In February of 2000, a 9-year-old girl named Asha Degree packed her book bag and tucked it away, waiting for the right time to sneak out of her North Carolina home. To this day, no one knows why she left, or why she was walking along Highway 18 alone around 4 in the morning. And the case would only get more confusing as her belongings start to pop up along that same highway, spaced out over 26 miles, and 18 months. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkieapp.com/library/. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-asha-degree/
Aisha Degree, a nine-year-old girl, went missing in 2000 from her home where she lived with her family. The case remains unsolved and is considered as one of the under-reported cases of missing children.
Various sources report conflicting details about the timeline of events leading up to the disappearance of Aisha Degree, a 9-year-old girl who went missing from her North Carolina home in 2000. Some sources suggest her father returned home at 12:30 am to find her awake and watching TV, while others claim he went straight to bed at 2:30 am after checking on his sleeping children.
The episode talks about the case of a woman who goes missing in a rural American town and the difficulty of investigating disappearances in rural areas.
A man digging on his property finds a black trash bag and discusses how it could be helpful to solve cold cases, while a woman shares the strange discovery of her daughter's belongings found buried on their property.
The case of missing seven-year-old Asia Adams is revived when a man named Donald Ferguson gets arrested and linked to her murder case in 2014, after a month of searching outside of the family for leads.
The hosts discuss the possibility of Asia McClain meeting someone online before her disappearance, and the limitations of internet usage during the early 2000s. The episode also touches on the credible lead of Asia seen getting into a green car, as announced by the authorities.
The recent tip-off in the Kristin Smart disappearance case might have come from someone who saw something very specific and knew the victim personally. The police and FBI are taking the lead seriously, and it might be a breakthrough in the unsolved case.
Law enforcement and the family are waiting for the one person with the right piece of information to solve Asia Degree's case. Anyone with information can submit a tip through the FBI Charlotte office.