Brackets [ ] indicate where the reverse speech occurs. Click on the mp3 to hear the reversals.
WJXT - Hank Croslin Jr. - 911 Call after fight with Ronald
(Operator: 911 where is your emergency?)
Yeah, I'm at the Waleka Kangaroo. I just went over to call me to come to her house, [and I go over to her house, Misty Croslin], and her husband Ronald Cummings attacked me.
Nobody can take the side, who's the one that done it.
Could it have been his plan to do something that would make Ronald hit him? Annette Sykes, Ronalds grandmother, said Misty called her brother to tell him not to show up at the house, but he did anyway. And with his father, and mother.
WTEV/WAWS - Hank Croslin Sr. - Hank Croslin Jr.
Hank Croslin Sr.:
Probably [this last eight months has been the worst]...
So worried that there's going be assassin.
Ronald said in the initial 911 call that if he finds whoever abducted Haleigh before police do he will kill them. He had a speech reversal, and in part of it he said My use of the law. Who is Hank Croslin Sr. so concerned about that he thinks may be killed?
... of my life ever. [We, we've lost a lot]. You know, and...
I will salt the wound.
What could he mean by "we've lost a lot"? Does the reversal indicate he puts unnecessary sadness upon himself, or does his use of the word will give it an action of future tense? If it is something he is going to do, then who is it that has been affected in this case that has lost the most and had the most unhappiness or misfortune that he might want to plan on making worse for them, and for what reason? Remember, the interview was about the fight between his son and Ronald. Also remember Misty told Hank Jr. not to show up at the house. He did show up, and with Hank Sr.
I'm [scared I'm going to lose my daughter. Yeah].
I find out who the mugger is.
A mugger would be someone who assaults another with the intent to rob them of their possessions. Is it therefore much of a stretch to believe this reversal is a reference to having knowledge about the person who is the kidnapper of Haleigh?
Because of editing, it isnt known with certainty to the viewers what the content of the conversation was with the reporter that he is responding to. The viewers are led to believe though he is commenting about the fight between his son and Ronald. If so, why does he throw out a seemingly random concern about losing his daughter? Lose her to what? The previous three reversals are part of a continuous thought as he is speaking in forward speech. If some reasonable deductions were to be used, who then may be the mugger in question? If the first reversal is a reference to him believing Ronald will kill whoever kidnapped his daughter, then Ronald should be eliminated as the possibility. He says he has a concern about losing Misty, but with nearly three dozen examples of Mistys reverse speech there is not one indication that she is involved in Haleighs kidnapping, nor who she knows with certainty is involved. Also in a reversal from Mistys interview with The Early Show on October 9, 2009 she is indicating that Ronald has told her that he believes her. Therefore there is no indication that Ronald would have any reason to kill her. Should Hank Sr. have any rational concerns about losing Misty? If not. Who then is left in the equation that Hank Sr. is concerned might get killed that would be the mugger?
Hank Croslin Jr.:
I mean there's something going on. [And Ronald's been acting weird, you know, a lot lately].
Reveal I'm the one. Dreams can absolve you.
In his forward speech he seems to be alluding that Ronald is acting suspiciously as if he is involved with the abduction. He talks about Ronald, but the reversal is about himself. Could this reversal mean he is the one involved, but if he promotes the fantasy Ronald is the one involved, he then believes this will free him from blame of the consequences of his actions?
[That's crazy as hell man]. I went over there to pick her up like she asked me to, and when I got there her husband when off the wall.
My lies easier accept.
Does this reversal indicate he thinks no matter what lies he tells, they will be believed over whatever Ronald and Misty have to say?
WJXT - Hank Croslin Jr.
(Reporter: The story begins with this Satsuma mailbox here at the home of Hank Croslin Jr. He tells us over the weekend his family made a disturbing discovery.)
My mom and, one of them went out there to checked [the mailbox, and there was a dang rat in it.] With his head cut off.
The mid area was only skull bone.
