NC NC - Asha Degree, 9, Shelby, 14 Feb 2000 #2

[lisette]

From the video, it looked like the car in question was actually in a garage or under a carport of some sort… Kind of like hidden out of the way?

 

[lisette]

If you look at the WBTV news video, you will see the car in the carport… It looks like it had a tarp over it that has been pulled up and placed on the hood and windshield as the car is being examined

 

[photographer4]

If you look at the WBTV news video, you will see the car in the carport… It looks like it had a tarp over it that has been pulled up and placed on the hood and windshield as the car is being examined

New to this thread and this case - only know a little girl went missing about 23 years ago on a rainy (?) night and hasn’t been seen since. Am wondering: do we know if Le think the car perhaps hit her and this maybe how she ended up missing? Moooo

 

[Sweetluv]

She left in the middle of the night after packing a bookbag with a few personal belongings..was spotted by 2 witnesses on a stretch of highway..and vanished. A tipster THINKS she may have entered a late 70s vehicle...

 

[scottishwildcat]

Is that last place she was seen the supposed sighting at the side of the road, or her parents house?

 

[MamaSleuth5]

Is that last place she was seen the supposed sighting at the side of the road, or her parents house?

IMO the last place she was seen was the supposed sighting at the side of the road.

Welcome to Websleuths @scottishwildcat !

Investigators making 'significant progress' in search for Asha Degree, FBI says

Asha Degree disappeared from her bedroom in the middle of the night on Valentine's Day 24 years ago. The case remains a mystery to this day.

www.wcnc.com

ETA added link

 

[Noirdame79]

She left in the middle of the night after packing a bookbag with a few personal belongings..was spotted by 2 witnesses on a stretch of highway..and vanished. A tipster THINKS she may have entered a late 70s vehicle...

The sightings along the highway were not confirmed to be her. One of the eye witnesses stated that he thought he saw "an adult female, possibly fleeing a domestic violence situation."

 

[Sweetluv]

The sightings along the highway were not confirmed to be her. One of the eye witnesses stated that he thought he saw "an adult female, possibly fleeing a domestic violence situation."

I have been following this case for a long time, and the information I have come across has stated two witness seeing a young female on HWY 18. Young female could mean different things to different people for sure..child, teen, 20s? The sightings would line up with her disappearance and proximity. Either way, IMO, the person is local and this was pre planned, not random.

 

[Noirdame79]

I have been following this case for a long time, and the information I have come across has stated two witness seeing a young female on HWY 18. Young female could mean different things to different people for sure..child, teen, 20s? The sightings would line up with her disappearance and proximity. Either way, IMO, the person is local and this was pre planned, not random.

The problem is that eye witness sightings are notoriously unreliable (it was Roy Blanton and his son who stated that they thought they saw an adult). In many instances, alleged sightings of missing people are mistaken and/or false and the victim was deceased the entire time. We don't know what is happening with this latest development yet (lots of rumors and speculation at this point though).

 

[Sweetluv]

Yes, eyewitnesses can definitely be unreliable..but, the fact that there were two sightings sheds a little more credibility . Just like the car....may or may not be associated with Asha. I'm interested to see what this search warrant development is all about. Whether or not it pertains to Asha remains to be seen. Either way, it's sparking up interest and conversation in the case of missing Asha..and that's always a good thing.

 

[DS2021]

Hoping it’s her!!
Map of search warrant and just about where she was last seen..

Edited to say not the direction of the back pack

Id be shocked if this search isnt related to Asha

 

[Noirdame79]

Yes, eyewitnesses can definitely be unreliable..but, the fact that there were two sightings sheds a little more credibility . Just like the car....may or may not be associated with Asha. I'm interested to see what this search warrant development is all about. Whether or not it pertains to Asha remains to be seen. Either way, it's sparking up interest and conversation in the case of missing Asha..and that's always a good thing.

These eye witnesses didn't come forward until after Asha's disappearance was featured on the local news. It was dark along the highway, and motorists would have been traveling fast. It would be difficult to accurately describe what or who they saw. They could be mistaken (including the date or time) and sadly, there are those who deliberately report false sightings for what ever reason.

Even if what is found in this latest development is related to Asha, it doesn't necessarily mean that she was walking along the highway (her scent ended on her driveway, and was not picked up beyond that).

Yes, what ever does or does not happen with this will bring more attention to Asha's case and that is a positive.

 

[Sweetluv]

@ Dr. Willy R. Salamander
I believe your local to the area, thoughts or updates your aware of ?

 

[Proud Country Gal]

@ Dr. Willy R. Salamander
I believe your local to the area, thoughts or updates your aware of ?

Crossing fingers and praying it’s her….. I have driven that road a 1000 times and made several trips between her house and where her back pack was found, driven from her house to her school, and all around the area just to talk to her and tell her we were still looking for her….

 

[T rex]

Is that last place she was seen the supposed sighting at the side of the road, or her parents house?

I think the possible sighting of Asha getting into the car was probably around the Cline farm and probably the last place she was reported to be seen. That's why LE went back to this place many years later and did a more thorough search, they had to rule out the possibility she could still be there. It's just the process of elimination and it makes the car sighting much more reliable. This is just my opinion.

 

[sunflowermomma]

I am shocked. On Monday evening I randomly thought about Asha and just felt something....I don't normally check in on her case but I woke up to all this news. Praying so hard for her family. Regardless of where this leads someone's missing loved one has been found.

 

[DS2021]

FBI, SBI, Sheriff’s Office searching ‘multiple locations’ in Cleveland County

https://www.qcnews.com/news/local-news/fbi-sbi-cleveland-co-sheriffs-office-searching-multiple-locations-in-cleveland-county/

 

[DS2021]

Authorities execute multiple search warrants in Cleveland County

Channel 9 has reached out to local, state, and federal law enforcement to find out what was happening.

www.wsoctv.com

CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C. — A large active search is underway at a home in Cleveland County.

Channel 9 crews have observed several officers with dogs, all-terrain vehicles, and ground-penetrating radar on Cherryville Road near Spake Circle.

 

[iamshadow21]

Authorities execute multiple search warrants in Cleveland County

Channel 9 has reached out to local, state, and federal law enforcement to find out what was happening.

www.wsoctv.com

I'm not terribly familiar with the circumstances surrounding Asha's disappearance. Is Cherryville Road near any of the known locations in this case?

 

[DS2021]

Hoping it’s her!!
Map of search warrant and just about where she was last seen..

Edited to say not the direction of the back pack

I'm not terribly familiar with the circumstances surrounding Asha's disappearance. Is Cherryville Road near any of the known locations in this case?