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Asha Degree is 9 years old when she goes missing on a dark, rainy night in February 2000. Her backpack, which she seemed to have packed, is found 26 miles from where she was last seen walking along the highway. 
What happened to Asha? Did she simply run away? Was she lured, in the early internet days? Did she encounter a bad actor who brought her harm?

Sources:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina
2) https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/nc/shelby/crime 
3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Confederate_monuments_and_memorials 
4) https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/north-carolina/districts/cleveland-county-schools/shelby-high-school-14361#:~:text=Overview%20of%20Shelby%20High%20School,ranked%20385th%20within%20North%20Carolina. 
5) https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/shelby-cleveland-nc/reviews/ 
6) https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/The-Baffling-Disappearance-of-Asha-Degree 
7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Asha_Degree
8) https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/inside-the-fbi-searching-for-asha-degree-021422.mp4/view 
9) https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/20th-anniversary-of-asha-degree-disappearance-021420 
10) https://ncsbi.gov/Divisions/Cold-Case-Investigation-Team/Missing-Persons/Asha-Jaquilla-Degree 
11)https://www.reddit.com/r/AshaDegree/comments/13ptlm4/my_analysis_interesting_points_of_view/ 
12)https://www.reddit.com/r/AshaDegree/comments/143jqtc/after_all_weve_seen_in_this_case_what_do_you_lean/ 

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