February 9, 2009, was just another day for Ronald Cummings. "I have to pay for what I've done," she said. She was the last to see Haleigh alive, and the evidence seems to implicate her in the disappearance one way or the other. 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. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), In my opinion, they should have undergone mandatory drug rehab or received much lighter sentences. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Haleigh remains missing, and authorities believe the girl is dead. She's serving 30 years in jail for dealing drugs. We are one of the worlds fastest growing At the time, she was the 17-year-old girlfriend of Haleigh's father,. Associated Press She answers, "I didn't even hear anything.". "She has the answers, not me. 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. All rights reserved. She has been housed in the state prison system since late last year, following sentencing in St. Johns. Misty Croslin was the girlfriend of Haleigh's father, Ronald Cumming. 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. Police have said Cummings and Crystal Sheffield, the girl's mother, are not considered suspects. Emily Crane For Dailymail.com The 29-year-old says his mother introduced . 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. Feb. 10: Misty Croslin calls 911 to report 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings missing at 3:17 a.m. about the same time her father and Croslins boyfriend, Ronald Cummings, was coming home from work. eventAction: 'click_adunit' In 2010, Cumings and Croslin were jailed after being caught with 330 tablets of oxycodone and hydrocodone in their car. 'There was a lot of strange things with Misty. 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. Neves said she spoke to her son in prison over the holidays. pg.acq.push(function() { She said that while Ronald Cummings was rough with her, it was an upgrade in her life and she loved him. Wednesday, the 38-year-old Cummings was released from his 15-year mandatory minimumdrug-trafficking sentence in2010, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. 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. Croslin called 911 about3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. } Croslin, who watching Haleigh and her 3-year-old brother, says she woke to find her gone from Cummings Green Lane home in Satsuma. 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. In Session's Aletse Mellado contributed to this report. }); pg.acq.push(function() { Thats all there is to it. 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. Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera gets into a confrontation with Cummings and was run off the property. HLN's Real Life Nightmare premieres November 2 at 8pm ET on HLN. Tommy Croslin,Brock and Sykeshave already been sentenced to 15 years apiece. They say her story has changed multiple times over the past decade but Croslin has never been charged in the case. A maximum sentence on each of the counts is 30 years under state law. Aug. 16: Misty Croslin pleads guilty to seven prescription drug-trafficking charges. "It's all in her hands," Sheffield said. "There's no indication of any violent struggle or crime at the scene," he said, "so it could be an accident, and someone or somebody in the group is covering it up. Croslin; Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings; brother, Hank Croslin Jr.; and two others were arrested in January 2010 in an undercover sting and charged with selling prescription drugs in January. Croslin was 17 and eventually married and divorced Ronald Cummings. and a cinder block popping open the back door. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { 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. 11 years of Haleigh Cummings case: Chilling details and new clues, but when will the mystery be solved. The gun wasn't there, so the girl, Haleigh, became a substitute.. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. We are one of the worlds fastest growing , updated ', 'You didn't get out of bed,' Cummings said before asking Croslin: 'You sure you didn't unlock the door? She's in the bedroom. 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. As for where Haleigh is, Merchant believes she is dead. eventAction: 'click_ads' ", 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.". 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 Assistant Police Chief James Griffith, the Croslins were arrested Friday night. Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines. 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. Croslin called 911 about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. }); 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. 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. Somebody stole my child out of my bed, Ronald said days after his daughter disappeared. Misty Croslin: "Yes" 911: "OK when did you last see her?" Misty Croslin: "Um, we like just, you knowit was about 10 o'clock- she was sleeping- I was cleaning 911: "OK- how old is your. Croslin will be in her mid-40s when she is released. Although he can't prove it, Merchant indicates the river is where the mystery of Haleigh lies. I wouldn't let someone just take her." She and. All rights reserved. Haleigh was not in Sheffield's custody when she disappeared, and was living with Croslin and Haleigh's father in Satsuma. The others arrested with them in the drug-trafficking investigation were Croslin's brother Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., Donna Brock and Hope Sykes. 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. She said she awoke at 3 a.m. to find Haleigh missing and a cinder block propping open a back door. "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. If she could give us one truthful statement, I think we'd be somewhere.". According to her attorney, Misty heard Haleigh being attacked by her. By He was the lead detective with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office but no longer works there. (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. Croslin, a girl with a sixth-grade. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 1:02. She said her son has always focused on finding his daughter. Haleigh Cummings was reported missing from their Satsuma home in February 2009. Croslin is currently serving 25 years in prison, while Cummings was sentenced to 15 years. "He's never let go," she said. "The hope was to get her to say something, to reach into that soft spot in someone's heart and we didn't get it," Merchant noted. Overstreet, who lives in Tennessee, has denied involvement. 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. 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 comments below have not been moderated, By eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Croslin Jr., 36, is scheduled to be released March 12, while Brock, 56, was released Mondayand Sykes, 31, is to be released Nov. 12,according to the state. "You say you love my children, why do this? ga('ads.send', { Crystal Sheffield, Haleigh's mother, was in the courtroom Monday, but she said she wasn't too concerned with the outcome of the sentencing. "That has always been his main objective. News/Business. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Greg Page says he and Misty Croslin spent time together just days before Haleigh disappeared. 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. Jailhouse interview: Haleigh Cummings' father talks about his arrest. At one point, detectives searched a section of the St. Johns River near Satsuma where Haleigh disappeared. The hunt went on for months in the air, on the water and on the ground. Circuit Judge Wendy Berger also ordered Croslin to pay $500,000 and to follow her prison time with five years of drug-offender probation. At the end of the river search, Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy says he does not believe Haleigh is alive. Still missing: DCF finds no abuse in Haleigh Cummings case. 