}); Last year, in November HLN, came up with a docuseries called 'Real Life Nightmare' which revealed shocking details about the case. "You say you love my children, why do this? The river's real close to the back of the house, about 100 yards away.". They say her story has changed multiple times over the past decade but Croslin has never been charged in the case. "Where is the justice for Haleigh?" Mark Woods: There's a reason Nancy Grace's 'exclusive' sounded familiar. hitType: 'event', Meanwhile Croslin, 30, is servingher25-year drug sentence and with ascheduled release date of June 17, 2031, according to the Department of Corrections. Tommy Croslin also pleaded no contest and will be sentenced Aug. 6. (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. 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. }); In Session's Aletse Mellado contributed to this report. Fields said Croslin told authorities she heard the door to the van in which Overstreet came to the house slide open and then shut before he drove off. According to the Florida Department of Corrections, Ronald Cummings, who has been behind bars since 2010 for drug trafficking, will be released from the Lake Correctional Institute in Clermont. Misty Croslin is the last of the five arrested to be sentenced. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) { / CBS News. Croslin has been convicted on unrelated drug charges and is now in prison. She never sold drugs in her life. The others, plus Cummings, have each been sentenced to 15 years in prison. "She just got caught up in something stupid. Gone like that," Sherrif Hardy added. Authorities have maintained that the drug charges have no connection to the ongoing investigation of Haleigh's disappearance, which they now consider a homicide case. Haleigh's mystery disappearance is now the subject of a new HLN docuseries calledReal Life Nightmareto air on Saturday night. June 21: The Sheriffs Office says a bone examined by forensic experts after it was found in the April river search is not Haleighs. hitType: 'event', No evidence of Haleigh has ever been found despite these wide-spread searches involving hundreds of volunteers and an investigation involving multiple law enforcement agencies. ", dana.treen@jacksonville.com,(904) 359-4091. },false) Both of the Croslins already were on felony probation, Lisa in connection with a forgery case, and Hank Sr. in connection with a case of shopping for doctors to get prescription drugs. ', 'You didn't get out of bed,' Cummings said before asking Croslin: 'You sure you didn't unlock the door? To which she replied, saying, "I would never let nothing happen to her if I knew something. Anyone with information about Haleigh's disappearance should call Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS. The docuseries also includes footage of Croslin walking through the crime scene just days after Haleigh vanished and crying after finding the shirt Haleigh was wearing the night she went missing. Croslin told police that she put Haleigh to bed, along with the girl's 4-year-old brother, at around 8 p.m. and that when she woke up at 3 a.m. Haleigh was gone and the back door of the north Florida house she shared with Cummings was propped open by a cement block. ', Croslin responded: 'I didn't even hear anything.'. 41-year-old Hank Croslin Sr. swears he doesn't know what happened to Haleigh Cummings."I know my daughter and son didn't hurt Haleigh. All rights reserved. PALATKA, Fla. Misty Croslin, the teenager who was the last person to see 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings before the girl disappeared in February 2009, has been sentenced to 25 years on drug charges from Putnam County. What happened to her? "You didn't wake up", he says, to which she sobs and responds, "I would never let nothing happen to her if I knew something. April 13: A section of the St. Johns River in Satsuma is worked by divers for clues in the case. }); }) Although police have stopped short of naming Croslin a suspect, they did bring a handcuffed Croslin to a search site on the river at one point in the hopes that she would give them more information about what happened to Haleigh the night she disappeared. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ All I want is my baby home," Sheffield said. She will have five years of drug-offender probation when she is released. Emerging facts and circumstances, long known to a Christian missionary from the Palatka, Florida area . Haleigh Cummings was reported missing from their Satsuma home in February 2009. ", Slideshow: Misty Croslin's jailhouse hairstyles, His daughter, who came teary-eyed into the courtroom, asked Circuit Judge Terry LaRue to be "fair, that's all.". Misty Croslin is the last of the five arrested to be sentenced. Aug. 16: Misty Croslin pleads guilty to seven prescription drug-trafficking charges. Haleigh would be turning 17 years old in August, and she would be in the 11th grade. hitType: 'event', She will also owe nearly $2 million in fines in the separate cases, her attorney said. When