http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1209/21/ng.01.htmlNANCY GRACE
911 Calls Caught on Tape
Aired September 21, 2012 - 20:00 ET
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NANCY GRACE, HOST: Tonight, shocking 911 calls caught on tape. They are made in the heat of the moment. A crime just takes place, a child discovered missing. But 911 calls serve another purpose other than just alerting authorities. The 911 calls themselves turn out to be critical investigative tools in solving crimes. Tonight, chilling 911 calls from all across the country.
We start in Satsuma, Florida. A 5-year-old girl tucked into bed, five hours later she`s gone. Daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little Haleigh. Last person to see her alive, the baby- sitter/stepmother, Misty Croslin. But Croslin waits to call 911. Why?
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911 OPERATOR: 911. What`s your emergency?
MISTY CROSLIN, BABY-SITTER/STEPMOTHER: I just woke up and our back door was all open, and I can`t find my daughter.
911 OPERATOR: Can`t find what?
CROSLIN: Our daughter.
911 OPERATOR: OK. What`s your address?
CROSLIN: Green Lane. (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: What`s the numerical?
CROSLIN: The numerical? What`s that?
911 OPERATOR: The number?
(DELETED) Green Lane?
CROSLIN: Yes.
911 OPERATOR: OK. When did you last see her?
CROSLIN: We just, like -- you know, it was about 10:00 o`clock. We were -- she was sleeping. I did cleaning (ph).
911 OPERATOR: OK. How old is your daughter?
CROSLIN: She`s 5.
911 OPERATOR: OK, what was she last seen wearing?
RONALD CUMMINGS, HALEIGH`S FATHER: (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: Ma`am?
CROSLIN: She was in her pajamas. We were sleeping.
911 OPERATOR: OK. All right. You said your back door was wide open?
CROSLIN: Yes. It was a brick -- like, there`s a brick on the floor. Like, when I went to sleep, the door was not like that.
911 OPERATOR: OK, the back door...
CROSLIN: (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: Listen to me. Your back door was wide open. What are you talking about a brick?
CROSLIN: Yes.
911 OPERATOR: What? What is the brick?
CROSLIN: It`s on the back door, on the stairs. Like, we have a walkway.
911 OPERATOR: And there was a brick laying there?
CROSLIN: Yes. It`s still there.
CUMMINGS: Tell them they better come on! (INAUDIBLE)
CROSLIN: They are!
911 OPERATOR: We`ve got them coming. Tell him we`ve got them coming.
CROSLIN: They`re coming.
911 OPERATOR: OK, what`s the color of your house, ma`am?
CROSLIN: It`s blue.
911 OPERATOR: It`s blue? OK. What -- what does she look like? How tall is she? Give me some description of her.
CROSLIN: She has, like -- like, long hair, curly, like, curls...
911 OPERATOR: Long, curled -- what color?
CROSLIN: She`s white.
911 OPERATOR: OK, what color hair?
CROSLIN: She`s got brown hair.
911 OPERATOR: Brown hair?
CROSLIN: Yes. Oh, my God! (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: OK, how tall is she, about? Or how much does she weigh? Do you know that?
CROSLIN: Huh?
911 OPERATOR: About how tall or how much does she weigh?
CROSLIN: Like, 4-something, like, I don`t know, like -- she`s not that tall.
CUMMINGS: (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: OK, tell your husband we`ve got them coming, OK?
CROSLIN: OK.
911 OPERATOR: How much does she weigh, do you know?
CROSLIN: Huh?
911 OPERATOR: How much does she weigh?
CROSLIN: Like, 40, 50 pounds, 60 pounds.
911 OPERATOR: Forty to sixty pounds?
CROSLIN: Yes.
911 OPERATOR: OK, what`s her date of birth?
CUMMINGS: You all are (DELETED) playing games! I`m going to (DELETED) kill somebody!
911 OPERATOR: OK. Tell him we understand. We need to get her date of birth.
CROSLIN: What`s her date of birth?
CUMMINGS: (DELETED) her birthday! We need to find her! (DELETED) her date of birth!
911 OPERATOR: OK, listen to me. I`m getting this information. I`m not the officer driving out there, OK?
CROSLIN: OK.
911 OPERATOR: They`re coming out there to handle that situation. I need to gather all our information from you over the phone.
CROSLIN: OK.
911 OPERATOR: It has nothing to do with me driving out there. The officers are taking care of that, OK? They`re coming out there, OK?
