The arrests are not connected to Haleighs case, but investigators use them to ask questions about her disappearance. Ronald Cummings reported Haleigh missing when he returned from work at dawn. "The Florida Department of Corrections ensures inmates serve their court-ordered sentence in accordance with Florida law," press secretary Paul Walker said. Sheffield said there are no answers to Haleigh's disappearance, and she believes Croslin knows where he daughter is. 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. Emerging facts and circumstances, long known to a Christian missionary from the Palatka, Florida area . Cummings was at work. It appears there is an answer to this burning question. In this version Croslin says she did see what happened to Haleigh the night she vanished from her home in Satsuma, Fla. 41-year-old Hank Croslin Sr. swears he doesn't know what happened to Haleigh Cummings."I know my daughter and son didn't hurt Haleigh. He will give me answers.". . April 13: A section of the St. Johns River in Satsuma is worked by divers for clues in the case. "They came up and bought drugs," Griffith said. "You didn't get out of bed,'' Cummings said before asking Croslin: ''You sure you didn't unlock the door?'' She never was," he said. No evidence of Haleigh has ever been found despite these wide-spread searches involving hundreds of volunteers and an investigation involving multiple law enforcement agencies. 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", 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.". 09:05 EST 01 Nov 2019 window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) { Although police have stopped short of naming Croslin a suspect, they did bring a handcuffed Croslin to a search site on the river at one point in the hopes that she would give them more information about what happened to Haleigh the night she disappeared. 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. She is sitting in prison stewing about how she plans to get out of prison. Croslin called 911 about3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. "I don't care about her or her family. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ "Ronald wants to know where his daughter is," she said. Misty Croslin says Cousin, Joe Overstreet, bagged Haleigh Cummings as she screamed, attorney said/ Lisa Croslin Talks For The First Time/Lisa found drunk and on pills at an ER by Wrapitup Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:51 pm An attorney for Misty Croslin said cousin Joe Overstreet took Haleigh as 'a substitute' for a gun. She said that while Ronald Cummings was rough with her, it was an upgrade in her life and she loved him. 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 . Teams would search the St Johns River and hunt the thick forest around the young girls neighborhood. All rights reserved. A news helicopter caught images of them on a dock. In footage from the interview room where she was being questioned by the detective that features in 'Real Life Nightmare,' Cummings can be seen confronting her about the disappearance. Cummings reported her missing when he returned from work. 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. Police have said Cummings and Crystal Sheffield, the girl's mother, are not considered suspects. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ Fields said Croslin told authorities she heard the door to the van in which Overstreet came to the house slide open and then shut before he drove off. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. ga('ads.send', { . "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. Both cases stem from an undercover investigation. Both Croslin andCummings are currently in prison on drug trafficking charges unrelated toHaleigh's disappearance. eventAction: 'view' keeping her mouth shut for as long as she has without spewing lies, she's a selfish character and she is canniving. HLN News : HLN : April 14, 2010 12:00pm-5:00pm EDT : Free Borrow . Detectives said Monday that the investigation is still active nearly two years after Haleigh went missing. }); In April, Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy announced that they no longer considered Haleigh's case a missing person case and were treating it as a homicide. Sept. 24: Cummings is sentenced to 15 years. "There's a little boy in the bedroom. 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. 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. ga('ads.send', { According to her attorney, Misty heard Haleigh being attacked by her cousin, Joe Overstreet. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office found no evidence of forced entry into the family's double-wide trailer. I wouldn't let someone just take her. "You sure you didn't unlock the door?" Croslin could have faced up seven years on each of seven drug trafficking charges she pleaded guilty to last year. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { Neves said she spoke to her son in prison over the holidays. 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. 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. Anyone with information about Haleigh's disappearance should call Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS. If she could give us one truthful statement, I think we'd be somewhere.". The time will be served concurrently with the 25-year sentence she is already serving on a St. Johns County conviction of trafficking in oxycodone. All rights reserved. "I have to pay for what I've done," she said. Croslin is currently serving 25 years in prison, whileCummings was sentenced to 15 years. 