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Eyes kept score on her blog for 7.5 years and had an accuracy rate of 95%
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Misty Croslin, who was last to see Haleigh Cummings alive, decided to give her story of what happened the night Haleigh disappeared again because she says, "Everyone is against me." She does this interview from prison as she is serving a 25-year sentence for drug trafficking. Misty Croslin was the girlfriend of Haleigh's father, Ronald Cumming.
Misty rehashes the details of what happened the night Haleigh went missing, and what she says this time is a completely different story than what she gave in 2009. In this interview, she says, "I woke up...I don't know why I woke up...and the kitchen light was on...I ran to the bathroom...or I ran to the kitchen to see what was going on. I thought Ronald was home, and he wasn't there, so I ran to my room to get my cell phone to call him. He wouldn't answer his phone over 20 times. I turn around, she's not in her bed."
In 2009, Misty told us she, "woke up because she had to use the bathroom, but I didn't make it to the bathroom. I'd seen the kitchen light on, and I walked in the kitchen and back door is wide open. And I didn't notice Haleigh missing then until I'd seen the back door open and I go in the room and she's gone." (See here).
I do believe that Misty loved those kids, and if something happened under her watch, it would have been an accident or lack of proper oversight (due to her immaturity or drug use). However, having watched Ronald Cummings for the past couple of years, if he was uninvolved, his behavior would have been very different towards Misty. In my opinion, both of these two know what happened and know if the truth comes out, it will only make things worse for each of them so they continue to hold on to what look like stories to me, not the truth.
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Sorry for the oversight in the first draft of this post. I heard Misty wrong. Thank you, Sophie, for pointing that out. I apologize.
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Ronald Cummings was sentenced today on drug charges. He was given a 15 year sentence and $250,000 in fines. Ronald Cumming's daughter, Haleigh, disappeared in February from the trailer that he lived in with his then live-in girlfriend, Misty Croslin. Misty Croslin has also been arrested on drug charges and could be sentenced to six and 240 years.
I reviewed Ronald and Misty within days of Haleigh going missing in 2009, and I found both of their stories odd and fishy. I believe both know a lot more than they have said about Haleigh. I have written extensively on these two, so click on the labels below to see all of my thoughts.
I will never forget Ronald when he said within days of Haleigh's disappearance, "I'd give my life for my child's life back." To me that is a strong indication he knew at that point she was already dead.
I wonder if we will ever learn what happened to Haleigh.
Thanks, Karon, for following the story and keeping us updated with links! You are a tremendous help with this blog. Thank you, truly!
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News surfaced this week that Misty Croslin has told investigators that Joe Overstreet came to her house the night Haleigh disappeared and stuffed a screaming Haleigh in a "black bag" and drove off with her in a van. Misty says while this happened, she and junior hid behind the covers. You can read more here at the Orlando Sentinel.
Misty has come up with so many stories, it's ridiculous. Just reading the story, I see red flags. Why on earth wouldn't Misty and Ronald have stuck to this story from the beginning if this was the truth? What motivation would they have to lie about this, if they are uninvolved? It makes absolutely no sense.
Of course, I haven't watched Misty make this statement, so until I do, I can't draw any conclusions, but this story is highly suspect, if you ask me based on logic alone.
I suspect if this was the truth, we would have heard it a long time ago.
To read my original thoughts about Ronald and Misty, click here.
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Being able to see the truth, one thing is very hard for me: listening to people speculate at what happened. I think it is because a lot of what people speculate about has no evidentuary support. Human behavior is evidence. People behave the way they do for a reason. We can never discount it, which a lot of people do when they speculate. So when cases start to break, I often steer clear because I go loopy listening to speculation that has no basis in reality. You cannot ignore basic facts.
I heard lots of stories about what might have happened to Haleigh Cummings and most don't even remotely interest me because they are so far off the charts. The idea that Ronald was totally uninvolved is ridiculous, and Pat Brown has offered the first plausible scenario that I have heard of what might have happened to Haleigh. I thought I would share it with you.
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A blog writer at the Orlando Sentinel wrote the following on this blog:
“Sources close to the investigation tell me that they have a person in custody,” WOFL’s Kelly Joyce said from Putnam County. “That person told them that they could find Haleigh’s body at the bottom of the St. Johns River here today, and I’m told they found something, but the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office isn’t saying what they found.”
