On Monday 9th January 2017, around 6:00 pm, 911 dispatch in northeast Ohio get a call from a man who says that he needs help. When asked what’s going on, the man says that his 5-year-old daughter has gone missing from the restaurant that he and his wife own and operate.

The father says his daughter was sleeping in the back of the restaurant while he and his wife prepared food and served customers, the restaurant had got busy and then, once it had quietened down, they started cleaning up, which was when they noticed that their daughter wasn't there. He couldn't be sure exactly when he or his wife last saw her but he said it must have been around 4 or 5 o'clock, before the restaurant had got busy.

As you would expect with a missing child of such a young age, police spring into action. The 911 dispatcher has officers arrive at the restaurant while she is still speaking with the man on the phone.

Shortly after, the surrounding area is searched and a missing child alert is issued, but tragically, just the very next day, Ashley's body would be found stuffed in a plastic container which had been hidden in her parents own restaurant.

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Turned Up Dead

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