Haleigh Cummings Disappearance: The 911 Call

By:  J.F.  Dunlap

Date:  October 28, 2009

Haleigh Cummings is a beautiful, 6 year old girl who disappeared from her home in Satsuma, Florida in the early hours of February 10, 2009.  Her family is hoping to have her safely returned home soon.  Should you have any information regarding Haleigh Cummings, please contact either of the following:  Putnam County Sheriff’s Office at 386-329-0800, Crime Stoppers at 1-888-277-8477 or call 911.

My research of the 911 call began by downloading a copy and using a free software program that enables you to slow down the recording.  I was amazed at the things I was picking up on that were not being reported on the sites displaying the transcriptions.  These errors could have been simply overlooked as so many people were trying to get the transcriptions out to the public in an effort to help in any way possible.  There have been numerous transcriptions publicized regarding the 911 call that Misty Croslin placed the night that Haleigh Cummings was reported missing.  While listening to this call myself I heard several things being said that, more often than not, were listed as “inaudible” or just left out completely.  There were also things that were transcribed as being heard on the recording which I, as well as many other people, do not hear.

One of the first things that caught my attention was at approximately 2:38 minutes into the call.  Clearly you can hear the 911 operator ask Misty for her name and phone number, then asking how to spell her last name.  Following that Misty, in my opinion, is saying “Stop…Ough, you’re hurting me, I just woke up.”  For whatever reason this was never reported on any of the news channels that I viewed playing the recording over and over or in any of the transcripts that I was reading, including legitimate news sites that had their own versions of the transcripts posted.

The transcripts that I read at various blogs were stating that at approximately 3:48 seconds into the call when the  operator has called back and is speaking with Ronald Cummings, father of precious Haleigh,  that Misty was saying “I don’t wanna…”.  Let me note that not all bloggers were stating this, just quite a few that I had stumbled upon.  Also, the transcriptions that I read posted at a national broadcast news station’s site featuring one of the hardest working journalists in the business, did not have this “I don’t wanna..” statement listed.

Upon learning the discrepancies I decide to do a transcription as to what I believe I am hearing.  As you review my transcription, please keep in mind that I can make mistakes as well.   The areas that I have highlighted with bold lettering indicate statements that I am hearing on this call that have not been previously reported in the transcriptions that I have read.  Again, let me reiterate, I am only giving you my interpretation of what I believe I am hearing on this recording and you are free to comment on anything you may hear differently or if you are able to understand any of the areas that I have listed as “inaudible”.

The following transcript has been transcribed using the 911 call recording that was released to the public.  You can find copies of the recording by doing a Google search for “Haleigh Cummings 911 Call”.

To hear the recording or view transcripts you can start with some of these links:

http://www.truecrimereport.com/2009/02/police_say_haleigh_cummings_di.php

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0910/01/ng.01.html

http://erickacourtney.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/ronald-cumming-phone-call-to-911-original-transcript/

OPERATOR:  911, What’s your emergency?

MISTY CROSLIN (BABYSITTER/GIRLFRIEND OF HALEIGH’S FATHER RONALD CUMMINGS):  I just woke up and our back door was all open, and I can’t find our daughter.

OPERATOR:  Can’t find what?

CROSLIN:  Our daughter.

OPERATOR:  OK, what’s your address?

CROSLIN:  Green Lane (INAUDIBLE)

OPERATOR:  What’s the numerical?

CROSLIN:  The miracle.  What’s that?

OPERATOR:  The number. (DELETED) Green Lane?

CROSLIN:  Yes.

OPERATOR:  OK, when did you last see her?

CROSLIN:  Umm…we were just, like, you know, it was about 10 o’clock.  We were, she was sleeping, I, we was cleaning.

OPERATOR:  OK.  How old is your daughter?

CROSLIN:  She’s 5.

CROSLIN:  Oh..

OPERATOR:  OK.  What was she last seen wearing?

CUMMINGS:  How the f— you let my daughter get stole in the middle of the night?

OPERATOR:  Ma’am?

CROSLIN:  She was in her pajamas.  We were sleeping.

OPERATOR:  OK.  All right.  You said your back door was wide open?

CROSLIN:  Yes, with a brick.  Like, with a brick on the door.  Like, when I went to sleep, it was not like that.

OPERATOR:  OK. The back door…

CUMMINGS:  It’s locked.

OPERATOR:  Listen to me.  Your back door was wide open?  What are you talking about a brick?

CROSLIN:  Yes

OPERATOR:  What, what is the brick?

CROSLIN:  It’s on the back door, on the , on the stairs.  Like, we have a walkway.

OPERATOR:  And there was a brick laying there?

CROSLIN:  Yes.  It’s still there.

CUMMINGS:  Tell them they better come on now!

CROSLIN:  They are.

OPERATOR:  We’ve got them coming.  Tell him we’ve got them coming.

CROSLIN:  They’re coming.

OPERATOR:  OK, what’s the color of your house? Ma’am?

