Host / Investigative Reporter

I made contact with Jason Cummings via phone.

I scheduled him to come in the next morning to do an interview at the sheriff's office.

It's now Tuesday, two days since Jolene was last seen, and her ex-husband, Jason Cummings, is sitting in the Nassau County Sheriff's Office with Detective Harrington.

Telling him how Jolene's happy exterior hid a darker side of her personality.

I was like, look, you need to get it together.

This right here is the reason why I left her, because she would disappear for a few days.

Jason Cummings let police know that he had an alibi for the day that Jolene went missing.

He was with the kids and he had his parents that he was around who could verify that.

Where did you go with that when you left there?

Kids ate, we all ate.

The dad of Jolene's two youngest kids then steers investigators in a completely different direction, mentioning somebody else close to his ex-wife.

He said, if you're going to look at anybody, you need to look at this new guy she's dating.

He's not a good guy.

Now the Dolly Parton song comes to mind when I hear Jolene.

Did that have any impact on your naming her?

Yeah, it was because of that song.

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene.

Dolly Parton's song is J-O-L-E-N-E.

And I found the J-O-L-E-N, which meant pretty.

That fit her because when she was born, she had the eyes of green and her hair was auburn.