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 . Investigators still believe that Croslin is the key to solving the crime. No one has been arrested in connection with Haleigh's disappearance. 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. hitType: 'event', Haleigh, who never was found, disappeared from a mobile home in Satsuma in February 2009 while Croslin was baby-sitting. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. Both Croslin andCummings are currently in prison on drug trafficking charges unrelated toHaleigh's disappearance. God will remember one day. Croslin, who was Ronald's girlfriend when Haleigh disappeared, married and divorced him within six months. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. "She has all the answers.". 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Fields related Croslin's discussions with authorities Tuesday morning after Croslin changed her plea from not guilty to no contest on one drug-trafficking count in St. Johns County. Instead, they were both . The Croslins' daughter, Misty Croslin, was watching Haleigh the night the little girl disappeared. In Augustthe attorney for Tommy Croslin says his client said he saw Joseph Overstreet, theTennessee cousin, take Haleigh to the riverin a bag, an accusation relatives said were made in April. April 13: A section of the St. Johns River in Satsuma is worked by divers for clues in the case. } Even after a decade has passed, the people of the Putnam County community still hopes that the child will return soon. eventAction: 'view' He will give me answers.". Tommy Croslin also pleaded no contest and will be sentenced Aug. 6. 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. As for where Haleigh is, Merchant believes she is dead. To which she replied, saying, "I would never let nothing happen to her if I knew something. Misty Croslin runs the show: She had something to do with the death otherwise she wouldn't be A.) hitType: 'event', According to the Florida Department of Corrections, Ronald Cummings, who has been behind bars since 2010 for drug trafficking, will be released from the Lake Correctional Institute in Clermont. The crime to which Croslin pleaded no contest Tuesday under normal circumstances carries a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years in prison. When he returned home at about 3am, 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. "(Lisa) was driving and (Hank Sr.) was the passenger. 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. gads_event = event; hitType: 'event', Copyright 2023 News4JAX.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. She is sitting in prison stewing about how she plans to get out of prison. hitType: 'event', Croslin has been convicted on unrelated drug charges and is now in prison. Croslin, as it turned out, then became Haleigh and Junior's baby sitter. 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. A woods search is halted and a temporary command post is pulled out. Fresh evidence on Haleigh Cummings, five-year-old girl who disappeared from home without trace 10 years ago. ", 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. }); }); According to Griffith, the two were allowed to drive away and appeared to throw the cocaine out the window when they noticed police were trying to pull them over. Copyright 2011 by News4Jax.com. A new HLN documentary has uncovered never before seen evidence in the decade-long search for a five-year-old girl who vanished from her Florida home in the middle of the night when her father's 17-year-old girlfriend was babysitting her. Jan. 10: Misty Croslin is sentenced in Putnam County to 25 years in prison on drug-trafficking charges. Misty Croslin is the last of the five arrested to be sentenced. ga('ads.send', { She's the one with the inconsistent statements. Intense searches and an investigation that drew international attention. Authorities believe Haleigh is dead and are treating the case as a homicide investigation. Cummings was at work. Gone like that," Sherrif Hardy added. said Theresa Neves, Haleigh's grandmother and Ronald Cummings' mother. if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ 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. Meanwhile Croslin, 30, is servingher25-year drug sentence and with ascheduled release date of June 17, 2031, according to the Department of Corrections. "She just got caught up in something stupid. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Almost immediately investigators started to see holes in Croslin's story. Cummings reported her missing when he returned from work. Teams would search the St Johns River and hunt the thick forest around the young girls neighborhood. I just ask the court be lenient, please.". They were both jailed in late 2010 after being caught with 330 tablets of oxycodone and hydrocodone in their car. reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. On Tuesday, Cummings' mother, Teresa Neves, said the family will continue to hold vigils to keep Haleigh's case alive. No signs of forced entry except, according to Misty, a brick had been used to prop open one of the doors to the trailer. }); 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. Please call the Putnam . 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You have locked doors. }); 2023 www.ocala.com. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ eventAction: 'render' ", First Coast News asked Merchant, "What would it take to break this case?" The #FLAMBER Alert is still active! They were both denied bond on the violation of probation charges. Emerging facts and circumstances, long known to a Christian missionary from the Palatka, Florida area . In this version Croslin says she did see what happened to Haleigh the night she vanished from her home in Satsuma, Fla. Oct. 7: Ronald and Misty say they are getting divorced. Haleigh would be turning 17 years old in August, and she would be in the 11th grade. ga('ads.send', { 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. . Ronald Cummings and Hank Croslin Jr. both received 15-year sentences. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), This is the question that has baffled the American public for four years, and turned little Misty Croslin into the most enigmatic prisoner that falls asleep in a Florida prison each night. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? }); Without going into detail, he said, "The river's close. 2023 www.jacksonville.com. 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. window.googletag.cmd.push(function() { When her father came home from work, Haleigh was gone. They were being held Monday at the Putnam County jail. 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 and Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, who divorced shortly after Haleigh disappeared, were arrested along with three others in January following an undercover operation. The plea entered on one count in St. Augustine Tuesday morning mirrors the no contest pleas entered on several drug-trafficking charges in Putnam County on Monday. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' At one point in the jailhouse conversations, Hank and Misty talk of those charges. Her father, Hank Croslin Sr., made the same plea to the judge. Other evidence included in the documentary is footage of Croslin walking through the crime scene just days after Haleigh vanished. It is utterly ridiculous to send drug addicts to prison for that long on those type of charges but that seems to be how they roll in Florida. 1. 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. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. February 9, 2009, was just another day for Ronald Cummings. "She said nothing.". Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ The department said he qualified for incentive gain time after serving 85% of his prison sentence under state law. 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. 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