breaking news tonight. satsuma, florida. a 5-year-old little girl tucked into bed. five hours later, she's gone. vanished. the backdoor propped wide open. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. bombshell tonight. florida police bring haleigh's dad, ronald cummings, in for intense questioning about phone calls. phone calls made in the hours leading up to the moment haleigh goes missing. but why? police already have new stepmom misty croslin's phone records. what do they reveal?

in a stunning twist, police bring in a new team starting from scratch in the search for haleigh. is there a break in the case? these phone records reveal a crucial timeline, including a major argument just before haleigh disappeared. after searchers comb through dense foliage on foot, on horseback, all on a tip from stepmom flunks a polygraph with a score of 99% deceptive. crosli said she was tricked, tricked into taking that polygraph but she insists she passed. that's not what the polygrapher tells us. she's also revealing she's afraid her phone is tapped. but wait a minute. if a child is missing, who cares? what is there to hide?

we also learn croslin's bed made up. not slept in the night haleigh vanishes. was she ever even home? cops say evidence in the home contradicts her story and now reports she flunked a voice stress test, changing her story, saying up to four people in the home the night haleigh vanishes. but calling it all a dream-like memory. police insist haleigh not kidnapped by a stranger. girlfriend/babysitter turned stepmom caught on tape. we have the video. and exclusive tonight, for the first time since croslin reportedly flunked that polygraph, haleigh cummings' biological mother and grandmother with us live taking your calls. where is 5-year-old haleigh? >> it's been on me for six months. they haven't left me alone for six months. i've been the one, the main focus. they just need to move on and look for the right person.

>> what is her story about what happened that night? >> the same thing she's telling police or whoever, that she put haleigh to bed, done some laundry, went to bed and woke up to the door propped open. >> i was sleeping in that bed. how could the bed be made if someone was sleeping in that bed? i wasn't the only one sleeping in it, but how could it be made if we were in the bed sleeping?

>> do you think missy holds some information that could help? >> i don't think she holds any information that's going to find haleigh. >> the question was asked why did you marry misty? his words were, you keep your friends close and your enemies closer. >> and tonight, live to virginia. 18 and 19-year-old childhood sweethearts, sophomores, studying engineering and biochemistry. active in campus crusade for christ, gunned down in cold blood at a popular camping spot. right near campus. their lives cut short in a hail of bullets. in a crime that leaves an entire campus in terror, who killed teenagers heidi and david?

the bodies of two virginia tech students have been found at a jefferson national forest campground. that's a popular hangout for students. >> the sheriff's office received a report of two bodies in the woods, found by a man walking his dog, and deputies were on the scene. found a male and female deceased. >> david lee metzler and heidi lynn childs were shot to death. >> it's shocking. it's disturbing. and just to summarize it in one word, it's brutal. >> most troubling for those who knew and loved this couple, the questions surrounding their murders. >> anybody that's seen anything suspicious in craig's creek from route 460 to 311. >> we're dedicating all of our resources and efforts to bring the person or persons involved in this to justice. >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. the investigation into the disappearance of a 5-year-old florida girl, haleigh cummings,

heats up. after intense, voluntary questioning of ronald cummings, the father, a new and disturbing timeline emerges. is there a break in the case? >> he called the phone and said that i'm going to take you to orlando to get you away because your days are numbered. he told me that if i didn't take them tests that he wasn't going to look for haleigh. >> do you believe misty is the key to this investigation? >> no, i don't.

i think they're barking up the wrong tree. >> okay. can i talk to her? okay. >> whether you accept it or not that your wife flunked a poly. have you asked her what happened? >> i asked her, but i don't get any answers from her about, you know -- i don't see -- what she's telling me is not inconsistent. >> if they were looking for the right person, they would have the answers. they're trying to get all the answers from me that i don't have. >> i'm willing to put this out. honesty is honesty. we've all got skeletons. >> straight out to t.j. hart, program and news director wsky, 97.3 fm. t.j., thank you for being with us. ronald cummings, the father of little haleigh, agrees to go with police. he did it voluntarily. and he undergoes intense questioning.

