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out to marlaina schiavo, our producer on the story, what more can you tell me, marlaina? >> i can tell you, nancy, that misty was taken from the jail. she was questioned by investigators. they have confirmed this on the record. we know the family gathered today in putnam county and they had private conversations, but we have spoken to the family, and it was a very tearful meeting, nancy. and also, we know that this is the very first time that police have ever sent cadaver dogs since haleigh first went missing on location. so they have a lot of information, a lot of significant information in this case, nancy. >> jean casarez, legal correspondent in session. jean casarez, if this is true, what it means is misty croslin, who was baby-sitting, let somebody come in that house and stood by, probably high as a kite on dope, and take the girl, the baby girl out of the house. if this scenario is in fact true, jean casarez. >> yes, and let me give you a little legal terminology that you know well. it's called accessory after the fact. i looked up the florida law, nancy. it is a fi
out to marlaina schiavo, our producer on the story, what more can you tell me, marlaina? >> i can tell you, nancy, that misty was taken from the jail. she was questioned by investigators. they have confirmed this on the record. we know the family gathered today in putnam county and they had private conversations, but we have spoken to the family, and it was a very tearful meeting, nancy. and also, we know that this is the very first time that police have ever sent cadaver dogs since...
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marlaina, what more can you tell me? >> well, i can tell you, nancy, that even though they keep saying about these bones and they're animal bones, they still have enough evidence to make this a homicide case, and we do know that there are items at a lab right now being tested that could be connected to this case. we're hearing a lot about cinder blocks being pulled out. we're hearing a lot about just evidence that's coming out that has caused them to -- you know, for this massive search and to make this a homicide case and to tell ronald cummings to start making funeral arrangements. >> you know, marlaina, along with the theory that cops can use trickery, if they had gone into that room and told ronald cummings behind closed doors to start planning a funeral, do we know his response? >> it was a somber response. we know that he was asking his attorney a lot of questions about what is involved with that because the bottom line is, nancy, for him to tell a judge or go before a judge to get a death certificate, that's a rea
marlaina, what more can you tell me? >> well, i can tell you, nancy, that even though they keep saying about these bones and they're animal bones, they still have enough evidence to make this a homicide case, and we do know that there are items at a lab right now being tested that could be connected to this case. we're hearing a lot about cinder blocks being pulled out. we're hearing a lot about just evidence that's coming out that has caused them to -- you know, for this massive search...
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. >> to marlaina schiavo, you have been on this case from the very beginning. you have been in the home in florida. you first talked to us about this case talking about cinder blocks, marlaina. it has been a recurring theme from the beginning of this case. talk to us about that. >> well, jean, as ellie was saying earlier, that misty, when she first told the story about the night haleigh went missing, she said the back door was propped open with a cinder block. but jean, what's interesting about that scenario is ronald cummings has also said that they never used that back door. he said it was always locked. so putting together the pieces of what we're finding out now between the cinder block and the possible murder scenes or crime scenes, rather, someone from the inside would have had to open the door from the inside, unlock it, and then prop the door open. >> especially if a little girl had to be carried out. marlaina, also, wasn't there cinder blocks in the vicinity of the home we heard about early on? >> yes, there were. there were cinder blocks. there were a
. >> to marlaina schiavo, you have been on this case from the very beginning. you have been in the home in florida. you first talked to us about this case talking about cinder blocks, marlaina. it has been a recurring theme from the beginning of this case. talk to us about that. >> well, jean, as ellie was saying earlier, that misty, when she first told the story about the night haleigh went missing, she said the back door was propped open with a cinder block. but jean, what's...
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. >> out to marlaina schiavo, our producer on the story. marlaina, what is she -- why is she contacting the governor? >> she said that she's going to write to the governor because she doesn't like how she's being treated in jail. she's in protective custody, and she thinks that that's a punishment. meanwhile, we spoke to the jail, and it's for her protection because if they put her in general population she might get hurt. so -- and she also says that she doesn't like the food, nancy, and she wants him to look into it. >> doesn't like the food and she wants the governor to look into it. okay. renee. renee rockwell, everything she writes to the governor will be admissible in court. >> yes. but i'm pretty sure she's just going to be writing about the food conditions. and nancy, everything that she's writing to anybody's going to be admissible in court. unless she's writing to her attorney. so all these letters she's sending to all these relatives about what's going on, what happened, what didn't happen, those are absolutely fair game for the
. >> out to marlaina schiavo, our producer on the story. marlaina, what is she -- why is she contacting the governor? >> she said that she's going to write to the governor because she doesn't like how she's being treated in jail. she's in protective custody, and she thinks that that's a punishment. meanwhile, we spoke to the jail, and it's for her protection because if they put her in general population she might get hurt. so -- and she also says that she doesn't like the food,...
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marlaina, be clear about that.think that is theory two that misty hit little haleigh in the head with a block of wood, right? >> yeah. >> five theories is what we are dealing with to be clear. >> yeah, five theories, and they are all coming from misty's grandmother, and she is the only one who talked about the block of wood. as far as the drugs and ronald cummings, she was not forced to babysit according to ronald's family, because he always had the family around to babysit, so he was going the work that night, and ronald's grandmother said that misty was not strung out on drugs that night, and maybe coming off of a three-day drug binge as we know, but she talked to misty and came to misty's defense of that evening. >> and marlaina, one other note that we mentioned here that we want a clarification here, is tommy croslin's attorney, misty's brother again, is he claiming that tommy knows what happened to haleigh, but he didn't do it? >> exactly. he is saying that he has the story of what happened that tommy is not r
marlaina, be clear about that.think that is theory two that misty hit little haleigh in the head with a block of wood, right? >> yeah. >> five theories is what we are dealing with to be clear. >> yeah, five theories, and they are all coming from misty's grandmother, and she is the only one who talked about the block of wood. as far as the drugs and ronald cummings, she was not forced to babysit according to ronald's family, because he always had the family around to babysit,...
