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This person was missing Missing Since 09/13/2013

Missing Since:

Missing Since 09/13/2013

Missing From:

Missing From Marietta, Georgia

Classification:

Classification Endangered Missing

Gender:

Female

Race:

Race White

Date of Birth:

Age:

Age 26 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’2 – 5’5, 105 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description A tank top under a light-colored v-neck shirt with a design on the front, dark blue jeans, a tan belt, a dark-colored headband, and no shoes or socks. A photo of Whitton on the night of her disappearance is posted with this case summary.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, green eyes. Whitton has tattoos on her lower back, right shoulder blade, both hips, right buttock, and right foot, as well as a tattoo of Chinese symbols on the inside of her left wrist and a tattoo of a butterfly on her hip. She may change her hair color; it was white-blonde at the time of her disappearance, but the natural color is brown.

Details of Disappearance:

On September 13, 2013, Ashley Whitton vanished. She was last seen at 2:00 AM with her boyfriend, “Red” Caudle, at a Walmart in Marietta, Georgia. Whitton, who seemed to be high on drugs, was stopped by Walmart employees for suspected shoplifting. She ran off, leaving her purse and shoes behind, and disappeared from security camera view at 2:04 AM.

Whitton had recently been fired from the IHOP across the street for stealing. Though she’d been fired, she still went back occasionally. After Whitton disappeared, Caudle went to the IHOP asking if anyone had seen her.

Whitton was very active online but stopped using social media after disappearing. This is strange, especially since she left behind her six-year-old daughter.

Police searched Caudle’s mother’s house (where he lived) ten months later, but found nothing. Caudle, currently in prison for selling meth, is considered a suspect. He claims he loves Whitton and doesn’t know what happened, but he lied about his actions the night she disappeared, and witnesses say the couple fought violently.

Whitton had a history of theft and drug problems, and was on probation for burglary at the time of her disappearance. Her mother believes foul play was involved in her daughter’s disappearance. The case remains unsolved.

Agency:

Marietta Police Department

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