Cummings’ trailer and has been arrested on charges that the 50-year-old man violated his curfew this past Wednesday evening.

According to Sheriff Jeff Hardy they have gone back in the GPS monitoring records and those records show that he was in his home zone the night that Haleigh went missing. He is supposed to stay inside his house between 10pm and 6am and is not allowed out. This having been said, investigators will be returning to the Loucakis home to search the area. Better safe than sorry.

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Where is Haleigh Cummings?

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Updated – Police are reporting that they think this is an abduction. It may be that they have found prints or something off-kilter at the house that they haven’t announced yet.

Updates at the bottom of the post. I am getting a really bad feeling about this now that it’s been over 24 hours. There is an AP video of a short interview with Crystal Sheffield, the mother, at the bottom of the post.

The state of Florida has issued an Amber Alert for a missing five-year-old girl who disappeared from her bedroom at some point last night. Police say that Haleigh was staying with her father Ronald Cummings(who was at work at the time of her disappearance) and his 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin (her MySpace lists her as 19). There was no sign of forced entry into the house but they are not sure if all the doors and windows were locked at the time. Police haven’t announced any suspects as of yet.

Haleigh Ann-Marie Cummings was last seen around 10pm last night in her bedroom in Satsuma. When she was put to bed she was wearing a pink shirt and underwear. According to a couple of other reports I have read she was wearing pink shorts and a tan shirt, so those differ slightly from the earlier report I had been given.

She is three feet tall, weighs 39 pounds and has blonde hair and blue eyes. Anybody that might have information on her disappearance or whereabouts is asked to contact the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office at 386-329-0808

According to police (as well as this map) there are over 30 44 sexual offenders living in the area, one right in the neighborhood. Police say that they have either questioned or will be questioning all of them. Police are also questioning the father and his girlfriend although they won’t say if they are suspects or not.

One of the channels is reporting that Haleigh was sleeping in the same bed as a 2-year-old sibling as well as a Misty. Seems as if someone would have woken up to me.

Just from watching a video of an interview with the father my gut feeling is that he couldn’t have done it. I could be wrong but my money is elsewhere. At first this case reminded me of Jessica Lunsford but now I’m thinking a bit closer to home. According to a report on FOX News Cummings told police that his “dumb bitch girlfriend” told him Haleigh was gone when he got home from work.

I’ll be at work all day so if there are any updates to the case please leave them in the comments. I can approve them from my Blackberry and then will update the post when I get home.

Below is the content from the 911 call:

CALLER: I just woke up and my back door was all open and I can’t find my daughter.

DISPATCH: Can’t find what?

CALLER: My daughter.

DISPATCH:Ok. When did you last see her?

CALLER: Um, we just like, you know, it was about 10 o’clock. She was sleeping (inaudible).

DISPATCH: Ok. How old is your daughter?

CALLER: She’s 5.

DISPATCH: OK. What was she last seen wearing, Ma’am?

CALLER: She was in her pajamas. We were sleeping.

DISPATCH: OK. Alright, you said your back door was wide open?

CALLER: Yes, with a brick. Like, there was a brick on the floor. Like, when I went to sleep the door was not like that.

DISPATCH: Was your back door locked do you know?

CALLER: Yes. The back door always stays locked.

FATHER: I just got home from work, my 5-year-old daughter is gone. I need someone to be here now. I’m telling you. If I find whoever has my daughter before you all do, I’m killing him. I don’t care. I’ll spend the rest of my life in prison.

DISPATCH: It’s OK sir, we got them on the way. Can you give me a description of the pajamas she was wearing?

FATHER: I don’t (expletive) know I was at work.

As of Wednesday afternoon police still don’t have any leads that they are discussing anyway. The family of Haleigh is pleading for her safe return, as are a lot of other people. Judging from interviews with family members they seem to agree with me in that something is hinky and that the girlfriend Misty (MySpace) isn’t telling police everything that she knows. Nobody has come right out and accused her of anything (at least where the media can hear) but I’m sure the suspicions are there. I can’t be the only cynic around. According to a comment attributed to Haleigh’s grandfather “If (you’re) in your bed with your child, and you get up to go use the bathroom, is there enough time for somebody to come in your house and snatch your child out of bed and disappear without you getting back to the bed in time? No“

The AP posted this video of an interview with Haleigh’s mother Crystal Sheffield, who lives in Georgia.

Although they aren’t requiring it the police are offering for any involved parties to take lie detector tests according to the CNN report linked below.

I’ve also just read that Leonard Padilla is heading up to the area. Before anybody starts groaning I think it’s a good thing because they are offering a $25,000 reward and they will also help to keep the media’s attention focused on the case. I’ve also heard that Tim Miller and Texas EquuSearch are headed there as well.

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Reward For Haleigh Cummings Increased

Captain Obvious — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:45:15 +0000

As law enforcement in Putnam County Florida continues to follow up on leads in the case of the disappearance of Haleigh Ann-Marie Cummings I’ve read where the reward for her safe return has been increased to $16,000. This has nothing to do with the reward that Bounty Hunter Leonard Padilla offered, which has since expired.

As I mentioned in my post yesterday concerning Haleigh, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is also looking into the tip it received that Misty Croslin left the double wide trailer she shares with the Cummings at some point the night that Haleigh disappeared. She was last seen when she was put to bed around 8pm on February 9th. 17-year-old Misty Croslin, the girlfriend of Haleigh’s father, woke up at around 3am to find her missing.

Law enforcement has reported that they have received more than 1,200 tips concerning her disappearance thus far and are continuing to follow up on the leads. The big problem with a case that continues to stay in the media is that every crackpot in the country has a tip. Keeping something in the media like this is a double-edged sword. On one hand you want it to stay at the forefront of everyone’s mind in case she is seen or someone has truly seen something of interest to the investigation but on the other you run into all of the freaks and psychics that claim to have ‘seen’ her.

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Updated – New Leads in the Haleigh Cummings Case

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:40:27 +0000

Updated 7:19pm – Investigators announced earlier this afternoon that they no longer know what Haleigh Cummings was wearing the night she disappeared from her mobile home in Satsuma. The pink shirt that they thought she was wearing is now in their possession. They won’t release any details other than the fact that she was not wearing it when she disappeared.

The ground search for Haleigh Cummings was scaled back yesterday. After searching for Haleigh all weekend Texas EquuSearch wrapped up it’s ground and water search in the area. The Putnam County sheriff however says that they are not abandoning the search, just taking a more tactical approach.

There were some new tips overnight police are looking into. Detectives went back through the area again and spoke to people that had not been interviewed in the initial door to door and apparently several new tips that have sent detectives looking around the state and even outside of Florida.

I’ll try and update this post throughout the day as news comes in.

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