http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/local/031209Missing_girls_father_tweds
MAR 12snip~SATSUMA, Fla. - The father of missing 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings has married his 17-year-old girl friend. Misty Croslin and Ron Cummings got engaged earlier this week. The wedding cake was decorated with blue flowers and the wedding dedicated to Haleigh.
"When she comes home, Misty will be 'Mommy.' It's what she wanted," said Teresa Cummings, Haliegh's grandmother. "It's what she wanted when she was here and when she comes home it's what she'll have."
Meanwhile, Putnum County Sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement agents conducted a ground search for Haleigh Cummings who has been missing since February 9.
Crews searched about 10 miles along U.S. Highway 17 from Satsuma to Lake Como, near Crescent City. After several hours, searches said they came up empty-handed.
As for Haleigh's father Ron, and his new wife Misty, getting married was the thing to do today, according to family members.~ end
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PUTNAM COUNTY, FL -- Officially married, Ronald and Misty Cummings spent the first day of their honeymoon in the national media spotlight. They answered questions but ultimately wanted to get their point across.
"To get the focus back on my daughter is missing. My five-year-old girl is gone, and I want to find her," says Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings.
The focus shifted to the Cummings backyard wedding at a relative's home Thursday evening. But, would their vows prevent them from having to testify against one another should the case go to court?
"There is an evidence code provision that provides for a husband wife privilege, very similar to an attorney, client privilege," says attorney Tom Slater.
We spoke to attorney Tom Slater of Pajcic & Pajcic about the issue to get clarification on what the rule really is.
"Any communications between a husband and wife are privilege, but its when they are made as husband and wife. Now, any communications between the two of them before they got married are not privileged, so if one of them confessed to the other prior to marriage, then those statements are not privileged," says Slater.
We also spoke to Ronald Cummings' great-grandmother. She said the privilege had nothing to do with the sudden wedding.~ end