this is just hours ago. about a phone. a telephone timeline. can you confirm that there was a horrible argument between ronald cummings and misty croslin, misty alone at home with haleigh just before haleigh goes missing? >> according to his lawyers, they don't want to get into the intricacies of the conversation but they say they probably were not having cordial conversations and they say there was an argument and that was pretty much an end of it. have no idea about how it transpired or anything at this point, but there was indeed an argument. >> to natisha lance, our producer on the story. police apparently bring cummings in for questioning, intense questioning about a telephone timeline leading up all the way to the time haleigh goes missing. now, we have reason to believe

that they already have misty croslin's cell phone and home phone records. all right? that's relatively easy to get. the police just had to fill out a subpoena for that and send it to the phone company. but what are they hoping to get from ronald to piece together what they were talking about during all these calls? what do you know, natisha? >> well, what ronald's attorney is telling us today is they met with the florida department of law enforcement. and in that meeting they wanted to get all of ronald's phone records from about 5:00 p.m. the night before haleigh went missing up until the time haleigh was reported missing about 3:00 in the morning. now, they did have his records at one time before, but they wanted to go through them piece by piece, each record, what calls were coming in, what calls were going out, even the text messages. ronald was very happy to hand over this information to them. there's apparently a new agent who is working on the case, and they are starting "from scratch." >> we are taking your calls live. and joining us tonight also taking your calls is the mother of missing florida girl

5-year-old haleigh. also with her, the grandmother, haleigh's grandmother, crystal sheffield, marie griffiths, thank you for being with us. first to you, crystal sheffield. this is haleigh's mother. crystal, what do you make of the recent developments, the developments especially about misty croslin flunking a polygraph? >> i thought all along she had something to do with it. and now this kind of just proves it. >> why do you say you've thought all along that? >> she was the last one to see our daughter. and her stories just don't add up. everything she says is crazy. i mean, it's like the cops say, they're inconsistent. >> have you talked to ronald about the inconsistencies? >> i've said something to him about her recently. and he pretty much was like, what do you want me to do?

>> what did you say to him? i mean, his response kind of -- to interpret it depends on what you said to him. what did you say to him? >> i told him what i -- how i felt about her test results, and i told him i really didn't want to be around her anymore, like when i pick our son up. and he was just like, what do you want me to do? so maybe we can talk about it. >> when you go to pick up your son and you see misty, have you tried to speak to misty croslin about what happened that night? >> no. >> why? >> i can't. >> why? >> because she was the last one to see our daughter and i just -- >> if somebody was the last person to be with my child, john david or lucy, and police say

they had the key to what happened, i would at least say, what happened? >> well, i haven't seen her since the results. >> yes. >> but i did talk to her on the telephone, and she was telling me she had no problem with me and that she didn't have anything to do with our daughter going missing, that she was at home and all this stuff that everybody's saying is lies about her. that's the only time i've talked to her. >> was the bed made? >> i was sleeping in that bed. how would the bed be made if someone's sleeping in the bed? i wasn't the only one sleeping in it. but how would it -- me and his son. how would the bed be made if we were in the bed sleeping? there was a time i wouldn't step out of the house without my makeup.

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we are taking your calls live. joining us tonight exclusively, since the stepmother of little haleigh apparently flunks a polygraph, the child's mother, crystal sheffield, and her mother, the grandmother, marie griffiths, joining us out of florida. to crystal sheffield, you mentioned that misty croslin's first polygraph, the one administered by police, was full of inconsistencies. how did you find that out? >> no, not the polygraph. just her stories. i know nothing about the polygraph from the police. they have not revealed that. >> okay. why did you -- where did you learn that what she told police was full of inconsistencies?

>> the -- it was on your show, actually. i think it was one of the investigators. he said that we've known all along that her stories was full of inconsistencies. >> you made an accusation that croslin was on a drug binge. do you have any evidence to support that claim? >> no, i don't. >> then why did you say it? >> it was just a thought. i mean, maybe she was. maybe she wasn't. >> it was just a thought. so you have nothing to support the claim that she was on a drug binge around the time haleigh goes missing? >> well, there's been people that have been questioned that said she was on a drug binge before haleigh went missing. >> okay. let's go to calls. to sharon in alabama. hi, sharon. >> caller: hi, nancy. thank you for taking my call. >> thank you for calling. what's your question, dear? >> caller: when this case first started, you all showed a map of registered sex offenders in the area. >> yes.

>> caller: and i'm wondering if misty may have had one of those as her guest on that night. and, you know, she's talking about she had four guests and it was foggy. so i assume there might be drugs and drinking going on. so i'm wondering if she had a registered sex offender in there and now she's scared to death to tell anybody. >> out to natisha lance, i know police questioned or looked up all of those sex offenders. i remember when they did it. but have there been accusations that have surfaced that she was entertaining men in the home the night haleigh goes missing? >> there have been accusations she was entertaining people at home the night haleigh goes missing. we don't know if they were male or female. but there have been those accusations. and yes, all the sex offenders in the area were questioned more than once. they canvassed that area over and over again.

