Search For Missing Florida Girl Scaled Back

Florida Texas Police have scaled back their search for 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings who vanished from her home last week.

by The Associated Press

Published: Mon, February 16, 2009 - 4:50 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, February 16, 2009 - 4:58 pm CST

SATSUMA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities have scaled back their search
for a missing 5-year-old girl who vanished from her home last week
and a volunteer search group has dismantled.
Putnam County Sheriff's officials said they sent about 50
officers Monday to a wooded area that had not previously been
searched after receiving a tip on Haleigh Cummings' disappearance,
but nothing was found. That agency has since scaled back and will
now search in strategic places if they receive tips, saying
searching the same areas repeatedly is not feasible.
Volunteer group Texas EquuSearch suspended their efforts to find
the little girl who disappeared Tuesday.
Hayleigh's parents are divorced. She was being watched by her
father's 17-year-old girlfriend, Misty Croslin, when she vanished
from his home.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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BamaBob Says:

Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:24 am

“Police said they have several new leads in the disappearance of a 5-year-old Florida girl after interviewing individuals they had missed during earlier sweeps of her neighborhood.”

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