CROSLIN:  It’s blue.

OPERATOR:  It’s blue.  OK.

CUMMINGS:  I knew better than to mess with a f—ing junkie, I knew better.

OPERATOR:  Ok. What, what does she look like?  How tall is she?  Give me some description of her.

CROSLIN:  She has, like, like, long hair, curly, like curls.

OPERATOR:  Long curled.  What color?

CROSLIN:  She’s white.

OPERATOR:  OK, what color hair?

CROSLIN:  And she’s got brown hair.

OPERATOR:  Brown hair?

CROSLIN:  Yes, Oh my God…(INAUDIBLE)

OPERATOR:  Ok, how tall is she, about?  Or how much does she weigh?  Do you know that?

CROSLIN:  Huh?

OPERATOR:  About how tall or how much does she weigh?

CROSLIN:  Like, four something.  Like, I don’t know.  Like, she’s not that tall.

CUMMINGS:  I don’t know how tall she...

OPERATOR:  Tell your husband we got them coming.  OK?

CROSLIN:  OK.

OPERATOR:  How much does she weight?  Do you know?

CROSLIN:  Huh?

OPERATOR:  How much does she weigh?

CROSLIN:  Like, 40, 50 pounds, 60 pounds.

OPERATOR:  Forty to sixty pounds?

CROSLIN:  Yeah.

OPERATOR:  OK, Let me get your name and phone number.

CROSLIN:  My name is…

OPERATOR:  Spell your last name.

CROSLIN:  Stop.

CUMMINGS: (INAUDIBLE)…the phone.

CROSLIN:  Ouch…you’re hurting me, I just woke up.

CUMMINGS:  (INAUDIBLE)

OPERATOR:  Ok.  Was your back door locked, do you know?

CROSLIN:  Yes.  The back door always stays locked.

CUMMINGS:  Man I need somebody to get here now!

CROSLIN:  She’s coming.

OPERATOR:  OK, let me speak to him.

CROSLIN:  Here, here….here, here, here.

CUMMINGS:  I just got home from work.  My 5 year old daughter is gone.

OPERATOR:  OK.

CUMMINGS:  I need somebody to be here now!  I’m telling you…

OPERATOR:  Listen to me.  Listen to me.  We’ve got two officers…

CUMMINGS:  If I find whoever has my daughter before ya’ll do, I’m killing him.  I don’t care.

OPERATOR:  OK. OK.

CUMMINGS:  I’ll spend the rest of my life in prison.  I’m telling you.  You can put it on recording, I don’t care.

OPERATOR:  OK.  It’s OK sir.  We’ve got them on the way.  Ok, can you give me any, what kind of description of her pajamas that she was wearing?

CUMMINGS:  I don’t f—ing know!  I was at work!

OPERATOR:  OK sir, we’ve go them coming, OK?

SOMEONE HANGS UP THE PHONE ON THE 911 OPERATOR

Phone ringing

CUMMINGS:  Hello.

OPERATOR:  OK, sir, let me talk to your wife.  Let me get some information from her.

CUMMINGS:  (INAUDIBLE)…Man you need…(INAUDIBLE)

OPERATOR:  OK, can I talk to her?

CUMMINGS:  (INAUDIBLE)… How the f— can you let my daughter get stole b—-?

CROSLIN:  Hello.

OPERATOR:  Ma’am?

CROSLIN:  Yeah.

OPERATOR:  Ok.  Listen to me.  I need you to answer some questions.  Does the door look like it was pried open?

CROSLIN:  Ummm….Did you lock that door?

OPERATOR:  Does it look like it, does it look like you had sort of someone try to enter into your house?

CROSLIN:  Ummm…hold on.

OPERATOR:  And another thing.  Make sure you and your husband don’t touch the door anymore.

(CUMMINGS:  (INAUDIBLE)…They can’t call my phone, I don’t know where it’s at.)

OPERATOR:  Don’t mess with the door or anything.

CROSLIN:  No.  It doesn’t .

CUMMINGS:  The mother f—er’s open.

OPERATOR:  It doesn’t look like it is?

CROSLIN:  No.

OPERATOR:  Ok, now listen, tell your husband to not touch anything.

CUMMINGS:  The mother f—er’s unlocked, the latch is sideways.

OPERATOR:  Make sure because we’re going to try and get a K-9 out there, OK?

CUMMINGS:  Somebody had a f—ing key.

CROSLIN:  Ok.  She says don’t touch anything because they’re bringing a K-9 out here.

CUMMINGS:  They better mother f—ing bring something then cause if I find that mother f—er before them I don’t give a f— about prison, prison don’t scare me.

OPERATOR:  OK. OK.  We understand, we got them on the way.  What’s her name, how do you spell her first name.  What, what’s her middle name?

CROSLIN:  Yeah.

OPERATOR:  And the spelling of the last name?

CROSLIN:  Umm…well that’s my last name, not hers but Haleigh’s…

CROSLIN:  I, What did you do with…(INAUDIBLE)

OPERATOR:  What’s her date of birth?

