The little girl's father, Ronald Cummings, had left his 17-year-old girlfriend, Misty Croslin, in charge of caring for Haleigh and her four-year-old brother while he was working a night shift. He, Misty Croslin, Hank Croslin and Donna Brock were all charged with drug trafficking in 2010 as the result of an investigation that began before HaLeigh's disappearance. But the tone quickly changed as the conversation turned to Haleigh Cummings. pg.acq.push(function() { In April, Sykes pleaded no contest to a count of trafficking prescription narcotics and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the mandatory minimum sentence. It was a. The others, plus Cummings, have each been sentenced to 15 years in prison. } The case is now the subject of a new HLN docuseries called 'Real Life Nightmare,' which will feature evidence that has never been revealed to the public previously, and which will hopefully result in new tips that could help bring closure. },false) On the night of February 9, 2009, Haleigh was sleeping in bed, next to her brother Ronald Cummings Jr with her father's 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin, who was at home at that night, as Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, was working an evening shift at his job. he asks. They were all arrested and accused of selling prescription drugs. Croslin, a girl with a sixth-grade. "You didn't wake up", he says, to which she sobs and responds, "I would never let nothing happen to her if I knew something. eventAction: 'load' Detectives said Monday that the investigation is still active nearly two years after Haleigh went missing. Somebody stole my child out of my bed, Ronald said days after his daughter disappeared. Last year, in November HLN, came up with a docuseries called 'Real Life Nightmare' which revealed shocking details about the case. Cummings and Tommy Croslin, Cummings' cousin Hope Sykes and Misty Croslin's friend Donna Brock have been given 15 years apiece for participating in at least one of the trafficking cases. Just when you didn't think things could get any worse for Misty Croslin and her clan. The hunt went on for months in the air, on the water and on the ground. "It's all in her hands," Sheffield said. Even after 11 years, the family's pain has not diminished. Other evidence included in the documentary is footage of Croslin walking through the crime scene just days after Haleigh vanished. Crystal Sheffield, Haleigh's mother, was in the courtroom Monday, but she said she wasn't too concerned with the outcome of the sentencing. Associated Press The Putnam County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene, and the disappearance kicked off a massive hunt involving hundreds of volunteers spread out across a widespread area, as well as an investigation involving multiple law-enforcement agencies. No one has been arrested in connection with Haleigh's disappearance. "He's never let go," she said. She is sitting in prison stewing about how she plans to get out of prison. The gun wasn't there, so the girl, Haleigh, became a substitute.. ga('ads.send', { On Friday night, Palatka police arrested Lisa Carmen Croslin, 40, and Hank Thomas Croslin Sr., 41, on charges of purchasing cocaine, tampering with evidence and violating their probation in earlier cases. disappearance of 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings, his 15-year mandatory minimumdrug-trafficking sentence in2010, A 'tragedy all around' leads judge to sentence Brianna Williams to life term for daughter's death, Disappearance of Haleigh Cummings still a mystery, Newborn Kamiyah Mobley, stolen from Jacksonville hospital 18 years ago, found safe; arrest made and reunion coming, Misty Croslin calls 911 to report 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings missing, Geraldo Rivera gets into a confrontation with Cummings, There's a reason Nancy Grace's 'exclusive' sounded familiar, Cummings, 25, and Croslin, 17, are issued a marriage license, Haleigh Cummings' father talks about his arrest. . "She said nothing.". document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. However, Fields said he will make the case for youthful offender status at her sentencing, which is set for Oct. 8. Croslin refused to answer questions about the case for the documentary. He had left Haleigh and her four-year-old brother in the care of his 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin as he headed for the night shift, but little did he realize his life was about to change forever. That announcement came as investigators were searching a section of St. John's river, about five miles from the Cummings house. Why did Brian Kohberger leave knife sheath at crime scene? She's in the bedroom. }); "When these indicators start popping up that her story to us, as far as the clothing is not adding up, that's when everything starts going from the outside and starts focusing right back on Misty again," said John Merchant, a former lead detective on the case. No one has been arrested in the missing child case, and Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy has said . Croslin responded: ''I didn't even hear anything.''