her father came home from work, Haleigh was gone. eventAction: 'view' Misty Croslin, who was a teenager babysitting Haleigh Cummings when the 5-year-old Satsuma girl disappeared in 2009, took the stand at a hearing Tuesday morn. She was the last to see Haleigh alive, and the evidence seems to implicate her in the disappearance one way or the other. Ronald Cummings and Hank Croslin Jr. both received 15-year sentences. The documentary also includes dozens of evidence photos showing Haleigh's home just moments after deputies arrived on the scene. let gads_event; 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. They were both denied bond on the violation of probation charges. All rights reserved. "You didn't get out of bed,'' Cummings said before asking Croslin: ''You sure you didn't unlock the door?'' 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. During the October sentencing hearing, Croslin told. Cummings reported her missing when he returned from work. On the night of February 9, 2009, Haleigh was sleeping in bed, next to her brother Ronald Cummings Jr with her father's 17-year-old girlfriend Misty Croslin, who was at home at that night, as Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, was working an evening shift at his job. First published on October 11, 2010 / 1:58 PM. No evidence was found that a body had been dumped there. It appears there is an answer to this burning question. The others arrested with them in the drug-trafficking investigation were Croslin's brother Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., Donna Brock and Hope Sykes. Both cases stem from an undercover investigation. He has never let go that he wants somebody to find Haleigh. Croslin has changed her story a few times since, pointing fingers at "the other side of the family," referring to Cummings' family. MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of Croslin is currently serving 25 years in prison, while Cummings was sentenced to 15 years. "They came up and bought drugs," Griffith said. According to a report by WJXT, Haleigh's name has remained on the sign outside Hills Hardware store in Pomona Park. February 9, 2009, was just another day for Ronald Cummings. Another round of drug cases with ties to missing Haleigh Cummings, the 5-year-old who was reported missing from her father's Satsuma home in February 2009, is now working its way through the Putnam County court system. We want Haleigh to come home.". Croslin, Cummings and others were later arrested in the same drug cases and sent to prison. During the October sentencing hearing, Croslin told Judge Wendy Berger that she was raped between the ages of 7 and 14 by two people while she was taking care of her great-grandmother. 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. God will remember one day. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Copyright 2011 by News4Jax.com. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. 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. Croslin is currently serving 25 years in prison, whileCummings was sentenced to 15 years. If she could give us one truthful statement, I think we'd be somewhere.". Croslin; Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings; brother, Hank Croslin Jr.; and two others were arrested in January 2010 in an undercover sting and charged with selling prescription drugs in January. Ronald Cummings reported Haleigh missing when he returned from work at dawn. ga('ads.send', { Haleigh was 5 years old when she vanished from her home in Satsuma, in southern Putnam County. Anyone who witnessed or knows anything about the disappearance of the kindergartner is urged to call Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida at 888-277-TIPS. 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. I just ask the court be lenient, please.". Misty Croslin says Cousin, Joe Overstreet, bagged Haleigh Cummings as she screamed, attorney said/ Lisa Croslin Talks For The First Time/Lisa found drunk and on pills at an ER by Wrapitup Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:51 pm An attorney for Misty Croslin said cousin Joe Overstreet took Haleigh as 'a substitute' for a gun. Investigators continue to believe Croslin is key in Haleigh's disappearance. Detectives repeatedly described Croslin's statements about the night Haleigh disappeared as inconsistent. No one has been arrested in the missing child case, and Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy has said . '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. 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. Fresh evidence on Haleigh Cummings, five-year-old girl who disappeared from home without trace 10 years ago. eventAction: 'click_ads' But none of the arrests was directly related to her disappearance. According to Griffith, the two were allowed to drive away and appeared to throw the cocaine out the window when they noticed police were trying to pull them over. eventAction: 'click_adunit' "She has the answers, not me. 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