Found Safe CA - Ashley Lynn Zachman, 36, Santa Barbara, 29 May 2020

[Mimi in London]

Only a person listed as the cardholder (non-joint account) can cancel a bank card, no matter what the status of the cardholder (endangered/missing) LE can not do it either. In case of a death someone else can do it, but even then it has to be a designated personnel representative of the cardholder or the named Executor of the estate. Think about it - ( this is NOT a proposed scenario in this case, but generic info) if you went "missing" because you were in a dangerous living arrangement (abuse, etc) and you left for your safety would you want someone in your family (who could possibly be the abuser) to be able to cut off all of your funds by stopping your bank cards? That's why it's set up the way it is.

Thanks for the info. I realised once I’d said it that usually only the account holder could do that.

 

[cass523]

The Santa Barbara Police Department released new photos Friday of the car belonging to a missing Cottage Hospital employee.

Ashley Lynn Zachman was last seen on Friday, May 29. Police say she has not been in contact with anyone since leaving the hospital that day at about 5 p.m. and she did not show up for her next shift.

Her parents say this is out-of-character for Zachman and that she has never shown a pattern of running away or disappearing.

Zachman is originally from Minnesota but now lives in Santa Barbara.

No sign of missing Cottage Hospital employee one week after disappearance

 

[Knox]

Thank you cass523. No information released about an ATM?

 

[cass523]

Thank you cass523. No information released about an ATM?

I looked around and did not see any new information regarding a visual from the ATM surveillance. The question was asked to the Santa Barbara PD, no reply.

Santa Barbara Police Department

 

[Knox]

I looked around and did not see any new information regarding a visual from the ATM surveillance. The question was asked to the Santa Barbara PD, no reply.

Santa Barbara Police Department

Thanks, are you sensing a possibility of self-harm? For some reason a few are saying to watch for her car while hiking, not sure what to make of that.

 

[Quiet Time]

Search Ashley's name on facebook, open post by JWK. She updated everyone an hour ago.

Her fb page is empty...is there another one.

Cause I'm not seeing what you're talking about.

ETA...i found the posting/search page by JWK, but not anything from Keyt.
oh well..maybe another time.

 

[Vaccine]

Her fb page is empty...is there another one.

Cause I'm not seeing what you're talking about.

ETA...i found the posting/search page by JWK, but not anything from Keyt.
oh well..maybe another time.

Her FB page is empty but there are multiple postings by her cousins and family members sharing news clips and the comments about use of an ATM are amongst them.

 

[cass523]

Updated today

The Santa Barbara Police Department is collaborating with the Ventura Police Department and Ventura County Sheriff's Office in the search for a Santa Barbara woman who went missing one week ago today.

SBPD is asking for your help locating Ashley Zachman, who works as a nurse at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

Friends and family said they have not seen or heard from Ashley Zachman after making it home last Friday evening around 5:00 or 5:30 p.m. following her shift at Cottage Hospital. The 36-year-old works in the cardiac cath lab, according to coworkers.

Cottage Health released the following statement Friday, June 5:

We are working with authorities to offer the assistance they need to help find Ashley. Our thoughts are with our colleague and her family. We are all hoping for her prompt and safe return.

A detective working the case said so far, the week-long search has failed to locate Zachman or her car and efforts to find the missing woman have expanded into other states.

SBPD issued a media release last Tuesday announcing the search for an "at-risk, missing" woman.

Zachman's family, who lives in Camarillo, told NewsChannel 3 earlier this week that police found Ashley's phone at her home but her car was gone. Ashley's parents say this is out-of-character for her, she has never just disappeared before.

Ashley Zachman is 5-foot-5 with brown hair and blue eyes. Her car is a white 2008 Mazda 3. The family put out flyers listing the license plate number as: 6DRL358.

Zachman worked at Huntington Hospital before moving to Cottage Hospital in March.

Search for missing Cottage Hospital nurse expands across state lines - KEYT | KCOY

 

[CluelessWonder]

It seems like they don't have much info right now. I'm sure there are some things that they are not disclosing.

 

[Gardenista]

Search for Santa Barbara nurse who vanished a week ago expands beyond state lines: Report

 

[cass523]

Thanks, are you sensing a possibility of self-harm? For some reason a few are saying to watch for her car while hiking, not sure what to make of that.

I am not sure what to think, at this point. People are giving information about the ATM, nothing has been verified. LE is not releasing any information.

I did not think foul play was involved until I searched her name, YT came up. People are asking for it to be deleted, "case details." She left her phone home, but her purse, ATM card went with her.