. Another round of drug cases with ties to missing Haleigh Cummings, the 5-year-old who was reported missing from her father's Satsuma home in February 2009, is now working its way through the Putnam County court system. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings and his girlfriend Misty Croslin were both at the center of the investigation, but were never charged with Haleigh's disappearance. . At one point in the jailhouse conversations, Hank and Misty talk of those charges. 11 years of Haleigh Cummings case: Chilling details and new clues, but when will the mystery be solved. "Just tell the truth," Sheffield said. Aug. 7: Cummings is arrested after fighting with his wifes brother, Hank Tommy Croslin Jr. Sept. 19: A pond south of Palatka is drained as part of the search for Haleigh but nothing is found. 2023 www.gainesville.com. Emily Crane For Dailymail.com The river's real close to the back of the house, about 100 yards away.". They marry March 12. No trace of Haleigh has ever been found despite a wide-spread search involving hundreds of volunteers and an investigation involving multiple law enforcement agencies. What happened to her? Wednesday, the 38-year-old Cummings was released from his 15-year mandatory minimumdrug-trafficking sentence in2010, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Police have said Cummings and Crystal Sheffield, the girl's mother, are not considered suspects. Instead, they were both . 09:05 EST 01 Nov 2019 Croslin told police that she put Haleigh to bed, along with the girl's 4-year-old brother, at around 8 p.m. and that when she woke up at 3 a.m. Haleigh was gone and the back door of the north Florida house she shared with Cummings was propped open by a cement block. Croslin called 911 about3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. Croslin has changed her story a few times since, pointing fingers at "the other side of the family," referring to Cummings' family. I wouldn't let someone just take her." (CNN) -- Misty Croslin, the last person known to see a 5-year-old Florida girl before she was reported missing in February 2009, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday on an unrelated drug charge. "She has all the answers.". Merchant believes Haleigh's father's alibi of being at work checks out. Both cases stem from an undercover investigation. "The child is in the bedroom, literally next to her," Merchant said. Coles worker fights a woman allegedly trying to steal groceries, Rapidly growing cemetery filled with Vladimir Putin's 'prisoner army', Motorists slowly drive down snowy hill in treacherous conditions. Circuit Judge Wendy Berger also ordered Croslin to pay $500,000 and to follow her prison time with five years of drug-offender probation. View images based on the Haleigh Cummings case, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. In addition to the prison time, Croslin will receive five years of probation, a $1.25 million fine and mandatory drug rehabilitation. Nothing is found. In the video, Croslin can be seen crying after finding the shirt that she said the little girl was wearing when she went to bed the night she vanished. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office found no evidence of forced entry into the family's double-wide trailer. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. If she could give us one truthful statement, I think we'd be somewhere.". Feb. 21: Investigators say a cousin of Croslins who was visiting from Tennessee the night of the disappearance is not a suspect. 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. He was the lead detective with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office but no longer works there. Almost immediately investigators started to see holes in Croslin's story. When Ronald returned home at about 3 am, Croslin told him that she had just woken up to find Haleigh missing from her bed and that a cinder block was propping open the back door. Misty Croslin was the girlfriend of Haleigh's father, Ronald Cumming. }); A new docuseries will be airing never-before-seen evidence connected to the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings, a five-year-old girl who disappeared from her Florida home in the middle of the night a decade ago without a trace and is missing to this day. The department said he qualified for incentive gain time after serving 85% of his prison sentence under state law. