Today we are going to talk about a missing person's case. This very well may be part one of ? because there is a lot of information to go over.
I'm going to talk about the disappearance of Asha Jaquilla Degree. She was born on the 5th of August 1990. She was nine years old when she went missing. She went missing from Shelby, North Carolina in the early am hours of the 14th of February, 2000.
I actually first heard about her from a billboard that I saw on the way to Columbia SC a few years ago. Truly proof that billboards do help bring awareness about missing persons.
It is generally agreed upon that she left from her home of her own free will. She packed a book bag and was actually spotted by several truckers as they traveled down the North Carolina Highway 18.
One concerned trucker decided to turn around to go check on her. She must have noticed this as it is this point she left the road side and went into a wooded area near the roadside.
It was around a year and a half before a trace of her was discovered. Her still packed book bag was found during construction site near the highway. It was located on August 3rd, 2001. The book bag was intact and was wrapped in a plastic bag.
The construction worker who found it saw that it had Asha's name and phone number inside. It also contained a Dr Suess book and a New Kids on the Block T-shirt. The book was from her school library but the origin of the shirt is unknown. Asha was not known to own this t-shirt. I would like to know the size of the shirt and if appeared to be new, dirty, worn before, etc.
On the theory that she was groomed, it should be noted that her family was what many might consider strict or overprotected. They did not have a computer in their house. Activities centered around the church. Someone was almost always home with Asha and her brother. So essentially the common concern she met someone online seems low in this case.
The thing about this though, they did not notice she was missing until the next morning. This makes me wonder if she had snuck out before and we simply just do not know about it.
We only know about this time because this was the time where something happened. She did share a room with her brother, but he did not even realize she had left the room until later.
It was 6:40 am when officers arrived on the scene after her mother phoned the police after discovering Asha was not home.
Candy wrappers where located at a shed nearby the highway. This was not too far from where she had been observed walking into the woods. A pencil and mickey mouse hair bow was also located. There was also a photo of an unknown black girl who appeared to be around Asha's age. We still do not know who the girl in the photo was. These items were located on February 15.
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