The Vanishing of Asha Degree

Episode 011

On the morning of February 14th, 2000, Asha Degree's parents awoke to find their nine year old daughter missing. Extensive investigation showed that Asha had packed her backpack, and left the home between the hours of 2:30am and 4:00am.

Several passing motorists spotted Asha on the side of rural Highway 18, just a mile from her house, shortly after 4am. In the days of searching following her disappearance, Police discovered several personal items and candy wrappers, but no sign of Asha.

Eighteen months later, Asha's backpack was found buried and double wrapped in garbage bags some 26 miles north of the last place she was seen. For seventeen years, the mystery of Asha Degree has haunted her family, and the suburb of Shelby, North Carolina.

Did Asha choose to run away, never to return? Did she fall victim to foul play during her travels? Was she lured out of her home by a friend who later betrayed her? Did a passing driver hit Asha and choose to dispose of her body? Join host Steven Pacheco as he explores this baffling case, and studies the unanswerable question: Where is Asha Degree?

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Asha_Degree

http://charleyproject.org/case/asha-jaquilla-degree |

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article171512457.html

https://www.morganton.com/news/special-fbi-team-joins-in-on-case-of-asha-degree/article_db67d56a-9355-11e7-9da6-53072b45d188.html

https://www.independenttribune.com/news/video-is-asha-degree-alive/article_da738020-933f-11e7-90a7-5fa1f5d7412f.html

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http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/local/2015/02/06/after-15-years-family-keeps-searching-for-asha-degree/23001181/

http://www.jetmag.com/news/iquilla-degree-where-is-my-daughter/