MUS-2026-0034
Archive card
MUS-2026-0034
Missing person
- Incident
- 2007
- Indexed
- Oct 2, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Cleveland Division of Police
- Location
- Cleveland OH
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Ashley Summers, 14, never arrived at her aunt's house, a ten-minute walk away, after a Fourth of July pool party in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2007. The FBI joined the search in 2008, and excavation digs were conducted in 2019 and 2021. Investigators found no link to the Ariel Castro kidnappings. She was never found. The case has a Wikipedia page, an FBI poster and CARD team history, WOIO and FBI anniversary coverage, and podcast episodes.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2007
Ashley Summers, 14, leaves a Fourth of July pool party in Cleveland and never arrives at her aunt's house ten minutes away.
- 2008
The FBI joins the search.
- 2019, 2021
Excavation digs are conducted. Nothing is found; no link to the Castro kidnappings.
- 2026
She was never found. The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
14, of Cleveland, Ohio. Never arrived at her aunt's house after a Fourth of July pool party in 2007.
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Investigating agency
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Coverage
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