Cummings Pops The Question to Croslin

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I guess it is official that Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin are engaged. I can’t believe this. It happened last night at a Chili’s restaurant.

Note: The audio doesn’t come in right away in this clip. I don’t know why.

Link to Video

Is Cummings on the fast track to do all the things he always wanted to do?? It sure makes you wonder. Is he trying to keep Croslin happy so she will stay devoted and loyal to him?

More than that, notice how Croslin says, “This is what Haleigh wanted. She’s always talked about it”. Notice she talks in past tense? It’s intriguing, yet very, very sad that these two people can focus on themselves so much at this time. I still feel strongly that these two people know more about Haleigh then they are telling us.

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The Families of Those Who Kill

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I remember in the early days and weeks after Caylee went missing, people were standing in the street in front of the Anthony home, outraged at the Anthonys. I remember being beside myself that people were lashing out at Casey’s parents.

People, to this day, are still expressing anger and scorn at Cindy, George and Lee Anthony. They have a tremendous dislike for them. I suspect it is partly due to the fact they ultimately blame Casey’s parents for her behavior, but I suspect it is more than that. I think they likely loathe Cindy, George and Lee because they aren’t standing up and saying they think Casey had something to do with Caylee’s murder. It’s as if the Anthonys are denying the obvious, to most people, and that makes people go crazy.

Read moreYet the Anthonys are not alone in their denial, which I believe is a survival mechanism. I suspect many other family members of people who have killed likely do the same thing. I’ve said that here several times.

This week, I came across a news article on the father of Diane Downs, Wesley Frederickson. He is offering a $50,000 reward to any information which leads to the release of his daughter. This just made news in February of this year–25 years after his grandchildren were shot and one was killed.

This case is even more compelling than the Anthony case because Diane Downs was convicted of murder and locked up, whereas Casey hasn’t even gone to trial. More than that, Christie Downs, Diane’s 9-year-old daughter at the time of trial, testified against her own mom, saying that she witnessed her mom shoot her and her siblings, and then turn the gun on her own arm.

Making it all the more unbelievable, Diane Down’s father, 26 years later, is still clinging to the belief his daughter just has to be innocent, and that his grandchildren must have been delusional or lying. He even maintains a website to this day here.

I think Diane’s dad gives a new perspective to how powerful denial can be, and how it is a coping mechanism for survival.

I do not judge nor will I ever judge Diane Down’s father or the Anthonys, because to be in their shoes must be pure and utter hell, if you accept the most plausible of truths that their daughters attempted to kill their grandchildren, that their own flesh and blood knew no normal boundaries of love and compassion and had the ability to kill in cold blood.

My Thoughts About the Tattoo

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The first thing I did when I saw that Ronald Cummings had a tattoo of Haleigh on his leg was put myself in the shoes of an innocent parent, whose child was truly abducted, and I thought about how I would feel. Then I thought about the tattoo.

Read moreThe tattoo gave me a horrible feeling.

If my daughter was missing, I would not want to memorialize this horrible tragedy on my leg, should she still be alive and come home, which is a thought I would desperately cling to until I had no other option.

If my daughter came home, I would never want to be reminded of the horror that I endured all those weeks not knowing where she was, but worse and more importantly, of the potential pain and suffering my daughter would have had to endure at the hands of a sick stranger for all those weeks. If my daughter come home safe and sound, I would want to forget this nightmare. Forever. I would not want to have horrific memories memorialized on my leg in a tattoo, especially if it could become an emotional “trigger” for my daughter of her nightmarish experience. I would never want to give a predator such power, either. I would want fresh beginnings and a new start, but a tattoo would rob me of that.

Of course, Cummings would likely argue that he got the tattoo as a sign of love and devotion to his daughter. We can’t say anything conclusive by his behavior here, but it is unusual, to say the least. Most parents of missing children find secondary things, such as unnecessary salon visits and self-pampering, are not a top priority in times of crisis like this. Finding their missing children takes top priority, even four weeks later.

It brings me back to the day I saw Cumming’s mother, Teresa Neves, on TV saying that Cummings didn’t go out and search on that particular day because “no one came and got him”. I was just appalled by that, as if it is the responsibility of other people to motivate Cummings to search. He is the father who should care the most, and be the most driven to organize, plan and continually work to find his daughter, but he continually shows us he is not.