Of course, this is one person talking to another, so take it with a grain of salt, but I thought I'd share it.
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Investigators in the Haleigh Cummings case have received a tip from inside the jail, and are searching the area near where Ronald Cummings lived when Haleigh disappeared at this moment. They've also set up a mobile command center, so it looks like they got a big tip.
Channel 4's Tarik Minor said the search of an area less than 5 miles south of where Haleigh disappeared in February 2008 was prompted by a "credible tip." ...
Minor called the search effort "massive," and included deputies from Putnam, Clay and Marion counties, as well as the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. He said cadaver dogs were also brought to the scene.
In the FirstCoastNews article, they write something I have never seen before: "After extensive interviews with many people involved in Haleigh's life, detectives have said Croslin knows more than she's saying, but is not a suspect. Has anyone seen that before? Is this a new change in status due to information?
I will post more information as it becomes available. If you have breaking news, please email me! Thanks, Karon, for the breaking news tip!
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Read more What Ronald Cummings says in this jailhouse interview is quite revealing.
Interviewer: Have they asked you about Haleigh yet...What happened?
RC: ...They just told me that their main focus is not on putting me in jail, its about finding Haleigh.
Why would the police say that, if they didn't think Cummings knew something? Does this make any sense? It reveals to us that the police clearly believe Cummings knows more than he is telling us.
If Cummings was being looked at unfairly, you would have expected him to say something like, "Look man, they have the wrong person. The person who took my child is still out there, other children are at risk. I worry about my son!!"
Have you ever noticed he never has worried his son? That's another huge red flag--two in one sentence.
Cummings goes on to say, "The 911 call, I haven't changed my mind about the 911 call since the minute it was made."
What?
What would he change his mind about in the 911 call? The fact that Ronald thinks there is something he could have changed his mind about the 911 call is a concern for me. I wish the reporter would have delved into this more to see what Ronald would have said. I suspect he may have been talking about his threat to kill the abductor (because that is what this segues into, but one can never be sure).
He then babbles on that if he finds out who did it, he'll go after them. It's ridiculous babble, if you want my opinion. He says, "That still remains that it don't matter 40-50 years from now, if I found out whoever done it before they do, you know whatever, might be done whether they took Haleigh because they took because they lost a child, or whatever the case might be, you know, uhm...yeah...."
The word "yeah" here is indicative that Ronald is thinking as he is talking and he is confirming things to himself as if, "Yeah, that's right. That's what I want to say." It's uncommon for people to do this. When people are deceptive, some have a habit of verbal confirming to themselves that they are saying what they wanted to say. It's like there is a cognitive overload, and their thoughts of self-censoring slip out unconsciously. I've seen it multiple times.
In his ramblings, Cummings talks about how someone "stole" his child. Later on, however, he talks about how if Haleigh is found it will be because someone is reporting a "homicide". He says:
"They know I won't be the first ones to know. I wouldn't call'em or nothing else. They would probably be notified by the news media or...or somebody, you know...report'en a homicide, so that's how they'll know I haven't found anything."
Ronald is all over in what he believes. One minute he suggests someone may have stolen his daughter to replace their missing child. The next, he talks someone took his daughter and if she is found ,it will be cause it is a homicide. The two are contradictory. He seems to change his position as the wind blows... Then when the interviewer questions if Cummings is talking about him committing a homicide against the abductor, Cummings owns that, too, but that is clearly not what he was saying.
There is little sense to what Cummings says. When people have genuine feelings, their beliefs are consistent one way or another, or they don't own anything, if they are ambiguous. They don't blow in the wind like Cummings is here. Deceptive people often do this...
Interviewer: ...Do you think she (Misty) know more?
RC: That's a hard question to answer....It's hard to believe that she don't know more, but...It's also hard to believe that if she did know more, she didn't already talk, you know...especially if they got her locked up like they got me locked up...
Notice the pauses? They are suggestive that he is thinking as he speaks (hot spot for deception), rather than talking from his heart.
Cummings behavior towards Croslin is just crazy. If he truly was not involved and didn't know anything, he would be demanding the truth from Croslin. But he never has. Instead, he insanely defends her which makes no sense whatsoever, unless they are both in on this. His reply above is just more senseless ramble, if you want my opinion.
