i mean, i didn't notice about haleigh. until i seen the back door open, then i go in the room and she's gone. >> misty's time line doesn't make sense and her story chan changes. so the ring of truth is that somebody went there and wasn't home when they knocked. >> i'm trying to do everything i can to find her, answer any questions i have to. because i know i didn't do anything to that little girl. i would never hurt her. >> i've thought all along that she had something to do with it, and now this kind of just proves it. i mean, she's the last one to see our daughter and her stories just don't add up. >> they go out and look for the right person, maybe they would have the answer. but they're trying to get all the answers from me that i don't have. >> so they haven't questioned you or asked you if you found out anything from misty or found out anything from anybody else? >> no. they know i haven't found out anything, dana. they know i haven't because they know that they would be the first ones to know. i wouldn't call them o

and after 12 days of isolation, haleigh's dad is moved. where is haleigh? >> jailhouse recording, up to five hours of tapes set to be released. what clues do they contain? >> what's your relationship with misty? >> there really isn't a relationship. i guess ex-wife/friends. >> reporter: misty could be looking at a 150-year prison sentence lawyers say if she knows anything that happened to haleigh. now would be the good time to talk. >> they just need to move on and look for the right person. >> if i find whoever has my daughter before ya'll do, i don't care if i spend the rest of my life in prison. i don't care. >> that's all i know. when i woke up she was gone. >> even though croslin squeals, telling cops he stole items, including a 12-gauge shotgun and five mini bottles of jim bean, two bottles of dawn dish liquid and harry potter dvds. he could be facing life in prison on charges of burglary and grand theft. >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. thank you for being with us. bombshell tonight. misty croslin both handcuffed, arrested, booked. cummings talks fi

police convinced that croslin is the key in haleigh's disappearance. and after 12 days of isolation, little haleigh's dad moved to another facility. but why? tonight, taz pressure mounts, where is the 5-year-old girl with the big, brown eyes? where is haleigh? >>> jailhouse recordings, up to five hours of tapes set to be released. misty croslin and her relatives. what clues could they contain. >> let me ask you, what is your relationship with misty? >> if convicted on all six drug charges, misty could be looking at a 150-year prison sentence. lawyers say if she knows anything about what happened to haleigh, now might be a good time to talk. >> time main focus. they just need to move on and look for the right person. >> that's all i know. is when i woke up, i twoept sleep she was there and then when i woke up, she was gone. >> even though law enforcement says croslin won't reveal what more she knows, croslin squeals on her own brother telling cops he stole items, including a 12-gauge shotgun, a bottle of captain morgan, five mini bottles of jam beam, a

she gives me information that helps us locate haleigh. that's where we're at. i have not heard from the attorney and we're not budging off of that. >> wait a minute. let's go to the lawyers. eleanor odom, peter odom, meg strickler. meg strickler, it doesn't sound like her lawyer communicated that to her because she's still talking about leonard padilla bonding her out. call him, call him, call him. the lawyer's giving this press statement saying, don't call my client. >> doesn't sound like everybody's connected with each other here at all. sounds like confusion central. plus if padilla goes into the jail and speaks to her, we're going to be seeing it on your show just like this. the lawyer would have to be there also. >> peter odom, isn't that a huge breach of duty to be -- have your client thinking that padilla could bond her out and the lawyer's writing him and giving public statements saying don't call my client? >> it would be, nancy. remember, we're getting this second and thirdhand from unreliable sources. >> if you're referring to padilla i would not con

she cannot keep her story straight about the last time she saw haleigh. in jailhouse tapes you can hear her crying to her own mother about being locked up. >> i hope i don't have to be here forever. mom, i want out of here. i want out so bad. >> bounty hunter offered to pay the million dollar bail hoping she will tell him what happened to haleigh. joining us on the phone, a defense attorney and former prosecutor. joe, i hope i got your last name correct. >> episcopo. >> this is strange, two major cases with children. what do you make of his involvement and could this make things worse? >> one of the things he's using, he's not using a florida bonding company. he's going through a florida bonding company but he has a family member really who is doing the bond out of state. his risk is minimal. if he were to pay a bondsman in florida, he'd have to come up with $135,000 down payment and he would have to collateralize the rest of the note. because a family member writes the bond from another state, he only has to pay a local bondsman $13,500, then the bond co

humdingers, ask we're going to analyze the mysterious mystery croslin tonight to find out what happened to haleigh. >> brooke and i are going to continue, and mel gibson letting loose again during an interview? what's going on with this guy? call in, 1-877-tell-hln.

. >>> new charges against haleigh cummings former step-mother. the two new drug charges against misty croslin and ronald cummings were both busted accused of selling prescription drugs to an undercover detective. there is video you see here of croslin's parents visiting her in jail. last night on hln's nancy grace, we get an idea of her life behind bars. >> haleigh cummings disappeared nearly a year ago. croslin was babysitting her at the time. the bond was increased to $1 million because of the new charges filed yesterday. all righty. we are talking about graduation rates here. i don't know if you have heard about this yet, but talking about high school graduation and specifically we want to ask you a question about this. want to know -- are schools dumbing down the curriculum? here's why we ask. usa today reports last month pennsylvania dropped comprehensive exams that thousands of students were failing. the paper says both arkansas and ohio as well as other states set passing grades for some classes below 40% and it says in some years, new jer

. >> pray for haleigh too. >> i pray for her every day, all day, i'm telling you i do. >> little girl, i miss her too. >> god is going to bring her home. >> god is going to bring her home? >> why after all of this time is she suddenly saying i don't think she's going to come home. >> nancy, that is the 64,000 question. >> we have breaking news in the search for former growing pains actor andrew koenig. a body has been found in a park that may be him. >> i went to the site. my son took his own life. >> let's stop and remember army private first class david bents the third killed iraq. awarded the bronze star, purple heart, army commendation of valor, remembered for devotion and hugs, loved soccer and fishing and dreamed of being a professional poker player and leaves behind kimberly and sister gabe yell. our biggest thank you as always is to you for being with us. a special did night from the new york control room, good night brett, liz, rosie. everyone, i'll see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp eastern. until then, good night, friend.

. >> as you know, we have all been following the disappearance of haleigh cummings and we'll show youust moments before the shark took that man's life. >>> and two women were able to escape a burning suv, that one right there. you've got to hear what investigators think caused that vehicle to catch on fire. those stories and much more for you coming up next hour. robin? >> thank you. >>> children at a school in kentucky were told to expect a special guest, but two little brothers had no idea it was their daddy until he walked through the door. the army helicopter pilot is on leave from afghanistan and at first the boys were shocked and then overwhelmed with joy. >> i don't know how to describe this. >> how much did you miss your daddy? >> like more than he loves me. >> i feel happy and i really liked it because i never saw him in a long time. >> so sweet. well, their dad also thanked the class for sending him a christmas care package. >>> 181 "american idol" contestants have tickets to hollywood, but many more like kimberly just didn't make the cut. ♪ this was not the way i planned, n