Posted 12/7/21


A work release inmate that went missing last week has been taken back into custody along with an accomplice.

Work release inmate Ashley Lynn Gatlin escaped from her worksite after being picked up by a white male in a white Ford Ranger.

Limestone County corrections officers, deputies, and investigators began working leads from Cullman to Pulaski, and over to Fayetteville.

The White Ford Ranger was spotted in Ardmore and was stopped at Seventh Avenue and Mooresville Road. The driver was identified as Michael Scott Kennedy.

During an inventory of the vehicle, investigators located an address on a sheet of paper, indicating the location of Ashley Lynn Gatlin, Deputies then responded to the address and after a brief stand-off Gatlin was taken back into custody.