And the idea that Crolin will talk in prison could still happen, but Cummings may have scared her that if she does, she could face the death penalty. That would be enough for Cummings to be confident that Croslin will never talk. Life in prison or the death penalty? I think the choice would be easy for most people: Keep your mouth shut.
Cummings says interestingly, "I want my girlfriend to know I love her." Did Ron get a new girlfriend or is that a message for Misty (that he is still loyal to her so she stays loyal to him)???
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Misty Croslin, 18, faces six counts of trafficking in prescription medications, while Ronald Cummings, 26, is charged with three counts. Hank Croslin Jr., who is Misty's brother, Sykes and Brock each face one count of trafficking in prescription medications.
You can read more here. Thanks to those of you who sent this story update!
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There is a radio station, Sky 973, that aired Tim Miller talking about Ronald Cummings this week, and of course, one must take this with a grain of salt, because we aren't hearing Ronald talk personally. We are hearing Miller share what he believes Ronald said. Words change when people recollect what others say, and so can the meaning of things.
Read moreHowever, if Tim Miller's account is true and closely resembles what Ronald said, I don't believe a word Ronald Cummings is saying. It's completely ridiculous.
Tim Miller says, "Ronald Cummings said, 'The bitch had something to do with my daughter's disappearance,' and he said that she never made the bed that night, she'd been awake all night, she never went to sleep. They did not have any laundry detergent, so she never washed clothes. The only clothes in the dryer were dirty clothes, and Ron Cummings, himself, told me he felt as though Misty was having sex with someone in his house and little Haleigh woke up and said, 'I'm telling Daddy.' This came out of Ronald Cummings mouth. The question was asked 'Why did you marry Misty?' He said, 'You keep your friends close, you keep your enemies closer.'"
When I look at this statement and assume it is a true, one thing that absolutely seems plausible is that Ronald would be jealous that Misty might have had sex with some other guy, regardless of whether or not there was any foundation to Ronald's beliefs. Ronald hits me as the type of guy who, if he couldn't reach Misty on the phone ONE time (perhaps after an argument), would accuse her of such nonsense.
I also find it laughable that Ronald tells Tim Miller that "you keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" when he refers to Misty and why he married her. If Ron is keeping Misty close to protect himself, but truly dislikes her and sees her as an enemy, his behavior towards her would be noticeably different. At minimum, he would have a hard time disguising it, but he hasn't given one indication EVER that he is against Misty in any form or fashion. It's is so obviously clear that he is on Misty's side that it is indisputable. Period.
Tim Miller went on to say that Ron told him if he could get $35,000 dollars, he could get Haleigh home.
What is so funny about this last statement, if it is a true account, is how could Ronald say this? If he was uninvolved, and doesn't know anything, how could he make this suggestion?
If only Miller had a real audio tape of Ronald Cummings saying these things, it would be ten times more fascinating. While I have shared with you my opinions, assuming these statements are true and very close to what Ronald could have said, I will personally forget them, because hearsay is not valuable evidence about anything to me. I prefer to depend on watching people for myself, directly, but I know many of you were curious what I thought.
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I don't have much to say about this because the video cuts in an out so much in a short period of time. if I do have any thoughts, I will share it below in the comment section. Thanks, C, again for the links.
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Ronald Cummings was on Nancy Grace tonight. Thanks to "C" for letting me know. Nancy Grace and her colleagues seem to feel that Ronald Cummings is in denial that his now wife failed the polygraph.
I was shocked at their response!!
Ronald Cumming looks like a different man tonight. I believe this is because the pressure is mounting on Misty and he is scared to death the cards are all going to come falling down on him.
All of Ronald's responses reaffirmed my original beliefs that Ronald knows a lot more than he is telling us! I do not believe he is just a victim to this crime and I stand by that.
If this video gets posted online, let me know and I will share my thoughts.
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You can read the polygraph questions Misty failed here.
You can read my original thoughts about Ronald and Misty (nee Croslin) Cummings here. To read all of my posts on this subject, you need to search the archives.
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Putnam County police came out this week and said again that they believe Misty (nee Croslin) Cummings likely holds the key to case of missing 5-year old Haleigh Cummings. They are also saying that Ronald Cummings and Crystal Sheffield are not suspects. What is interesting about this is were they ever officially called suspects?
