Missing Lawrence County girl is safe


August 27, 2007 at 6:20p.m.

Missing Lawrence County girl is safe

NEW BEDFORD, Pa. — A Lawrence County girl missing for two weeks has returned home safely.

Ashley Leasure, 14, was picked up Sunday night by her parents at a home on Youngstown’s south side.

Mindy Leasure, her stepmother, said they received a call from Ashley’s 16-year-old boyfriend just before 10 p.m. that the girl was at his home and could be picked up.

“We arrived, and she was sitting on the porch,” Mindy Leasure said.

Ashley was last seen by her parents on the evening of Aug. 12 when she went to a birthday party in Youngstown with her boyfriend and his mother.

The boyfriend later told Ashley’s parents that she went to the bathroom during the party and never returned, but he waited 24 hours to call her parents about her disappearance.

For the complete story, see Tuesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com.