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Haleigh Cummings: timeline, sources and podcasts
HaLeigh Cummings’s official flyer uses two dates for two different things. Preserving that distinction makes the overnight timeline easier to research without creating a false precise last-seen time.
Open Detective Perspective in Apple PodcastsMISSING: HaLeigh Cummings · 2026-03-23 · 55m
Start your timeline with the sources
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Evening of February 9, 2009 · Last known at home
FDLE says HaLeigh was last known to be sleeping in her home in the Hermit’s Cove area of Satsuma, Florida. Check the source
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Early February 10, 2009 · Discovered missing
The flyer says she was discovered missing early the next morning and lists February 10 as the missing date. Check the source
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Case identity
FDLE lists her age at disappearance as five and identifies Satsuma in Putnam County. Use that identity and the agency’s current flyer when checking a similarly named source. Check the source
Create separate timeline entries for the last-known evening and the discovery the next morning. Put any more precise time beside the source that supports it, with uncertainty visible.
Questions to follow
- Is a source giving the last-known evening, the discovery time, or the date of a report?
- Which details of the home’s condition come from an identified official account, and which are later retellings?
Listen, then check the source
The linked episode is independent podcast coverage. Compare its claims with the records above and keep an episode’s publication date separate from the dates of the events it discusses.
Keep the links that answer your questions
In Almost Solved, organize source links and your own notes in a Research File. Open one outside source, check it, and return to the app before starting the next trip. Add a copied or shared link when you need it.
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