breaking news tonight from florida. a 5-year-old girl put in bed, five hours later she's gone. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. last person to see her alive, new stepmother, 18-year-old misty croslin, who takes to the airwaves claiming she's innocent. but even in one brief interview she can't keep her story straight, including a 180 on a lie detector, she flunked. bombshell tonight, after haleigh's own father, ronald cummings, and baby turned stepmother misty croslin, both handcuffed, arrested, booked. cummings talked first. stepmother misty croslin follows suit. as we go to air, we obtained even more jail house tapes, hours of croslin with mommy, daddy, grandma, brother. croslin, vowing not to talk about the night haleigh vanishes while sleeping just feet away. but now we see croslin angry, cursing, swearing, even blaming it all on the 5-year-old little girl. claims now surface from behind bars, her drug deals are to blame for haleigh's disappearance. and tonight, we discover more of the ronald cummings jail house tapes, whose only focus is finding haleigh. this, as croslin's brother says he'll lie to get out of jail. and tonight, at the one-year mark of haleigh's disappearance, what does croslin do? of course! she gets her hair done behind bars. investigators combing the tapes for evidence that may help find haleigh. tonight, pressure mounting. where is 5-year-old haleigh. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com you know, we didn't deserve this. >> i know it. we just need to find haleigh, that's what we need to do. >> i know. i know. >> if we could find haleigh, it would be better for everybody. >> i know. i sit and wonder every day, thinking, just trying to go back and see if i missed anything. i do, every day. and it's not, dad, there's nothing. i'm telling you, it's hard. it's okay, though, because i will prove to the world that i didn't have nothing to do with it. >> exactly. >> and everybody can kiss my [ bleep ]. i'll tell them all to [ bleep ] off. >> that's right. i don't blame you at all. i mean, they need to give you a nationwide apology. >> they're not going to put me down no more. i'm part of it. i'm standing up for myself. >> that's what you need to do, right there. let them know that. >> i am. because i don't care what people think about me. people can think what they want to think. >> i know in the paper it says i'm facing 15 years in prison. but that's a [ bleep ] lie. the damn police said you're facing three years in prison unless you help us find haleigh. i said i can't help you find nobody. i don't know where she is. what the [ bleep ]. i'm sick of them, man. >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. bombshell tonight. as we go to air, we obtain even more of those jail house tapes, secretly recorded, hours of croslin with mommy, daddy, grandma, brother. croslin now vowing not to talk about the night haleigh vanishes, while sleeping just feet away. but now we see a different croslin. angry, cursincursing, swearing, blaming it all on the 5-year-old little girl. >> how come timmy and chelsea ain't got no minutes left? >> they're waiting for money on their account. as soon as they do, they'll put time on the phone and mom and dad will get a phone, too. >> i hope they put money in my account before monday. >> dad don't get his check until friday. friday we will do that. >> that's fine. because i have to have the order by monday. >> okay. i can -- okay. well, i can -- >> i'm sorry. i have to get money in there. >> do you think she's going to talk? >> hmm? >> do you think she's going to talk? >> this is between me and you, and whoever's listening to our recording. the cops aren't just going to run out and tell nobody. if they do, they have her to deal with, you know. they made that recording. they went to the jail and was talking to her. and they said, man, i've never seen her cry. real tears. she always has to jerk a tear out. and you know? what? he said when we started talking about you. and being locked up. and losing junior. >> you weren't rely i working for law enforcement. and they were getting ready to pinch these people to find out what happened to this girl. >> right. >> and they asked you and specifically told you, get out of the way. so you're going to hang out and give her pills? >> i know. >> you know, they're under surveillance. >> i made some bad choices. i was very stupid. i did. i didn't think it was no big deal. you know what i'm saying? i didn't need them, i didn't want them. >> but misty, when that little girl could have possibly died -- >> i knew she was selling them. i knew what she was doing with them. i didn't want nothing. i just gave them. i didn't care. you know what i'm saying? i didn't care. >> i know you had nothing to do with haleigh. you loved her, just like you do junior. i'm sending you a picture of junior. >> okay. >> don't cry, sis. >> you got one of haleigh, too? >> i tonight know if i can find one. >> all i can do is keep trying to call. >> i'll send them to you. >> we are taking your calls live, and tonight we see a whole new misty croslin, the babysitter turned stepmother. the last person to be there with haleigh, that we know of. her story is that she goes to sleep that night. and sometime in the middle of the night, someone comes into the room with misty croslin, kidnaps the girl, walks the length of the home, out the back door, props it open with a cinder block, and leaves. and she knows nothing of what happened? again, we're taking your calls. out to art harris. art, these tapes are very, very revealing. a whole new side of misty croslin. >> she is a tough cookie, nancy. at the end she says there is nothing to do to break me. she says she doesn't know what happened to haleigh. she's tough. 