Degree’s backpack was discovered more than 30 miles from where she was reportedly last seen about 17 months after she went missing. The girl’s belongings were “wrapped in two sealed black plastic ...
Investigators believe 9-year-old Asha Degree, who went missing on Feb. 14, 2000, from her home in Shelby, was murdered and her body concealed, according to a search warrant affidavit.