When Ashley Martinez went to the pool one summer day, her family had no idea that would be the last time they would see her.

Though this case took the investigators across the country to find

their person of interest, none of the leads have, so far, helped to find Ashley. I'm Charlie,

and welcome to crime lines. Hello and welcome to crime lines and another bonus episode for this December.

This is a case that I covered back when I was doing some YouTube videos years ago.

So like 120 of you have heard the original coverage I did. My friend Jess helped me out with the research

on it back then, but of course I want to update it since it has been a few years and a little bit

more information has come out. That was actually released not long after I did the YouTube video,

so it's a good time to cover this. Though I have not covered this case here on my main platform before,

it is a case that is almost always on my mind

because it happened in my area-ish.

From downtown Kansas City to downtown St. Joseph, Missouri,

it's just under an hour drive. And in the world of long-term

missing persons cases, this is one that does not get enough attention, or at least not enough

national attention. The local St. Joseph news outlet, news press now, has done their absolute best to keep covering the case over the

years. It's actually really nice to see. The usual anniversary coverage that they do isn't just

a short little write-up. It's usually a very nice piece about Ashley, her family, and it brings

awareness to the case. So today we are talking about Ashley Renee

Martinez, who was born in January of 1989, two parents, Abel, and Tammy. She was the only girl

in the family with a half-brother, as well as an older brother and a younger brother who she grew up

with.

Ashley was a smart and funny child who grew into an opinionated teenager as bright and witty children often do. As such, she did have some conflict with her mom and her stepfather

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