Palatka, FL– The Father of missing 5 year old Haleigh Cummings, Ronald Cummings, has asked his girlfriend, Misty Croslin age 17 to marry him.

The couple was spotted outside the Putnam County Courthouse, Misty was proud to show off her new ring.

“Everybody’s probably going to take this marriage thing the wrong way but it’s not,” said Croslin. “Everything’s still focused on Haleigh. This is what Haleigh wanted. She’s always talked about it.. She even used to call me Mom..”

Because Misty Croslin is under the age of 18, her parents must authorize the paperwork for the marriage license. No date has been announced, but Ron Cummings popped the question in front of family and friends at a dinner at Chilis.

 Watch Interview of Misty Croslin here.

Denise Figueroa, 22,  was found deceased in the trunk of her car yesterday following a tip to Los Angeles News Station KTLA via fax. The car had been abandoned for several days and several obscenities were keyed into the passenger side of the vehicle.

Denise Figueroa’s family of North  Hills, reported her missing to Los Angeles Police on Monday March 3, 2009. Subsequent phone calls by the family to known associates of Figueroa were able to confirm who she was last seen with, information which was immediately turned over to the investigators. Adele Chapel and Christopher Bullock were mentioned by name in the fax. A man by the name of Adele Chapel is reportedly incarcerated on unrelated charges but cannot be confirmed it is the same individual at this time.

According to the victim’s uncle, Daniel Sanchez , the LAPD have been uncooperative with them in Figueroa’s case since they reported her missing. 

While the coroner was removing his niece’s body from the black Nissan Altima registered to her, he was visibly distraught at the scene.

“..We called Police and we told them who she was last seen with.. We told them he called her dad and said he was sorry that he had to hurt her..and we told them that and they were uncooperative and did nothing.. they shut the door, it’s like they shut the door right on us..”

Lt. Allan Hamilton of LAPD, speaking to the media, said:

“Something occurred inside the vehicle,” but declined to give details. He said the car was being taken to a secure facility for a thorough investigation.

UPDATE*2* SEARCH SUSPENDED TODAY

Sadly, the Coast Guard has announced that they will suspend the current search efforts for Will Bleakely, Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith at sundown today. They do not believe any of the missing men are on the surface on the water. Please keep these men, their friends and families in your thoughts and prayers.

UPDATE 1:17 PM

The fishing boat that has been missing since Saturday belonging to Marquis Cooper has been located. 

Image courtesy AP

Missing boater Nick Schuyler was clinging to the vessel when it was spotted about 30 miles off the Gulf Coast and is alive. He was airlifted to an undiscosed Hospital in Tampa Bay. At this time, the other three boaters, Marqis Cooper, Corey Smith and Will Bleakely have not been located. All three others were reported to have been wearing life vests and the search for them continues. News footage of Schulyer showed him weak, but able to speak to rescuers. He told them the boat was anchored when the rough waters caused it to flip over and that he had been clinging to it since then.

He was seperated from the other 3 men immediately and had not seen them since. Stay tuned for updates. 

Clearwater Florida, Pinellas County – Two popular NFL players and 2 USFL players have been reported missing following their failure to return to shore  as scheduled early this morning at 1:30am.

Detroit Lions defensive end Corey Smith and Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, both former Tampa Bay Buccaneer players have been reported missing along with at least two others. According to the Coast Guard, former USFL players Will Bleakley and Nick Schuyler were also on board the fishing vessel when it left on Saturday morning at 6:30 am from the Seminole boat ramp. The boat, owned by Cooper, had been used by the pair on fishing trips previously.

Ron Del Duca, Smith’s agent, confirmed he has spoken with the Coast Guard and Smith’s family and all methods to locate the group are being deployed by the Coast Guard.

“They’ve assured me that they’re deploying all available resources to look for these guys and get them back,” he said. Davis said the water was “extremely rough and choppy” on Sunday afternoon.”

Smith was due to begin meeting with teams as a free agent this week.

Bill Keenist, spokesmen for the Detroit Lions, had heard their was a boat missing but could not confirm Smith was on it.

