FirstCoastNew.com is reporting that Tim Miller, from Texas Equusearch says Misty “miserably” failed a polygraph.
You can read the polygraph questions Misty failed here.
You can read my original thoughts about Ronald and Misty (nee Croslin) Cummings here. To read all of my posts on this subject, you need to search the archives.
Thank you, Karon Cox, for the updated story lead!
When I watch Rifqa Bary in the first few seconds of this video, her behavior changes from a happy “Hi” to this supposedly scared young girl. These two behaviors are very contradictory and my first red flag. It’s as if Rifqa didn’t notice the camera and when she did, she slinks down into an act.
When the reporter asks Rifqa what is going on, Rifqa’s demeanor changes again. Notice how she immediately looks down as she starts talking, “Well, ah…I’m a Christian and uh, my parents are Muslim, they’re extremely devout…”
Read moreNotice she shows no sign or indication of fear at all? She doesn’t show any signs or indication of stress either at this point. As a matter of fact, she continually flashes smiles throughout this video and even breaks down at one point in laughter when she says, “…I don’t know if you know about honor killing, but this faith, that the…you guys don’t understand…”.
When you are scared out of your mind that someone might kill you, you don’t smile. It’s a complete contradiction. Also, notice how when she talks and gets rolling, she isn’t scared at all as the man in the video first said? She rather seems to enjoy the attention at times.
When Rifqa says, as she buries her face in the man’s chest standing next to her, “They don’t understand”, her voice is indicative of a classic whine. There are no tears, and she is not crying, yet her shoulders shake as if she is. The actual act of crying would cause Rifqa body to shake, yet she isn’t crying. There are absolutely no tears whatsoever. One plus one doesn’t equal two here. Notice how Rifqa doesn’t want you to see her face when she pouts like this? Has she been called out on her “crying episodes” before?
In the middle of her crying, she breaks out into a laugh again when she says, “I can’t go back to Ohio.” She holds back laughter just after this as well.
Notice how she rambles on? When people are deathly afraid, they typically shut down. It’s not common for people to ramble in a state of true deep fear–especially fear that one’s life is stake. It’s notably odd here. I would agree that she is nervous here, but that could be for a variety other of reasons.
I find it fascinating that she put her beliefs on Facebook, if she truly believed such knowledge could cause her father to kill her. She was willing to go public on Facebook without fear of being killed? This again is a complete contradiction. And now she seems to think if she stays in Florida that she will be safe? If her father “has to kill her”, would she be safe anywhere?
I find it interesting how she says her father “was about to me beat me.” Obviously, he didn’t lay a hand on her, but it sure makes him sound bad doesn’t it?
Rifqa says, “I snuck out to Christian prayer meetings in fear of my life.” Does this make any sense? If she is afraid for her life, why would she do this now? Ironically, if you listen, Rifqa tells us her dad knew about her religious views for some time, because supposedly he enrolled her in “class after class after class” hoping to convert her back to Islam. When you realize her dad knew about this for some time, and Rifqa refused to respect her dad’s wishes, you have question, is this fear of religious persecution or a battle of the wills between a teenage daughter and her father? It’s obvious she knew her dad disapproved and she continued anyway. Where was her fear of being killed then? What caused her to change?
Notice how Rifqa’s behavior is very different as she tells us what I suspect are true facts about how she hitch-hiked to a bus station. Rifqa says, “I got a ticket to Florida because I had met them through a prayer (unintelligible) on Facebook…” [I’m curious, who bought that ticket– the Florida pastor?]Notice how Rifqa makes normal eye contact when she says that? When she gives these details, her demeanor changes a 180 degrees. That’s what makes her other behavior even more outstanding.
Look at her smile when she says, “Imagine the honor in killing me.”
I also noticed how when she says either they will kill her or send her to an asylum, when she says “asylum” the first time, she says it as a question. We can’t see her face, but it appears she is looking for confirmation from the man in front of her, who is being represented as an expert, if it is, in fact, an asylum. She then repeats the word “asylum” again as a statement. This suggests that her dad didn’t tell her this, it is these men in her life (standing beside her and in front of her now), who brought her to Florida, that likely introduced her to some aspects of this concept. That’s scary and indicative of brainwashing!
The reporter then says, “Do you really think this is true or just a threat?” Watch Rifqa smile and laugh nervously. Where is her fear?? Notice she doesn’t answer the question.
Rifqa starts her whine again, “I am one of hundreds.” She talks faster and tries to get more convincing, but she is lacking any emotional support to her claims. She continually laughs over and over again, and worse she keeps looking to this man off camera in front of her, who is supposedly knowledgeable on this for support. If she truly believed this, should wouldn’t need his affirmation, but she keeps visually seeking it.
I personally do not believe Rifqa is being sincere with us. I also question the motives of the people who are supposedly “helping her”. Regardless of all of this, I do think it is prudent an investigation take place to ensure all appropriate steps are taken as a precaution, because “honor killings” are real and do go on in the world, though it is rare in the U.S. (though have occured).
