The original police report states deputies found what "appeared to be a small child's footprint" in the dirt on a path behind the house on the night Haleigh disappeared.
The discovery was made when officers first arrived and called in K-9 officers to Cummings' home in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday.
According to the report, "The track led directly out the back door and down a wooded path. As we traveled down the wooded path, we located what appeared to be a small child's footprint in the dirt."
The report goes on to say, "It should be noted that (Haleigh's father) said Haleigh's shoes were still inside the residence."
The dogs and officers followed the track to a pond and then circled back near the Cummings' home and then out of the neighborhood to a location very near Haleigh's school bus stop.
In the days since, everything within a five-mile radius of Haleigh's home has been searched and searched again. Interviews have been conducted with all neighbors, all of the sexual offenders registered in the area and all of Haleigh's family members and their friends.
Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy said his investigators have pursued more than 350 leads and plan to re-interview family members and others who had contact with Haleigh.
"At this time, the world is a suspect," Hardy said. "We really haven't excluded anybody."
Dominick Pape, special agent in charge of the Jacksonville office of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, said forensic evidence collected during the investigation such as DNA and fingerprints would be a priority.
About 20 agents work around the clock at a command center parked near the doublewide mobile home where the girl went missing.
According to the report, "The track led directly out the back door and down a wooded path. As we traveled down the wooded path, we located what appeared to be a small child's footprint in the dirt."
The report goes on to say, "It should be noted that (Haleigh's father) said Haleigh's shoes were still inside the residence."
The dogs and officers followed the track to a pond and then circled back near the Cummings' home and then out of the neighborhood to a location very near Haleigh's school bus stop.
In the days since, everything within a five-mile radius of Haleigh's home has been searched and searched again. Interviews have been conducted with all neighbors, all of the sexual offenders registered in the area and all of Haleigh's family members and their friends.
Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy said his investigators have pursued more than 350 leads and plan to re-interview family members and others who had contact with Haleigh.
"At this time, the world is a suspect," Hardy said. "We really haven't excluded anybody."
Dominick Pape, special agent in charge of the Jacksonville office of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, said forensic evidence collected during the investigation such as DNA and fingerprints would be a priority.
About 20 agents work around the clock at a command center parked near the doublewide mobile home where the girl went missing.
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