Overstreet, who lives in Tennessee, has denied involvement. After five or six minutes, the screams stopped. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. In 2010, Cumings and Croslin were jailed after being caught with 330 tablets of oxycodone and hydrocodone in their car. The others, plus Cummings, have each been sentenced to 15 years in prison. "It's hard to see Misty because we want to know where Haleigh is, but 25 years today is no more than what she had. 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. "I don't care about her or her family. eventAction: 'click_ads' "Where is the justice for Haleigh?" Wednesday, the 38-year-old Cummings was released from his 15-year mandatory minimumdrug-trafficking sentence in2010, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. 11 years of Haleigh Cummings case: Chilling details and new clues, but when will the mystery be solved. 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,. Somebody stole my child out of my bed, Ronald said days after his daughter disappeared. But no trace of the five-year-old was ever found, and authorities continue to be baffled at her disappearance. 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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. She will have five years of drug-offender probation when she is released. The next day, search teams scoured the neighborhood and divers and boats were in the nearby St. Johns River because two bloodhounds led them there. They say her story has changed multiple times over the past decade but Croslin has never been charged in the case. 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. They marry March 12. } Feb. 15: Investigators with the Putnam County Sheriffs Office field about 500 leads in less than a week. , updated document.querySelector("#google_image_div").addEventListener('click',function(){ Merchant believes Haleigh's father's alibi of being at work checks out. 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. Following is a rundown of key events. 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. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. "You sure you didn't unlock the door?" 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. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. 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. 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. Croslin, who was Ronald's girlfriend when Haleigh disappeared, married and divorced him within six months. Almost immediately investigators started to see holes in Croslin's story. 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. He will give me answers.". 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 wants to know where his daughter is," she said. . Merchant took Croslin to the river. eventAction: 'load' Fresh evidence on Haleigh Cummings, five-year-old girl who disappeared from home without trace 10 years ago. She covered up and held (Ronald Jr.) while Haleigh screamed. . Anyone with information about Haleigh's disappearance should call Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS. Jailhouse interview: Haleigh Cummings' father talks about his arrest. News4Jax anchor Jennifer Waugh introduced the 'Into Thin Air' podcast on the 10th year of the girls disappearance. All rights reserved. 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. 1:02. "Just tell the truth," Sheffield said. During the October sentencing hearing, Croslin told. She will also owe nearly $2 million in fines in the separate cases, her attorney said. In addition to the prison time, Croslin will receive five years of probation, a $1.25 million fine and mandatory drug rehabilitation. 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. The father of missing Florida girl Haleigh Cummings is set to be released from prison Wednesday. hitType: 'event', At the end of the river search, Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy says he does not believe Haleigh is alive. Why did he do that? She's in the bedroom. Ronald Cummings and Hank Croslin Jr. both received 15-year sentences. ga('ads.send', { eventAction: 'click_adunit' She's serving 30 years in jail for dealing drugs. hitType: 'event', Example video title will go here for this video. Croslin, who watching Haleigh and her 3-year-old brother, says she woke to find her gone from Cummings Green Lane home in Satsuma. 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Emily Crane For Dailymail.com She sobbed as she said: 'I would never let nothing happen to her if I knew something. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), I was not there.". reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. At one point, detectives searched a section of the St. Johns River near Satsuma where Haleigh disappeared. 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. 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. 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. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. That means the 19 year old at the epicenter of . But the tone quickly changed as the conversation turned to Haleigh Cummings. Haleigh's former stepmother, Misty Croslin, who is said to be the last person to have seen her alive, pleaded guilty to drug charges unrelated to the missing girl's case Tuesday and her. 2023 www.gainesville.com. "I am not a drug dealer," a tearful Croslin told the judge Monday at her sentencing hearing. Ronald Cummings tentatively reached a plea agreement with the state on drug-trafficking charges earlier this month and likely will be sentenced to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in late August. Investigators still believe that Croslin is the key to solving the crime. Previous undercover drug operations in Putnam and St. Johns counties have resulted in drug charges being filed against Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, 26; his ex-wife, Misty Croslin, 19; his cousin Hope Sykes, 19; Misty's brother, Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., 23; and Misty's friend Donna Brock, 44. The others arrested with them in the drug-trafficking investigation were Croslin's brother Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., Donna Brock and Hope Sykes. }); No signs of forced entry except, according to Misty, a brick had been used to prop open one of the doors to the trailer. In February 2009 Haleigh was reported missing by Cummings' then-girlfriend Misty Croslin, who was watching the children while Cummings worked at his night job. 