20 years in jail, doesn't matter. she doesn't know anything. and one day the world will know she's innocent. >> out to the lines. jan in tennessee. hi, jan. >> caller: hi. >> hi, dear. what's your question? >> caller: i was wondering, do you think that maybe haleigh's dad and donna brock are working with the police on this drug bust just to set misty up? >> that is a theory, art harris has had for some time. what do you know, art harris? >> i don't think they were in cahoots. i know that later, recently, investigators have visited ronald in jail and in his conversations with his mother, he says that they are trying to turn him into their secret weapon to use against misty to get her to talk. that's now, by being very lovy dovy, by pulling her heart strings, saying he misses junior and haleigh so badly. that's the only time law enforcement say they saw her cry real tears, nancy. so they think he knows how to push her button. >> what can you tell me, jean casarez, joining us from in session, as legal correspondent. >> when we look at ron cummings and the tape that came out, what we just heard was exactly right. he also goes on to say that it appears as though law enforcement is courting misty. that every day they take her out with a pack of cigarettes and he wants to know why he can't have some cigarettes. so he acts as though they're courting her with those cigarettes to try to get her to talk. that they definitely feel that he, though, could be the secret weapon to get misty to reveal more than what she said. >> let's take a listen to what babysitter turned stepmother misty croslin has to say, along with ronald cummings, and the brother behind bars. >> they're recording everything y'all do. >> i mean, how can we not see each other? we're not co-defendants. >> i think this nancy grace needs to keep her mouth shut until she knows the facts. >> what's she saying? >> all kinds of crazy crap. all about you and haleigh, and it's bull [ bleep ]. >> it is. as soon as they find out what happened to haleigh, everything will be different. >> i know. >> i cast believe they still believe you know. it's crazy. >> it's ridiculous. they got my bond set so high because of that. and that's not fair, it has nothing to do with it. >> i know. >> what do they think? there's nothing to break me on so they need to leave me alone. >> she is going to get prosecuted. i'm just looking for haleigh. i can't work for him. just because i'm on the news like that, man. i can't go anywhere in the nation without someone knowing me. every time somebody walks in, they go, is that the guy from the news? i got one buddy in here. actually two. three. two of them are cops. and one of them is an inmate. >> that's good. i'm glad. >> what you guys supposed to be doing? selling pills to an undercover -- >> no, this [ bleep ] -- they wanted me to go get us some roxie's. >> art harris, they're talking about how they get recognized everywhere they go. didn't that hit them when they were doing undercover dope deals, all on video from the pinhole cameras inside the cop's car? i've been working with the cops trying to find haleigh. i wonder if they notice i'm selling dope. they're so worried about being recognized when they go to the 7-eleven, what about the dope deals? >> they sure are interested in their own celebrity and reveling in it. now police hope to use that against them. they certainly don't understand, don't appreciate that they are stars of a reality tv show that happening in realtime about a missing little girl. >> the only one in the whole bunch that talks about finding haleigh is ronald cummings, the father. >> that's right. it's the one-year mark of haleigh vanishing into thin air, about three feet away from misty croslin, who claims she knows nothing. and what does she do? gets her hair done between the bars. there behind bars. to gail in florida. hi, gail, what's your question? >> caller: hi, nancy. i love your show. my question is, misty has made no sense at all. and ron so cocky, in his jail house picture, and could haleigh have died maybe before he went to work and he could have dumped the body on the way to work? is his alibi completely air tight? have they investigated that? >> marlena, i know he was at work the full time he said he was at work. who picked haleigh up from the bus stop that day? >> it was -- excuse me, it was misty who picked her up. and they came back to the house. and ron's story is air tight. they investigated him thoroughly, phone records, they combed through everything. he gave them everything. dna, the whole nine. he was at work. there was no body in his car. >> let's back it up. let's back it up. art harris, back -- this is what you do when you're against a stone wall in an investigation. you go back to the beginning. number one, what time did haleigh get off that bus? >> nancy, i believe she got off about 2:30, 3:00. >> okay. did misty pick her up, misty croslin? >> there are two stories, nancy. i spoke to two families who saw misty pick her up and then ronald and his mother insist ronald picked her up, rode her back to his house on her lap and played with her for a while and then went to work. either way, he was back at the house. and she was alive before he left for work. >> now, how do we know that? how do we know she was alive before he left for work? >> well, she was also later seen playing with her cousins, who were tommy