BBM
As of a month or so ago, LE did not believe Ronald Cummings had told everything he knows about what happened to his daughter:
What possible reason could an innocent father of a missing child have for NOT telling E V E R Y T H I N G he knows about what happened?
What possible reason could an innocent father of a missing child have for not demanding the same of his family and girlfriend?
What possible reason could an innocent father of a missing child have for withholding A N Y credible information he had, regarding his child, until it became a bargaining chip in a plea negotiation almost TWO YEARS after she disappeared?
Sadly, the only reason I can begin to imagine does not include the word innocent.
To kind of answer your question, the following is all MOO based on all the stuff I have come across since this started.
Ron, the "innocent" father of a missing child, Haleigh:
Allegedly was abusive to Crystal, Haleigh's and Jr.'s mother.
Allegedly was abusive to ?, the mother of Ron's other child.
Allegedly was abusive to Misty.
I'm guessing the absence or presence of the children did not factor in to when and where the alleged abuse took place.
Has a record of drug related arrests. IMO abuses drugs. IMO abuses alcohol. Again, absence or presence of children does not seem to be a factor.
To my knowledge, has little to no contact with his other child, IIRC, a child with some kind of disability.
According to video, seemed to have no problem letting his little son, Jr., wait around for him so he could conclude his drug trafficking business with a UCLE.
There's probably a lot more I'm not thinking of, but when I see a man who has displayed the kind of character I feel I have seen from Ron, I have no problem believing a man like this would lie to LE, probably to cover his own butt, maybe over illegal drugs, or illegal guns, or any other stupid thing he may or may not be involved with. I have no problem believing a man like this would be more concerned with himself than he would be with his missing child. I have no problem believing a man like this would be willing to let his precious little girl possibly be going through who knows what kind of he77 before he would be willing to step up and sacrifice himself.
I also have no problem believing a man like this could be responsible for why his daughter is missing. However, what I absolutely cannot believe, is a man like this has any kind of power, much less the kind that would allow him control over many departments of LE, and power that would intimidate everyone who has any information that would incriminate him to keep their mouths shut.
So, as much as I don't like Ron, and as much as I think he is capable of hurting one of his kids, IMO, the evidence does not support it. IMO, LE has verified his alibi, and IMO, Ron, as a pi$$ant wannabe, has no power whatsoever over LE, so I believe what LE is saying.
I don't consider Ron innocent. I consider Ron as not being involved in what happened to Haleigh. To me, those are two different things. So my answer to your questions is because of his track record, Ron lying to LE and not only not helping find his daughter, but IMO impeding LE from finding his daugher, is standard operating procedure for a man like Ron.
My question would be, with Ron's history even before Haleigh vanished, why would anyone expect him to behave any differently?