WTH....


The father of missing child Haleigh Cummings' married his 17-year-old-girlfriend, who was the last one known to have seen the child alive, the girl's grandmother told Nancy Grace producers.


Ronald Cummings proposes to Misty Croslin Sunday at a local Chili's restaurant.


Because Croslin is only 17-years-old, her mother filled out the paperwork so the two could be married.

And on Thursday, the pair tied the knot, after the three day waiting period required by Florida law.

Croslin, who was beaming earlier in the week after the engagement, told CNN affiliate WJXT-TV that while she knows there will be critics about the marriage and the timing, "everything is still about Haleigh."

Croslin said she wanted to be together as a family, just as Haleigh would have wanted.

"Everybody is probably going to take this marriage thing the wrong way," Croslin told WJXT. "This is what Haleigh wanted. She has always talked about it, and even if she's not with us, she is still with us."

Croslin told police said she tucked Haleigh and her 4-year-old brother into bed about 8 p.m. February 9 in their Satsuma, Florida, home. She said she went to sleep herself about 10 p.m. but woke at 3 a.m. to find Haleigh missing and a back door propped open by bricks.



Police are still actively searching for the girl, with a new search happening this week, and investigators Wednesday took the back door that was found propped open.

In the middle of the search for the girl, the newlyweds will fly to New York Thursday night for their honeymoon and an exclusive appearance on the Today show.

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Haleigh's grandmother, Teresa Neves, also acknowledged the timing might seem "unusual."

"Well it is unusual for some onlookers but those people didn't live with my two grandchildren," she told Nancy Grace. "My grandchildren, both Haleigh and Junior, have very often said that they would love for their daddy to marry Misty and that they wanted Misty to be their mommy. And so I feel like they are just trying to fulfill a wish for Haleigh so that when she comes home she will have that extra happiness to come home to."


Before the wedding, Neves told CNN affiliate WKMG-TV the wedding would be difficult without Haleigh.

"It's an event that Haleigh really should be at, but when she comes home, we'll have a great big wedding so she can be the flower girl and see it all again," Neves said
[Edited 3/13/09 13:12pm]

trailer trash! i think they sold the little girl for some meth.

DesireeNevermind said:

At first I read that as..."i think they sold the little girl for some teeth."

KidaDynamite said:

x 10,000. Shit, that too. They got the picket fence mouth!!

DesireeNevermind said:

Graycap23 said:

How romantic.

how old is this dude?

Man, if my five year old were missing, I sure as hell wouldn't wouldn't be celebrating ANYTHING.

This is weird.

What's the age of consent there?

Darn cradle robber

luv4u said:

Shiit...probably 9

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

read one article that had him at 25. (so half your age plus 7 rule means he's still dating too young) have not read anything about the child's mother though. where is she?

emm said:

the child's mommy is way hotter than 17 year old sack of nuthin and she's better spoken with a decent set of teeth. She has been the only one shedding actual tears. Pops and his jail bait GF walk around with a defensive attitude and of course they don't know why, how, who, when. Its all suspicious I tell you. I still think they sold the child and tried to make it look like a kidnapping.

I believe it definitely had to do with drugs. I read an interview that was done with the birth mom. She admitted that her and her ex were both drug addicts before her pregnancy, but she stopped while she was pregnant. There has also been rumors that he was an informant since he has had a few drug arrests but never served time.

and if she's your wife you don't have to testify

emm said:

shadyness...pure shadyness. what the hell kinda trailer trash parents let their 17 year old daughter bed down with some nearly 30 broke ass with two kids? Shiit times really that dang hard?

I hope he's not trying to get her to have sex...if she's not doing anything already.

I've been pretty disappointed at how the press has tried to keep his age under wraps -- not just for this story cycle, but throughout the story of his daughter's disappearance.

It's like they don't want to publicize all the details of the story, at the expense of their latest missing-child story. If they're going to exploit the scene (and there's always an element of exploitation in these types of stories, as well as aestheticism, given the host of similar stories that go unreported), they might as well be thorough about it.

peacenlovealways said:

Oh i think they done gone far and beyond sex. he got a good deal, free pussy and babysittin'