Police: Haleigh Likely Not Abducted by Stranger

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Haleigh Cummings disappearance in Satsuma, Florida

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…

Sam Parker Trial: Update

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From the Rome-News Tribune:

A former policeman testified this morning that Sam Parker told him he shot his wife and buried her.

Ben Chaffin, who worked with Parker, said Sam told him in a phone call, “I really did it this time” and that he had shot Theresa Parker through the head.

Sam Parker’s trial began Monday in Walker County Superior Court in downtown LaFayette before Judge Jon ‘Bo’ Wood. It is expected to last three weeks…More

To read my original thoughts of Sam Parker back on December 21, 2007, click here.

Thanks, Pat, for the story tip!!

Michael Vick

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I have to confess: I did not watch the entire CBS 60 Minutes interview with Michael Vick, because I don’t care to hear about the cruelty to animals. However, I did watch a few segments online, and what I saw was contradictory. Vick seems to be saying whatever comes to mind at the moment.

Read moreOne minute, Vick tells 60 Minutes, “The first day I walked into prison, and they slammed that door, I knew, you know, the magnitude of the decisions that I make, and the poor judgment and what I allowed to happen to the animals….”

Another time, James Brown asks (above), “Why couldn’t you understand what you were doing and what you were allowing then versus now?” Listen how contradictory Vick’s answer is. In the middle of his answer, Vick says, “You know, your mom teach you right from wrong from day one so you know, and I didn’t have the strength to move on or say, ‘This is not me. This is not what I want to do.’ You know, I continued to let it happen and you know, for certain reasons, I don’t know, or for what reasons, I don’t know.”

Does that answer make any sense? He flat out admits he knew right from wrong from day one!

Much of what Vick says, if you want my opinion, is just ramble, not his true feelings, and hence why I see the contradictions. If Vick knew right from wrong from day one, the only “magnitude” that would hit him when the prison door slammed wasn’t what he “allowed to happen to the animals”, it was that he was caught and being held accountable! It doesn’t take any talent to see this.

I also don’t think Vick feels sorry for the “animals” either, as they come as an afterthought it his sentences. And he uses the word “animal”, too, which is removed from the “dogs” he is responsible for killing.

I am sure many of you also noticed that Vick has this smile throughout. It’s downright arrogant, if you want my opinion. It feels as if Vick thinks he is getting away with it again–perhaps because the NFL is handing him another contract after he was indefinitely suspended from the NFL?

I also find it ridiculous that Vick says he doesn’t know why he continued to let it (the dog fighting) happen. Give me a break! He bankrolled the whole operation. There was obviously a handsome payback for Vick or he wouldn’t have risked the millions he made, but he obviously doesn’t want to admit THAT.

Vick just wants to skirt the issue and ramble on about rubbish. If Vick was sincere, he would admit he knew it was wrong all along, but didn’t want to stop it. He thought he could get away with it. It was profitable on some level for him. Period. But that wouldn’t go over so well, would it?

The Millionaire Fraud

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Johana posted this on my Topic Suggestion page and I thought you might enjoy it, if you haven’t seen it.

Johana wrote:

Charles Ingram

This isn’t the usual type of suggestion, but I thought you might find it as fascinating as I did 🙂 Back in 2001, a man named Charles Ingram won a million pounds on the British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.You can watch the video of the whole episode on YouTube, starting with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUHz2RSsS1k&feature=related. The actual episode starts at 5:00 (before that, it’s documentary footage concerning the situation), and he starts answering questions at 6:40. It starts getting really interesting in the next section (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q0K_I4DMX4&feature=related). The whole thing is on the long side, unfortunately. You might want to just start with the second-to-last segment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYJuxC1TDro&feature=related) and the end (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLm-oL-LuQA&feature=related), which are by far the best parts!

You’ve said before that people give the most clues to deception when under pressure, and this is by far the best example of that I’ve ever seen.

Thanks, Johana!

Off Topic: Vacation Rental

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I was just curious if anyone has had any experience with renting a house in Florida for a vacation. I am just shocked at the lack of rights they give people these days. Every owner or agent that I have contacted to rent a house wants cash or check for payment and they want everything paid immediately to hold the place and most don’t give refunds, if you cancel. Some will take 50% down and expect the other 50% 30 days before you arrive.

If you cancel, all the agreements I’ve seen to date say they get to keep the whole rent. It’s utterly ridiculous. Some vary in their refunds if you cancel 90 days out, but most don’t give you anything back if you are closer in than 90 days. On a home rental, that means a cancellation can cost you upwards of a couple of thousand per week.

I am just stunned and I am curious what other people’s experience is… The customer is a lowly bug these days with no rights, it seems. You are to sign your life away on the dotted line and hope for equity. I just don’t like it!

I even check with major hotel chains and they are the same way.