Ashley Nicole Wells: The Sausalito Waterfront Record
A dated crossing, friends’ memories and separately attributed accounts.
Abstract
California’s Department of Justice lists March 30, 2017 as Ashley Nicole Wells’s Date Last Seen, under Sausalito case SP17-228. Its narrative describes her rowing an orange kayak on Richardson Bay.1
A Person in the Waterfront Community
KTVU interviewed Summer Abdel and Emma Williamson, friends who described Ashley’s enthusiasm for a planned farm job and their hope for her return.3
The DOJ profile records the nickname Lee. Identifying details help match the named file; they do not reconstruct her thoughts or establish a later location.1
The Published Crossing Accounts
The April 8 CBS report attributes a southbound departure from the Turney Street channel, between midnight and 2 a.m. on March 30, to Sergeant Steve Veveiros. It gives an estimated destination distance of 300–400 yards.2
KTVU quotes Corporal Brian Mather describing an intended crossing of roughly 200–300 yards between boats. The original witness statements behind those descriptions were not inspected.3
CBS describes the tide between phases; KTVU describes an outgoing tide. The reports do not establish identical observation times or measurement points.2,3
Sourced Accounts and Questions
Here’s where you come in. Can you obtain the dated agency account supporting the March 30 listing and distinguish a documented observation from a later description?1
Can you identify the starting point and timestamp behind each distance or tide description before deciding whether the accounts describe the same moment?2,3
Can you separate a proposed destination from a verified arrival, keeping each named source and its date attached?2
Keep those comparisons in a Research File in Almost Solved. An unanswered question leaves room for a documented clarification; it does not establish blame or intent.
Show later developments and reported outcomes
Later Search and Source Limits
As of its April 8 publication, CBS reported no subsequent sighting of Ashley or the kayak. That describes the report’s information at that time.2
KTVU’s April 11 report describes police reviewing camera footage without a reported finding. It also records the continuing support of her friends.3
Original witness statements, response logs and a present resolution record were not inspected. The dated accounts do not establish a current outcome or a confirmed explanation for the disappearance.
Scope and Method
Original statements and response logs were not inspected.
Prepared with AI assistance. Sources and references checked against the cited public materials. This paper is an original synthesis of the identified public sources; it does not reproduce article bodies, transcripts, or an investigative file.
Footnote References
- California DOJ, Ashley Nicole Wells profile; reviewed November 3, 2026.
- CBS San Francisco and Bay City News, April 8, 2017.
- KTVU FOX 2, April 11, 2017.