His use of the word only in his reversal does not seem indicate that he is disturbed by a decapitated rat being in his mailbox. He alleges Ronald Cummings is responsible. If someone were going to send some type of message, wouldnt they us a recently killed rat? If someone didnt want their mailbox to be bloodied, is it possible they might use a decomposed rat and say, in this case, Ronald put it there to raise questions about Ronald?
(Reporter: And according to this latest report filed with the Sheriff's office, Croslin claims Ronald made several comments that he would get back at him. And Hank stated that he knew Ronald owned several guns and was afraid Ronald was going to show up and cause problems.)
It kind of s[cares me 'cause I've always heard it was like a death threat].
Upset because the letter show the injury.
You know, a threat [against someone's life].
There's no mistake.
(Reporter: We asked Croslin whether the community should even be focused on this incident, if they should instead be focused on finding Haleigh.)
They really should be focu[sed on Haleigh, but I want Ronald to]...
The man already billing us.
Whenever someone uses the word but it negates anything else that was previously said. By his forward speech alone he is indicating he wants the focus to be on the Ronald paying for the injuries he received in his fight with Ronald. In this reversal, could the man that is billing him be his attorney that he is using to sue Ronald for his injuries?
...[pay for what he's done].
Then I be bull****.
Does this mean if the focus of the community were on finding Haleigh instead, he would be upset?
WOFL - Hank Croslin Sr. Responds to Divorce of Misty and Ronald
He threatened to kill somebody that had somthin' to do with his daughter. I mean you heard it on the TV. Yeah. I'm concerned. He's just got, tries to be that tough man, got that tough man [mortalit]y or whatever.
The lies bloom.
First Coast News - Hank Croslin Jr. 8-28-09
[I ain't did nothin', but hel]p my sister you know.
I have the thunder near.
Thunder based upon the dictionary meaning, used here may mean the intense strongly emotional accusations of being accused of a crime are upon him.
[Man I'll d, I'll do a lie detector]...
Just about lose my spine.
...[test. I'd do whatever they want me] to do.
I went around a window. Outside.
The previous two reversals are part of a continuing thought. It has been reported in the media that he told police Ronald asked him to check on Misty because she was not answering her phone. He claims he went there, knocked on the door, and declared no one was home. Doesnt his statement to police put him at the scene of the crime? If Ronald asked him to be at the house, why would he have a reversal revealing nearly losing his nerve about something as he talks about taking a lie detector test and what could it mean he almost lost his nerve about doing? In the second reversal could around mean by action through a roundabout course he entered the home through a window from the outside vs. going through a door?
CBS - The Early Show - Misty Cummings 10-9-09
(Reporter: What about his {Ronald} claims that you're telling different stories. Do you think he thinks you're guilty now of something?)
He hasn't really said much about it. He believes me. He doesn't think [I had anything to do with Haleigh gone missing].
He said not believe that we been making it up.
This reversal is a striking difference from a reversal from her about what Ronald had been saying that was from early on in the investigation where in it she said Said I'm not so innocent
Now that time has passed Ronald has been able to assess the situation. Wouldnt it make sense he would suspect she may have been involved in the beginning when little was known, and now have enough information to believe her?
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LE believe the kidnapper to be a blood relative of Misty. If Haleigh were to be awaken by someone she knows, wouldn't she go quietly? Tommy said in an interview that Haleigh was at his house all the time.
Like I've said before, Misty has given compelling reasons why she believes Tommy and Joe could be involved. I also have mentioned that it has been reported that Joe has been arrested for burglary in the past. His method of operation is to prop open the screen door. Is it an impossibility that Tommy and Joe could have collaborated together in the abduction?
Based upon the in-congruent reverse speech examples, and their nature, of Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr. it would appear to me he is involved in the abduction of Haleigh. It also appears Hank Croslin Sr. knows who is involved, and therefore the both should be looked at a lot closer by LE. What do you think?
Hear the more than 100 examples of reverse speech from 10 people that are a part of this story in one way or another. Link to web page:
Haleigh Cummings
Jr being involved would make a lot of sense. Joe's MO for breaking and entering is to propped open a screen door (with a brick)? Surely, LE knows this. 
