Author: Shane Lambert
Original Time of Writing: December 30th, 2020
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.
Original Time of Writing: December 30th, 2020
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.
Missing person: Ashley Nicole Summers (birthday: June 16th, 1993)
Last-seen date: July 4th, 2007 (a Wednesday) at about 6pm (At time of writing, NamUs says July 9th, 2007)
Where last seen: Cleveland, Ohio near West 96th Street and Madison Avenue
One line of inquiry briefly focused on Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, who was later convicted of abducting three women and holding them captive for years. Castro was known to have been active in the same general area during the period when Summers vanished, and investigators reportedly considered whether there could be a connection. However, authorities have said that no evidence was found linking Castro to Summers’ disappearance.
Some reporting on the case has pointed to details that could suggest Summers may have left voluntarily. A News 5 Cleveland article notes that Summers reportedly took her clothing with her when she left home. The same report also states that she may have contacted her mother approximately one month after her disappearance. According to that report, the caller told her mother not to worry and said she would be okay (July 11 2017/Bretton Keenan).
If accurate, such a call could support the possibility that Summers was alive in the weeks following her disappearance. At the same time, publicly available information about the call is limited, and it has not been confirmed whether investigators were able to verify the identity of the caller.
Observers have occasionally noted that the alleged call bears a superficial similarity to events in another Cleveland case. In the disappearance of Amanda Berry—later revealed to have been abducted by Ariel Castro—a call was made using Berry’s cellphone about a week after she vanished. According to reporting on that case, the caller made statements suggesting that Berry was safe. While the two situations have sometimes been compared in media discussions, authorities have not publicly established any connection between the cases.
There have also been reported sightings of Summers after her disappearance. One account states that her step-grandmother believed she saw the teenager in November 2007 on West 44th Street with shorter, dyed-blonde hair. As with many such reports in missing-person cases, it is unclear whether the sighting was ever verified.
Another development sometimes mentioned in connection with the case occurred in 2020, when Summers’ great-uncle, Kevin Donathan, was convicted of sexual offenses involving minors and sentenced to 35 years in prison. According to reporting at the time, the FBI searched his home during the investigation. Authorities said he was not considered a suspect in Ashley Summers’ disappearance.
More than a decade later, what happened to Ashley Nicole Summers remains unknown. Some aspects of the case—including the report that she took her belongings and the alleged phone call—have led observers to consider the possibility that she may have left voluntarily. At the same time, investigators have never publicly ruled out other possibilities.
If Summers did leave on her own and remained alive after 2007, it is possible that her name or identifying details could have changed over time. As with many long-term missing-person cases, investigators and family members continue to hope that new information may eventually clarify what happened.
NamUs # and Link: #MP1687
Ethnicity/Race: White
Some reporting on the case has pointed to details that could suggest Summers may have left voluntarily. A News 5 Cleveland article notes that Summers reportedly took her clothing with her when she left home. The same report also states that she may have contacted her mother approximately one month after her disappearance. According to that report, the caller told her mother not to worry and said she would be okay (July 11 2017/Bretton Keenan).
If accurate, such a call could support the possibility that Summers was alive in the weeks following her disappearance. At the same time, publicly available information about the call is limited, and it has not been confirmed whether investigators were able to verify the identity of the caller.
Observers have occasionally noted that the alleged call bears a superficial similarity to events in another Cleveland case. In the disappearance of Amanda Berry—later revealed to have been abducted by Ariel Castro—a call was made using Berry’s cellphone about a week after she vanished. According to reporting on that case, the caller made statements suggesting that Berry was safe. While the two situations have sometimes been compared in media discussions, authorities have not publicly established any connection between the cases.
There have also been reported sightings of Summers after her disappearance. One account states that her step-grandmother believed she saw the teenager in November 2007 on West 44th Street with shorter, dyed-blonde hair. As with many such reports in missing-person cases, it is unclear whether the sighting was ever verified.
Another development sometimes mentioned in connection with the case occurred in 2020, when Summers’ great-uncle, Kevin Donathan, was convicted of sexual offenses involving minors and sentenced to 35 years in prison. According to reporting at the time, the FBI searched his home during the investigation. Authorities said he was not considered a suspect in Ashley Summers’ disappearance.
More than a decade later, what happened to Ashley Nicole Summers remains unknown. Some aspects of the case—including the report that she took her belongings and the alleged phone call—have led observers to consider the possibility that she may have left voluntarily. At the same time, investigators have never publicly ruled out other possibilities.
If Summers did leave on her own and remained alive after 2007, it is possible that her name or identifying details could have changed over time. As with many long-term missing-person cases, investigators and family members continue to hope that new information may eventually clarify what happened.
NamUs # and Link: #MP1687
Ethnicity/Race: White
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 14 years old
Hair: Brown, long
Eye color: Blue
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 5'5" and 130 pounds
Clothing: White t-shirt and blue jeans
Hair: Brown, long
Eye color: Blue
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 5'5" and 130 pounds
Clothing: White t-shirt and blue jeans
Other: tattoo of the word Gene in black ink over a red heart on her right upper arm
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