I hope for Rifqa’s sake, too, that she is simply crying wolf.
If you are unfamiliar with this story, you can read about it here. Thanks, RC, for the links and story.
Sam Parker is on trial this week for the murder of his wife, Theresa Parker, whose body has never been found. A fellow police officer and friend to Sam at the time, Harbin “Ben” Chaffin, was later arrested for four felonies related to this case, one of which was tampering with evidence and another was making false statements to investigators.
Ben has been given immunity, if he testifies against Sam. You can see some footage of the testimony here.
Read moreBen testified this week that Sam called him on March 22, 2007, and confessed to the murder of Theresa. Ben said:
He [Sam] said, uh…something like he’d really done it this time or he was really going to do it this time. [Voice in court: You are not sure which of them?] No, ma’am. [Voice in court: What else did he say?] He said he that had a place that was hard to find her or that they never would find her. And that he’d shot Theresa through the head.
You then hear a voice question Ben, “You didn’t tell them about this so-called murder confession you heard simply because you forgot about it?” Ben replied, “I forgot about it.” According to reports, Ben didn’t remember this during three interviews with the GBI, until he was offered immunity.
Yet strangely, other news reports are saying that Ben said that he “blubbered like a baby”after Sam called him. If news reports are correct that Ben said he “blubbered like a baby” after the call, it is a complete contradiction to the fact that he supposedly “forgot” about the confession later. If something is traumatic to you, enough to cause you to try like a baby, you do not forget about it later. Period.
Ben’s account of the phone conversation on the night of March 22, 2007, raises many red flags for me. First, do you notice how Ben recounts the conversation in third person and doesn’t give us any first person accounts?
Second, when a person doesn’t hear something correctly, as Ben suggests he didn’t, especially when someone is talking about something as monumental as a murder, most people would ask for clarification, if they didn’t hear things, but obviously Ben didn’t. I find this very odd. I have to wonder was he already privy to something going down? Is that why he didn’t ask for clarification? Or is this exact conversation that Ben is telling us completely false? I don’t know.
We could suppose that Ben was afraid of Sam, if he did in fact help his friend in someway do something illegal, or if Sam threatened him, and hence that is why he didn’t dare question Sam. But then we would have expected Ben to make logical sense out of Sam’s first and second statement, if he did decide to share this confession with people–if he truly believed Sam made a confession to him. It would make sense that he would rationalize that he didn’t hear Sam say “he was really going to do it this time” because he would know that he definitely heard Sam say, “I shot Theresa through the head.”
Or I would have expected Ben to say, I wasn’t sure what Sam said at first. It was muffled etc., but Ben does not do any of this. It’s highly unusual.
When people are deceptive, however, they often make a strong statement and then get scared, and their nerves cause them to hedge or soften their statement. It’s what fear does to people when they are in a high stake lie. Is that what Ben does here?
We know for sure that these two spoke in the middle of the night. That seems well documented. Do you think it is plausible that Sam just called and woke up his friend simply to brag about his conquest that night, or do you think there was something more to it? I suspect it is the later, but that is only speculation. I will say that I personally don’t think Ben is leveling with us about what was actually said. Why that is, I can only speculate. Add to that that Ben is facing four felony charges related to this case and a picture starts to emerge that doesn’t look good for Ben.
I do not believe Sam Parker’s story either. You can read my original post on him here.
The mystery deepens…
Putnam County police came out this week and said again that they believe Misty (nee Croslin) Cummings likely holds the key to case of missing 5-year old Haleigh Cummings. They are also saying that Ronald Cummings and Crystal Sheffield are not suspects. What is interesting about this is were they ever officially called suspects?
Read more (Video)I wonder if people (reporters included) are jumping to the conclusion that Ronald and Crystal are now “cleared,” because the police are just reiterating they are not suspects (see Palatka Daily news article). To me, “being cleared” and “not being a suspect” are two very different things.
When I searched Google news for “Ronald Cummings and suspect”, nothing comes up. I don’t believe he ever was an official suspect. I also don’t find any quotes in the media from the police saying the parents were “cleared”. I only see they are saying they are “not suspects”. That means nothing has changed with regard to their status, if you ask me.
What is interesting is that the police are now saying that they don’t believe Haleigh was abducted by a stranger. I believed that from day one. I’ve always believed both Ronald and Misty hold the key to this case and that they know more than they are both letting on. To read my original thoughts on the case, click here. Unfortunately, to read all of my thoughts on this case, you have to go through the archives as searches are only bringing up the last 12 posts (a limitation of blogger).
Putnam Co., Fla. say that, although Haleigh’s mother, Crystal Sheffield, and father, Ronald Cummings, are no longer suspects in their daughter’s disappearance, Croslin-Cummings remains a person of interest. Investigators say they also believe Haleigh was abducted by someone she knew. Click here to read more…
