Haleigh Cummings Father Ronald Cummings press conference Thur 02/19

SATSUMA, FL -- Speaking directly to the media for the first time, the father of the missing 5-year-old girl made several pleas for his daughter's return.

The first thing Ronald Cummings said into the microphone was, "Find my daughter."

Asked about the possibility that his girlfriend, Misty Croslin, was not home at the time of Haleigh's abduction as she has said she was, Cummings said, "I believe she's telling the truth."

Cummings was also asked about reports that he got into a fight with a relative shortly before Haleigh disappeared.

"There was no fight with a cousin over a gun," he replied, adding that he doesn't know how such rumors got started.

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Cummings then wanted to shift attention back to his daughter. "Don't focus on my life," he repeatedly said. "It's not about what's going on in my life; it's about my daughter missing."

He said he has no enemies, and held the news conference for one reason. "I'm here for a plea for my daughter to come home, and that's it."

Haleigh's grandmother, Teresa Nebes, said the little girl has a small, brown birthmark on the side of her face, and then said through tears, "Whoever has my baby, why don't you have a heart...bring her home."

Cummings added one more statement to his daughter Haleigh. "Baby I love you and we will find you...I love you."

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