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), No signs of forced entry except, according to Misty, a brick had been used to prop open one of the doors to the trailer. PALATKA, Fla. Misty Croslin, the teenager who was the last person to see 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings before the girl disappeared in February 2009, has been sentenced to 25 years on drug charges from Putnam County. ST. AUGUSTINE - The attorney for Misty Croslin, 18, a key figure in the disappearance of missing Putnam County girl Haleigh Cummings, said Tuesday that his client told authorities her cousin attacked the girl while Croslin hid under bedcovers with Haleigh's little brother, Ronald Cummings Jr. Attorney Robert Fields said Croslin's cousin Joseph Overstreet came to the house to get a gun. Anyone with information about Haleigh's disappearance should call Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS. Even with little to no physical evidence, deputies are treating Haleigh's disappearance as a homicide, and investigators have continued questioning the Croslins while in jail hoping to learn new information. Haleigh Cummings, 5, was at home in Satsuma one February night in 2009 with her little brother and her father's teenage girlfriend, Misty Croslin. Croslin was 17 and eventually married and divorced Ronald Cummings. Haleigh was not in Sheffield's custody when she disappeared, and was living with Croslin and Haleigh's father in Satsuma. 'When these indicators start popping up that her story to us, as far as the clothing is not adding up, that's when everything starts going from the outside and starts focusing right back on Misty again,' John Merchant, a former lead detective on the case, toldHLN. He still thinks about the case 10 years later. Photo Gallery:View images based on the Haleigh Cummings case, "The only thing I would really like to say is she wasn't a drug dealer, she never was," he said. I mean, a lot of things in the investigation that kind of said, 'Hey, let's take a look at what's going on with Misty,'She had taken a shower before we got there so that was kind of strange,' Putnam County Sheriff's Department Captain Dominic Piscitello said. Captain Piscitello said that he hopes the release of never-before-seen evidence will lead to new tips that will help them solve the case. Please call the Putnam . For one, PCSO deputies found no signs of forced entry into the family's trailer, with Captain Dominic Piscitello revealing that Croslin had taken a shower before they reached the residence and that there were a lot of strange things about her that night that caught their attention. He had left Haleigh and her four-year-old brother in the care of his 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin as he headed for the night shift, but little did he realize his life was about to change forever. 2011 Jan. 10: Misty Croslin is sentenced in. The comments below have not been moderated, By Authorities previously said physical evidence contradicts Croslin's account of events that night. Haleigh's mother, Crystal Sheffield, was in the courtroom and said afterward that she believes Croslin knows more about what happened to the little girl. said Theresa Neves, Haleigh's grandmother and Ronald Cummings' mother. She answers, "I didn't even hear anything.". Fresh evidence on Haleigh Cummings, five-year-old girl who disappeared from home without trace 10 years ago. eventAction: 'click_adunit' Haleigh remains missing, and authorities believe the girl is dead. Intense searches and an investigation that drew international attention. Misty Croslin Shows New Attitude In Jail Call WESH 2 News 169K subscribers Subscribe Like Share 14K views 12 years ago Misty Croslin shows a new attitude about being locked up in a new. In this version Croslin says she did see what happened to Haleigh the night she vanished from her home in Satsuma, Fla. All rights reserved. Haleigh would be turning 17 years old in August, and she would be in the 11th grade. Jailhouse interview: Haleigh Cummings' father talks about his arrest. Misty Croslin, the woman who was with 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings when the Putnam County girl was reported missing two years ago, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on seven drug . . She never sold drugs in her life. "Ronald Cummings was released at the expiration of his sentence on October 19, 2022, in compliance with the laws governing gain time and release dates at the time his crime was committed. Is Ronald Cummings, HaLeigh Cummings father, out of prison? } Tommy Croslin also pleaded no contest and will be sentenced Aug. 6. Misty Croslin's trial for drug charges set for Oct./Tommy Croslin gets 15 years in prison (see seperate thread)/Donna Brock sentenced to 15 years /Ron attempting plea deal.Croslin parents arrested for crack/bailed out and now back in for VOP. hitType: 'event', Croslin was sentenced on counts of dealing in prescription narcotics, including oxcodone and hydrocodone pills, in recorded transactions with an undercover detective working with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. Nov. 24: Hank Croslin Sr., Mistys father, is arrested on prescription fraud following the arrest earlier in the month of Tommy Croslin on possession of drugs and in September with grand theft of a handgun. First published on October 11, 2010 / 1:58 PM. ST. AUGUSTINE - The attorney for Misty Croslin, 18, a key figure in the disappearance of missing Putnam County girl Haleigh Cummings, said Tuesday that his client told authorities her cousin . The others arrested with them in the drug-trafficking investigation were Croslin's brother Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., Donna Brock and Hope Sykes. But no trace of the five-year-old was ever found, and authorities continue to be baffled at her disappearance. 