Haleigh's Stepmom Appears on CBS Early Show Friday--Point Fingers in Child's Disappearance
Misty Cummings, the stepmother of missing Satsuma, FL 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings--and the last person to see her, appeared on the CBS Early Show Friday morning and started pointing fingers at others in the disappearance of the youngster.
She said she feels "someone on the other side of the family has Haleigh."
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Misty's Lawyer Quits
The St. Augustine Record reports Misty Cummings' lawyer, who failed to talk her out of going to New York for a nationally televised interview Friday morning, is no longer representing her.
The announcement came the same day his former client suggested someone on her husband's side of the family may know what happened to her missing stepdaughter.
"I can't really speak about the reasons, other than Misty doesn't need me any more," said Robert Fields, with the Palatka firm of Dowda & Fields. "She's an adult now; she's married.
"She can make her own decisions."
Cummings is the stepmother of HaLeigh Cummings, who was 5 years old when she disappeared from her father's Satsuma mobile home the night of Feb. 9.
Cummings, who was Ronald Cummings' live-in girlfriend at the time, was babysitting HaLeigh and her younger brother while their father worked a night shift as a crane operator.
She is the last known person to have seen the child.
Misty and Ronald Cummings were married March 12, one month after the child disappeared.
Ronald Cummings' attorney confirmed Tuesday that he was asking his wife for a divorce.
Fields said he contacted Cummings on Thursday after hearing she was planning to appear on the CBS Morning News on Friday.
She said she would not but flew to New York for the show anyway.
Fields said he texted her, notifying her of his decision, when the program aired. He didn't know if she actually got the message because she hadn't called him back as of Friday night.
Misty Involved in an Alleged Road Rage Incident
Earlier this week, Misty was stopped at gun point along with the driver of the vehicle she was in over a reported "road rage" incident on I-4 near Orlando. The victim says she thought one of the vehicle's occupants had a gun.
The driver has been identified as Donna Brock, a volunteer for Texas EquuSearch which is directed by Tim Miller.
Tim Miller, the man who coordinated some of the ground searches for missing 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings of Satsuma in February and who arranged for the child's stepmother to be polygraphed and hypnotized, spoke up about Misty Cummings and Donna Brock this week.
Miller spoke with 97.3 The Sky's news partner The Florida Radio Network. Rozie Franco conducted the interview and she asked Miller, " Who is Misty Cummings' friend, Donna Brock and what is she doing?"
Miller did not hesitate to answer.
AUDIO: Tim Miller Talks About Misty's Gal Pal Donna Brock
Miller also stated in an earlier interview with FNN's Rozie Franco that he, too, was told early on that Misty wasn't at home the night Haleigh disappeared.
AUDIO: Tim Miller Talks About Misty's Possible Whereabouts the Night of the Abduction
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