PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- One year ago today, five-year-old Haleigh Cummings woke up and got ready for another day of kindergarten. It's the last time her classmates and teacher at Browning Pearce Elementary in San Mateo have seen her.
That afternoon of February 9, 2009, Haleigh came home and her father, Ronald Cummings, met her at the bus stop.
"I got her off the school bus. She ran to me, jumped in my arms," he said last year. "I drove the car home. She got out, gave me a hug and a kiss, loved on me, told me she loved me and she'd see me when I got home. She's a daddy's girl."
Ronald Cummings left for work that afternoon and left Haleigh and her younger brother, Ronald Jr., with his live-in girlfriend, Misty.
The 17-year-old told investigators she put Haleigh to bed around 8 p.m., then did some laundry. She told them she went to bed in the same room as Haleigh, around two hours later. Misty told detectives when she got up to use the bathroom around 3 a.m., she noticed the back door propped open and Haleigh was missing.
Soon after, Ronald Cummings returned home from the overnight shift at work and learned his daughter was missing.
For several months, investigators have said there are inconsistencies in Misty's story. They say she is the key to cracking the case, which has torn Haleigh's family apart.
Ronald Cummings and Misty Cummings were arrested in January on drug trafficking charges. They are now being held in jail in separate counties.
