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A Rhode Island surveillance photo of an unidentified man and an unidentified woman resembling the missing Ashley Summers of Cleveland.

(Warwick Police)

A Rhode Island surveillance photo of a woman resembling the missing Ashley Summers of Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Investigators are trying to determine if a woman in two surveillance pictures taken in Rhode Island is a West Side girl who went missing seven years ago.

Two pictures taken in relation to a recent credit card fraud case in Warwick, Rhode Island feature a woman bearing a striking resemblance to Ashley Summers, who disappeared in July 2007, FBI Special Agent Vicki Anderson said.

Summers' grandmother emailed the photos -- which were posted on the website for the Rhode Island's Most Wanted Network -- to the FBI office in Cleveland, Anderson said. Agents have been in contact with the Warwick Police Department in the hopes of determining the woman's true identity.

The woman in the pictures is suspected of stealing wallets and credit cards and using stolen personal information to withdraw money from Rhode Island banks, said Maj. Raymond Gallucci of the Warwick Police Department.

In one of the pictures, she and an unidentified man are driving a tan or silver Kia Optima with no front license plate.

It does not appear as if the woman in the pictures is being held against her will, Gallucci said.

The FBI frequently receives tips about Summers' whereabouts but they rarely involve pictures, Anderson said.

Agents are taking this lead as seriously as all others, she said.

Summers was initially considered a runaway, but in 2008 her status was changed to "endangered juvenile." Agents said at the time that she might have been taken against her will.

For a time, investigators thought her disappearance may have been connected to the kidnapping of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight.

The women were found in the Tremont home of Ariel Castro in May, 2013. He committed suicide in prison in September 2013 after receiving a life sentence for their kidnappings.

Summers was 14 years old when she disappeared and would be 21 years old today.

Her grandmother, Linda Summers, operates a website dedicated to Ashley's safe return and was interviewed in May 2013 by Anderson Cooper about her granddaughter's disappearance.