Family Members Hold Out Hope for Haleigh's Return

PUTNAM COUNTY, FL -- In Haleigh Cummings' home is a present and many stuffed animals. The gifts are sitting by the front door waiting for the five-year-old.

Nearby there is a candle which the family lights every night. They say the candle will burn until Haleigh comes home.

"It's waiting, everyday waiting for somebody to say we found Haleigh," says Annette Sykes, Haleigh's great-grandmother.

It's been six months since the little girl just vanished from her Satsuma home. Ronald Cummings, Haleigh's dad, moved out after the disappearance. Someone else lives in the home now.

"If anything it's gotten worse for Ron," says Sykes. She says he rarely sleeps anymore.

They say it's as if life is standing still and it was just yesterday that panic had set in.

Next week, Haleigh will turn six-years-old. The family still holds out hope that she is still alive.

But everyday there are fewer tips that come in to police. "Somebody knows what happened to Haleigh Cummings. We are just waiting for that one piece of information to break the case wideopen," says Lt. Johnny Greenwood, of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

Greenwood says a FDLE agent is now combing through all leads to make sure nothing is missed. "We are gonna find her and bring her home," says Greenwood.

Six months after she disappeared, Haleigh's family has a message for the person who took her. It is the same one they pleaded before. "Just bring her home."

Police say they have no suspects in this case.

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