MI - Ashley Kirkpatrick, 12, Inkster, 30 Jul 1996

[Aurora90]

NamUs: #MP30229​

Doe Network: 4355DFMI ​

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Name: Ashley Kirkpatrick
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 30, 1996
Location Last Seen: Inkster, Wayne County, Michigan

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: circa 1984
Age: 12 years old
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Height: 4'11"
Weight: 55 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers​

Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Parental kidnapping suspected by Walter Kirkpatrick Jr. Ashley Kirkpatrick went missing on 07/30/1996, information entered by NCIC. Not much information is available on her case.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Inkster Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Detective Jon Munson
Agency Phone Number: 313-563-9850
Agency E-mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 96-9631
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 30229
NCMEC Case Number: Not Entered

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[Aurora90]

Wow, I can't anything on this case whatsoever. I was able to find an obit for Walter Kirkpatrick Sr, and he lists Kirkpatrick Jr as surviving him as of 2021.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/walter-kirkpatrick-obituary?pid=198373838

Ashley would be in her 40s now. There's no reason she should still be listed as missing if she is an adult woman in her 40s... this seems to suggest she isn't so safe and sound.

If she has yet to be found, Walter Jr needs to be held to the fire a little bit. It's been long enough.

Can anyone find any articles or information on Ashley?

 

[Aurora90]

@Nina Michigan No pressure but do you happen to know anything about this case at all?

 

[Aurora90]

dbm

 

[Aurora90]

dbm

 

[Aurora90]

Well now I just feel stupid. I think this is her:

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I wonder why she is still listed as missing?

 

[Pennysmom1]

Oooo @Aurora90 good find! Under her friends, you can find 2 men with her father's name, one older from Inkster, one younger from Detroit. I'm pretty sure this one's solved.

 

[Aurora90]

Oooo @Aurora90 good find! Under her friends, you can find 2 men with her father's name, one older from Inkster, one younger from Detroit. I'm pretty sure this one's solved.

that’s how I found her!

Through her dad’s Facebook. It looks like the father was actually doing a good thing and removing her from a bad environment.

Judging by her profile, it’s evident that Ashley has grown up to be a beautiful successful woman.

One of her posts stated she was “doing all of this” for her mother. Insinuating that she may have passed. It’s easy to connect the dots here.

I feel terrible for assuming the worst I just didn’t expect this profile to still be up if she was found a long time ago.


I think this also highlights a bigger issue. No one was looking for a missing 12 year-old black teenage girl in Michigan? The case has still been open? That should be alarming in of itself. And then to find out actually she’s been alive and well this entire time?

Honestly, I think it goes to show not all cases are being “actively investigated “ I think sometimes it’s a cop out, excuse the pun.

Anyone want to send this to Namus? I will send info to Mary Bell at DoeNetwork.

 

[Aurora90]

I also want to state how glad I am to be able to see an update like this one.

Positive outcomes on cases like this are rare. Especially given the age, race, gender of Kirkpatrick combined with how long shes been listed as missing and how bare her profile was. I was worried.

I’m just really happy she’s alive and well!

Now we need to get her case closed. It sounds like it was a turbulent time that she was able to rise above. There’s no need to keep this up anymore.

 

[Pennysmom1]

It's awesome to see a missing child with a positive outcome! I am looking at Michigan cases right now, and is really disappoints me that Michigan has VERY few missing persons posters/flyers. I find them for most other states, but Michigan is really lacking. They have very few TV news stories or updates on these old cases too.

 

[Otterly]

Doe Network: "Ashley Kirkpatrick (4355DFMI) missing since July 30, 1996 from Inkster, Michigan. Her case has been closed. No further information is available.."

 

[Aurora90]

Doe Network: "Ashley Kirkpatrick (4355DFMI) missing since July 30, 1996 from Inkster, Michigan. Her case has been closed. No further information is available.."

I sent an email. I’m glad to see that the case has closed. I expect NamUs to go down soon too.