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Friend: Misty Robbed While Buying Drugs

Police Say Former Stepmother Of Missing Girl Robbed

POSTED: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
UPDATED: 6:47 pm EDT October 20, 2009

Palatka police said Misty Cummings, the former stepmother of missing 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings, and two other women were robbed Monday night.

Police said officers arrived at the Ragsdale Apartment Complex on Moody Road in Palatka at 8:15 p.m, Local 6 news partner WJXT reported.

According to one of the victims, Brandy Steedley, 18, the women had driven to the complex so that one of the girls in the car could make contact with a friend.

Police said as the girl was getting back to the vehicle, two or three unidentified men approached the vehicle. They reportedly grabbed Cummings and stole her purse.

Police said Cummings was able to get back in the vehicle and she and Steedley drove off. The third girl, identified as 22-year-old Melinda Santmyer, ran off on foot.

Officers located and interviewed Santmyer at an apartment in the complex. She told officers that the three women came to the apartment complex attempting to buy drugs.

Police said Santmyer told them she got out of the car to look for an unidentified man the women gave money to for drugs, and as she was going back to the vehicle, the men came up to them and stole Cummings' purse and her purse.

Cummings reportedly suffered minor injuries.

The incident comes just days after Misty and Ronald Cummings, Haleigh's father, finalized their divorce.

No suspects have been identified in the case. If anyone has information on the case, they are asked to call the Palatka Police Department at 904-329-0115.

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