Ashley Kirkpatrick was 12 when she was last seen in Inkster, Michigan, on July 30, 1996. She was described as a young Black female about four feet, eleven inches tall and 55 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Very few details about the circumstances of her disappearance have been released. Investigators with the Inkster Police Department have long suspected a parental abduction, and attention has centered on her father, Walter Kirkpatrick Jr. Beyond that, public reports list no significant developments and the events of the day she vanished remain largely unknown.

Her case remains open and her name continues to appear in national missing persons databases in hopes someone will come forward with information. If anyone knew Ashley, her routine, or has information about her father’s whereabouts around July 30, 1996, please contact the Inkster Police Department.