Found Safe FL - Ashley Lucas, 34, from TX, went to help a friend, Fort Lauderdale, 19 Sept 2020

[GuyfromCanada]

Friends and family of Ashley Lucas tell Dateline they all have the same Christmas wish this year -- for the 34-year-old Texas native to be found safe.

“We just want to know that she’s OK,” Ashley’s sister, Jennifer “Jen” Ackerson, said. “For no one to hear from her for this long… it doesn’t make sense.”

Ashley has been missing since the end of September 2020, but left Texas on July 8 to drive to Florida for a 2-week job caring for her friend’s elderly mother.

Much more at Texas woman still missing months after driving to Florida for temporary caregiver job

Some concerning info in the article.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Why would the friend give a different account when he wasn't the one who requested she be Baker Acted?
Her missing date has to be Sept 26th or Sept 27th after they released her. They could only hold her 72 hours.
They don't suspect foul play.

Snips:
According to Public Information Specialist Casey Liening, this information was the initial information provided to police, but “further investigation by our detectives revealed Ashley was last seen in West Palm Beach and was Baker acted by the West Palm Beach Police Department on September 24. Following her release a few days later, it appears she did not make contact with family or the reportee and has not been heard from since.”

Liening told Dateline that the investigation into Ashley’s disappearance is considered active and ongoing and that FLPD Detectives have been in contact with Ashley’s mom throughout the investigation. She added that detectives do not have any indication that foul play is involved, but encourage anyone with information to call police.

Texas woman still missing months after driving to Florida for temporary caregiver job

 

[PayrollNerd]

The article says their Facebook page is "Find" but it is actually Finding Ashley Lucas

FINDING ASHLEY LUCAS

 

[YaYa_521]

DBM

 

[mlhenn]

Texas woman still missing months after driving to Florida for temporary caregiver job


Ashley has been missing since the end of September 2020, but left Texas on July 8 to drive to Florida for a 2-week job caring for her friend’s elderly mother.

She never returned home.

Ashley’s friend and roommate in Florida, Jeff Epperly, told Dateline he believes he’s one of the last people to see her.

Jeff told Dateline that life in Dania Beach, Florida good, but in the weeks leading up to Ashley’s disappearance, things took a turn for the worse.

“She was going through a lot in her life… drug addiction, mental issues,” Jeff said. “Seemed like that all came down on her at once and she started breaking down.”

“She became very paranoid and thought her mom had been kidnapped,” Jeff said. “She even thought I was involved. But then she’d apologize and everything would be OK a few days later.”

Jeff said Ashley went to the emergency room multiple times for anxiety attacks in August before eventually checking into a drug treatment center in Fort Lauderdale. Jeff told Dateline Ashley had told him to hold on to her important papers and that she’d return for them. He added that Ashley got rid of her cell phone, which was disconnected, but he knew she would find a way to contact him.

Weeks passed and when Jeff didn’t hear from Ashley, he was worried. He checked multiple mental health facilities before discovering that she was last seen leaving a facility at 901 Northeast 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale on September 19, 2020.

 

[mlhenn]

Texas woman who left for job in Florida remains missing

Back in July, Lucas left her home in Texas and drove to the Florida Panhandle, according to the Daily Mail. She planned on staying there for two weeks for a caring for her friend's elderly mother.

However, Lucas' ongoing battle with drug addiction and mental health issues led to her being involuntary committed under the Baker Act in West Palm Beach, the Daily Mail reported. She was released from a mental health facility at the end of September and nobody has heard from her since.

Fort Lauderdale police say she was last seen near NE 17th Street and Dixie Highway. A friend reported her missing to Fort Lauderdale police on Oct. 9 after not hearing from Lucas for weeks, the Daily Mail reported. Lucas' sister founded the Facebook page "Finding Ashley Lucas" in an effort to raise awareness about the case.

 

[mlhenn]

The article says their Facebook page is "Find" but it is actually Finding Ashley Lucas

FINDING ASHLEY LUCAS

They shared the link to Jason Hebert’s YouTube channel where he’s done 3 videos on Ashley’s disappearance. One he interviewed her sister. The others he interviewed the friend.

 

[Nikkibornright]

This is going to be sadly another addict that gets no coverage, this always irritates me so much, mental illness or addiction is not high on priority to most LE or media.

 

[mlhenn]

FINDING ASHLEY LUCAS

DEC 20 Post:
ATTN: Missing with Medical Alert (due to previous surgery to remove brain tumor); may need medical attention. Ashley was last seen Sept 24 2020

 

[mlhenn]

Question:
Where was Ashley last seen?
Was it Ft Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, or Dania Beach?

*Note: I feel like this is an important piece of info to know (IMO). Although these places aren’t terribly far from each other, I’ve noticed they’ve all been referenced numerous times as being the place Ashley was last seen (depending on the link).
I felt I needed to explain my reasoning for asking because a similar question was asked by a WS member on a diff thread & was deleted.


ETA;
What about date last seen?
Sept 19 2020 or Sept 24 2020?
They’ve both been referenced as well depending on link.

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 21, 2020
Missing Texas woman who disappeared in Florida was found safe | WPEC (cbs12.com)
A 34-year-old woman from Texas who was missing for months was found safe Monday night, Fort Lauderdale police said.

Fort Lauderdale Police on Twitter
Ashley Lucas has been located in good condition. Thank you for sharing!
7:00 PM · Dec 21, 2020

 

[mlhenn]

Oh my! What good news!

 

[Heaven Leigh]

Yay !
Awesome news. Her Family can take a sigh of relief.