`` Everybody is probably going to take this marriage thing the wrong way , '' Croslin told WJXT . `` This is what Haleigh wanted . She has always talked about it , and even if she 's not with us , she is still with us . '' Croslin told police she tucked Haleigh and her 4-year-old brother into bed about 8 p.m. February 9 in their Satsuma , Florida , home . She said she went to sleep herself about 10 p.m. but woke at 3 a.m. to find Haleigh missing and a back door propped open by bricks . Police are still actively searching for the girl , with a new search happening this week , and investigators Wednesday took the back door that was found propped open . In the middle of the search for the girl , the newlyweds will fly to New York Thursday night for their honeymoon and an exclusive appearance on the Today show . Haleigh 's grandmother , Teresa Neves , also acknowledged the timing might seem `` unusual . '' `` Well , it is unusual for some onlookers , but those people did n't live with my two grandchildren
The father of missing child Haleigh Cummings ' married his 17-year-old-girlfriend , who was the last one known to have seen the child alive , the girl 's grandmother told Nancy Grace producers . Ronald Cummings proposes to Misty Croslin Sunday at a local Chili 's restaurant . On Sunday Ronald Cummings asked his teenage girlfriend , Misty Croslin , for her hand in marriage at a local Chili 's restaurant . While he was with several family members , Cummings got down on one knee , asked Croslin to marry him and gave her Haleigh 's grandmother 's diamond ring . Because Croslin is only 17 years old , her mother filled out the paperwork so the two could be married . On Thursday , the pair tied the knot , after the three-day waiting period required by Florida law . Croslin , who was beaming earlier in the week after the engagement , told CNN affiliate WJXT-TV that while she knows there will be critics of the marriage and the timing , `` everything is still about Haleigh . '' Croslin said she wanted to be together as a family , just as Haleigh would have wanted .