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. View images based on the Haleigh Cummings case, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Croslin will be in her mid-40s when she is released. He was the lead detective with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office but no longer works there. The. . ga('ads.send', { "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. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? Crystal Sheffield, Haleigh's mother, was in the courtroom Monday, but she said she wasn't too concerned with the outcome of the sentencing. By document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ 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. She and. Tommy Croslin,Brock and Sykeshave already been sentenced to 15 years apiece. 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. Expert says it was a 'remarkably clever move', Idaho murders: Bryan Kohberger's neighbor reveals last text message he received from him, Ex-FBI agent suggests Bryan Kohberger may have killed due to 'incel complex', 'Probably killed drug dealers:' Internet finds Bryan Kohberger's ASKfm photo, calls it a 'jumpscare', 'He failed her': Fans shocked by Britney Spears' meltdown at restaurant as husband Sam Asghari walks out. "They came up and bought drugs," Griffith said. / CBS News. Authorities believe Haleigh is dead and are treating the case as a homicide investigation. Anyone who witnessed or knows anything about the disappearance of the kindergartner is urged to call Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida at 888-277-TIPS. According to her attorney, Misty heard Haleigh being attacked by her cousin, Joe Overstreet. Her babysitter Misty Croslin, who was 17 at the time, was the last person to see her, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said. eventAction: 'view' ga('ads.send', { The gun wasn't there, so the girl, Haleigh, became a substitute.. Croslin told police she tucked Haleigh and the brother into bed about 8 p.m. February 8, 2009, and went to sleep two hours later. Both Croslin and Cummings are currently in prison on drug trafficking charges unrelated to Haleigh's disappearance. The lead detective from that case,John Merchant, told First Coast News he knows the person who could break the case wide open. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), 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. I come home from work and my child was not there. The docuseries also includes footage of Croslin walking through the crime scene just days after Haleigh vanished and crying after finding the shirt Haleigh was wearing the night she went missing. Croslin called 911 about3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. }); keeping her mouth shut for as long as she has without spewing lies, she's a selfish character and she is canniving. The rear door of the residence was found to be open, then-Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy said hours after the search began. "She said nothing.". 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. 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.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { Croslin called 911 about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. "She just got caught up in something stupid. What happened to her? Still missing: DCF finds no abuse in Haleigh Cummings case. I wouldn't let someone just take her. Feb. 21: Investigators say a cousin of Croslins who was visiting from Tennessee the night of the disappearance is not a suspect. So good night, sweet dreams and happy trails, Croslins; four out of five family members are locked up in different jails on drug related charges as we go to press at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. "She has all the answers.". Aug. 20: Cummings pleads guilty to three charges of trafficking in hydrocodone, two are dropped. 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. But yet [Croslin] wants us to believe a stranger came into the house and took this little girl in the middle of the night. "We investigators who worked on the case feel like we know what may have happened, but we can't prove it," he 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. Authorities have maintained that the drug charges have no connection to the ongoing investigation of Haleigh's disappearance, which they now consider a homicide case. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ 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. "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. The owners of the store have stated in 2019 that her name will prevail on the sign until she is found. Detectives said Monday that the investigation is still active nearly two years after Haleigh went missing. (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. Haleigh was not in Sheffield's custody when she disappeared, and was living with Croslin and Haleigh's father in Satsuma. The documentary also includes dozens of evidence photos showing Haleigh's home just moments after deputies arrived on the scene. 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. Croslin refused to answer questions about the case for the documentary. 16:54 EST 01 Nov 2019. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. "She was not a drug dealer. Croslin, the adult with Haleigh that night, first told police someone came into the house and took the child. 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. "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.". 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. October 11, 2010 / 1:58 PM Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. On Tuesday, Cummings' mother, Teresa Neves, said the family will continue to hold vigils to keep Haleigh's case alive. She never sold drugs in her life. She is sitting in prison stewing about how she plans to get out of prison. Sept. 25: A letter written by Kristina Naynay Prevatt from jail says she was partying with Misty Croslin and that Haleigh took an Oxycontin pill. pg.acq.push(function() { April 13: A section of the St. Johns River in Satsuma is worked by divers for clues in the case. Haleigh Cummings was reported missing from their Satsuma home in February 2009. eventAction: 'render' Croslin, a girl with a sixth-grade. 