2023 www.ocala.com. ", In related news: A 'tragedy all around' leads judge to sentence Brianna Williams to life term for daughter's death, 10 years later: Disappearance of Haleigh Cummings still a mystery, From 2017: Newborn Kamiyah Mobley, stolen from Jacksonville hospital 18 years ago, found safe; arrest made and reunion coming. The lead detective from that case,John Merchant, told First Coast News he knows the person who could break the case wide open. Oct. 8: Misty Croslin is sentenced in St. Augustine to 25 years in prison for trafficking in prescription drugs in a St. Johns County case. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. "You didn't wake up," Cummings is heard telling Croslin after an investigator let him into the interview room when she was being questioned. Here is a fax of the actual hand written letter from Nay Nay (Misty's friend).About Haleigh overdoseing on oxycontin and they dumped her body in a pond. Misty Croslin appeals drug conviction 18,782 views Apr 5, 2018 154 Dislike Share Save News4JAX 270K subscribers VIDEO: Misty Croslin, the last-known person to see Haleigh Cummings alive,. Croslin has been convicted on unrelated drug charges and is now in prison. if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ According to Assistant Police Chief James Griffith, the Croslins were arrested Friday night. I wouldn't let someone just take her. A maximum sentence on each of the counts is 30 years under state law. I just ask the court be lenient, please.". April 13: A section of the St. Johns River in Satsuma is worked by divers for clues in the case. "We investigators who worked on the case feel like we know what may have happened, but we can't prove it," he said. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. Ronald Cummings and Hank Croslin Jr. both received 15-year sentences. Tommy Croslin,Brock and Sykeshave already been sentenced to 15 years apiece. Croslin and Ronald Cummings were both arrested in January along with three others after allegedly selling about $3,900 worth of drugs to undercover officers, authorities said. "You didn't get out of bed,'' Cummings said before asking Croslin: ''You sure you didn't unlock the door?'' Without going into detail, he said, "The river's close. Intense searches and an investigation that drew international attention failed to find the little girl, though Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy has said he believes she is dead. Callers can remain anonymous and be eligible for a $15,000 reward for information that is called into the tip line and leads to an arrest in the case. Croslin, 24, is the brother of Misty Croslin, who was with 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings when the girl disappeared from her Putnam County home in February 2009. }); Ronald and Misty say they are getting divorced. Theories and speculation about what actually happened have never been proven amid the lies, leads and frequent developments in the case. "I don't care about her or her family. Investigators still believe that Croslin is the key to solving the crime. March 9: Cummings, 25, and Croslin, 17, are issued a marriage license at the Putnam County courthouse. Misty Croslin is the last of the five arrested to be sentenced. ga('ads.send', { window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { According to her attorney, Misty heard Haleigh being attacked by her cousin, Joe Overstreet. eventAction: 'view' In televised interviews, Croslin has said she does not know what happened to Haleigh but believes "the other side of the family" knows where she is. / CBS News. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ", Slideshow: Misty Croslin's jailhouse hairstyles, His daughter, who came teary-eyed into the courtroom, asked Circuit Judge Terry LaRue to be "fair, that's all.". "You say you love my children, why do this? Oct. 7: Ronald and Misty say they are getting divorced. Advertisement Flora. Merchant said that months later, Croslin changed her story and said she saw her brother and cousin take Haleigh "lifeless" out of the house and to the river. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), In 2010, Cumings and Croslin were jailed after being caught with 330 tablets of oxycodone and hydrocodone in their car. "I have made some bad choices, and I know I have to take what I have done, and I just ask that you give me another chance.". When was Michael croslin born? While Croslin has never been charged in connection to the case, both she and Cummings are currently in prison on drug trafficking charges unrelated to Haleigh's disappearance. Still missing: DCF finds no abuse in Haleigh Cummings case. Last summer, Croslin's attorney, Robert Fields, told the judge that a "landslide of evidence," including the undercover video, led to her to plead no contest to the St. Johns County charges. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. 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