What Happened to Asha Degree? New Court Documents Reveal Potential Suspects In 9-Year-Old Girl’s 2000 Disappearance; Authorities Believe She Was Murdered 

Investigators in North Carolina have released new details in a cold case from nearly 25 years ago involving the disappearance and possible murder of a 9-year-old girl. Asha Degree disappeared from her Shelby, North Carolina, home on Feb. 14, 2000. Authorities conducted multiple searches but could not find her. In the years that passed, investigators found a few of Asha’s belongings but nothing that could point them to her whereabouts. Authorities say Asha Degree wandered off from her home in Shelby, North Carolina, in 2000 and hasn’t been seen since. Now, they have reason to believe she was a homicide victim whose body had been concealed. (Photo: WNCT Screenshot) Last week, local and state investigators executed eight search warrants at locations connected to Asha’s disappearance. Details from those warrants reveal that those locations are linked to Roy and Connie Dedmon, two people local outlets claim are named as suspects in police documents. The locations for each warrant were chosen based on DNA evidence from 2001 that linked Asha with Annalee Dedmon Ramirez and Russell Underhill. That year, authorities found Asha’s clothing and backpack in trash bags at a construction site along Highway 18 in Burke County. The bag contained a...