The parents of a missing 5-year-old Florida girl have resumed trading accusations as the search for their daughter, Haleigh Cummings, goes on, officials said.
The feud between Ronald Cummings, 25, and the girl's mother, Crystal Sheffield, 23, is proving distracting to authorities who are searching for Haleigh -- who has been missing for two months. Cummings' 17-year-old girlfriend called police at the time to report the child missing from her Satsuma, Fla., home, the (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union reported Sunday.
"It's not helping," Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy said of the squabbling. "Now we've got lawyers involved. Lines of communication don't seem as accessible."
The argument, which reportedly has roots stretching back years, has put the future of Haleigh's 4-year-old brother Ronald Cummings Jr., in question. Police say the boy was at home with his sister and their father's girlfriend, Misty Croslin, the night Haleigh disappeared.
Croslin has since married Cummings Sr., the newspaper said.
The feuding parents came together the day after Haleigh vanished and later at a church prayer service, but have since stopped communicating, the Times-Union said.
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