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. said Theresa Neves, Haleigh's grandmother and Ronald Cummings' mother. HLN's Real Life Nightmare premieres November 2 at 8pm ET on HLN. We want Haleigh to come home.". Just when you didn't think things could get any worse for Misty Croslin and her clan. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) { 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. Misty Croslin runs the show: She had something to do with the death otherwise she wouldn't be A.) 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. Haleigh Cummings was last seen at her trailer home inSatsuma, south of Jacksonville, on February 9, 2009. let gads_event; MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of 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. The river's real close to the back of the house, about 100 yards away.". 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. Misty Croslin was . According to Assistant Police Chief James Griffith, the Croslins were arrested Friday night. }); As for where Haleigh is, Merchant believes she is dead. 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. }); She answers, "I didn't even hear anything.". February 9, 2009, was just another day for Ronald Cummings. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. 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. Without going into detail, he said, "The river's close. Copyright 2023 News4JAX.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. Oct. 7: Ronald and Misty say they are getting divorced. News/Business. he asks. Cummings reported her missing when he returned from work. The Croslins' daughter, Misty Croslin, was watching Haleigh the night the little girl disappeared. February 9, 2009, was just another day for Ronald Cummings. In this version Croslin says she did see what happened to Haleigh the night she vanished from her home in Satsuma, Fla. When was Michael croslin born? Copyright 2011 by News4Jax.com. In the conversations, Misty and her father talked about Misty's drug charges. If she could give us one truthful statement, I think we'd be somewhere.". 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 best Instagram photos from 2014, After IVF shock, mom gives birth to two sets of identical twins, Inside North Korea: Water park, sacred birth site and some minders, The judge also orders her to pay a $500,000 fine, Croslin is the last person known to see 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings, She faces sentencing in mid-October in another courtroom for similar charges. Why did Brian Kohberger leave knife sheath at crime scene? Theories and speculation about what actually happened have never been proven amid the lies, leads and frequent developments in the case. 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. There is no forced entry and Misty hears nothing. Furthermore, detectives have described her statements about the night as inconsistent and said that she has changed her story multiple times over the past decade. Meanwhile Croslin, 30, is servingher25-year drug sentence and with ascheduled release date of June 17, 2031, according to the Department of Corrections. 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. 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 . 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. 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. 2011 Jan. 10: Misty Croslin is sentenced in. It was a. }); He went inside and bought $20 worth of cocaine.". Cummings was at work. Both cases stem from an undercover investigation. Authorities previously said physical evidence contradicts Croslin's account of events that night. 1933 What did. According to Assistant Police Chief James Griffith, the Croslins were arrested Friday night during an undercover crack cocaine operation at a home at 809 Bronson St. in Palatka. 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. She and Cummings, eight years her senior, became a couple. "The child is in the bedroom, literally next to her," Merchant said. Croslin is currently serving 25 years in prison, while Cummings was sentenced to 15 years. Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines. Croslin responded: ''I didn't even hear anything.''. Advertisement Flora. I don't believe she took too many of them. Croslin, as it turned out, then became Haleigh and Junior's baby sitter. The crime to which Croslin pleaded no contest Tuesday under normal circumstances carries a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years in prison. She was the last to see Haleigh alive, and the evidence seems to implicate her in the disappearance one way or the other. Haleigh, widely presumed dead, would be 19 today. Putnam County authorities have interviewed Overstreet but would not give details. }); 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. But none of the arrests was directly related to her disappearance. ", dana.treen@jacksonville.com,(904) 359-4091. "Where is the justice for Haleigh? We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Either way, Misty is still witholding information. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. "She just got caught acting stupid. Instead, they were both . However, Merchant doubts that. "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. They were all arrested and accused of selling prescription drugs. 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. Last year, in November HLN, came up with a docuseries called 'Real Life Nightmare' which revealed shocking details about the case. The 29-year-old says his mother introduced . pg.acq.push(function() { Other evidence included in the documentary is footage of Croslin walking through the crime scene just days after Haleigh vanished. She has been housed in the state prison system since late last year, following sentencing in St. Johns. Sept. 24: Cummings is sentenced to 15 years. The child's disappearance is. 2023 www.ocala.com. 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. Ronald Cummings reported Haleigh missing when he returned from work at dawn. hitType: 'event', eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), In Session's Aletse Mellado contributed to this report. Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera gets into a confrontation with Cummings and was run off the property. 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