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

[DS2021]

Oh my, this makes me wonder if one of them was driving and did accidently hit one of the girls and then the parents helped cover it up. I am not accusing anyone, but just suggesting a scenario that might make sense for a a teenager girl to harm a child and then the parents help clean it up.

Cleveland County investigators think missing girl Asha Degree was killed, warrants reveal

A girl who went missing from Cleveland County in 2000 is now believed to have been killed, according to court documents released Monday.

www.wbtv.com

According to the released search warrants, investigators found that Roy Dedmon used to send one of his daughters to “transport patients in an unreliable vehicle to/from Broughton Hospital in Morganton,” around the time Degree disappeared. “Highway 18 is the most logical route to travel to and from Northbrook Rest Home and/or Brighton Hospital,” investigators said.

Roy Dedmon reportedly send his daughter who was 16-17 years old at the time, and not Dedmon Ramirez.

 

[iamshadow21]

The way this is worded makes it sound like maybe the older daughter hit her with that car and the family covered it up.

That doesn't go with the witness account of Asha getting into the car of her own accord.

MOO

 

[scottishwildcat]

Oh my, this makes me wonder if one of them was driving and did accidently hit one of the girls and then the parents helped cover it up. I am not accusing anyone, but just suggesting a scenario that might make sense for a a teenager girl to harm a child and then the parents help clean it up.

The warrant says that they believe Asha was the victim of a homicide, not an accident, so I don't think that fits.

 

[DS2021]

The warrant says that they believe Asha was the victim of a homicide, not an accident, so I don't think that fits.

Homicide is the general term for the killing of one person by another

 

[DS2021]

More significant info

 

[DS2021]

Search warrants reveal details of Asha Degree case

Search warrants reveal details of Asha Degree case

www.shelbystar.com

 

[annierb]

Search warrants reveal details of Asha Degree case

Search warrants reveal details of Asha Degree case

www.shelbystar.com

 

[Deleted member 326769]

That doesn't go with the witness account of Asha getting into the car of her own accord.

MOO

True. But eyewitnesses aren’t always reliable either.

 

[Deleted member 326769]

That doesn't go with the witness account of Asha getting into the car of her own accord.

MOO

True. But eyewitnesses aren’t always reliable either.

The warrant says that they believe Asha was the victim of a homicide, not an accident, so I don't think that fits.

An accident could still be homicide. Just not intentional

 

[Mysteries1974]

True. But eyewitnesses aren’t always reliable either.

All the articles regarding the warrant are stating Degree was “pulled into a green 1970s era vehicle.” I don’t think they’d say that if it was an accident

 

[Deleted member 326769]

That doesn't go with the witness account of Asha getting into the car of her own accord.

MOO

The last article posted here says the witness saw her being dragged into the car. Doesn’t mean she was alive. It could’ve been right after she was hit by the car.

 

[crussell821]

The last article posted here says the witness saw her being dragged into the car. Doesn’t mean she was alive. It could’ve been right after she was hit by the car.

Or, she could have been alive but wounded and died after being placed in the car.

 

[Sweetluv]

I still go back to the start..
Why did Asha pack a bookbag and leave in the dark of night..when it was cold and drizzling?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I wonder if there's a chance Asha's DNA will be found inside the vehicle after all this time.

 

[Tealgrove]

This sounds very complicated.

Good on LE for not giving up.

MOO

 

[K.jill]

Can anyone tell me the distance from the Degree home to the area someone reported seeing a young girl getting into a green car?

 

[Sweetluv]

It has not yet been stated as to where Asha was seen getting into a green vehicle..

 

[Truth Prevails]

Can anyone tell me the distance from the Degree home to the area someone reported seeing a young girl getting into a green car?

Google Maps puts it as just over a mile.

Here is a link to an article from 2016 with some earlier details about the circumstances surrounding the green car. Keep in mind the new articles are saying "pulled" into the car.

Snipped: [May. 25, 2016] Someone matching Asha's description was seen getting into a car on Highway 18 around the area where she was last seen. The vehicle is being described as an early 1970s Lincoln Mark IV or a Ford Thunderbird with rust around the wheel wells.
"This vehicle is right now considered a vehicle of interest, and it was occupied two times on the day of her disappearance," Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman said. "It had been discovered by leg work with by the sheriff office investigators along with the federal government."

FBI: Asha Degree may have gotten into a dark green car on night of disappearance

Someone matching Asha's description was seen getting into a car on Highway 18 around the area where she was last seen.

www.wbtv.com

 

[cuecard]

I'm not sure what I was expecting in regards to the recent update in this case but it probably wasn't this. It sounds very convoluted and complicated. Fair play to LE for not giving up on Asha and her family. Hoping they are close to some sort of closure now.

 

[lightofmine99]

Is this available in a PDF?