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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. Croslin had pleaded no contest in the St. Johns County courtroom to a single count of trafficking oxycodone. Intense searches and an investigation that drew international attention. June 21: The Sheriffs Office says a bone examined by forensic experts after it was found in the April river search is not Haleighs. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); There is no forced entry and Misty hears nothing. "The child is in the bedroom, literally next to her," Merchant said. The river's real close to the back of the house, about 100 yards away.". During the October sentencing hearing, Croslin told Judge Wendy Berger that she was raped between the ages of 7 and 14 by two people while she was taking care of her great-grandmother. Both Croslin and Cummings are currently in prison on drug trafficking charges unrelated to Haleigh's disappearance. First published on October 11, 2010 / 1:58 PM. Without going into detail, he said, "The river's close. hitType: 'event', The hunt went on for months in the air, on the water and on the ground. 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. Crystal Sheffield, Haleigh's mother, was in the courtroom Monday, but she said she wasn't too concerned with the outcome of the sentencing. After five or six minutes, the screams stopped. Croslin was the last person to see Haleigh Cummings before she disappeared from her father's Satsuma, Fla., home in February 2009, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Sunday. 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. 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. "You say you love my children, why do this? Haleigh's mystery disappearance is now the subject of a new HLN docuseries calledReal Life Nightmareto air on Saturday night. 2023 www.ocala.com. Misty Croslin runs the show: She had something to do with the death otherwise she wouldn't be A.) Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines. Croslin, who was 17 and living with Haleigh's father in Putnam County when Haleigh disappeared seven years ago from a Satsuma mobile home, is appearing in a St. Johns County court Tuesday to ask. They were all arrested and accused of selling prescription drugs. More jailhouse conversations between Misty Croslin and her father, Hank Croslin, have been released. Among the pieces of evidence shown in the documentary, a video where Ronald is speaking to tearful Croslin in a police interview has also emerged. MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of . The gun wasn't there, so the girl, Haleigh, became a substitute.. pg.acq.push(function() { } All rights reserved. They also arrested Cummings, Tommy Croslin and two of Misty Croslin's girlfriends. He replied, "Misty. They were being held Monday at the Putnam County jail. , updated / CBS News. HLN's Real Life Nightmare premieres November 2 at 8pm ET on HLN. 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. Croslin called 911 about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. }); 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. "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.". },false) Ronald and Misty say they are getting divorced. We want Haleigh to come home.". But none of the arrests was directly related to her disappearance. Jan. 20: Misty Croslin, Ronald Cummings, Tommy Croslin, Donna Brock and Hope Sykes are charged with drug trafficking after a monthlong undercover investigation involving the sale of 330 pills of oxycodone and hydrocodone. 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. When he got back to his trailer home in Satsuma, south of Jacksonville, around 3 am that morning, he was greeted by Croslin, who told him that she had woken up to find Haleigh missing from her bed. Example video title will go here for this video. }); eventAction: 'load' }) Tommy Croslin,Brock and Sykeshave already been sentenced to 15 years apiece. Please call the Putnam . PALATKA - In final pleas Monday, Misty Croslin and her father asked for fairness and leniency before she was given 25 years in prison for a series of prescription drug-trafficking cases. The rear door of the residence was found to be open, then-Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy said hours after the search began. 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. With her father, Hank Croslin, looking on, and her mother behind bars for a probation violation, Misty Croslin got good news and bad news Monday in Putnam County, Florida25 years in prison for seven additional drug trafficking counts to run concurrently with the 25 years she's already serving. She answers, "I didn't even hear anything.". March 9: Cummings, 25, and Croslin, 17, are issued a marriage license at the Putnam County courthouse. Aug. 16: Misty Croslin pleads guilty to seven prescription drug-trafficking charges. Gone like that," Sherrif Hardy added. 