
SATSUMA, FL -- A massive search is underway in Putnam County for a missing girl.
An Amber Alert has been issued for Haleigh Cummings of Satsuma.
She hasn't been seen since 10 p.m. Monday when she went to bed.
Haleigh lives in a mobile home community called River Villa. It's on Green Lane in the Hermits Cove area of Satsuma, just off Buffalo Bluff Road and U.S. 17.
The little girl was home with her father's girlfriend and a 2-year-old sibling. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office says the girl's father was at work in Palatka until about 3 a.m.
Haleigh's father told First Coast News he came home from work and discovered his daughter missing.
"She's afraid of the dark," said Ronald Cummings. "She didn't leave my house. Somebody came in my back door and stole my child while I was at work."
Mr. Cummings said when he came home he found signs of forced entry to his home, but investigators with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said they didn't find anything to suggest a break-in.
The sheriff's office said Haleigh's bedroom door was open when her father's girlfriend woke up to go check on her at about 3:45 a.m.
Investigators haven't said what stirred the father's girlfriend at that hour, but authorities say she called 911 when she discovered Haleigh missing from her room.
"It's unspeakable," said Marie Griffis, Haleigh's grandmother. "You see it on TV and then it happens to you."
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Haleigh had on a pink shirt and underwear.
She is three feet tall and weighs 39 pounds.
The girl's mother drove in from where she lives in Glen St Mary to Putnam County to talk with authorities.
Helicopters and boats from a number of agencies are looking for Haleigh. Authorities are searching cars leaving the neighborhood. The FBI is also assisting in the investigation.
If you have any information on where Cummings is, call 911 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-277-TIPS. You will remain anonymous and you could receive a cash reward of up to $1,000.
Created: 2/10/2009 7:38:53 AM 



