( CNN ) The family of Ashley Summers may have reason to be hopeful again . In May 2013 , when police discovered three young women who had been imprisoned inside a nondescript Cleveland home for nearly a decade , Summers ' family and law enforcement hoped one of the women would be Ashley , who disappeared in Cleveland around the same time as the other women . But the discovery turned out to be unrelated to Ashley 's case and there was no new information about her whereabouts . But nearly eight years since she was last seen or heard from , the family 's optimism has been restored by an unlikely discovery her step-grandmother made on the Rhode Island Most Wanted website in January . An ATM surveillance photo -- released by the Warwick , Rhode Island , Police Department in late October -- depicts an unidentified woman with a familiar face , Special Agent Vicki Anderson of the FBI Cleveland Division said . `` This is an incredible lookalike , '' Anderson said of the photo . The resemblance to Ashley , who would now be 21 , is `` strikingly similar , '' she added . The woman in the photo , along with an unidentified man she appears with , was being sought by Rhode Island police as a suspect in a string of check and identification thefts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts , the FBI said . Ashley 's step-grandmother alerted the FBI about the photo , Anderson said . `` There 's nothing that tells us that it is her , but there 's nothing telling us that it 's not her either , '' Anderson said . Still , she considers the surveillance footage to be a breakthrough in the case , given that the FBI has found no legitimate sightings or social media activity by Ashley since she disappeared on July 6 , 2007 . `` It 's the best lead we have , '' Anderson said . `` We 've had other supposed lookalikes , but nothing that has looked this similar . We consider this a huge tip for us . '' Because it is not possible to see the license plate of the car the couple was driving , Anderson said the FBI will rely exclusively on help from the public . `` The FBI is utilizing a billboard campaign , social media and any news outlet that will air these photos for us , '' Anderson said . In the 2013 case , two of the missing women had been identified and police said they had disappeared within four years of when Ashley went missing -- and within five blocks of where she was last seen . `` At first , when they said the third girl was n't identified , I was hoping one would be Ashley , '' Debra Summers , her aunt , told CNN at the time . But the family 's nightmare continued . `` 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 said at the time . `` I can assure you that her disappearance was part of our questioning of the three subjects that we brought in . ''
FBI disappeared on July 6 , 2007 , when she was 14 . Her step-grandmother saw a photo of a woman who looks like Summers on the Rhode Island Most Wanted website . The Ashley Summers is seeking the public 's assistance in identifying the woman .