PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – It’s been more than a decade since HaLeigh Cummings vanished at age 5, but her family and the Putnam County community still cling to hope and wish for her return home.
HaLeigh was last known to be sleeping in bed on Feb. 9, 2009, next to her little brother, Ronald Cummings Jr. or “Junior,” with her father’s girlfriend, 17-year-old Misty Croslin, who was babysitting while HaLeigh’s father, Ronald Cummings, was working an evening shift at his job.
When Cummings returned to his mobile home in Satsuma, his daughter was gone.
Croslin said she fell asleep and when she woke up the following morning, HaLeigh wasn’t there.
SPECIAL COVERAGE: Haleigh Cummings section“The rear door of the residence was found to be open,” then-Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy said hours after the search began.