Misty Croslin Theory in Five Paragraphs

There are several scenarios as to what may have happened to little Haleigh Cummings, (daughter of Ron Cummings and stepdaughter of Misty Croslin) with the common denominator being Misty Croslin, brother Tommy Croslin, cousin Joe Overstreet, and hubby Ron Cummings, who is also Haleigh's father. The current scenario that Misty and Tommy are sticking to (and there have been several previous) is that cousin Joe was upset when he went to Ron's home (Misty's husband at the time) to steal a rifle, but the rifle wasn't there. This upset Joe, so he, wait for it, decides to kill his daughter.

Doesn't make sense right? Sounds like a story two jailbirds concocted to transfer blame, right? Exactly. Joe was visiting from out of town, so he becomes a scapegoat without an alibi. I believe Joe went to Ron's place to steal the rifle, and is only slightly involved. So, of the four that know what went down that horrible night, why isn't everyone ratting each other out? This is perhaps the most important question when considering the case and, hopefully, the question that authorities use to solve this case.

Here's what happened: Misty was upset she had to babysit Haleigh. Misty was high on Oxycontin, and didn't want to deal with Haleigh, who Misty considered a fussy child. Misty gives Haleigh an Oxycontin to calm her down, which she had done before, but tonight she upped her dosage to 2, maybe even 3, pills. Haleigh OD'd, Misty panicked and called Tommy, the one person she can trust. Tommy, albeit disgusted with his sister, seized the opportunity to, in his mind, play the hero and save his sister from a lifetime of prison. Tommy comes up with the plan to get rid of the body while sister Misty says kidnappers took Haleigh. That is why Tommy has not ratted out Misty, because he himself is involved. Joe isn't ratting out Tommy and Misty because Joe knows what Tommy and Misty did but didn't say anything because he didn't want to narc on his family and is afraid of being charged with accomplice to murder.

So why isn't Ron ratting anyone out? These people killed his daughter, why wouldn't he want justice for his daughter? Because he feels somewhat responsible for the death of his daughter. I believe Misty called Ron at work on his cell and told him that Haleigh accidentally swallowed some pills. Ron is a part-time drug dealer and full-time drug user, so pills in that house are scattered everywhere, and he knew that if he told the cops his daughter OD'd on some loose pills, he, whether he was there or not, would be responsible for his daughter's death, and, if convicted, could be looking at some serious jail time. So Ron went along with Misty and Tommy's scheme of blaming it on kidnappers.

So there you have it. To cover up one loose end, the reason I don't believe the "Joe and Tommy did it" scenario is, "why wouldn't Misty rat out Joe and Tommy?" Misty would have ratted Joe and Tommy out in a second if it meant she could work out some sort of plea deal to get her drug trafficking charged reduced. So that is the only scenario in which all four are guilty and cannot rat each other out because they are all involved, and it is better to say nothing and ride out the trial process and hope for the best on the drug trafficking charges (or make up a story that blames Joe) than to tell the truth and be convicted of murder. As for Joe, who is the only one of the four not currently sitting behind bars, it is better to say nothing because the cops have nothing on him, than to tell the truth that he knows Tommy and Misty did it because he would be convicted of aiding and abetting Tommy and Misty.