 

[SanderK]

Does anybody know what her plans were last weekend May 30/31? That route to the ATM location leads to the Ventura Fwy or the Santa Paula Fwy. From there you can go basically anywhere: LA, to several outdoors locations (hiking) or to a road trip out of state. Does she have a habit of going to certain (outdoor) places? Is she going to Minnesota?

Another option is that the ATM is not connected to her disappearance. Is there another reason she needed to be in Ventura on Saturday? It is 30 mins away. Did she do some errants and forgot to bring her phone? Returned home and disappeared later Saturday, Sunday or Monday?

How about the toll information on this car?

 

[cass523]

The Santa Barbara Police Department is continuing its search for Ashley Zachman, a nurse at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital who went missing just over a week ago.

A detective searching for Ashley recently expanded the search for her into other states.

Ashley's family also said that police found her cell phone inside her home, but her car was missing.

In an exclusive release to NewsChannel 3, Santa Barbara police said that they have found no signs of foul play in relation to her disappearance.

As of Saturday, June 6, detectives say they have sifted through the following in their hunt for Ashley Zachman:

• Investigated various electronic records,
• Checked surveillance video at businesses and public places,
• Taken various tips on possible sightings,
• Worked with the Fire Department to check areas such as trailheads,
• Released a bulletin with photos to law enforcement across West Coast states,
• Utilized license plate and traffic cameras from surrounding areas,
• Served search warrants for records,
• Communicated with her employer for witness interviews and surveillance video,
• Interviewed coworkers,
• Checked hotels and motels in cities Ashley has frequented,
• Contacted Federal law enforcement for assistance searching for her vehicle,
• Updated National Missing & Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) with her information,
• Updated California’s Department of Justice Missing & Unidentified Persons Section in Sacramento.

• Despite all their efforts, police said they still do not have any leads at this time.

Santa Barbara police share more details on search for missing Cottage Hospital nurse Ashley Zachman - KEYT | KCOY

 

[CluelessWonder]

I hope she's out there taking a break from life. I certainly understand how stressful her job must be. And life can throw you curves in your personal dealings, too. But there are people who love her, and I hope she lets them know she's okay. I'm hoping for good news for Ashley.

 

[ACG2x]

The lack of info from LE does lead me lean towards a voluntary disappearance. Can't say that something nefarious didn't happen after that point, but if there was evidence of an abduction, I have to think it would've been released by now. The fact she took her purse - and thus ATM card/financial means - but no phone which can be tracked supports this.

 

[iluvmua]

I'm sorry but if she is missing on her own accord, I hope they make her payback for all the money and resources that she helped waste looking for her.

I don't care how stressful her job is.

Jmo

 

[Webby45]

I'm sorry but if she is missing on her own accord, I hope they make her payback for all the money and resources that she helped waste looking for her.

I don't care how stressful her job is.

Jmo

they didn’t make the Madison girl who left on her own pay back anything and she’s now online talking to random people about her story and posting her cash apps for donations.

I saw a comment that said Ashley was seen at a bank inside a mall the other day. Maybe she did just take off for whatever reason.

 

[kay74]

they didn’t make the Madison girl who left on her own pay back anything and she’s now online talking to random people about her story and posting her cash apps for donations.

I saw a comment that said Ashley was seen at a bank inside a mall the other day. Maybe she did just take off for whatever reason.

Madison girl?

 

[kay74]

I really do not think this person would do this to her family. Someone could have followed her out of the mall where she went to the ATM machine. It's scary but this stuff does happen.

 

[branmuffin]

I read on a SM site that she had changed out of her work clothes. So we know she got home safely then left. Whether it was voluntary remains to be seen.

Most people in this day and age are attached to their phones. I've had one for 25 years and still regularly forget it when I'm just popping out for a quick shop. I turn around and get it if I was traveling a fair distance, though. Do any of her friends know of the Travel Buddy info and whether she was planning a trip somewhere with someone not in her usual circle of friends?

Santa Barbara has had 1714 cases of Covid 19 with 12 deaths. That's a fairly small number for a city of 90,000 plus. The SB Cottage is a not for profit acute care facility. They haven't been inundated with cases according to their website.
Coronavirus - COVID-19 - Daily Updates, Summary and Statistics - Cottage Health

Working in a hospital can be stressful, especially acute care facilities. So even if the virus didn't tip the scales to added stress, it can accumulate. Ashley doesn't strike me as a person who would just up and leave her family and friends without a word. Even under stress.

I haven't read of any violence or assaults associated with protests relating to George Floyd's death in Santa Barbara, so she doesn't appear to be a random victim of that.

Even though the police see no evidence of foul play it still is a criteria for her absence. I've not heard anything regarding a SO or even a casual boyfriend so I don't see a domestic issue here.

I haven't seen what location the ATM was that was accessed. Has it been mentioned?