Ashley Silva of New Bedford on unresolved homicide playing card

Massachusetts State Police Unresolved Case Unit

by: Emma McCorkindale

Posted: Aug 28, 2023 / 08:11 AM EDT

Updated: Aug 28, 2023 / 08:11 AM EDT

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WWLP) – The state police featured a playing card on social media with the unsolved case of a New Bedford victim.

On August 28th, 2005, Ashley Silva was stabbed at the intersection of Ruth Street and Viall Street in New Bedford at 2:00 a.m. There was a fight on that night that involved several people when Ashley was stabbed.

If you have any information that could be crucial to solving this case, you are asked to call 1-855-MA-SOLVE.

The Massachusetts State Police Department and the Massachusetts Department of Correction and the District Attorney’s Offices collaborated to create playing cards that feature homicide and missing persons on them.

The cards are funded by the Department of Correction and are made available to state prison inmates. With this, they hope that they will be able to find out additional information about the crimes on the cards.

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