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. }); 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. Associated Press February 9, 2009, was just another day for Ronald Cummings. Even after a decade has passed, the people of the Putnam County community still hopes that the child will return soon. In Session's Aletse Mellado contributed to this report. A reward for information leading to Haleighs whereabouts reaches $26,500. '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. Investigators who have closely investigated the mystery have some theories of what would have happened to Haleigh. Croslin has been convicted on unrelated drug charges and is now in prison. "She said nothing.". She covered up and held (Ronald Jr.) while Haleigh screamed. He still thinks about the case 10 years later. The #FLAMBER Alert is still active! 'You didn't wake up,' Cummings could be heard saying to Croslin after an investigator let him into the interview room when she was being questioned. Croslin will be in her mid-40s when she is released. I wouldn't let someone just take her. I just ask the court be lenient, please.". 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. A woods search is halted and a temporary command post is pulled out. 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. February 9, 2009, was just another day for Ronald Cummings. Cummings was at work. 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. "She just got caught up in something stupid. Ronald Cummings and Hank Croslin Jr. both received 15-year sentences. "We investigators who worked on the case feel like we know what may have happened, but we can't prove it," he said. Four others who have connections to the missing girl, including Cummings and Croslin's brother Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., were also arrested in the drug cases. 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Among the evidence shown in the documentary is never-before-seen video of Cummings speaking to a tearful Croslin in a police interview room after they were both interviewed. Theories and speculation about what actually happened have never been proven amid the lies, leads and frequent developments in the case. The. Feb. 21: Investigators say a cousin of Croslins who was visiting from Tennessee the night of the disappearance is not a suspect. reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. Aug. 20: Cummings pleads guilty to three charges of trafficking in hydrocodone, two are dropped. . 2023 www.jacksonville.com. At the end of the river search, Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy says he does not believe Haleigh is alive. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. hitType: 'event', 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. },false) But yet [Croslin] wants us to believe a stranger came into the house and took this little girl in the middle of the night. According to her attorney, Misty heard Haleigh being attacked by her. She was the last to see Haleigh alive, and the evidence seems to implicate her in the disappearance one way or the other. They marry March 12. 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. Is Ronald Cummings, HaLeigh Cummings father, out of prison? In addition to the prison time, Croslin will receive five years of probation, a $1.25 million fine and mandatory drug rehabilitation. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. 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. The department said he qualified for incentive gain time after serving 85% of his prison sentence under state law. ", [email protected],(904) 359-4091. Still missing: DCF finds no abuse in Haleigh Cummings case. Copyright 2011 by News4Jax.com. Circuit Judge Wendy Berger also ordered Croslin to pay $500,000 and to follow her prison time with five years of drug-offender probation. Ronald Cummings and Hank Croslin Jr. both received 15-year sentences. Croslin and Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, who divorced shortly after Haleigh disappeared, were arrested along with three others in January following an undercover operation. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ News/Business. eventAction: 'click_ads' 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. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. Investigators still believe that Croslin is the key to solving the crime. 1933 What did. We are one of the worlds fastest growing But no trace of the five-year-old was ever found, and authorities continue to be baffled at her disappearance. She died on July 10th 2002 Were is misty croslin? God will remember one day. The owners of the store have stated in 2019 that her name will prevail on the sign until she is found. Even after 11 years, the family's pain has not diminished. 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,. The child's disappearance is. During the October sentencing hearing, Croslin told. Misty Croslin was . The sentencing came a month shy of two years since Croslin became the focus in the case of Haleigh Cummings, whom Croslin was watching when the 5-year-old Satsuma kindergartner vanished from home. For the still-missing little girl's family, the resolution of the drug case that became intertwined with Haleigh's disappearance didn't offer any relief. Croslin, Cummings and others were later arrested in the same drug cases and sent to prison. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (CBS/AP) Haleigh Cummings has been missing for over a year and a half, and on Friday her ex-stepmother, who is believed to have been the last person to see Haleigh alive, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for unrelated drug charges. Croslin, who watching Haleigh and her 3-year-old brother, says she woke to find her gone from Cummings Green Lane home in Satsuma. (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. pg.acq.push(function() { eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Mark Woods: There's a reason Nancy Grace's 'exclusive' sounded familiar. Merchant took Croslin to the river. 