Disappearance of Asha Degree
- Year
- 2000
- Where
- North Carolina
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 13
On February 14, 2000, Asha Jaquilla Degree, a nine‑year‑old girl from Shelby, North Carolina, United States, disappeared after leaving her family's home during the early morning hours. For reasons that remain unknown, she packed a bookbag and walked along North Carolina Highway 18 in heavy rain and wind. Several motorists reported seeing her; when one driver attempted to approach her about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from…
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- Looking for AshaOfficial · FBI story marking 20 years since Asha Degree disappeared from Shelby, North Carolina, with an appeal for tips.
- FBI Kidnapping/Missing Person Poster: Asha Jaquilla DegreeOfficial · The FBI's downloadable missing-person poster for Asha Jaquilla Degree.
- Inside the FBI Podcast: Searching for Asha DegreePodcast · FBI podcast episode with the officers investigating Asha Degree's disappearance about their continuing search.
- The Search Continues for Asha DegreeOfficial · Post from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on the ongoing search for Asha Degree, 20 years later.
- 25 years after Asha Degree's disappearance impacted the Shelby community, family prays for answersReporting · WSOC-TV report on the 25th anniversary, covering how the case affected Shelby and the family's hope for answers.
- FBI, SBI join search at new locations in Asha Degree caseReporting · Spectrum News report on FBI, SBI and Cleveland County Sheriff's Office searches at several properties, including the old North Brook Elementary School site, in April 2025.
- Search warrants executed by FBI, Cleveland County deputies were related to Asha Degree caseReporting · WCNC report in which Sheriff Alan Norman confirmed that a large FBI operation at a Cleveland County home, where a car was towed, was tied to the Degree case.
- FBI agent who worked on Asha Degree case 24 years ago sees hope in new evidenceReporting · WCNC interview with a former FBI agent from the original investigation about why the new evidence gives him hope.
Podcast episodes
- Unsolved Disappearance: Asha Degree (Major Investigative Updates)Last Seen Alive · 2026
- Asha Degree: The DNA Breakthrough That Changed EverythingFrozen Files · 2026
- 59: Asha Degree Part 2The Prosecutors · 2021
- MISSING: Asha DegreeCrime Junkie · 2019
- 58: The Disappearance of Asha Degree Part 1 -- Shelter From the StormThe Prosecutors · 2021
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