Read more (Video)I wonder if people (reporters included) are jumping to the conclusion that Ronald and Crystal are now "cleared," because the police are just reiterating they are not suspects (see Palatka Daily news article). To me, "being cleared" and "not being a suspect" are two very different things.
When I searched Google news for "Ronald Cummings and suspect", nothing comes up. I don't believe he ever was an official suspect. I also don't find any quotes in the media from the police saying the parents were "cleared". I only see they are saying they are "not suspects". That means nothing has changed with regard to their status, if you ask me.
What is interesting is that the police are now saying that they don't believe Haleigh was abducted by a stranger. I believed that from day one. I've always believed both Ronald and Misty hold the key to this case and that they know more than they are both letting on. To read my original thoughts on the case, click here. Unfortunately, to read all of my thoughts on this case, you have to go through the archives as searches are only bringing up the last 12 posts (a limitation of blogger).
Putnam Co., Fla. say that, although Haleigh's mother, Crystal Sheffield, and father, Ronald Cummings, are no longer suspects in their daughter's disappearance, Croslin-Cummings remains a person of interest. Investigators say they also believe Haleigh was abducted by someone she knew. Click here to read more...
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It has been interesting to watch public opinion on Annette Sykes sway. Early on more people believed Sykes than did not, but in the last day or so, the pendulum swayed to disbelief (see original post and poll here). What makes deception so difficult is there is no sure clue to deceit.
In the beginning of the interview, Sykes is visibly annoyed that reporters for a variety of reasons. Some of you believe that she is deflecting instead of answering the question, but I disagree. Sykes was annoyed that people had to ask her how she was feeling. To her, it is obvious that a parent or grandparent would be miserable when their child is missing, so asking the question seems ridiculous to her. It annoys her, which is logical. So instead of answering the question, she asks the reporter to think how he would feel. It's logical, normal and nothing unusual.
Read moreI do not see any micro expressions of happiness as some of you thought you saw at time marker 1:25.
I also don't think you can judge someone from a lack of tears. Its much more important to focus on the emotions expressed. Are they genuine? Are they sincere? Are they consistent with the situation? Do they make sense for the situation the person is in? With Sykes, the answer for me was yes for all of those questions. She does break down at one point and it is absolutely genuine. It's not inconsistent at all.
Some of you felt when Sykes closed her eyes and blinked at key times that this was an indication of deception. For me, these are never clues to deception because honest people do them just as frequently as deceptive people do. The most important thing any detective can do is look for inconsistencies. Looking and focusing on behavioral ticks will almost always give you a false reading.
While Sykes is annoyed and perhaps angry at the questions asked of her, there is a calm about her that is undeniable, that I would not expect to see if she was being deceptive. She answers questions effortlessly and without thought. Her words flow. She does not show any indications that she is thinking on her feet.
When Sykes is asked if Misty was gone that night and she replies, "That's a crock!" Sykes has a lot of emotions. She is mad and isn't shy about showing it. Often times liars will attempt to hide their emotions to cover their lies. Sykes is very comfortable letting out her genuine anger here, and if she feels that Misty is being unfairly picked on she should feel anger. This, again, is normal.
With Sykes statement, all we can conclude is that she likely did see Misty and Haleigh at 7:00 PM, but that is all we can gather from it.
To me, Sykes is believable and honest here. I do not see one hot spot or indication that Sykes is being deceptive.
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There is new video of Ronald Cummings at www.FindHaleighNow.com. It is obvious Ronald is reading from a teleprompter (or some other medium).
As the video launches, Ron gives us a fake smile (I suspect as a result of being asked to do so), but then, before and after his emotional pause, there is a genuine glow underneath it all that he cannot conceal.
Even with coaching, you still can't hide the truth. I personally believe when people are coached, it only exasperates the inconsistencies even more. Coaching only adds to a person's overburdened cognitive load, if they are lying.
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I thought the poll results for the Haleigh Cummings case are fascinating. People are being asked who they think is responsible for Haleigh Cummings' disappearance (they can choose more than one answer). Click on the image to see the most current results in detail.
