DE DE - John J. Ashley Jr., 18, Wilmington, 14 Dec 1971

[Ladyotm]

NAMUS MP3853

(From NAMUS) John J. Ashley, Jr. was last seen walking home after attending school and basketball practice. Another 17 year old Wilmington boy disappeared the same night and was later found drowned, Feb 1972 in Wilmington. NOTE: Mitrochondrial DNA testing of three siblings and the mother of John Ashley has excluded him from from any biological connection to OCME skeletal remains case 78-N-253 (dated 4-4-1978) which is NAMUS unidentified case #2185; these skeletal remains were strongly suspected of being the remains John Ashley.

What happened to John? His loved ones need answers.

 

[MadMcGoo]

John Jay Ashley Jr. – The Charley Project

Ashley, circa 1971

Missing Since: December 14, 1971
Missing From: Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: Black / African American
Date of Birth: July 7, 1953
Age: 18 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4, 130 pounds
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown

Distinguishing Characteristics: Ashley's nickname is Jay. He has a congenital defect to his right hip and one of his metatarsal (foot) bones has been previously fractured.

Details of Disappearance: Ashley was last seen walking home from his school basketball practice in Wilmington, Delaware on December 14, 1971. He has never been heard from again. A seventeen-year-old boy disappeared from Wilmington that same night and was found drowned in February 1972, but it hasn't been proven that the cases are related.

An unidentified man whose skeletal remains were found in a vacant lot in Wilmington in April 1978 was thought to be Ashley. The man had a pelvic deformity like Ashley, but DNA testing proved they were not the same person. Ashley remains missing and few details are available in his case.

Investigating Agency: Wilmington Police Department 302-576-3670

 

[Sweetluv]

Bumping!

 

[Sweetluv]

Odd that another young man from the area went missing that evening and was later found drowned. Curious if they knew each other..attended the same school?

 

[Caring1]

Here is John’s original thread started in 2017. Several postings here.

DE - DE - John 'Jay' Ashley, 18, Wilmington, 14 Dec 1971

charleyproject.org/cases/a/ashley_john.html doenetwork.org/cases/1866dmde.html findthemissing.org/cases/3853

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