Misty needs to tell the truth. Then, and then only, will I extend any understanding for her difficult life growing up.

Thank for your your continued coverage of the story TJ.

I have just one problem with Misty….If she will tell the truth, she will have the protection she undoubtedly needs and she will then get the support she undoubtedly needs.

I have never felt that Misty was the perpetrator, but rather a witness. And as a witness, I think she is in a very precarious situation that will not improve until she tells all to the proper authorities.

Her new husband,his mother & grandmother seem to have her under control at this time. She needs to be taken into custody, interrogated and offered protection for telling the truth.

I agree. I think she is so frightened as to what might happen to her if she says anything. You can see how it tears at her heart. She wants to tell …maybe she wanted to go under hypnosis so she could tell and maybe not be blamed for telling because she was under hypnosis and then got frightened. I don’t know …Dead rats in mail boxes… and so many other things No wonder she’s scared. Remember people who kill animals have a greater tendency to kill people.

TJ, you are thinking along the same lines I’ve been thinking lately. Just more theories and possibilities on my part, of course.

I also heard that Misty dropped out of school in 7th grade (not sure that’s a fact).

What is a fact is that she has voluntarily taken FOUR polygraphs. She didn’t have to take even one. Gosh knows Sindee and George Anthony have not taken any! LOL!

So perhaps Misty is trying to find a way to prove that she is not responsible for whatever has happened to Haleigh.
And if that’s true, then what are we left with?

That she does not know? And if so why not? Was she deeply asleep? Was she drunk/drugged? Is she afraid for Ron to know that she was not “with it” that night or that she did leave the home for a little while? Or that certain people visited that night? Or that there are certain people she suspects for various reasons but can’t prove it? Or maybe whoever took Haleigh has threatened to hurt Haleigh (if they have not already – and Misty doesn’t know if they have or not) and/or will they hurt Misty if she tells?

LE or someone can offer Misty protection but if she thinks Haleigh is still alive, no one can offer her protection, can they?

I also think that her test result where she is found doubting Ron may come from his drug involvement. Possibly this does have something to do with drugs and deep down that is how Ron may be viewed as being involved in her disappearance. Deep down she may blame him for all of it.

TJ, I pondered. Sorry, ones past is no excuse for improper behavior, lying and covertly covering for others. Its all about choices. As a survivor or being molested by several family members myself, as a survivor of secondary wounding by family members, as a survivor of trauma of flashbacks, nightmares & yes, self medicating myself…I made better choices. I beleive in truth, I stand for truth. I was 17 once, I was Misty once…but the difference is, I was afraid of consequences, therefore when the heat was on, I made a choice to get out of bad situations. There is not enough excuses in the world to dismiss the failure of LDT’s & arrogance…Haleigh didnt and doesnt deserve “excuses” for their behavior. The truth lies within Misty and I personally say, its fair game…she may be 17, but she made choices to align herself with an adult, to marry him and assume this role she’s in. The only one holding a gun to her head is her spouse, maybe its time to put the heat on him…but no TES is buying into this hook line and sinker. IMO

T.J. Hart,

You forgot one area of Misty’s horrific life. She was held hostage at the age of 13 and brutally raped and tortured.

I wish, I knew what was going through her head, but I don’t. I pray HaLeigh will come home soon.

In my opinion, Tim Miller stepped over the boundaries with his supposed help for the Cummings family. Why was Steph Watts filming everything? I bet you the family did not know who he is. The rose was more of a ruse for a story he wrote. More people that want to make money off of HaLeigh’s name. Shame on you Tim and Mark!!! In my opinion.

Just once I wish that someone would provide the proof that Misti was brutally raped and held hostage at the age of 13.

No one can because that is not what happened and she showed a total disregard for LE and the courts then, just like she is now.

Becca1, It sure is funny Art Harris, Cobra, T.J.Hart were all filming behind the scenes and shared the clips with us. I did not see you whining about that. I think the majority were very appreciated of their efforts. You also, need to get your facts straight. Steph Watts owns the footage and did not have to share with the rest of us. Why don’t you get your @ss out there in the heat and swamps like Tim and also Cobra have. I appreciate their efforts.

Becca1, I understand where you are coming from on the past life of Misty. But, I have one question?

Does her horrific past life, justify not telling the truth, when it deals with HaLeigh gone Missing?

From the test taken, it is very obvious, that Misty knows where HaLeigh is!! Point Blank,
Misty Knows where HaLeigh is!!!!

Do we want Haleigh home? Then Misty is going to have to tell the truth!!!

Having gone through such an ordeal, wouldn’t that make her more protective of HaLeigh? And wouldn’t that make her want to do anything in this world to find that child to make sure she is alright? Truth, that’s all she has to do, tell the Truth. No one if forcing her to lie!

My childhood was much much worse than Misty’s but I chose to better my life while I was very young and become the person that I wanted to be. Misty could do the same thing. I had NO ONE to help me so I helped myself. Each of us have a brain to use as we choose. I had NO guidance and was treated with hatred and severely abused by those who housed me. I even spent time homeless with no athourity at a very young age (with out the shelter of a car). You either choose “good” or you choose to blame everyone and hate everyone around you. It IS a choice that God gave to every one of us and Misty needs to make that choice NOW. Do the right thing or do the wrong thing and blame every one around you.
Misty, the option is YOURS! Do “good”, do the right thing – TALK TO LE AND TELL THEM WHERE HALEIGH IS. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR OWN LIFE!

