Police: Haleigh Likely Not Abducted by Stranger

Putnam County police came out this week and said again that they believe Misty (nee Croslin) Cummings likely holds the key to case of missing 5-year old Haleigh Cummings. They are also saying that Ronald Cummings and Crystal Sheffield are not suspects. What is interesting about this is were they ever officially called suspects?

Read more (Video)I wonder if people (reporters included) are jumping to the conclusion that Ronald and Crystal are now “cleared,” because the police are just reiterating they are not suspects (see Palatka Daily news article). To me, “being cleared” and “not being a suspect” are two very different things.

When I searched Google news for “Ronald Cummings and suspect”, nothing comes up. I don’t believe he ever was an official suspect. I also don’t find any quotes in the media from the police saying the parents were “cleared”. I only see they are saying they are “not suspects”. That means nothing has changed with regard to their status, if you ask me.

What is interesting is that the police are now saying that they don’t believe Haleigh was abducted by a stranger. I believed that from day one. I’ve always believed both Ronald and Misty hold the key to this case and that they know more than they are both letting on. To read my original thoughts on the case, click here. Unfortunately, to read all of my thoughts on this case, you have to go through the archives as searches are only bringing up the last 12 posts (a limitation of blogger).

Putnam Co., Fla. say that, although Haleigh’s mother, Crystal Sheffield, and father, Ronald Cummings, are no longer suspects in their daughter’s disappearance, Croslin-Cummings remains a person of interest. Investigators say they also believe Haleigh was abducted by someone she knew. Click here to read more…