Asha Degree was a well-behaved, athletic, smart young girl living in Shelby, North Carolina. However, one morning she snuck out of her house before school, never to be seen again. The subsequent investigation determined she had been planning her escape for days, but no motive could be found. She was seen over a mile from her home walking down Highway 18 in the middle of a thunderstorm by at least two passing motorists. Some of her belongings were found in a shed behind a bus...