Police Offer Reward for Info on Asha Degree’s Disappearance in 2000

Asha Degree

It has been 15 years since the disappearance of 9-year-old Asha Degree and the Charlotte Division of the FBI is offering up to $25,000 in exchange for any information that leads to conviction or arrest of whoever is responsible for the disappearance.

State Bureau of Investigation agents and investigators for the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office are again interviewing witnesses, re-examining Asha’s case, and following new leads seeking what happened to the girl, according to FBI spokeswoman Shelley Lynch. 

A community group is also offering an additional $20,000 for any information leading to an arrest for the person responsible for the Asha’s disappearance.

Asha was reported missing at 6:30 a.m. by her parents on Feb. 14, 2000. She was last seen by family in her bedroom asleep at 2:30 a.m., then drivers saw her at 4 a.m. that same morning walking on N.C. 18 in Cleveland County.

A book bag belonging to Asha was found buried in Burke County also along N.C. 18, over a year later.

Lynch and Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman will meet with reporters Monday morning then search the area around N.C. 18 and distribute missing posters for Asha. 

A billboard with a picture of Asha will also be put up at five Charlotte area locations: I-85/McAdenville,Carowinds/Interstate 77, I-77 at West W.T. Harris Boulevard, I-77 at Tyvola Road, and I-85 at Statesville Avenue.

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