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🗓️ 17 July 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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This episode originally appeared on The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs. Subscribe for our take on breaking news in true crime.
The Asha Degree disappearance, which had been cold for 25 years, has heated up in the last six months, with law enforcement executing search warrants and casting suspicion on Roy and Connie Dedmon and their daughters. Skip Foster was the editor in chief of the Shelby Star when Asha disappeared, and now he has taken on the role of the Dedmon family spokesman. In this exclusive interview, Skip shares the Dedmon side of the story.
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0:00.0 | I'm Alice. |
0:05.4 | And I'm Brett. |
0:07.0 | And this is the prosecutor's legal police. |
0:09.6 | Mm-hmm. Welcome back to the prosecutor's legal briefs. |
0:35.6 | I'm your host, Alice, and I'm joined as always by my |
0:39.0 | wonderful co-host Brett. Wow, Alice, that's so nice of you. You're never this this nice. |
0:46.7 | I'm never this nice. I'm worried. And you shouldn't be worried. The reason is because you're not actually |
0:53.6 | the most exciting co-host I have today. Today we are joined by Skip Foster. Welcome Skip Foster. |
1:01.0 | Thanks for having me. Skip is with Hammerhead Communications, which is a PR crisis communications firm in Tallahassee. |
1:09.0 | And back in 2000, he was the editor of the daily |
1:12.5 | newspaper in Shelby North Carolina what brings us to Shelby North Carolina well |
1:16.5 | many of you know that one of the cases most dear to our hearts is the Asia |
1:21.6 | degree case she walked out February 14th, and has not been seen since. |
1:31.1 | And Skip today is no longer a journalist, but obviously with communications. |
1:36.8 | And he is actually the spokesperson for the Dedman family, who has been the subject of some warrants in the Asia degree case. |
1:44.6 | And so, Skip, welcome to our show. |
1:48.1 | I'm honored to be here. |
1:49.7 | You all've got a great show with a fantastic reputation. |
1:54.6 | And Brett is indeed wonderful. |
1:57.6 | Well, thank you, Skip. |
1:58.7 | I appreciate that. |
1:59.7 | It's nice that someone appreciates me. |
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