“We’re aware of the media reports,” Keenist said Sunday afternoon. “We’re trying to find out what we can.”

A source within the Coast Guard has confirmed there was a small craft advisory last evening after waves swelled from 2–4ft earlier in the day to 20 knot winds and up to 7 foot seas. The search is currently focused on a 750 mile radius outside of Clearwater. 

There is no evidence to indicate this incident is related to the recent upsurge in crimes against NFL players that has caused several players to retain 24 hour bodyguards. Earlier this year, Quarterback for the reigning Superbowl Champions, Ben Rothlesberger, reported he had hired 2 guards and refused to go anywhere without them.

*UPDATE*

US Coast Guard Captain Timothy M. Close has confirmed usage of a 87 foot rescue boat, combined with USCG helicopters over a 750 mile area and other assets have not turned up any sight of the 21 Ft. vessel or it’s passengers. Close said at least one of the men was an experienced boater, but the craft was relatively small for conditions Saturday evening.

 “A 21-foot boat is a relatively small vessel to be 50 miles off shore in bad weather conditions, certainly the current weather conditions,” Close said.

Close went on to say there had been no communication with the men prior to the degrading weather conditions, and no signals or contact was received from them whatsoever. Coopers truck and boat trailer remained in the parking lot Sunday evening with what appeared to be a handwritten note under the windshield wiper. It read “please call the coastguard, someone was worried about your well being.”  

For the sixth time, the girlfriend of Haleigh Cummings father, Misty Croslin, was picked up and escorted to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office for another Interview yesterday. A source inside the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed she was there in excess of three hours; without any comment from PCPD. For the record, I challenge anyone to find a case where a person has been interviewed this many times in a missing person’s case with no complicity of any kind; real or imagined.

Going To The Dogs

The search for Haleigh has taken a tighter perimeter. Based on my experience, this is very unusual for an ongoing investigation almost 2.5 weeks old. (more…)

Breaking News

Colorado Springs, CO- Update- Jason Holley, missing from Colorado Springs since January 5, 2009, has been found deceased and two men are under arrest for suspicion of his murder.  Check back to blinkoncrime.com for this developing story.

At Risk or Endangered Missing Adult: Where is Jason Holley? Missing in Colorado Springs, CO Since January 5, 2009

 
Jason Holley, 22, appears to have almost literally vanished the morning of January 5, 2009 in Colorado Springs, CO. He was a 3rd year student at Pike’s Peak Community College in the Automotive Program and by all accounts, was an extremely affable, albeit shy young man. Jason worked very hard to overcome  his learning challenges to master his studies and become an Automotive Tech; in spite of his cognitive disorder,  Klinefelter Syndrome. One of the difficulties for him is that it causes him to have short term memory loss.  Jan Holley, Jason’s Mother, with whom he shared a close relationship, has recently had to return to her work in the Medical field after exhausting her savings in efforts to find her son, costs that have currently exceeded $10,000.

“I moved with Jason to Colorado Springs in 2003 because he needed special education,  and was having an extremely difficult time with school. It was a very hard move for me  because Durango was my home for 25 years, but it was worth it, since Jason has been  happy here. With the help of his learning specialist Phil McLelland, Jason has been  attending the automotive program at Pike’s Peak Community College, taking only one  class at a time.”

His mom also says he tends to trust people he shouldn’t, and is not able to tell good people from someone who might be intentionally taking advantage of him, which had occurred recently. She fears he is with someone who could take advantage of his disability.

“This is not like him. He’s never gone from home for more than 24 hours,” said Jan Holley.

Jason Holley was sleeping in his downstairs bedroom on that Monday morning, the day he disappeared when Jan went to work. A couple hours later, she says she got a phone call from him asking if he could go to a friend’s house.  He never showed up at that friend’s house and has been missing ever since. He has not logged onto his myspace or attempted to contact any of his friends or family; which is highly unusual given his condition.

Description: Jason Holley

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There are 40,000 unidentified bodies and remains in the United States. This week, this Justice Department plans to unveil it’s new database, NamUS, in an effort to link those remains to their families and loved ones. It has been in service since the first week in January.

NAMUS

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