>> out to mike brooks, formerly with the fbi. mike, weigh in. what do you make of it? in my mind the fact police are bringing in new blood, not that there was anything wrong with the old team. they were excellent, but new blood to put fresh eyes on it and they bring in cummings, who i would like to add came voluntarily, where they grill him over his phone records, who were you calling? what were you talking about with misty croslin just before the child goes missing? now we find out they have a major argument just before she goes missing to the point where misty croslin apparently cuts her cell phone off. >> well, nancy, that's a great point. and if you recall, back early on i brought up what was in the police report where he called her "my dumb b girlfriend." now, in reference to law enforcement, they had done this before and got some fresh eyes on the case. >> i was sleeping in that bed. how would the bed be made if someone is sleeping in the bed?c i wasn't the only one sleeping in it.ki closer to home.

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they've been on me for six months. they haven't left me alone for six months. i've been the one, the main focus. they just need to move on and look for the right person. >> out to the lines. gina in florida. hi, gina. >> caller: hi, nancy. the night that haleigh went missing the backdoor to the trailer was propped open with a brick. it's possible misty put the brick there so she could get back into the house after partying without waking up the children. so my question is, if misty did go out that night, could someone who knew that the kids were left alone go back to the house and abduct haleigh?

>> i think that is entirely possible. but let's analyze this, dr. patricia saunders. saunders joining us from new york. clinical psychologist. let's think it through. is dr. saunders with us? liz, can you please put her up on the screen? hi, doctor. doctor, if her only offense was that she went out that night, she shouldn't have gone out to party, shouldn't have gone out on a date, whatever. if that were her only offense, if that was the only problem, don't you think she would have come clean to that by now? >> absolutely, nancy. no question about it. there are not only inconsistencies, but this is a person who maintains that she passed the voice stress test and the polygraph, even though experts have said no. that's someone who's willing to ignore and distort reality. so she is walking around in a dream-like state, as she says. >> let's unleash the lawyers. susan moss, new york. richard herman, famed defense attorney out of new york. kirby clements, former

prosecutor turned defense attorney out of atlanta. richard herman, what do you make of it? >> look, polygraphs are not the facts. so we've got to get that straight, doctor. they're not reality, and they're not the facts. they're not accepted in court. so let's move away from that. >> okay. put herman up, please. richard. >> nancy, no one's going to -- >> try, try, try to be truthful. all right? try. have you ever -- and i already know the answer. so don't try to waffle. have you ever sent one of your clients for a polygraph? >> yes, i have. >> why? >> i did it so i could show it to a prosecutor like you who i know would ignore it. you would ignore -- >> you believed it. so don't jump up on this show and try to pretend they have no validity.

misty cummings has said she put haleigh to bed that february night and then later she went to sleep. miller said ronald does not buy that story. >> was the bed made? >> no, i was sleeping in that bed. how would the bed be made if someone's sleeping in the bed? i wasn't the only one sleeping in it. but how would it -- me and his son. how would the bed be made if we were in the bed sleeping? >> right beside me on my left is the bed where misty croslin was sleeping, and here on the right we have the bed where little

haleigh was sleeping. and you can see it is all but about 3 1/2 feet from each other. and this is right where misty said she got up and she had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. >> when i went to sleep, she was there. and then when i woke up she was gone. >> and you said she never made the bed that night. she'd been awake all night. she never went to sleep. they did not have any laundry detergent, so she never washed clothes. >> if they'd go out and look for the right person maybe they'd have the answers. but they're trying to get all the answers from me that i don't have. >> joining us tonight, haleigh's mother, crystal sheffield, and grandmother, marie griffiths. thank you for being with us.

you stated that at the very beginning you doubted croslin's story. why? >> because of the inconsistencies with the bed and who was sleeping in what bed. there were four different stories. >> what were the four stories? >> one minute all three of them were in the same bed. then haleigh was on a different bed. and then it was just her and butterbean. and butterbean is junior, by the way. then he was in a totally different room other than her and haleigh. and it just kept getting bigger and bigger. >> what, if anything, have you been told about her police polygraph? >> that they were full of inconsistencies. >> such as? >> as her timeline. they can't figure out whether she was or was not at home. it's one right after another.

