The February incident also names Manhatten as the location.
That is what I wonder since both the February and March incidents both say Manhatten for her. I keep getting the sense that there is something being left out of what was going on.
This article explains the incidents. Ashley’s father may have mistaken the exact dates, but the info supports the charges previously posted, IMO.
Army veteran disappears from Kansas; family worried for her safety
Great work, Jethro4WS and Mica.
From the Dateline article Mica linked above.
“‘But
in February of 2018, Chris and Ashley had a bit of a falling out,’ Tom told Dateline. ‘Ashley pushed Chris, and he called the police and he put a protection order in place and filed for divorce. She didn’t fight it, and she allowed Chris to have full custody of the two kids.’
Tom told Dateline that Ashley was admitted to the hospital once again for observation, but was released on February 24 to stay with friends.
The following day, the family later learned, Ashley believed she heard gun shots and sirens coming from her former home, and she went over and went into the house to make sure her children were OK.
‘
Chris, who had an order of protection against her, called the police and Ashley was arrested for violating the protection order,’ Tom told Dateline, adding that he drove to Ogden to get her out of jail.
She stayed with some friends in town for a few weeks before getting her own apartment on April 1, 2018, only a few blocks away from the house where Chris and the children still lived.”
Bolded and underlined by me
Trying to construct a timeline based on the information above:
1. Date Unknown, Feb., 2018: Chris, Ashley’s husband, obtains a protection order against her;
2. Feb. 24: Ashley is released from the hospital
to stay with friends;
3. Feb. 25: Ashley believes she heard guns and sirens coming from her former home; she goes over and goes into the house to ensure her children’s safety;
4. Feb. 26, 2018:
1) ASHLEY ELIZABETH MEISS, 30,
Manhattan, arrested for VIO PROTECTION ORDER; UNK CIRCCRIMINAL DAMAGE PROPERTY; <$1000 CRIMINAL TRESPASS;DEFIANCE RESTRAIN ORDER: Held without Bond;
Riley County Arrest Report Monday February 26
2) Tom, Ashley’s dad, drives to Ogden to get her out of jail;
3) Ashley
stays with friends for the following few weeks;
5. Mar. 23: ASHLEY ELIZABETH MEISS, 30,
Manhattan, VIO PROTECTION ORDER; RESTRAINING ORDER; Bond $1000;
Riley Co. Arrest Report Friday March 23
6. April 1: Ashley gets her own apartment
7. “Around” May 17: “The last known contact with” Ashley:
“RCPD Lieutenant Erin Freidline with the Investigations Division, has been working on a timeline to narrow down where she might be.
‘
The last known contact with her was around the 17th, so we’re trying to focus on that time frame and go backwards from there and see who she was in contact with the week prior and then trying to move forward and keep continuing to check any leads,’ Freidline said.
RCPD has received several tips that people last saw her at the Ogden Community Center and Post Office on Friday May 18th but no other sightings.“
The search for Ashley Meiss continues
All BBM
Observations:
1. Between Feb. 24 and Apr. 1, Ashley stayed friends;
2. The Dateline article states “(s)he stayed with some friends
in town for a few weeks” after her release from the hospital on Feb. 24. (BBM)
It’s possible this is poor reporting, and Ashley actually went to stay with friends in Manhattan (Manhattan is only 10 miles away from Ogden), which would explain Manhattan being listed as her location for the arrests in both Feb. and Mar., IMO.
3. My apologies if it has been discussed and I missed it: Do we know what brought about the charge in Mar.?
I am assuming for the time being it has to do with the protective order her husband put in place in Feb. However, I am also considering the possibility of another individual (e.g., one of her friends) obtaining a PO against her.
4. Is it possible when Ashley left for jog on May 17, she was intending to have someone pick her up and then stay with a friend(s) for a couple of days?
But then why wouldn’t she take her keys, wallet or phone with her? According to T Lewis, however:
“Her apartment was locked. The detective in charge and I went completely through her apartment.
I could not find her apartment key on her keychain. I had the locks replaced before I left KS. Nothing seems to be missing.” (RBBM)
KS - Ks - Ashley Meiss, 30, Ogden, 17 May 2018
Perhaps Ashley always kept her apartment key separate from the rest of her keys.
And if she did, it’s even more likely that Ashley was planning on coming back, IMO, but maybe not necessarily after her run, or even that night.
As to her wallet, she could have just taken her driver’s license and some cash, IMO, especially if she intended to stay with a friend(s), IMO.
It’s also possible Ashley had recently purchased another phone, IMO, maybe a prepaid type for the time being. She was going through a divorce, and perhaps her husband had just informed her he was going to be removing her from his account in the near future.
This is getting to be way too long, so I will stop now, but the “friends” she was staying with earlier in the year and others she might have been associating with in recent weeks need be looked at very closely, IMO.