CROSLIN: OK.
911 OPERATOR: OK. I`m going to stay on the phone with you, OK...
CROSLIN: OK.
911 OPERATOR: ... until they get there. All right. Hang on. Tell him we`ve got them coming. He needs to try to calm down a little bit, OK? The officers are going to come out there and do what they can. We can`t have him screaming and yelling at the officers whenever they get there, OK?
CROSLIN: OK.
CUMMINGS: Hello?
911 OPERATOR: OK, sir, let me talk to your wife so I -- let me get some information from her.
CUMMINGS: (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: OK, can I talk to her?
CUMMINGS: (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: OK.
CUMMINGS: How the (DELETED) can you let my daughter get stole, (DELETED)!
Hello?
911 OPERATOR: OK, sir, let me talk to your wife so I -- let me get some information from her.
CUMMINGS: (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: OK, can I talk to her?
CUMMINGS: (INAUDIBLE)
CROSLIN: Yes?
911 OPERATOR: OK, listen to me. I need you to answer some questions. Does the door look like it was pried open?
CROSLIN: (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: Does it look like you had -- does it look like you had some sort of someone try to enter into your house?
CROSLIN: Hold on.
911 OPERATOR: And another thing. Make sure you and your husband don`t touch the door anymore. Don`t mess with the door or anything.
CUMMINGS: (INAUDIBLE)
CROSLIN: No, it doesn`t.
911 OPERATOR: It doesn`t look like it is?
CROSLIN: No.
911 OPERATOR: OK, now, listen, tell your husband...
CUMMINGS: (INAUDIBLE)
911 OPERATOR: ... do not touch anything. Make sure (INAUDIBLE) because we`re going to try to get a K-9 out there, OK?
CROSLIN: OK. She says don`t touch anything because they`re bringing a K-9 out here.
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(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GRACE: Right now, the father of little Haleigh, Ronald Cummings, is with us. Mr. Cummings, you and your family are in so many prayers across the country right now. Please, tell us what happened when you got home from work that night. I believe it was around 3:00 AM.
CUMMINGS: Actually, it was about 3:25, 3:27.
GRACE: OK.
CUMMINGS: And I pulled into the yard, and my girlfriend opened the front door. And I already knew something was wrong because she`s not up at this time. She told me -- I said, What are you doing up at this time? She says, Your back door`s wide open and your daughter`s gone.
GRACE: What is her description -- what scenario took place?
CUMMINGS: She got out of the bed and went to use the restroom and came back to find out that my daughter was not in bed with her.
GRACE: OK, what time...
CUMMINGS: And the back door was wide open and she was -- and she was gone.
GRACE: Ronald, what time did she put Haleigh to bed?
CUMMINGS: She puts them to bed every night at 8:00 o`clock.
GRACE: At 8:00 o`clock. When she put...
CUMMINGS: And...
GRACE: When she put her to bed at 8:00 o`clock, did she also put to bed the little 4-year-old boy?
CUMMINGS: Yes, she did.
GRACE: OK. What time did she go to bed?
CUMMINGS: Approximately 10:30, 11:00.
GRACE: At 10:30, 11:00. At that time, was little Haleigh in the bed asleep with the brother?
CUMMINGS: Yes.
GRACE: And they all slept together in the same bed, correct?
CUMMINGS: Yes.
GRACE: So sometime between 11:00 PM and 3:30 AM, Haleigh goes missing. Now, did she call 911?
CUMMINGS: No, she did not, not until after I was there. She tried to call me, but I was pulling in the driveway. So I asked her how come she was trying to call me, she needed to call 911. So she immediately called them then.
GRACE: And where does the biological mother live, Ronald?
CUMMINGS: In Baker County, in Glen St. Mary.
GRACE: What is that, about 150 miles away?
CUMMINGS: I would say approximately 90 to 100.
GRACE: Now, have you and your girlfriend both taken a polygraph, right?
CUMMINGS: Yes, I have, passed it with flying colors. Yes, she has passed hers.
GRACE: And you volunteered to do that and you`ve been cooperating with police, right?
CUMMINGS: Yes. Why not? Why -- I don`t have anything to hide. I just want my daughter back. Anything that`s going to help them eliminate more people is the best thing.
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GRACE: We`ve heard shocking 911 calls caught on tape. But as we have learned, those 911 calls serve another purpose, other than just alerting authorities. The calls themselves can be a critical investigative tool in solving the crime.