it's all mind-boggling. >> to crystal sheffield, haleigh's mother. crystal, recently she has suggested that four people were in the home that evening. have you heard that version? >> no. the only thing i've heard was about the ac guy and her brother that stopped by. that's the only people i know about. and she said they left, both of them. >> back to t.j. hart with wsky. t.j., i want to focus specifically on what the cops are focusing on right now that we know of. and that is this phone timeline. they are focusing, honing in on a big argument that ronald cummings had with misty croslin just before the child goes missing. so you're telling me you have no idea what the argument was about, you know nothing about it? >> that's according to his attorney. that's for sure. he said there was a brief argument and that was the end of it. that's ron talking to his

attorney. >> natisha, what do you know? >> well, nancy, according to tim miller, they were arguing about misty had apparently been gone for several days prior to haleigh going missing. she had just come back into the house. they had had arguments about possibly some -- her entertaining other people outside of their relationship. and when she came back into the house, that argument had carried over and carried over also into the day that haleigh went missing. >> to susan moss, child advocate, family law attorney. susan, how often have you seen when spouses argue one takes it out on the child? like the father and the mother argued just recently and the father throws a baby off the bridge. that just happened. >> absolutely. unfortunately, too often. or another scenario is perhaps she got in a fight and maybe she left. or somehow the timeline is screwed up. i mean, she failed this poly. oh, golly. i mean, come on. this is a surprise to no one.

this is a 16-year-old who has changed her stories multiple times. she didn't call the cops until dad came home and literally forced her to call the cops. and also, this child was taken from a small trailer? how did she not know? it's just surprising to me her nose hasn't grown. >> to kirby clements. kirby, you're a veteran trial lawyer. you've been on both sides of the fence. you were a felony prosecutor. now you're a defense attorney. what do you make of the fact that susan just brought up. she didn't call the cops until cummings gets home and says where the "h" is the baby? then they call the cops. >> that is a problem, and i have to tell you -- >> you sure are putting perfume on a pig. that's a problem. that's all you can say? >> it is a problem. >> you have to sugarcoat that pill. >> we have to find out what else is going on. if i'm her lawyer, i'm focusing on the father, too. after all -- >> the father? you're focusing on the father? >> i would have to focus on the father. this story doesn't make sense. >> the father wasn't home when she went missing.

>> well, you know what -- no one knows -- the problem is no one knows what time the child went missing. >> we know when he went to work by all -- >> says who? >> says ronald cummings and misty croslin and the child was seen that day at school. up until that afternoon just before cummings goes to work. >> what time did the child end up missing? nobody can answer that question. you all say this young 17-year-old girl, she's lying, she's -- >> i'm not saying what time the child goes missing. i want to go back to crystal sheffield. you bring up a great point, kirby. crystal sheffield, you're the mom. what time was haleigh last seen by anybody other than cummings and croslin? >> the last time i seen her was -- >> i didn't ask when you saw her. certainly you as the biological mother know the facts of this case. so when was she last seen by someone other than the father and the stepmother? >> that i don't know. i know that the last time misty

says she seen her was 8:00. >> you don't know where she was that day? you haven't found out? >> she was at school that day. >> until what time? >> she gets off the bus about 3:00 something is what i was told. >> she gets off the bus at 3:00 or she gets out of school at 3:00? >> she gets off the bus around 3:00. a little after 3:00. >> do you know what time she would get out of school? >> no. >> why? >> i don't live there. i don't live there. >> you didn't know what time your daughter got out of school? >> i'm assuming around 2:30. i don't live there. i was never told those kind of things. >> to dr. marty makary. you know, dr. marty, i'm starting to think this child

never had a chance. she didn't have a chance. she's also got turner syndrome. could you just tell me what obstacles she would face with turner syndrome if she were taken by an outsider that didn't know how to treat her? >> well, in short, she had a lot of medical needs. this was a child who most likely had frequent coughs, the flu, sore throat, upper respiratory tract infections. this child we know had seen the doctor many times, had been hospitalized already at her young age. and we know this is a condition which affects the development of kids because they have a lot of medical needs. >> out to the lines, deanne, wisconsin. hi, deanne. >> caller: hi, nancy, how are you? >> i'm good, dear, what's your question? >> caller: i'm just wondering, has her father taken a polygraph test? >> the father? the bio dad? >> caller: yes. >> absolutely. and to our knowledge he's

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>> the campground where the bodies were found is about 15 miles from the tech campus. >> we're all hokies here, and it's just a big family. so, you know, yeah, it hits deep with everybody. >> metzler was an industrial and systems engineering major. professors call him a very fine young man who had a clear path for his professional future. childs' professors in biochemistry say she had excellent grades and was already emerging as a standout student. >> anybody that's seen anything suspicious, anybody suspicious. >> virginia tech's president reaches out to the victims' families saying that the university administration and everyone within this community intensely feels this pain. >> two shining stars now dark. an 18 and 19-year-old, both sophomores, both intensely involved in campus crusade for christ. they both played the guitar in the praise band. excellent grades. the world before them. their lives cut short in a hail of bullets.