M2c- I agree with that. I dont think Misty is afraid of an outside consequence here. I think she had an oportunity to get out and it was thwarted by the huge blow out at GGS. She knows what happened and yes, the price she fears she will pay for “telling” is far worse than Jail. I know the manipulation games that these types play. Ron & his grandmother is the ones holding her prisoner….she’s doing a good job of conceiling the truth to keep “her man”. I dont know what he threatened to do, but I have imagined. I remember what I was told if I tell, I was told he will kill me & my entire family(we had guns in our home too, my mother once shot him in the shoulder- so I beleived it) I didnt tell and it went on 6 more years of my life.

I listen to that 911 phone tape endlessly….you dont go from complete sobbing and then hand the phone over to say “How’d you get my child stole B-i-t-c-h!” in 3 seconds later and in a flat voice. No one shifts that quickly. It’s time people stop pussy-footin around here, it is what it is! Mr. Cummings needs to stop threatening everyone and fess up to what really happened. Using Misty as his scapegoat isnt getting it. But for some odd reason everyone in that county keeps tip-toein around that punk! IMO

No matter how bad it is for Misty, she still has the choice to do the right thing. As for Ron, he has on the back window of his truck “Only God Can Judge Me” and beleive me, God WILL judge you. One doesn’t put a huge MEMORIAL tat on their leg when the possibility exists that Haleigh could one day come home and want to forget what happened to her. She would always be reminded every time she saw her daddy’s leg. IMO that tattoo was clearly a MEMORIAL! YES, God WILL judge you Ron. Misty needs to talk fast while she still can.

Ok now folks,most people have had a bad point in their lives,but lets realize one thing,life is what you make it,if something bad happens make up your mind to make your life better.It is up to you.You as a person to make your life right.No matter how bad your childhood was you owe it to yourself to better yourself.Life hurts but it also can be good to you.So Misty can feel sorry for herself all she want and use the past for excuses all she wants but it don’t cut it in this case.That child did nothing to her or Ron for them or anyone to hurt her.She did nothing in their past to cause them harm.I do feel Misty is carrying a heavy load and wants to tell but Ron has a hold on that girl,all the reason for LE to separate the two of them and work them over.She will come clean.

The police and Investigators are taking to long
finding Haleigh, they should pressure Misty to tell them about Haleigh,and should make her take that Hipnoses. I noticed that Misty was real proud of the engagement or wedding rings, showing them off, I think she got rid of Haleigh, because she didn’t want Haleigh in her and her husbands life. So yes, I believe she knows what happened to little Haleigh.

I commend TJ for opening the door to some new dialogue about this case; however,IMO Misty’s past is not much more than a good explanation for why she has been able to keep her mouth shut all this time. Uneducated certainly doesn’t mean she isn’t street smart. Very likely if the things Misty says about her life the past 17 years are true, she developed a very strong survival instinct and knows how the system works.

Equusearch is a great organization IMO! I don’t know if Misty was pressured to take these tests, but I do feel Tim would have a right to ask her (if he did) to take them before he used any more of Equusearch resources, given the fact she is no longer cooperating with LE. I also don’t think he was under any obligation to go through her lawyer to do so….he isn’t LE.

I do wonder why Tim Miller felt the need to publicize the results of these tests he helped arrange for Misty to take. I have always felt he is an honorable guy, so I struggle with his decision to release the results. I just can’t think of any benefit to putting the results out there, other than to put more pressure on Misty. Am I missing something?

I have no knowledge of what actually happened to Haleigh but I have a theory. There have been reports that Misty had trouble getting Haleigh to go to sleep at night.(Co-workers at Ron’s job reported they overheard phone calls from Misty.)Ron had been working the late shift for just a few weeks so that wouldn’t surprise me…..kids will test limits of authority…..especially the authority of a 17 year old girlfriend that her father doesn’t treat with a lot of respect.

So here is my theory, a theory that I hope is wrong but the only one that makes sense to me. I think Haleigh may have been drugged to sleep and Od’d. Ron and Misty had been in a major fight that weekend and she had access to drugs all weekend. The drugs that it was reported she took depress the respiratory system. People affected with Turner Syndrome have breathing problems.

I don’t know if drugs had ever been used before to get Haleigh to sleep or if Ron had knowledge of it(if she had). I don’t know if Misty went out that night, but given the fact noone has come forward despite a reward it seems more likely she had someone (or more) in to party. Didn’t neighbors hear screaming at 2 am from the trailor? Perhaps she realized Haleigh was dead then. Whoever was at the trailor may have helped her get rid of Haleigh’s body. (Before Ron got home? or was it Ron?)That would give over an hour to get rid of Haleigh before she was reported missing and whoever helped dispose of her would certainly keep their mouth shut because they would then be involved.In a state of panic did they forget to make the bed look slept in? Like I said, this is only a theory….I in no way mean to represent this as fact. Whatever happened to Haleigh, Misty seems to know something.

Katfish:

I, too, have wondered why Tim Miller would release those tapes to the press. I have always believed he worked closely with LE in whatever case he was on, and I think they asked him to release the tapes to put more pressure on Misty and Ronald. I think LE wanted to put more pressure on them, so they would, finally, break.