The Disappearance of Asha Degree
In the early morning hours of February 14, 2000, nine-year-old Asha Degree disappeared from her home in Shelby, North Carolina.
Witnesses reported seeing a young girl walking alone along Highway 18 in the middle of a storm. Days later, searchers found possible traces of her. Months later, her backpack surfaced buried miles away. And for years, the case seemed frozen in time.
But more than two decades later, investigators announced new evidence, new searches, and a direction nobody expected.
Today we’re breaking down the timeline, from the night Asha vanished to the most recent developments in…
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