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[h=1]Grim anniversary highlights NC girl’s disappearance on Valentine’s Day[/h]
It has been 18 years since Asha Degree disappeared. Even with the passage of time, investigators say they’re still working the case.
The Sheriff’s Office, the State Bureau of Investigation and the North Carolina office of the FBI has kept the investigation open, and her family continues to work to make sure people don’t forget her disappearance by holding a memorial walk each year.
“The three law enforcement agencies meet several times a month to go over the latest on the investigation. Even though it’s been nearly 18 years, this is not a cold case. It’s not sitting on a shelf,” said Shelley Lynch with the FBI.
The Degrees still live in the same home as they did when Asha went missing. Inside the living room is a testament to how important family is to the Degrees. Pictures of Asha, their son O’Bryant, a granddaughter and other family adorn the walls. Some of the age-progression photos created by investigators hang next to actual photos of Asha as a young child.
http://www.goupstate.com/news/20180...ghts-nc-girls-disappearance-on-valentines-dayIn recent months, the Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, and SBI partnered with the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team. Special agents and deputies conducted more than 300 interviews of people connected to the case, said Shelly Lynch with the FBI.
“We were trying to see if anyone had left out anything or if they may have remembered something they had forgotten at the time of the original investigation,” Norman said.
This helped create new leads and put to bed others, he said.
“Progress really has been made in the case, but there is nothing that can be released to the public at this time,” Norman said.