HLN News : HLN : April 14, 2010 12:00pm-5:00pm EDT : Free Borrow . 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. "There's a little boy in the bedroom. },false) Other evidence included in the documentary is footage of Croslin walking through the crime scene just days after Haleigh vanished. Haleigh remains missing, and authorities believe the girl is dead. October 11, 2010 / 1:58 PM hitType: 'event', 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. She never sold drugs in her life. 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. 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. Even with little to no physical evidence, deputies are treating Haleigh's disappearance as a homicide, and investigators have continued questioning the Croslins while in jail hoping to learn new information. Gone like that," Sherrif Hardy added. 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. Authorities previously said physical evidence contradicts Croslin's account of events that night. The arrests are not connected to Haleighs case, but investigators use them to ask questions about her disappearance. She was the last to see Haleigh alive, and the evidence seems to implicate her in the disappearance one way or the other. 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. 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. 'You didn't wake up,' Cummings could be heard saying to Croslin after an investigator let him into the interview room when she was being questioned. But they had problems. 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. Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera gets into a confrontation with Cummings and was run off the property. . Croslin had pleaded no contest in the St. Johns County courtroom to a single count of trafficking oxycodone. According to a report by WJXT, Haleigh's name has remained on the sign outside Hills Hardware store in Pomona Park. Haleigh was not in Sheffield's custody when she disappeared, and was living with Croslin and Haleigh's father in Satsuma. 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. Merchant took Croslin to the river. . ", First Coast News asked Merchant, "What would it take to break this case?" Last summer, Croslin's attorney, Robert Fields, told the judge that a "landslide of evidence," including the undercover video, led to her to plead no contest to the St. Johns County charges. 2011 Jan. 10: Misty Croslin is sentenced in. pg.acq.push(function() { She's the one with the inconsistent statements. Misty Croslin runs the show: She had something to do with the death otherwise she wouldn't be A.) Coles worker fights a woman allegedly trying to steal groceries, Rapidly growing cemetery filled with Vladimir Putin's 'prisoner army', Motorists slowly drive down snowy hill in treacherous conditions. Oct. 7: Ronald and Misty say they are getting divorced. February 9, 2009, was just another day for Ronald Cummings. Thats all there is to it. But none of the arrests was directly related to her disappearance. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. All rights reserved. Aug. 16: Misty Croslin pleads guilty to seven prescription drug-trafficking charges. 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. 1:02. Haleigh, who never was found, disappeared from a mobile home in Satsuma in February 2009 while Croslin was baby-sitting. Croslin called 911 about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009, to report she had woken to find Haleigh gone. They were both denied bond on the violation of probation charges. Sept. 24: Cummings is sentenced to 15 years. he saw Joseph Overstreet, theTennessee cousin, take Haleigh to the river, DCF finds no abuse in Haleigh Cummings case, Misty Croslin is sentenced in Putnam County to 25 years, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 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. We want Haleigh to come home.". Why did he do that? Investigators continue to believe Croslin is key in Haleigh's disappearance. According to Assistant Police Chief James Griffith, the Croslins were arrested Friday night. }); Instead, they were both . Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. 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. They also arrested Cummings, Tommy Croslin and two of Misty Croslin's girlfriends. 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. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (CBS/AP) Haleigh Cummings has been missing for over a year and a half, and on Friday her ex-stepmother, who is believed to have been the last person to see Haleigh alive, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for unrelated drug charges. All rights reserved. pg.acq.push(function() { hitType: 'event', 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. }); Without going into detail, he said, "The river's close. Putnam County authorities have interviewed Overstreet but would not give details. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ 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. if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ pg.acq.push(function() { media-tech companies with hubs around the world. 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Under minimum mandatory sentences in the seven drug cases, Croslin, 19, faced up to 89 years in prison, but LaRue ordered sentences in the cases to run concurrently under the longest minimum sentence - 25 years. Feb. 15: Investigators with the Putnam County Sheriffs Office field about 500 leads in less than a week. 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. Even after a decade has passed, the people of the Putnam County community still hopes that the child will return soon. 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. 16:54 EST 01 Nov 2019. ", dana.treen@jacksonville.com,(904) 359-4091. "He's never let go," she said. }); 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. }); 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. 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. (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. Intense searches and an investigation that drew international attention failed to find the little girl, though Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy has said he believes she is dead. It was a. 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. Greg Page says he and Misty Croslin spent time together just days before Haleigh disappeared. 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. I was not there.". eventAction: 'click_adunit' She sobbed as she said: 'I would never let nothing happen to her if I knew something. 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