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And Then They Were Gone

Mini Update: Asha Degree

And Then They Were Gone

Little Monster Productions

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6747 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Asha Degree was a bright, talented, happy 9-year-old living with her parents and brother in Shelby, North Carolina. She was an excellent student and the star of her basketball team. Surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, there was no shortage of love in Asha’s life. But in the early morning hours of February 14, 2000, Asha took her backpack that she had packed with several changes of clothes and slipped out of her house.

Several motorists later reported seeing her walking alone in a rainstorm at around 4 am. Where was Asha Degree going? What or who made her leave her home that night? After nearly 25 years, this remains one of the most confounding cases not only in the small town of Shelby, but in the entire country.

On September 10, 2024, the FBI executed several search warrants near where Asha was last seen. In this mini update, we're telling you what we know about this search, and including our original episode on Asha's case from October 2023.

Anyone with information on the disappearance of Asha Degree is asked to call the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office at 704-484-4788, or the FBI at 704-672-6100. There is a $45,000 reward for information that can solve this case.

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0:00.0

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0:06.4

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1:33.9

Hey everyone, it's Kona, and it is unfortunately just me today. And that's why we're not putting out

1:40.8

the episode we had planned for this week. I've unfortunately been sick this

1:45.6

week and although I've been feeling a little bit better the past couple days, by about three or four

1:51.3

o'clock, my voice completely goes. And that has made it impossible for us to find a time to record

1:57.4

together. So I finally decided that we're just going to push that episode till

2:03.0

next week. But this week, I did still want to come in and give you a little something new.

2:08.8

We don't have enough for a full update episode yet, which is why we've got this mini update on

2:15.5

the Asia degree case. But Asia's case is one, over 24 years old at this

2:22.6

point. And two, it's one of the more high profile cases that we've covered on this show. And it's

2:29.4

always so exciting when any case that we cover has an update. And this seems like it could be a huge one.

2:37.9

So I wanted to come on, talk to you a little bit about what's been going on in Asia's case this

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