Episode 2.33 // Up & Gone: The Disappearance of Asha Degree

At nine years old, Asha Degree packed her bookbag, left her family home in Shelby, North Carolina and set about walking along a nearby highway. The search for Asha would unfold over 20 years, testing family, law enforcement and a confused community all up to today. No one has seen her since, but many wonder what errant clues haven’t been revealed in this haunting case of a child gone missing.

SOURCES:

• https://charleyproject.org/case/asha-jaquilla-degree

• https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/asha-degree

• A family's pain. Bruce Buchanan. The Star. Feb 26, 2000

• https://jetmag.com/news/iquilla-degree-where-is-my-daughter/#.Vi09luzP3UI

• What happened to Asha? Bruce Buchanan. The Star. March 14, 2000

• Transcript of 911 call for missing girl. The Shelby Star. Tuesday, February 15th

• Girl's Disappearance Baffles Investigators. Associated Press. March, 15 2000.

• Girl still missing Searches by ground, air turn up nothing. Andrew Dys. The Star. Feb 16, 2000.

• Authorities try to determine why Asha would run away. Andrew Dys. The Star. Feb 17, 2000.

• Could a book lend clues to Asha's leaving Shana Bretzius. The Star. Feb 19 2000.

• Investigators begin new phase of search for Asha. Bruce Buchanan. Feb 22, 2000.

• Crawford: Keep telling Asha's story. Shana Bretzius. The Star. Feb 23, 2000.

• Plea goes nationwide. Heather Barr. The Star. March 15, 2000.

• Where is Asha? ShelbyStar.com. Joyce Orlando. Feb. 13, 2016.

• Book bag found in Burke County sent to FBI for analysis Cassie Tarpley. The Star. Aug 6, 2001.

• Asha's name and number was in the book bag. Cassie Tarpley and Joy Scott. The Star. Aug 7, 2001.

• After 15 years, family keeps searching for Asha Degree. Tony Burbeck. WCNC. February 6, 2015

• https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/20th-anniversary-of-asha-degree-disappearance-021420

• https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/asha-degree/

• Search renewed in Asha Degree case. Charlotte Observer. Nov. 10, 2004.

• New lead on Asha Degree? Jessica Pickens. The Star. Jan 12 2014.

• https://www.charlottemagazine.com/the-search-for-shelbys-sweetheart/

• https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/authorities-release-photos-of-items-that-could-help-track-down

• Inmate says he knows what happened to Asha Degree. Diane Turbyfill The Shelby Star. Nov 16 2020.

• https://thetruecrimefiles.com/asha-degree-disappearance/

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