and lindsey's children. >> that's after ronald cummings goes to work? >> that's correct. >> okay. so he's out of it, gail, in florida. marlena schiavo, earlier we saw them whining about we have been reporting here on air saying it's all b.s. but you're the one that went through the home. you're the one that told me that bed was no more than four feet away from misty croslin. you described the whole home. do you still stand by what you reported? >> absolutely. and they're going on about, you know, that we don't have our story straight. of course we have our story straight. it's misty who can't keep her story straight, nancy. we learned that in the beginning and we're learning it more and more throughout these jail house tapes. she says inconsistent things after inconsistent things. actually, we're just playing your own words, and speaking of putting words in your mouth, you're doing that well enough all on your own. we are taking your calls live. but first, let's unleash the lawyers. joining us tonight veteran defense attorney out of the atlanta jurisdiction, renee rockwell. out of boston, peter elikann, well-known attorney and author of "super predators: the demonization of our children by the law." to both of you, welcome. renee rockwell, can they dig their grave any deeper? >> nancy, these are all admissions, anything they say. that will come into court. they shouldn't worry about nancy grace putting this on television. they need to be worried about this being plugged in and played in front of a jury if it ever gets that far. >> peter, they're digging their grave with their teeth by yakking and yakking. they might as well be digging up the dirt as they talk. and the other thing, how do you like it, peter elikann, when your client -- say you're the defense attorney here -- on the one-year mark of this little girl's disappearance, goes and has her hair done? elaborate french braids. how long did that take her to sit there and get that done? her hair was down to here. instead of working with cops to find haleigh. >> nancy, what do you think we're dealing with, a bunch of ph.d.s? i hear the phrase, criminal mastermind. i've never met one in my career. this is bad move after bad move and they're told again and again that they are -- they're being recorded, that it can be -- the tape is playing saying you're being recorded, you're being monitored. there's signs on the wall. warning them not to talk. and they continue to talk and talk and talk. >> peter, not what i asked you, number one. number two, don't start with me about they're stupid. they're not stupid. all right? they've taken cops on a wild goose chase now for one year. and also, what criminal isn't stupid? if they weren't stupid, they wouldn't be committing crimes and getting caught. all right? so no, i don't care if they do have a ph.d. or if they have a high school degree. haleigh is missing. it doesn't matter what you may think of their intellect. look, everybody didn't have the chance to go to law school, peter, but lady justice is blind. that has nothing to do with this. out to the lines. jean in new york. hi, dear. >> caller: hi, nancy. i just want to tell you that your babies are absolutely precious. i think lucy looks like you and john david looks like your husband. they're adorable. >> that is a huge compliment to myself and my husband. i will relay it because i've never seen anything more beautiful than those two. when i think about this case, lucy and john david just turned 2 a couple months ago. >> caller: precious they are. >> this little girl was 5 and she had turner syndrome. here i am talking about her in the past tense because i can't think of anything but the worst in this case. then i've got this bunch of dope dealers, that's what they are, behind bars. the only one that continues to talk about finding haleigh is ronald cummings. the others, they actually blame the little girl for their high bond. i guess they forgot they were caught on video selling dope. >> caller: right. my question is, quickly, do you think it's possible that misty is afraid to say what she knows because from the very beginning ron was going on national television saying that he was going to kill the person after he found out who took haleigh. do you think she's really afraid if ronald gets out will go after her and kill her? >> art harris, i think that's a legitimate concern. >> great question. i can tell you the other two women before misty were terribly frightened of ronald and described to me episodes where he's at home and puts a revolver in his mouth and plays russian roulette. >> why would they be afraid if he's threatening to commit suicide? >> he's ranting and raving. he's verbally abusing them, nancy. this is what they reported. it's consistent to the story misty's been telling her friends. especially that night when she was picked up by one and ronald had kicked her out. this is someone who has every reason to be afraid. >> you know what? i would be afraid, too, if i were left responsible for a 5-year-old girl and she vanished into thin air and i don't know anything. i fail a polygraph. my stories are inconsistent. i can't keep a story straight. you know, she's not worried. she married him. she's not worried. >> she's sticking to her story. that's right. she knows he has threatened to blow away anybody who had anything to do with it, whether that's bravado or true. >> i want to go out to leonard padilla, bounty hunter, who has offered to bail misty croslin out of jail. what's the latest on that? have you spoken or do you plan to speak to croslin's