CUMMINGS:  (INAUDIBLE)…quit f—ing playing games.  I’m a f—ing kill somebody.

OPERATOR:  OK.  Well tell him we understand.  We need to get her date of birth.

CROSLIN:  What’s her date of birth?

CUMMINGS:  Her f—ing date of birth is we need to find her, f— her date of birth.

OPERATOR:  OK.  Listen to me.  I’m getting this information.  I’m not the officer driving out there, OK?

CROSLIN:  OK

OPERATOR:  They’re coming out there to handle that situation.  I need to gather all the information from you over the phone.

CROSLIN:  OK.

OPERATOR:  It has nothing to do with me driving out there.  The officers are taking care of that OK?  They’re coming out there OK?

CROSLIN:  OK

OPERATOR:  OK, I’m going to stay on the phone with you, OK?

CROSLIN:  OK

OPERATOR:  Until they get there all right?  Hang on.

CUMMINGS:  (INAUDIBLE)…I cannot f—ing believe this.

OPERATOR:  Tell him we got them coming.  He needs to try to calm down a little bit, OK?  The officers are going to come out there and do what they can.  We can’t have him screaming and yelling at the officers whenever they get there.  OK?

CROSLIN:  OK.

OPERATOR:  Tell hime we got them coming.  He needs to try to calm down a little bit, OK?  The officers are going to come out ther and do what they can.  We can’t have him screaming and yelling at the officers whenever they get there.  OK?

CUMMINGS:  Give me my f—ing phone!  I got better people to talk to than a f—ing mother f—er that ain’t coming!

AND AGAIN SOMEONE HANGS UP THE PHONE ON THE 911 OPERATOR

Please keep Haleigh Cummings and her loved ones in your thoughts and prayers.  May this child be returned home safely.

Censorship in the Bloggosphere

You know the saying “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we conspire to deceive”? That is so true for so many of the forums and blogs that I have seen that choose to censor commentators that express an opposing opinion to the members and/or the moderators.

I began my interest in blogging by investigating or “sleuthing” the missing child case of Haleigh Cummings. I happened upon a great and, from all appearances, honest author and owner of a site that had dedicated a tremendous portion of their time and energy to finding this lovely child. Eventually I ventured further into the forums area of this site and became engrossed at some of the comments being posted. At first I was a little confused because it seemed to me that the members were just socializing and cutting up instead of debating the issue at hand, which was and still should be the events surrounding Haleigh Cummings’ disappearance.

After reading the forum for a few hours I decided to post a comment regarding the original 911 call placed following Haleigh’s disappearance. I had read the transcripts that were posted on various websites and listened to the 911 call over and over again. I even went so far as to download software that allowed me to slow down the recording, making it easier to interpret for myself. The publicized transcripts had so many “INAUDIBLE” areas that I was determined to listen closely (through headphones) to see if I could understand any of the “INAUDIBLE” statements on the call.

So I had a theory of sorts and wanted to post what I thought I heard on the 911 call to get more input as to details that I may have overlooked or in this case misinterpreted. In my post I included a link to the 911 call so that others could listen to what I had listened to. Immediately I started reading posts that stated I had an “agenda” and was trying to “force” my opinion on others. I was taken aback by the callousness and viciousness of their attacks. Then the name calling began. Of course it was not long before the moderator joined the thread and decided that my comments were meant to incite the members. I was totally confused and feeling rather unsure of what I should write next, if at all. I was under the impression based on the thread topic that this was a forum intended to share information to help find this missing child. Boy was I mistaken.

Contemplating the appropriate response, I carefully wrote my comment. My error was stating that some members were in support of a particular person involved in this case, however, I felt that I stated so in a sensitive manner. There were a few members who felt that my original comment was worthy of conversation but that was quickly dispelled with one swoop of the delete button by the infamous moderator. Unbelievable. Since my opinion varied from the majority of the people on the site, I was labeled as a villian to the cause, which by the way was sharing information to help in finding Haleigh Cummings. I in no way meant to offend but rather to discuss the issue in this atmosphere.

Following this experience it was quite a few days before I decided to post again. This time though I had gained a lot more knowledge of the forum and it’s reputation. I quickly wrote my comment then posted and deleted my account. Right before my very eyes it started again. The accusations that I was attacking the moderator were insane. My comment in no way, shape or form was an attack. There have been suspicions that the moderator holds several memberships and posts under various nicknames. I have no factual knowledge of that nor does anyone else, except possibly the owner of the site but it is strange and quite unsettling to witness the devotion there, not towards this beautiful little girl Haleigh, but to the moderator. I thought we were devoted to finding Haleigh. Finding the truth, no matter what that may be. Finding peace for a family in pain. Evidently that was not the case there.

The discouragement that I felt over this type of censorship then sparked a desire for me to write my own blog to express my opinions regarding this and other cases. I hope that you will join me in finding the truth about the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings.