DisappearanceUnsolved
The Disappearance of Asha Degree
Shelby, North Carolina, United StatesFebruary 14, 2000
On February 14, 2000, nine-year-old Asha Degree left her home in Shelby, North Carolina in the middle of the night during a storm and walked down a highway. She was spotted by two passing motorists who tried to stop — she ran into the woods and disappeared. Her belongings were found buried a year later 26 miles away. She was never found.