11 years of Haleigh Cummings case: Chilling details and new clues, but when will the mystery be solved. Croslin pleaded no contest to the drug charges in August, and her attorney told reporters yet another version of events surrounding Haleigh's disappearance. Tommy Croslin was sentenced to 15 years. No signs of forced entry except, according to Misty, a brick had been used to prop open one of the doors to the trailer. The comments below have not been moderated, By "She was not a drug dealer. As for where Haleigh is, Merchant believes she is dead. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. Croslin, the adult with Haleigh that night, first told police someone came into the house and took the child. Haleigh Cummings was reported missing from their Satsuma home in February 2009. "That has always been his main objective. Just when you didn't think things could get any worse for Misty Croslin and her clan. According to Assistant Police Chief James Griffith, the Croslins were arrested Friday night. She will also owe nearly $2 million in fines in the separate cases, her attorney said. Following is a rundown of key events. "She has all the answers.". }); However, Fields said he will make the case for youthful offender status at her sentencing, which is set for Oct. 8. Haleigh Cummings was last seen at her trailer home in Satsuma, south of Jacksonville, on February 9, 2009 Her father Ronald Cummings' 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin was the last person. Under minimum mandatory sentences in the seven drug cases, Croslin, 19, faced up to 89 years in prison, but LaRue ordered sentences in the cases to run concurrently under the longest minimum sentence - 25 years. In 2010, Cumings and Croslin were jailed after being caught with 330 tablets of oxycodone and hydrocodone in their car. In my opinion, they should have undergone mandatory drug rehab or received much lighter sentences. hitType: 'event', Detectives repeatedly described Croslin's statements about the night Haleigh disappeared as inconsistent. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. During the St. Johns County sentencing hearing, Croslin's lawyer tried to point out that his client was set up in the drug deal. At one point, detectives searched a section of the St. Johns River near Satsuma where Haleigh disappeared. The crime to which Croslin pleaded no contest Tuesday under normal circumstances carries a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years in prison. 2011 Jan. 10: Misty Croslin is sentenced in. }); She will get credit for the year she has spent in jail and the time will also run concurrent with a 25-year sentence in a separate case in St. Johns County. ", 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. I wouldn't let someone just take her." Prosecutors released surveillance videos they said shows undercover drug deals involving Misty Croslin and Ronald Cummings. On Tuesday, Cummings' mother, Teresa Neves, said the family will continue to hold vigils to keep Haleigh's case alive. Wednesday, the 38-year-old Cummings was released from his 15-year mandatory minimumdrug-trafficking sentence in2010, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Jailhouse interview: Haleigh Cummings' father talks about his arrest. Both of the Croslins already were on felony probation, Lisa in connection with a forgery case, and Hank Sr. in connection with a case of shopping for doctors to get prescription drugs. "He's never let go," she said. Records say an undercover officer bought drugs from them seven times more than 300 pills. Misty Croslin, who was a teenager babysitting Haleigh Cummings when the 5-year-old Satsuma girl disappeared in 2009, took the stand at a hearing Tuesday morn. 'There was a lot of strange things with Misty. } Nothing is found. Several people, including her father Ronald Cummings and his then-girlfriend Misty Croslin who was watching her that night, were charged during the lengthy search and investigation. However, Merchant doubts that. I come home from work and my child was not there. Other evidence included in the documentary is footage of Croslin walking through the crime scene just days after Haleigh vanished. You have locked doors. 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. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' ', Croslin responded: 'I didn't even hear anything.'. hitType: 'event', 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 . The documentary also includes dozens of evidence photos showing Haleigh's home just moments after deputies arrived on the scene. Detectives reject the theory. Last year, in November HLN, came up with a docuseries called 'Real Life Nightmare' which revealed shocking details about the case. let gads_event; hitType: 'event', It is been more than 11 years since five-year-old Haleigh Cummings vanished from her home in Satsuma, Alabama. 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. St Johns County Commissioners vote no to controversial proposed industrial park, St. Augustine theatre group feels 'urgency' to educate community with Anne Frank's story, Jacksonville Jaguars second playoff game includes snow, rain chances this weekend in Kansas City, Chance of snow for the Jaguars in Kansas City for this weekend's AFC playoff game. 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