HALEIGH CUMMINGS - 5 yo - Satsuma FL - The Beginning

Wow, such class emanating from those pages. :shock:

I feel I need to reserve judgment on this case until more facts come in. I do feel there is something not right about the situation but I also don't want to jump to a conclusion and end up hurting people that may have had nothing to do with the abduction. Like the maternal grandmother said either someone had a key or it was an inside job. For me I would like to know who and how many people had access to that home and had keys. JMO

George Anthony, Leonard Padilla Join Search For Missing Girl

Thursday, February 12, 2009 – updated: 3:26 pm EST February 12, 2009

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- Investigators continued their search for a missing 5-year-old north Florida Thursday. Haleigh Cummings was last seen early Tuesday morning in her father's home.

Deputies from Volusia, Marion and Flagler counties are all involved in the search and Haleigh's mysterious disappearance has a Community on edge.

Eyewitness News has learned that George Anthony and the father of missing toddler Trenton Duckett, Josh Duckett, were assisting in the search. In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, and George Anthony talked about their search efforts.

PRESS CONFERENCE CLIPS: Father Begs For Her Return | George Anthony On Search

Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla, who was involved in the search for Caylee Anthony, joined the search for 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings. Padilla is offering a $25,000 reward for her safe return. Founder of Texas-based EquuSearch, Tim Miller, who's volunteer group helped look for Caylee Anthony, was also assisting in the search for Haleigh.

"Who ever has her I know you are watching, please bring her back," said Haleigh's mother Crystal Sheffield.

Sheffield said she has not stopped shaking for days. Her 5-year-old daughter Haleigh has been missing since early Tuesday morning when she disappeared from her own bed.

"I'm scared for her. She is probably scared and cold and hungry," she said.

Haleigh lived with her father, Ronald Cummings, in Satsuma. Ronald told police his 17-year-old girlfriend was watching Haleigh and her 3-year-old brother while he was at work.

Ronald said that when he got home at 3:00am, the back door was propped open and Haleigh was gone.

"I just got home from work. My 5-year-old daughter is gone. I need someone to be here now," he tearfully said. "Somebody came in my backdoor, broke into my home and stole my child.

"Police continued to scour the area with K-9 teams and divers were searching the nearby St. John's River. Police said 44 sex offenders live within a five-mile radius and they are considering the case as an abduction.

"All the world is a suspect. We are going to treat everybody, every family member and every associate like a suspect until we eliminate them," said Jeff Hardy of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

Late Wednesday night Haleigh's family and neighbors held a small vigil, holding out hope that the little girl will be found alive.

"She ain't done nothing wrong, please bring her back," said Sheffield.

Police said they are looking into a bitter custody battle between Haleigh's parents, but they said all of the little girl's family members have been extremely cooperative and are not suspects.

Dozens of officers and volunteers have been searching around the clock for Haleigh since she disappeared. They are searching by air, water and on the ground.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office is in charge, but deputies from the surrounding counties, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and state troopers are also part of the effort. Over 130 officers are involved in the search.

"The best case scenario is going to go ahead and be that we find this little girl alive and well. You've got to remember we've got a 5-year-old girl missing that's not with her father. That's our primary concern," said Hardy.

http://www.wftv.com/news/18700272/detail.html#-

Does anyone have the address? I can't find it!

Meawhile, the dad's mug shot:

http://public.pcso.us/jail/bookingDetails.aspx?SYSID=733879&IMG=49930

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/subindex/web_cams/mobile_cam_1

Webcam at Haleigh's home.

Hmmmm...Now Haleigh was not in the same bed as the g/f but in her own bed. G/F said she was in the bed with the 4 y/o little boy...not sure if Haleigh's bed was in the same room as the g/f's bed.

Mom is on NG now saying she was 1st told all 3 in the bed together...then mom was told that g/f was in the bed with Haleigh in the big bed, boy in his bed in the kid's room, and then told Haleigh and Junior were in the big bed in g/f's room and now g/f on tv saying Haleigh was in her own bed....not good, not good at all

Mark Lundsford is on the phone saying families should rely on their Victim Advocate for correct information....

Maybe Croslin went outside, to neighbors to fool around, or to a friend's nearby, so she propped the door open thinking she would hear if the children woke up. she came back just before dad was supposed to get home so that she seemed to be at home all night and the little girl was gone. Maybe the truth is she had not seen the kids for hours.

Now a news reporter is saying that dad clarified there were 2 beds in one room......

I hate to say this but Haleigh's mom's myspace is NOT very equal with her children's photos, etc. Her youngest daughter seems to be the "favorite"....JMO....After KC, I guess my suspicion is on HIGH

Mom saying back door had a deadbolt and that lock was high enough that Haleigh could not reach.

Also conflicting reports, reporter Joy says, 1st signs of forced entry (not sure where she heard that) but police saying not any signs of forced entry. Father told Mother that he locked the back door before he left for work.

NG saying that father told her last night that the lock was a plastic lock and could easily be broken into....this continued inconsistency is not good...I hope it's just the shock of it all.... :( :( :(

OkieDokie wrote:I didn't know where to post this link, but here is an "In Your Face -- Nancy Grace" article chewing her out for lack of coverage for Haleigh:

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Well, when the show is renamed "Moody Monica" rather than "Nancy Grace" then I guess Monica can cover whatever she wants on it! Until then she can shut her yap...

Just my little old opinion of course! ;)

Admin wrote:Why did this remind me of Casey?

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=412920159

She hasn't logged in since 911....and lots of underage girls lie about their age on MySpace, I'm just saying....

It may say she's 19 because she had to fudge her age when she originally signed up by a couple of years if she was technically too young.

As for not signing in since Sept. maybe that's the last time she was in the school library and had access to the Internet. I know - I'm putting myself in the corner! :oops: