JOE OVERSTREET, MISTY CROSLINS COUSIN SHOWS MULTIPLE  SIGNALS OF DECEPTION WHEN HE SPEAKS ABOUT HALIEGH CUMMINGS

As soon as Misty’s cousin Joe Overstreet opened his mouth at the presser, he says ” I can’t imagine what they’re going through.” On the next breath he  says “ I didn’t do it,” as he purses  his lips and blinks excessively. Body language wise, these are two major signals of deception. “

LIP PURSING AND LOOKING DOWN

Speech wise when he says “I can’t imagine what they are going through.” He is making a statement of sympathy. But there is no body language or facial language to demonstrate that sympathetic feeling or emotion. That is a huge “tell” as well.

Then a reporter immediately repeats his words in the form of a question “You didn’t do it? Joe, says no and purses his lips and looks down  which body-language wise means that he is holding something back and that he is ashamed or embarrassed about something.

PULSATING JAW

You also see the side of his jaw pulsating, which means he has tension there because he is clenching. When people do this, it means they are usually not telling the truth. We saw    this a lot with OJ during his first trial where he was accused of killing his wife Nicole.

VOCAL FRY

Vocal fry means there is a creakiness in the voice. When it  happens at the end of statements, it   is the body’s way of taking over and not wanting to lie. It is  the vocal muscle tightening  up during he lie and thus closing off the airstream. As he says “  if I knew who did it I would go straight to the cops and say who did it.”His voice is completely raspy and closed off as he says this.  His voice  completely dies off at the end.

JOE’S ATTORNEY SIGNALS HIS CLIENT AND SHOWS SIGNALS OF DECEPTION

Watching Joe’s attorney  was also very telling. Even though he said all of the right words in an attempt to defend and protect his client, his body language said it all. It belied his words.

Attorney Sigro had his hand on his clients leg as you can see in the photo in an attempt to signal to his client not to talk. The attorney, when speaking about his client,  also shook his head no when she should have been shaking it yes in the affirmative. When someone does this incongruent head shaking, chances are pretty high they are not telling the truth.

The attorney does this when he says that his client’s alibi can be corroborated. When the attorney says the words “that as his scheduled time to leave, the attorney  not only shakes his head no when he should be shaking it yes, he purses his lips which means he is holding back information and like his client Joe Overstreet, the attorney exhibits consistent glottal frying, He speaks in a monotone without passion or conviction for his client. This is also very telling. Perhaps his lack of vocal conviction translates into his knowing that his client may possibly  l get a conviction.

REPEATING A QUESTION IS  A SIGNAL OF DECEPTION

Then a reporter asks Overstreet, “Do you know who did it?”  Overstreet immediately parrots back the question “Do I know who did it?” That is a HUGE signal that he may not be telling us the truth. When a person answers a question with a question, it usually means that they are buying time to make up some response. They are usually   trying to formulate a made up  answer in their mind.

MISTY’S GRANDMA FLORA HOLLARS  SHOWS NO SIGNALS OF DECEPTION

One thing is for sure, there sure is  strong family resemblance between  Misty’s grandmother, her mother and herself. Her grandmother seemed very sweet and down to earth and extremely politer and cooperative. She also did not appear to show any signals of deception when she spoke with Nancy Grace during her televised interview.

During the interview where Nancy looked absolutely devastated to have to listen to what   Misty’s grandmother was saying,  she  gave three horrific  scenarios as to what she heard happened to little Haleigh. She begins saying that one scenario was that   Joe and a friend  threw a yellow rope around Haleigh’s  neck and “throwed her into the river .”

The next scenario us the one  that I believe the most and that is that “Misty knocked her in the  head and killed her  got Joey and  Tommy to get rid of her.

Then she told Nancy “ I was told first thing Joe killed her I don’t know if she was dead when she hit the water. May have came from Misty,”

BEGINNING TO MAKE SENSE

Now the pieces seem to be falling into  place. There was no question in my mind that Misty knew what happened to little Haleigh. He body language showed us that she wasn’t telling all.

 Someone did something to little Haleigh that caused her to not wake up. Was it Ron, who had an alleged  history of violence towards his daughter?  Did Ron strike the first blow  to his daughter? When he went to work, did Misty continue where Ron left off or did not not do anything to the little girl and was it Misty alone as he grandmother reported that Misty may have hurt the girl?    Did Haleigh not wake up  after allegedly  Misty hit her in the head as the grandmother said ? Is that why  Tommy and Joe and perhaps someone else came over to get rid of Haleigh to  manufacture a story that the little girl was kidnapped?

Was their  attempt at stealing Ron’s shotgun designed to make it look like a robbery and kidnapping gone bad?  Did they put a yellow rope around a comatose or  lifeless  Haleigh’s neck,  so they could weigh her down so her body wouldn’t float back up in the river? Was she dead all along? Was she alive?

IS RON TELLING EVERYTHING ?

First and foremost I am not accusing Ron of doing anything harmful to the girl. I do have some questions. There is no doubt that Haleigh’s father Ron’s body language was a bit odd from the start. While it was obvious that 17 year old  girlfriend who later became his wife Misty Croslin’s  body language indicated that she was not sharing all that she knew, was ron sharing all tht he knew?

Misty showed multiple signals of deception throughout her various interviews. But there were also   many body language signals I was picking up from Ron Cummings that I found disturbing as well

RON’S ODD BEHAVIOR

First off was his hurrying to marry Misty to no doubt to protect him from perhaps being prosecuted as a child molester and being with an underage Misty at the time?

His control over Misty during  the  Greta van Sustern interview and Today show interview  and inconsistent statements were odd as well. Did    he didn’t already know what happened to  his daughter? Why was he so controlling over Misty in her speakimg?

His ingratiatinging politeness towards Miss Nancy while he as interviewed by her disturbed me as did the time Ronddramatically  hurled himself on the ground for what seemed to be the camera’s sake  and there were non- tears. It was odd behavior to me.

RON  WAS TOO “SURE”  HALEIGH WAS TAKEN

What I found most disturbing and odd  was that he kept saying he was SURE Haleigh was taken. There was no wavering  that his daughter was  still alive in his view.

Most people who’s daughter was missing for a year would at least wonder if their daughter was still alive or  had been killed, but not Ronald. That struck me as being peculiar.

“I WAS AT WORK ! ”RON’S  CONSTANT STATEMENT THROUGHUT HIS INTERVIEWS

Then there was a verbal theme that permeated EVERY interview- his statement that “ I was at work.”

He even had a Chesire cat grin when he spoke on camera about how he was at work.  Now that we have recently seen footage of him in the car selling drugs to an undercover officer, you hear the same ”I was at work” theme.

Apparently there was evidence that he was indeed at work, but he sure brings it up a lot.

HALEIGH NOT A VICTIM OF A DOPE BOY ACCORDING TO RON

According to the Urban Dictionary, a Dope Boy is a term mainly used in the South to describe a  young male that  moves hard drugs (ex. cocaine, crack), as well as the standard marijuana and prescription pills  to a specific geographic area or neighborhood .

In the undercover tape, Ron is offering up to the “cop”  why his daughter was not the victim of a “dope boy.” He says

“ Dope boys don’t come out to get your kid like that.  If you owe the dope boy that much money they come in right here.  They come in and kill right there. They kill your daughter your girlfriend and your son and when you  come home then you be the one to see it. You know what I mean.”

In his scenario he is no doubt saying that a drug mover would not have taken Haleigh but, instead  would have killed her, Misty, and his son so when he got home from work he would have seen what happened.

DID GERALDO RIVERA’S  IN YOUR FACE INTERVIEW WITH RON  REVEAL ANYTHING ABOUT RON ?

Love him or hate him, no one can do an interview like Geraldo Rivera. Having watched Geraldo up close and personal back in the day when I was a regular on his show in New York for years, I can tell you that he knows how to ruffle feathers, make compelling TV, and get right to the heart of the matter.

Geraldo boldly says to Ron as he interviewed him  that he talked to Marcus and Chad during the vigil  who said that Ron said he was 75 percent sure who took Haleigh.

RONALD CUMMINGS : There is no way — I do not know who took Haleigh. If I had — if I had, uh, five percent of where Haleigh was at, I would be there now and not here.

RONALD CUMMINGS : Yes, they’re absolutely lying. No, for no reason have I ever told anybody that I have any clue where my child is at. If I had any clue where my child — you know, national TV, they’re a bunch of liars. Chad and whoever told you this are a bunch of liars. I never even spoke with them.

When people speak in fragments it’s often a signal of deception. Ron has told everyone else on national TV that he is SURE Haleigh is alive, so why wouldn’t he say the same thing to Chad and Marcus? That struck me as odd.

GERALDO ASKS IF RON HIT HALEIGH

GERALDO RIVERA : They told — they told me that you hit Haleigh. Is that true?

RONALD CUMMINGS : No. Never, ever have I ever hit my child. Me and my child have an agreement. Daddy, daughter. She has been spanked on her behind the way DCF says that you can take care of disciplining your children.

This fragmented statement with way too much information leads me to question as to whether Ron  may have  possibly  hit Haleigh.

GERALDO RIVERA : You never backhanded her to the face?

RONALD CUMMINGS : [OVERLAP] Never. Never have I ever backhanded my child in the face, ever.