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to you, dr. metzler, please tell me about your son. >> david was just a laid back, just tender-hearted, loving kid that liked to have fun. he deeply loved his friends and his family, and most of all, he was deeply committed to christ and wanted to share that with his friends and lead them to a saving knowledge of jesus christ. >> sergeant childs, what can you tell me about your daughter? >> she was a wonderful girl. loved life. full of life. she walked the walk and talked the talk. she had just a wonderful attitude about life in general, was always smiling. she loved her family. she loved david. she loved school. but most of all, she loved the lord, and she was a living example of that. >> you know, gentlemen, i

couldn't understand. i thought i understood felony crimes, being a crime victim, until i had my children. and even now at just age 2, you pump so much love, so much nurturing, so many high hopes and dreams into them, for it to end in this manner, i want you to know our prayers are with you. >> thank you. >> thank you, nancy. >> to richard herman. richard, you have defended so many murder cases. do you believe that a reward will help? >> oh, i think a reward will absolutely help. hasn't this school suffered enough? i just cannot believe the torture that we read going on at virginia tech. these two young people got slaughtered like this. i don't know. was this close-up? was it a rifle? what was the caliber? what information do we have? >> right now not very much is being released, is it, mike brooks? >> not at all, nancy.

and that's the whole thing. we don't know. apparently one victim was inside the car, one outside the car. they probably vacuumed it with a forensic vacuum to try to get any hairs, fibers, dna, any kind of fingerprint evidence. taking a look at -- i know it's not pleasant to talk about with both the gentlemen there, but angle of the bullet, all these things. but it's going to be very, very important in determining was there one perp in this? was there two? what exactly happened? we don't know right now, nancy. >> to the lines, melissa in west virginia. what's your question, dear? >> caller: yes. i would like to congratulate you on your twins. you are a wonderful mother. i have twins as well. so i know what a blessing that is. and my question is when was the couple last seen? >> good question. to jim nolan, when were they last seen? >> well, the last contact, nancy, that authorities are saying that they had was around 8:00 or 8:30 on wednesday evening. and they're not elaborating on how that contact took place. but the authorities have said that they believe that the

couple was there alone, at least initially. >> back to sergeant donald childs, the father of heidi childs. what, if anything, are police telling you that you can share with us? i want the viewers to know what they can to help. everyone, the tip line, 540-382-2951. sergeant? >> we would appreciate, of course, any tips called into the line, anything at all. i would not want to jeopardize anything in this investigation at all. i can tell you that there is in the works a reward being organized. it's too early at this time to tell you any of the details other than there is a reward being generated for this. >> dr. metzler, what can you share with us, if anything, that police have shared with you to help the viewers? do we know if it was one assailant, two? the time of the shooting. have they placed the time of death? >> no, we really don't have those kind of details. the only thing we know is

they've pulled out all the stops, so to speak, and are using all the resources available for this case. >> dr. metzler, how is your family? >> well, we are obviously saddened and deeply hurt. the pain is awful. but we also have a wonderful hope and assurance that both of our kids are in heaven. they trusted christ as their savior and we feel a real peace for them. >> heidi childs, david metzler have lost their lives. have lost their lives. happy birthday to fayetteville,r georgia, friend of the show, aunt ruth. tylenol rapid release gels... release medicine fast. so you can stop headaches... and feel better fast.

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>> we'll dedicated to reinforcing efforts to bring the person or persons involved in this to justice. >> the bodies two of virginia tech students were found at a jefferson national forest campground. that's a popular hangout for students. the sheriff says 19-year-old david lee metzler and 18-year-old heidi lynn childs were apparently shot to death. the campground where the bodies were found is about 15 miles from the tech campus. >> out to dr. marty mccrary. doctor, assuming the cause of death is by shooting, i'm hoping against hope that this is a quick and painless death. what can you tell us? >> they'll be looking at particulates of gun powder at the actual entry site.

they'll be looking for trajectory. they'll be looking at autopsy for any bruising and they'll be able to tell whether or not there was a struggle. i suspect there will not have been any type of struggle. >> back to mike brooks. mike, what's your analysis? >> you know, nancy, right now with no good evidence that we're hearing about, i'm sure maybe the sergeant knows more, but i don't blame him for not saying anything, but right now, it's just what we're doing right now. get it out in the public, the public's view, because a lot of times, nancy, as you know, a lot of times people think -- don't believe they see it, but they really do. >> sergeant childs, how is your family tonight? >> they are feeling the pain. her sister is very close. her two brothers, very close to the sweet heidi that she was, and we're getting by. just the grace of god, the grace of god. everyone, let's stop and

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