Short0:33Mercy Road offramp, Interstate 15, San Diego County, California · 1986Before you continue
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She was 9. She packed a bookbag and walked out into a storm
ONGOINGNear Highway 18, Shelby, North Carolina0:51
Asha Degree was nine years old. Early on February 14, 2000, she left her family's home near Shelby, North Carolina, with a bookbag she had apparently packed in advance. Two drivers saw a little girl walking along Highway 18 in heavy rain. Eighteen months later her bookbag was found buried 26 miles away. In 2025 her case was reclassified as a homicide. She has never been found. Narrated with an AI voice. Every fact is sourced on Casepin.
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