(When someone repeats  your exact words ie.  “ backhanded  child to the face”  chances are that this is a signal of deception and that they are not being forthright). Once again I am not aaccusing Ron of doing this, I am merely pointing out a body language tell.

GERALDO RIVERA : Did you hit Crystal when she was pregnant?

RONALD CUMMINGS : No. I did not. Never.

GERALDO RIVERA : You didn’t hit her in the back of the head and kick her?

RONALD CUMMINGS : No. No. I never have.

GERALDO RIVERA : You swear to God you never hit your pregnant woman?

RONALD CUMMINGS : [OVERLAP] Never. Never, never have I ever hit any woman, period. Never. And I’d like to know where all these allegations are coming from because I would like to talk — talk to law enforcement and have these false allegations, um, known that, um, the false allegations against me, somebody needs criminal charges pressed against them.

GERALDO BUSTS RON IN A LIE REGARDING HIS DRUG INVOLVEMENT

GERALDO RIVERA : What about the allegations of cocaine use, methamphetamine use?

RONALD CUMMINGS : There’s nothing. I do not do drugs.

GERALDO RIVERA : You don’t do drugs? All those arrests were all —

RONALD CUMMINGS : No.

GERALDO RIVERA : Do you work for the police? Are you an informant?

RONALD CUMMINGS : No, I am not an informant. I do not work for the police. I work for PDM, which is a, um, bridge building company. That’s who I work for.

GERALDO RIVERA : And you’ve never been involved in the drug trade?

RONALD CUMMINGS : No.

GERALDO RIVERA : And when they tell me they saw bricks of marijuana that you had in the house, plants all around the house, is that a lie?

RONALD CUMMINGS : It is absolutely a lie and I would like to know where the information is coming from so that I can get, um, the proper authorities to take care of this.

GERALDO RIVERA : You’re — put all this stuff aside. If some associate of yours, some associate that had something to do with drugs and this is not about drugs but if these people are on the dark side of life, don’t you think that you should share that information? Share — tell us about — when you told Marcus and Chad that you were 75 percent sure and you had your gun ready and your — and you had your gun ready and you were gonna go get em, didn’t you say that? Isn’t that a fact, Ron?

RONALD CUMMINGS : No, it is not a fact.

GERALDO RIVERA : Why would they make that up? Why would they make that up?

RONALD CUMMINGS : I don’t know why they would make [OVERLAP] for you. But I — I am fixing [OVERLAP] to have the law called right here, right now because you’re making up things or they’re making up things and you’re getting into —

GERALDO RIVERA : I am — I am relating to you what they are saying.

RONALD CUMMINGS : [OVERLAP] My face, man.

MALE : You need to back off, man. That’s my son.

GERALDO RIVERA : Alright. Well I’m sorry — I am sorry for what has happened.

FEMALE : No, you’re not sorry. [OVERLAPPED CONVERSATION]

MALE : You need to go.

FEMALE : We are — [OVERLAPPED CONVERSATION] Listen. You wanna come up here and make [OVERLAP] allegations. Why don’t you go back to —

GERALDO RIVERA : These are not my allegations, maam. These are not my allegations. You have to understand that.

FEMALE : [OVERLAP] Okay. [OVERLAP] All we care about —

GERALDO RIVERA : You have to understand this is not my allegation. Don’t touch him, don’t touch him, please. We’re leaving. Come on, let’s go. Let’s go.

RONALD CUMMINGS : [OVERLAP] I wanted you to see that all this is about is my daughter. I love you, baby. [OVERLAP] If you are out there, I want you to know that I love you and I will find you, baby. I love you. And two, whoever — whoever has you, please bring my daughter home to me. I love my daughter. I love you, baby. I will find you.

GERALDO RIVERA : You believe she’s alive then?

RONALD CUMMINGS : I’m always gonna  believe that my daughter’s alive until they find

GERALDO’S INTERVIEW RAISES QUESTIONS

Based OON Gerlado, questions and what we know now   about  Ron lying that he was  involved in the drug trade, if he lied about that did he lie  about backhanding or cracking  Haleigh across the face?  We know that recently in his interview he said he would kill the person who took Haleigh.

RON SAYS HE WILL KIND THE PERSON WHO TOOK HALEIGH

Does he keep saying that Haleigh is alive and that he would kill the person who has her to take the onus off of him?

He says that he picked Haleigh up from school and then went to work but did he?  We do know tht he went to to work.Did he pick her up from school , get mad at her and backhand her as Geraldo? Or worse did he hit her and and possibly cause any damage to her which late accidentally kill her? WE have al herd of incidents where a person may have sustained an earlier injuryt and then subsequently died  a lot later from tht injury. Once aain I am not accusing Ron, I am merely asking.

