Haleigh Cummings: Ron Cummings Jailhouse interview with Dana Treen Part 1

Jan 2010 at time of arrest for drug trafficking."I'm going to DOC (Department Of Corrections). I'm going to prison, no 'ifs, ands, or buts,'" said Cummings.

Ronald spoke about the night he was arrested. He said at the time of the arrest that he wasn't doing anything illegal.

"I was in the store buying some cigarettes, and I came out of the store, and the dude called me to the car, and I got in a car with him," said Cummings. "When I got out of the car, there was like 6 carloads of FBI, FDLE, whatever...SWAT. They laid me on the ground, and that was the end of that. I've been here in solitary confinement since then," he added.

Ronald talked at length about his jail cell and his isolation. He said his cell only has a toilet, a sink, a cot, and a mirror inside. He said it's no bigger than eight feet by ten feet.

"Nobody on either side, nobody nowhere around, nothing but a hallway. They got a telephone that pushes up to the door. I'm actually kneeled down talking. It's got like 2 maybe 3 inches of cord inside my cell in my room. And its through my food door," said Cummings.

Ronald said the isolation sometimes gets under his skin. "You know what's bad? I don't look forward to breakfast, lunch, or dinner. I look forward to after breakfast lunch and dinner, 'cause after breakfast lunch and dinner, the one trustee has to come through here and pick up the trash. Well, they bring the trash right through the back door right past where I'm at, so he has to come right by me, so I get to see him for 3 minutes in the morning, 3 minutes in the afternoon, 3 minutes at night," said Cummings.

Ronald said detectives have only questioned him once about his daughters disappearance. "They just told me their main focus is not on putting on me in jail but finding Haleigh. They didn't really question me. They already know I don't know nothing about Haleigh's disappearance or nothing else, or otherwise I'd already be in the Department Of Corrections," said Cummings.

Ronald's voice was very calm during the entire phone conversation. At one point, he did get slightly enraged when he talked about what he would do to the person who abducted his daughter.

"It'll be justifiable homicide. I don't care if they get me with unjustifiable homicide. I don't care, if I find out what happened to my youngin' it doesn't matter to me. It'll be worth life without parole or the death penalty or whatever," said Cummings.

Ronald also spoke about his relationship with his former wife Misty Cummings. Misty is the last person thought to have seen Haleigh Cummings before she disappeared in February of 2009.

"There really isn't a relationship I guess, just ex-wife, slash friend," said Cummings.

"Of course, I want to know if she knows anything. It's hard to believe that she don't know more, but it's also hard to believe that if she did know more she didn't already talk," said Cummings.

Each phone call only lasted for a little more than 17 minutes. Just prior to being disconnected, Ronald had a message he wanted his family to know.

"I want my family to know I love them. I want my girlfriend to know I love her, my kids to know I love them, Haleigh to know I love her, and this is a setback in my life," said Cummings. "When I come out, it will remind me what I should be doing, not what I was doing, or accused of doing," said Cummings.

Convictions on all charges levied against Cummings could result in a sentence of as many as 43 years in prison. Cummings told Treen that the charges are 'a setback in my life.'

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