REQUEST FOR HELP: Is there anyone out there who is good with HTML and who could help me create a page where people can post topic suggestions and then other readers could vote on their interest for each topic submitted? I'd like something stand-alone that doesn't require much time to maintain, and is self-sufficient for users to post topic suggestions and vote. If you can help me, please e-mail me. I can host it on my website (as long as we can keep it manageable in size). I know basic HTML, but I don't know how to create this. Thanks in advance!
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What is so fascinating about this video is that Ronald Cummings isn't on the defensive like he usually is (see video here). He is fine with everyone tightening the reins on Misty, and ironically, that doesn't seem to bother him at all. His posture is relaxed, and his hands are splayed in front of him in a calm manner.
Read moreBut what is even more interesting is that you would expect Cummings of all people, here to be the most perplexed, mad and concerned about Misty's inconsistencies, if he is innocent and uninvolved, but he isn't! Cummings, like everyone else, should want to know whythere are inconsistencies. He should be all over them like a wet blanket, so he can get to the truth, but he isn't. Instead, he marries Misty and acts like it isn't his concern or worry that she is inconsistent. This behavior does not support honesty. Is that because he already knows the answers?
Throughout the interview, Cummings is feeling positive emotions. He almost has a "glow" about him. I can't quite put my fingers on it, but it is palpable. He is on the edge, at times, of breaking into a smile. He clearly tries several times to hold it back. I captured this image below when he said "no" at one point.
Try saying "no" when you are serious. Your lips don't curl up like this (see above). He is saying no and smiling very faintly at the same time. To move your lips upward like this when you feel serious and say no is very awkward to do, unless you are feeling a positive emotion.
Nancy Grace starts out by asking Cummings what Misty originally told him regarding their sleeping arrangements that night with respect to Haleigh. Notice how Ronald does what is considered a "false start"? Cummings starts talking, then stops and changes his direction.
Cummings says, "She told me that she was sleeping in the beh..., um, her and junior were sleeping in my queen size bed and that she was sleeping in the tot bed beside her..."This is quite telling. I suspect he was going to said "bed" above, but stopped mid-sentence.
Was he going to say that she was sleeping in the bed with Junior and Haleigh? When Cummings says the words"beside her," he makes an expression of doubt with his lips and squints his eyes. He pulls his lips up on one side, like when some people say, "I don't know." He continues with more expressions of doubt when he says, "...three or four feet beside her, or whatever." He squints his eyes like he is trying to recollect this, and his lips move to the opposite side this time, which is unusual for this type of memory, which should be concrete because he has talked about it so many times, if he is telling the truth.
Grace asked how everything got so mis-communicated about where Haleigh slept, and when Cummings replies, the very first few words he says, he has the slightest smirk on his face, "Ms. Nancy, I have no, no answer for you. I don't know how it was mis-communicated."
Grace goes on to ask if Misty told the police that Haleigh was in a separate bed, to which Cummings replies, "I wasn't there when she was questioned by police, Ms. Nancy." At the end of that comment, you can clearly see a grin on his face. It's subtle but definitely there.
Grace than asks why Misty didn't call the police immediately when she realized Haleigh was missing. Notice Cummings doesn'tanswer the question, and Grace never calls him on it! Instead, he just goes into what I could call a rote speech about the events of that night. He repeats what he has repeated a thousand times. Also, notice how Cummings' voice inflection changes? All the inflection in his voice disappears, and he talks as if he is drone, just recollecting data. He has no emotions whatsoever.
Why doesn't Cummings feel any emotions about that devastating night? He should feel tremendous pain and anguish when thinking about the realization that his daughter is missing, or at least feeling fear, or worry he experienced that night, but he doesn't. It's a huge red flag. He also gets nervous, and starts wiggling in his leg again. Why is he nervous when he talks about this? Notice he feels nervousness, but he does not feel any emotions when it comes to his daughter? That's a huge red flag.
Do you also notice how Cummings said he turned the house upside down, and then told Misty to call 911? Why didn't he ever look outside? Isn't that odd? Misty said the front door was propped wide open. Why wouldn't he start canvassing the neighborhood while Misty called police? It's just another inconsistency in his story.
Clearly, what we should be seeing in Cummings, such as serious questions for Misty, if he is truly uninvolved in Haleigh's disappearance, are not present, and worse, he is showing signs of positive emotions, which absolutely make no sense whatsoever.
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