Did he place her on the bed?  Did Misty  try to wake her from a sleep  like she and  did Haleigh not wake up ? Did   she hit Haleigh to try to wake her up?  Or was Haliegh Ok and did Misty hit her with  a board like her grandmother said?  Did she freak out because Haleigh was not  breathing? Did she then call her brother Tommy and cousin to make it look like a robbery and  dispose of little Haleigh’s body?

Did Ron accidently  kill her and leave her on the bed for Misty to deal with?  Did he go to work all the while knowing that his daughter was comatose  or no longer alive? These are simply questions  to this mystery  of a missing child and not accusations.

Or did he pick her up from school and take her home. While she was in the house, did she get into some drugs, thinking they were candy and overdose on them? Did  Misty  discover that  Haleigh got into the drugs and try to dispose of her body ?

9ll CALL IS SUSPICIOUS

When the 911 operator  talks to Ron, he says “ I JUST GOT HOME FROM WORK, IF I FIND WHO TOOK MY DAUGHTER I WILL KILL THEM.

He then repeats this threat several times

WHAT????????? Most people who were missing a child would go into the woods  even in the dark or wonder why she walked off . His behavior was odd.

Also why was then  17 year old Misty calling 911 instead of father Ron?  It was after all HIS daughter, As we all saw  in the Greta tapes, Ron is a  “ take charge kind of guy.”  So why didn’t he take charge that  night?

GRETA INTERVIEW  AND REVELATION

He tells Greta “ Someone stole my child when I was at work.” Ron makes sure to always mention at work as his alibi.

He then says “  I know someone took her I know for sure she didn’t wander off. She’s  afraid of the dark.”

RON’S FIRST JAILHOUSE INTERVIEW TO REPORTER DAN TREEN

SS soon as Ron ends up in Jail, and does an interview with journalist Dan Treen, he makes the threat with a lot of bravado that he is going to kill the person who has Haleigh. He is too sure that someone has Haleigh which makes me once again wonder if that is not his way to mislead authorities who  so they will take the focus of f of him

TOMMY CROSLIN

Why did Tommy Croslin get a headless rat in the mail allegedly from Ron? A headless rat means “don’t rat me out.”

Also why was he allegedly knocking on Misty’s door at  10 PM Was  he aware that Haleigh’s  dead body was being displaced  by a  a man in black? Did he stop by at that late hour to  on his sister  to see if things were OK ? Was he checking to see if  his sister was home from disposing of  body with the man in black who may be  Cousin Joe?

WAS  COUSIN JOE THE MAN IN BLACK?

We KNOW FOR SURE THAT THE MAN IN BLACK WAS NOT Johhny Cash. But who was the man whom  the the 4 year old boy  said he saw take Haleigh?

When Geraldo  confronted Ron about it. Ron  said that it was his ex wife’s doing in  telling the boy to say that . But 4 year olds are smart and they know and they see and they remember.

Was the man in black  cousin Joe? Was  the man in black then man  who moved the body?

WHAT DOES RON’S MOM KNOW?

Ron’s mom is  supporting   her  son, but  there is something about her  body language tells with shoulder shrugs  that are strange  to me. She is over protective of  Ron to the point that she gets in Geraldo’s  face after he hits Ron with what may possibly  be the truth that hurts  too close to the bone?

In a  Julie Chen interview on CBS  she is a monotone and nonchalant as she is by . Misty’s side.  Misty looks drugged out of her mind and shrugs her shoulders . a signal of deception, But Ron;s mother shows no emotion whatsoever. It makes me wonder if she already knew her draaddaughter  was dead.

MISTY’S INCONSISTENCIES

Misty told Greta Van Sustern she did not sleep with Haleigh.

Misty told Nancy Grace Hailey  was not in bed with her,  indicating they slept together

Misty also said at one time Hailey  was  asleep in the same bed with  her brother.

Misty said she checked all the bedrooms, but there is only one room  in the trailer.

Misty said she was washing the sheets and put a blanket over Haleigh when she was sleeping.

Misty told Meredith Viera she was in her bed.

Misty told Nancy Grace that she and Haleigh were in bed together.

Misty also said she went to bed at 10 PM and woke up at 3.  Ron said he called Misty at 3:25 as he was pulling into the driveway.

I want to know a. what happened in those  25  minutes when Misty reported she woke up to the time Ron called her as he pulled into the driveway. And WHY would anyone call anyone as they were pulling into the driveway when they would see the person in a matter of seconds?

BOTTOM LINE

While Cousin Joe looks very suspicious, nothing happens in a vacuum. There is always a cause and an effect. Something caused him to allegedly come over to the Cummings trailer after dark.  Did Misty, Ron or both of them or someone else  harm this innocent little girl before her body was disposed of?  Once again these are not accusations. They are questions concerning  the mystery of what happened to this beautiful little girl. www.drlillianglass.com

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