Jail house letter says woman asked by cops about possible Haleigh Cummings overdose
Inmate denies involvement; Putnam chief deputy calls media 'irresponsible'
By Dana TreenStory updated at 4:41 AM on Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2009
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:waitasec:The speculations in a jailhouse letter suggesting Haleigh Cummings died from drugs taken at a party have stung family members of the little girl and have been known to investigators for weeks.
:waitasec:Chief Deputy Rick Ryan of the Putnam County Sheriffs Office said the letter was of
no significance and that the allegations had been investigated.
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He said detectives were aware of parties but not one in which Haleigh was harmed.
William Cobra Staubs, a private investigator and bounty hunter, provided a copy of the letter to the Times-Union. He said it was from Naynay Prevatt, who was partying with Misty Cummings the
weekend before Haleigh disappeared.
In the page-long
Sept. 18 letter to Donnie, Prevatt said she was questioned by police who were told Haleigh died from Oxycontin she took during a party.
The letter states that she was interrogated again in the case and was told a friend (Joe S.), of Spells
wrote a sworn affidavit about what happened the night the Haliegh disappeared. Some of the names are not being published by the Times-Union on the advice of the newspapers lawyers.
It said she was at a party with Misty, Haleigh, Junior (Haleighs brother) and a male friend at another mans house.
It says Haleigh got into some Oxycontin and overdosed. The male friend put her in a black bag in Prevatts car and they took her to a pond, the letter said.
The allegations relayed in the letter are among the many theories investigators have checked, Ryan said.
We have been in close contact with all the associates of Misty, he said.
Ryan said investigators were not aware of a particular party mentioned where Haleigh may have ingested drugs.
If anybody knows about this so-called party, we would like to know, he said. This group of folks were a party crowd.
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Diane Prevatt said her daughter, Kristina Prevatt, wrote her a letter similar to the one sent to Spells.
Her daughter has also told her she was not involved with what happened, was not at the Cummings mobile home and did not pick Misty up the night Haleigh disappeared.
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iane Prevatt said Naynay and Misty were at Diane Prevatts residence the
Friday before Haleigh vanished. Said Ronald Cummings, came by three times wanting to see Misty, who was asleep.
When he was not allowed inside, he returned with Mistys clothes and threw them outside, Diane said.
:waitasec:Other parts of the letter describe
detectives taking Prevatts
car from a junk yard for
processing by evidence technicians.
In an angrier tone the letter to Spells questioned why would the friend make something like that up and
put her in the middle of a homicide investigation.
You know I was with you that night! the letter said.
Ryan said the car seizure was done weeks ago but would not discuss what was found.
:waitasec:Everything that is in this letter is in the past, he said. Everything we get we consider credible until we verify it is not, he said.
Misty's attorney reiterated Thursday that she was home the day Haleigh disappeared.
Misty was not at a party, Robert Fields said. Misty was there that night at the house. Theres not going to be anything pointing to her at all.
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We are still investigating this as if this child is alive, Ryan said.