Ashley Crawford, an 18-year-old girl, went missing from the tranquil city of Riverside on June 15, 1999.
On that lovely afternoon, the child walked outside to fetch the mail that was in her yard. Ashley didn’t come back when her mom instructed her to come in for lunch a little while later.
Things changed when she left the letter on the ground.
For years, the police looked at her case.
They looked all throughout the city and talked to friends, neighbors, and teachers, but they couldn’t locate anything.
After that, the case slipped into obscurity due of allegations of missing people and alleged kidnapping.
Ashley Crawford’s parents, David and Liada, were quite upset since they didn’t know what had happened to their daughter.
They relocated to Arizona in 2003 to start again because they were too upset about what had happened.
But the mystery came back with a bang sixteen years later.
Rebecca Thompson had lived next door to Ashley’s parents for as long as she could remember. A metal tap that had been hidden in the earth altered everything for her in August 2015 while she was working in her garden.
Rebecca unearthed a little, rusted box while digging next to an ancient oak tree.
There was a handwritten note and a butterfly necklace, which was the exact one Ashley had on when she went missing.
Rebecca shook when she read these words:
If I die, I want to know the truth about Dr. Breppa. Room B7 is in the basement. Ashley Crawford, June 15, 1999.
The revelation gave the family optimism, but it also made them question Dr. Harold Breppa, Ashley’s childhood doctor and a well-known person in the town.
People knew Breppa for more than just his own business. People also knew him for his work on the municipal council and for helping others.
He had even helped look for Ashley when she went missing.
Detective Marcos Rodríguez, who was in charge of bringing the inquiry back to life, went to the facility right away.
There were odd markings on the wall under the shelves in basement room B7 that said “HELP.”
Even though a lot of paint had been placed over it, it was still there.
The detectives quickly uncovered other things that made them think.
Ashley was told by the nurse at the clinic that she had a lot of blood tests done at her last appointment and that the doctor saw her alone, which is not normal for a basic exam.
Ashley was happy at those times, but her mother and best friend said she had been complaining of discomfort and tension, which was not normal for her.
Rodríguez’s gut feeling grew into a trend when he looked at medical records and realized that other youngsters had gone missing following similar appointments.
Five girls between the ages of 18 and 21 who were patients of Dr. Breppa went missing after visits that required “special” blood testing between 1997 and 2008.
People assumed that a lot of the time, people just disappeared, had problems with their relationships, or fled away.
No one saw the connection.
Even retired investigator Warren Hayes and several former police officers said they weren’t sure about Breppa in the end.
Everyone believed the doctor, who helped with the search and looked truly unhappy.
But the most recent news shows a different truth: a smart predator hiding behind stardom.
We learned more from the stories the security guards told us at the clinic.
People said they saw the doctor go into the basement early in the morning, when the clinic was supposed to be closed.
People stated they heard weird sounds originating from the region around ward B7.
Dr. Breppa’s good name started to deteriorate as the probe went on.
He was a suspect since a lot of people had gone missing, medical records had been faked, and evidence had been buried at his clinic.
Still, the hardest aspect was finding proof that may make him guilty.
When Rebecca and the Crawfords found that buried container, they got more than just a clue.
Ashley was the one who broke the 16-year quiet and requested the afterlife for help.
The Ashley Crawford case is still one of Riverside’s most mysterious cases.
This isn’t just a narrative about someone who went missing; it’s a warning that things aren’t always what they seem and that even the most famous people may have terrible secrets.
You might still hear the echoes of that secret message:
Why didn’t Ashley live to tell the whole story? What did she know?
The three huge women who lived on the land he bought stated, “You will stay with us.” He had hoped for a fresh start after three long days of traveling over rough terrain, away from the pressures of city life. He had come because he had been promised wonderful land for raising cattle, but now that he was face-to-face with the menacing folks on the porch, that promise felt like a cruel joke.
Three women stood in front of him, and their powerful figures cast long shadows on the dusty yard. The tallest one came up with a smile that didn’t quite reach her frigid blue eyes.
“You must be the new owner,” she said, and her voice was so sure that it made Boon shake. As they stood next to her, he could feel the other two women’s eyes on him, like predators sizing up their prey.
Boon remarked, “Ladies, I think there has been some confusion,” in a calm manner. “This is mine now.” These papers are legal. He held up the deed, which still had a visible official seal on it. The tall woman smiled even more, and her teeth seemed very sharp.