If I were in his shoes, there would always be a task I could do to keep my daughter’s face front and center in the public’s eye, if I was not searching.

Cumming also doesn’t appear to look at the media as a tool, which I find perplexing. Innocent people who are victims of crime and are looking for a missing loved one usually see the media as a means to an end. They may not like the media, but use them as a tool. Instead, here, Cummings actually complains he is not being left alone to do what he wants to do! It’s just mind boggling.

What sad story this is on multiple levels. I just don’t trust Ronald Cummings. To read more of my thoughts on this case, click on the labels below.

Ron Cummings Gets Tattoo of Haleigh

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FirstCoastNews.com caught up with Cummings after he got a tattoo of each of his children.

Cummings says, “I can’t be left alone. Nobody leaves me alone to do what I want to do. There’s always a camera in my face. Here it is again.”

Cummings says someone else put up the $400 for the cost of the tattoos, but according to the Examiner, he didn’t want to say who.

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“New Disclosures on Coralrose Fullwood Case”

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There is news coming out of North Port this week about Coralrose Fullwood’s murder. I wrote about her father, Dale Fullwood, back in June of 2007. While his daughter was found murdered not far from his home in September 2006, and the DNA evidence on her body was not that of her father, Dale Fullwood put me on high alert and caused me great concern when I watched him speak in June of 2007.

Read moreI remember watching Dale Fullwood on video, and literally getting so nauseated that I had to stop and walk away. I remember being disturbed for an entire week over Fullwood in that series of video that I couldn’t shake it. I was deeply disturbed at the picture Fullwood painted when he talked to the camera crew in his vacant house.

Then in August of last year (2008), police arrested Patrick Dewayne Murphy for the murder of Coralrose Fullwood. Yet the police stood firm that the investigation was far from over. Regardless, I took a hammering from some visitors to my blog (in this comment section).

Paul said, “DNA and good detective work found the guilty party. Just goes to show you that everyone reacts differently to [sic] tramatic events.”

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Use Brains Not Emotions, said “This is exactly how innocent people end up in prison or death row. Because of crazed hysteria and moral outrage that fuels miscarriage of justice. It was a terrible crime but let’s please try and remain a civilized society that conducts itself by the rule of law. Otherwise we become the Taliban.

Oh and by the way, if you were an expert in murders as you claim, you’d know a lot of family members historically have been noted to have reacted without much emotion. It’s not unusual. Amateurs.”

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DK said, “Thank God they just caught the guy about a half hour ago. This rambling of yours is just awful. Obviously this was an overwhelmed, grieving parent. Who knows what your problem is. They did an excellent documentary on TV recently about Maddie McCann where they pointed out how different victims handle this type of situation.”

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Anonymous said, “Wrong, wrong, wrong. I know the man and he is not the brightest bulb on the tree, but that does not make him a child murderer. Patrick Murphy, a stranger to the family has been charged with this crime.”

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J Lamb said, “Congratulations for falsely accusing someone of murdering his own child. I hope you can sleep well at night. If they had not the DNA evidence, people like you would have sentenced an innocent man and left the monster to rape and kill again. Shame on you. Think long and hard before you convict an innocent person in [sic] you websites. If I were the [sic] fullwoods I would sue you for [sic] ever cent you had. I hope they chose to do that. That’s the only way to stop lies like yours.”

I wonder how these people will react to the fact that the alleged killer, Murphy, whose DNA was found on Coralrose Fullwood, knew and met with Dale Fullwood several times, and both were seen to be viewing pornography together at Fullwood’s place of employment. Just a coincidence? I hope time reveals the truth and all parties involved are held accountable.

I respect the people who had different opinions than me on this story, and I welcome the fact that they shared their opinions. I am grateful for that. I am only sharing their thoughts above in hopes that it will help people keep an open mind in the future when looking at cases. Ironically, if we become closed-minded, this is precisely how the truth does get buried, how justice is never truly served, and the sick can continue to harm and violate the innocent in our society.

Justice may take time, but if investigators are dedicated, and work hard, they usually uncover the truth. Keep up the good work, North Port! I hope you uncover the final details to shut this case for good and put all people responsible behind bars where they should be.