Ashley Schwamm

Is it a man or a woman?

The police were pretty certain the car was Ashley's Mitsubishi.

It had pulled into that lot at 5.42 a.m.

and pulled out three minutes later at 5.45.

At 5.54 a.m., the volunteer firefighter who first spotted the crash called 911.

Three minutes after that, at 5.57, this camera picked up a figure running away from the scene as the car was in flames.

So this video doesn't show a face either?

No.

Another camera, farther from the crash, caught what appeared to be the same person still running.

Moments later, this camera caught the figure yet again.

Neither offered a clear view of the runner's face.

That's part of the things when you're doing your canvas.

You don't always get what you're looking for as far as really good, finite resolution.

So you work with what you have.

So they had a faceless figure running from the crash site.

Find this running man.

Find your killer.

As to how Ashley's body came to rest in that ditch, perhaps detectives needed to look closely at Ashley herself.

When they did, their investigation got a lot more complicated.

I had heard it from local friends very early on.