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are police denying that, too, marlaina schiavo? >> police will not tell us what they have. we know what they do have is enough to call this a homicide investigation, nancy. it's enough to talk to ronald and crystal and tell them that they have to start making some sort of arrangements to get a death certificate or to maybe start planning a funeral and start thinking about that. so even though they're not being specific, we know they have something significant that they are working on. >> joining us right now, two very special guests. out of nashville, tennessee, flora hollars, this is misty and tommy croslin's grandmother. they called her from behind bars and gave their accounts of what happened the night haleigh apparently was murdered. also with us, annette sykes, joining us exclusively. this is haleigh's great-grandmother. she was there at the home just hours before haleigh disappeared. first to you, ms. sykes what did you observe in the home that evening? >> i stopped by about 7:30 to drop off some laundry i had done. i always did the children's laundry just because it'
are police denying that, too, marlaina schiavo? >> police will not tell us what they have. we know what they do have is enough to call this a homicide investigation, nancy. it's enough to talk to ronald and crystal and tell them that they have to start making some sort of arrangements to get a death certificate or to maybe start planning a funeral and start thinking about that. so even though they're not being specific, we know they have something significant that they are working on....
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. >> i want to go straight out to marlaina schiavo, our producer on the story from the very, very beginning. >> nancy, both ronald and misty were in court today. both pled not guilty to the drug trafficking charges that they are facing. now, we know because we've showed on this show that we have seen both ronald and misty in the drug sting operation that the police caught on tape. so we're not really sure how this is going to play out. ronald has a new court date in may. misty will be back in court in june. and also, ronald's cousin, who was also seen on the surveillance tape handling the drugs, pled no contest. so that will be interesting. she'll be sentenced at the end of april. and we're going to see how this all plays out in about a month. >> straight out to art harris, investigative journalist, at artharris.com. you told me last week that there was going to be a polygraph of tommy croslin. it hasn't happened. why? >> that's right, nancy. >> did he back out of it? is he afraid? >> nancy, they want the right circumstances for this polygraph. they want the right polygrapher. so they're in
. >> i want to go straight out to marlaina schiavo, our producer on the story from the very, very beginning. >> nancy, both ronald and misty were in court today. both pled not guilty to the drug trafficking charges that they are facing. now, we know because we've showed on this show that we have seen both ronald and misty in the drug sting operation that the police caught on tape. so we're not really sure how this is going to play out. ronald has a new court date in may. misty will...
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. >> again, stunning developments, and here to talk about it is marlaina schiavo, the producer from thenancy grace show" and been in the home where haleigh went missing, and also was is jane velez-mitchell. and also, jane, you spoke the flora and i almost fell out of my chair when she talked about ron and flat-out implicating him. let's get part of that conversation. >> do you think that ron cummings, haleigh's dad is completely innocent and has nothing to do with this or is he having more to do with it? >> no, ma'am, i think that he has knows more than what he is saying. >> you know that ron cummings knows more? >> yes. >> why? >> because of the fact of him leaving those kids with her and her still high on pills. would you leave yoir kids with somebody who is all doped up? i wouldn't. >> no, i wouldn't. >> no, ma'am. >> wow. >> jane, your reaction is just like mine as i watched it, wow. my eyes opened up. what more did she tell you about what she believes is ron's involvement or possible involvement in this? >> well, actually, as she elaborated over the course of the interview expanded
. >> again, stunning developments, and here to talk about it is marlaina schiavo, the producer from thenancy grace show" and been in the home where haleigh went missing, and also was is jane velez-mitchell. and also, jane, you spoke the flora and i almost fell out of my chair when she talked about ron and flat-out implicating him. let's get part of that conversation. >> do you think that ron cummings, haleigh's dad is completely innocent and has nothing to do with this or is he...
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. >> and to you, marlaina schiavo. i understand that police have gone and they have informed ronald cummings behind bars that he and his family should commence plans for a funeral. do they have a body? do they have part of a body? what do they have other than the two cinder blocks and the yellow rope? >> nancy, they have evidence that they are analyzing right now as we speak. and we already know that this is now a homicide investigation. and they told the family it's time, they have enough evidence that they can start making funeral arrangements for little haleigh. and at this point all it comes down to is where will the funeral be? >> marlaina, you were cut off in my ear. explain to me, what do they have again besides the two cinder blocks and the yellow rope? >> nancy, police won't confirm what they do or do not have. all we know is that they do have evidence that has turned this into a homicide investigation, formerly a missing persons investigation, and they have told the family that they can start making funeral a
. >> and to you, marlaina schiavo. i understand that police have gone and they have informed ronald cummings behind bars that he and his family should commence plans for a funeral. do they have a body? do they have part of a body? what do they have other than the two cinder blocks and the yellow rope? >> nancy, they have evidence that they are analyzing right now as we speak. and we already know that this is now a homicide investigation. and they told the family it's time, they have...