attorney? >> he hasn't returned a call here in the last few days. he -- >> who is he? >> he doesn't want to talk to us at all. >> who is he? >> fields. robert fields. i don't think he wants to talk to us. >> he doesn't want to get his client bonded out? >> i get the impression that he's concerned about the situation and the fact that we won't post the bond until she tells us enough information or gives us the information to find haleigh. >> do you think, as you look at the facts, that she knows the answer to where haleigh is? >> she might not know the answer where haleigh is, but she knows enough to lead people to where haleigh would be. she knows who took haleigh, and she's concerned about relaying certain information. that i'm convinced of. i was convinced of it a year ago when we were back there. and i'm even more convinced of it now. >> to sergeant scott haynes, sheriff's officer, santa rosa county, florida. sergeant, thank you for being with us. sergeant, just before haleigh goes missing, there were three full days where misty croslin was awol. nobody could find her. she was on a drug and drunk spree. three straight days. i feel very strongly if this child did not disappear at the hands of misty croslin herself that it was someone that she dragged back to the home that knew where she was, that knew about the child. it's someone in their inner circle that took misty, that -- excuse me, that took haleigh. >> that's true. for those three days, i'm sure they've already tried to speak to her concerning who she was with during the drug binge you stated. that's something they need to find out. whether talking through other people. that's something she can come off of to try to help herself out in this situation. obviously if she's close enough to be with people on a three-day drug binge, obviously that can be somebody close enough to a sister in something like this. >> peter elikann, weigh in. i think i have peter with me. weigh in, peter elikann. okay. he can't hear me. i'm going to go to you, renee. what about that theory? >> nancy, what theory are we talking about now? >> about the three-day drug binge she was on just before the child goes missing. >> nancy, if that is the case there's a very good chance she was absolutely unconscious and somebody took the baby out. it's not going to free her from any kind of criminal liability, but it will be enough to get her out of a homicide charge if the child is dead. >> everyone, quick break. we are taking your calls. happy birthday to california friend betty jean hodges. a nurse, a mother of eight including one of our hln stars, madia. happy birthday, beautiful betty. to dr. leslie austin, psychotherapist, joining us out of new york. it's like they're in a parallel universe where they're completely -- misty croslin is completely ignoring the fact she was selling drugs. that's why she's behind bars. it's like everyone she believes is attacking her, bad-mouthing her. we're all the reason she's behind bars. she even blames little haleigh for her high bond. how can they forget that they're caught on video selling dope? and what the cops want are answers about haleigh. >> nancy, you know i'm usually pretty even tempered. but i just find all of this just so outrageous. not one of these people is taking responsibility for the fact that they've committed criminal acts. i'm sure misty knows something more than she's saying. i'm also pretty sure she was probably blacked out and on drugs and not directly participating, but i'm sure she could give some information about her activities and who was around her to help. it's outrageous that all these people are whining and complaining about, i shouldn't have these charges and i need to get out and haleigh is missing and they're not taking responsibility. >> i'm going to tell the world -- tell the world what? that you sell drugs and you were so out of it the night haleigh went missing you can't tell cops what happened? that's what you're going to tell them? to dr. titus duncan. expert out of the atlanta medical center. dr. duncan, this is the one-year mark of when the little girl went missing. if she were killed at that time, would her body be recognizable now if it were out in the elements? >> no, she would only have skeletal remains at this particular point in time. the only thing you could do to recognize her is to have dna evidence. you can still get dna from a skeletal body, from the teeth or the bone, itself. that is the only thing -- >> where in the bone? where do you get dna from a bone when the body is completely skeletonized? >> they process the bone. they actually process the bone. >> what does that mean? they process the bone. what? bone marrow? bone marrow from inside the what, bone marrow from inside the bone? >> you can get bone marrow and you can actually get tissue. you can get scrapings off the bone and process the bone and actually get some of the dna architecture out of the bone. >> a bone is actually tissue, hardened tissues? >> right. tissue, just like your teeth are. just like every other part. >> within a bone you don't have to have soft tissue. you can get dna from the bone, itself? >> absolutely. you sure can. >> everyone, we're taking your calls. quick break. but tonight, congratulations to one of our regular experts, sergeant scott haynes and his wife, beautiful becky. after 15 years of marriage, they welcomed their first child. it's baby girl, lily grace born feb 2, pensacola, florida. eight pounds eight ounces and she is a beauty. congratulations, scott and becky, and welcome home, beautiful baby lily grace.