The discovery of three young women missing for a decade in Cleveland immediately raised the hopes of the family of a fourth missing woman . After all , Ashley Summers was just like two of the three discovered women : Cleveland teenagers who all disappeared within five blocks of each other over a four-year span . The anticipation for Summers ' family was heightened momentarily when authorities said they had yet to identify one of the three discovered women . Was it Ashley ? Could it be Ashley , who went missing almost six years ago at age 14 ? `` At first , when they said the third girl was n't identified , I was hoping one would be Ashley , '' said her aunt , Debra Summers . Ashley Summers ' mother expressed similar emotions . `` She said , 'Oh , my God ' -- just hoping it was Ashley , '' Debra Summers , 30 , said of her sister Jennifer Summers , 33 , who was n't immediately available for interviews Tuesday . But the third woman held in captivity for a decade was someone else , not Ashley , authorities announced . `` I was upset , but I was happy at the same time that they found the third girl , '' Debra Summers said . Now the Summers family is hoping that the investigation into the three women 's decade-long captivity will yield information about Ashley , who disappeared on July 6 , 2007 . `` We 're hoping that it 's connected , and they knew where she was , '' Summers said of the investigation . `` We 're hoping for a miracle . '' Investigators questioned three brothers about Summers , but police said Wednesday they had no new leads . Only one brother , Ariel Castro , will be charged in the kidnappings , police said . `` There is no new information that 's come to light about her : Ashley Summers is an active , open investigation , '' Cleveland Police Deputy Chief Ed Tomba told reporters Wednesday . `` I can assure you that her disappearance was part of our questioning of the three subjects that we brought in . '' Investigators will speak to the three discovered women to see if they know anything about Summers ' disappearance , said Special Agent Vicki Anderson , of the FBI Cleveland Division . The discovery of the three women might prompt someone who has information -- but never said anything -- to call authorities , she said . `` We 're really very dependent on the public 's assistance on things such as this , for them to be aware of people around them , to report things that are suspicious , to take a look at the pictures of these individuals who are missing and see if they recognize them , '' Anderson said . Since Ashley Summers disappeared , `` there 's been no legitimate sightings , no accessing social media , anything , '' Anderson said . Former FBI agent Jennifer Eakin said authorities have long believed in a link in the disappearances of Summers and two of the women discovered this week -- Amanda Berry and Georgina `` Gina '' DeJesus . Eakin is now a case manager at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children , which in 2008 held a comprehensive review of the cases with the FBI and Cleveland police . `` We did in fact believe there was an association between the Berry case and the DeJjesus case as well as the Summers case , '' Eakin said . In 2009 , CNN reported how the FBI was investigating connections between the three missing Cleveland teens . `` We kind of put all three of these cases together to work them to see if there 's any connection , '' FBI Special Agent Scott Wilson , in the agency 's Cleveland Division , said then . At the time , authorities said Ashley Summers was initially reported as a runaway after a family argument . Problem was , she never contacted her family again , authorities said . `` She 's considered an endangered juvenile who may have been a runaway and possibly abducted , '' Anderson said . The Summers family is also renewing their efforts to publicize Ashley 's disappearance . The FBI 's missing person website says Ashley Summers has a tattoo of `` Gene '' enclosed in a heart on her upper arm , and her birthday is June 16 , 1993 , making her 19 years old . Jennifer Summers , a restaurant cook , has seven other children , whose ages range from 2 to 16 , and Ashley is her oldest , said Debra Summers , a shipping clerk who lives in Parma , Ohio . Debra Summers last saw her niece two weeks before she disappeared . `` She just hanged around the house and talked about her boyfriend and the usual stuff , '' Debra Summers said . `` She actually wanted to move in with me , and I said yeah , but she never came . '' Ashley Summers left her mother 's home , where four younger siblings were then also living , and instead moved to her great-uncle 's residence , so she could be closer to friends , Debra Summers said . Then she vanished .
Police questioning of brothers yields no clue in Summers ' disappearance . Ashley Summers was just like any of three women held in captivity for a decade . She and the two brothers went missing as teens within two years of each other . Summers family is ` ` hoping for a miracle '' that the police will yield " .