Family seeks teen missing two weeks

Family seeks teen missing two weeks

NEW BEDFORD, Pa. — Fourteen-year-old Ashley Leasure was excited about the prospect of going to a birthday party with her boyfriend and his mother in Boardman Park.

Her father, David, and stepmother, Mindy, who live just over the Ohio border in New Bedford, Pa., say they thought nothing was amiss until she missed her 9 p.m. curfew.

That was 13 days ago and they still haven’t heard from their daughter.

Police in both Lawrence County and Youngstown have been searching for the girl, who is expected to start her freshman year at Wilmington High School next week. She’s also been listed as an endangered runaway on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s national Web site.

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