Haleigh Cummings is Still Missing -- Two Years Marked by Vigil
Great-Grandmother Annette Sykes Believes Great-Granddaughter Still Alive~
Feb 11, 2011
Haleigh Cummings went missing two years ago on Feb. 10. She remains missing today. Unfortunately, there is little to be added to the Haleigh Cummings story after two years of searches, questionings, and investigation. But that does not make the story less important, nor does it stop authorities from continuing to try to find the little girl who would be turning 8 years old this year. And it certainly doesn't stop family members and friends from remembering her and hoping for her safe return...
A vigil was held Thursday evening for the missing girl. Although Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy announced in April last year that the case was being considered a homicide, many still hope for the safe return of the child police originally thought was kidnapped from her home in Satsuma, Fla.. Annette Sykes, Haleigh's great-grandmother and host of the vigil, is one who holds out hope that her great-granddaughter is still somewhere to be found and safely returned her family.
"She's out there somewhere and we're still looking for her," Sykes told the Palatka Daily News.
Putnam County authorities say they haven't given up either. Spokesman Capt. Johnny Greenwood said in a statement: "Investigators will continue to aggressively pursue this case to the end. By no means is this case being considered cold."
Greenwood noted that the Putnam County Sheriff's Office had invested thousands of man-hours and tracked thousands of leads in the case, but they seem to always return to the night Haleigh Cummings went missing and those who misled the investigation from the very beginning. And there are those who still withhold information about the case...
"There are still individuals who hold important information, which if provided to investigators, could solve this case," Greenwood said.
But Annette Sykes believes Haleigh is still alive. She has vowed to hold vigils until she knows otherwise. Last year, a vigil was held on the first anniversary of the date Haleigh went missing and on her birthday.
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