Asha Degree (9) missing from Shelby, SC since 2/14/00

[raisedbywolves]

Her Charley Project page:http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/d/degree_asha.html

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/new...171512457.html

FBI renews long-running missing girl investigation: ?Tell us what you know.?

[likeavirgin]

This is a case that I will always remember. Something about the markers or whatever in the shed stuck with me.

I wonder if they have any reason to believe she is alive? It would be crazy if she was! Though, I would imagine if she was alive, she was being held against her will, which sucks. I just feel like she knew she was loved by her family and would have reached out if she could.

The buried back pack always made me feel like she was dead.. but a podcast I was listening to said that it was almost like whoever put it there wanted it to be found? And they bagged it to keep it from breaking down? So maybe there is something to that.

[raisedbywolves]

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/ne...292563214.html

Authorities believe Asha Degree was murdered, allege DNA may point to local people

Court records made public in Cleveland County on Monday morning detail why the sheriff’s office, FBI, and State Bureau of Investigation were searching a property in Shelby last week. Investigators believe 9-year-old Asha Degree, who went missing on Feb. 14, 2000, from her home in Shelby, was murdered and her body concealed, according to a search warrant affidavit.

Over a year later, on Aug. 2, 2001, a construction crew in Burke County found evidence — including Asha’s bookbag and clothing — double bagged in black trash bags, approximately 21 miles north of where she was last seen. The bags contained some of Asha’s possessions and others that were not hers, the affidavit said. “Various items of evidence were sent for analysis,” the affidavit said. “Two of those items returned evidentiary results. Genealogical data narrowed the samples down to two (2) individuals.” The affidavit identified suspects. The affidavit said investigators tested a hair sample from Asha’s undershirt and had examined results of a DNA comparison. Last Friday, the sheriff said no human remains were found during the property searches. Police seized evidence, including a green 1960s-model car from 621 Cherryville Road.

[Nic B]

Wow, sounds like they are close to finding someone!

[Bewitchingstorm]

OMG - I want this one to be solved. Her poor parents have been through so much.

[KimTisha]

Her Charley Project page isn't there anymore. Hoping that's a sign she has been found?

[AtlantaAndy]

https://charleyproject.org/case/asha-jaquilla-degree

the page is still there, hasnt been updated since 2021 as of now