Archives

You will find 20 years of archived articles below. We have done our best to break them up by month & year, as well as later search sites/digs. The JET Magazine interview is out of order solely because we didn’t want it to get lost in the newspaper clippings.

While the work of pulling specific articles and compiling them here was entirely ours, we hold no copyright on the original articles. They are produced here in the form in which they originally appeared for the purpose of education. The majority come from the Charlotte Observer, with a few from the News Herald.

The Shelby Star Archives

Election: Cleveland County Sheriff, 1998

JET Magazine Interview With Iquilla Degree

Gastonia Power Outage

TABLE OF CONTENTS

February 2000: Asha disappears; a massive search effort follows
March 2000
6 months on: August 2000
1 Year On: February 2001
August of 2001: Asha’s Backpack Discovered
Harold Degree is involved in a head on collision weeks after Asha’s backpack was discovered.
September 2001: Harold’s condition improves; search for Asha rescheduled
November 2004: Dig near Lawndale, NC
February 2005
Seattle/Melrose Search Area, Spring 2005
May 2005: Community Action
February 2006: Memorial program held for Asha
August 2009
February 2010
February 2012
May 2013
January 2014
February 2015
February 2016
February 2017
September 2017
October 2018
December 2018
February 2020
November 2020

February 2000: Asha disappears; a massive search effort follows

White T-shirt with purple letting made for a Degree family reunion in Atlanta, blue jeans, white tennis shoes

15 February 2000; Charlotte Observer

16 February 2000

17 February 2000; Charlotte Observer

18 February 2000; Charlotte Observer

19 February 2000; Charlotte Observer

20 February 2000; Charlotte Observer

22 February 2000; Charlotte Observer

24 February 2000; Charlotte Observer

24 February 2000; Charlotte Ovserver

28 February 2000; Charlotte Observer

March 2000

14 March 2000; Charlotte Observer

6 months on: August 2000

14 August 2000

1 Year On: February 2001

August of 2001: Asha’s Backpack Discovered

6 August 2001

7 August 2001

August 11, 2001

15 August 2001

August 16, 2001

16 August 2001

Harold Degree is involved in a head on collision weeks after Asha’s backpack was discovered.

28 August 2001

September 2001: Harold’s condition improves; search for Asha rescheduled

14 September 2001

15 September 2001

November 2004: Dig near Lawndale, NC

11 November 2004

12 November 2004

February 2005

15 February 2005

Seattle/Melrose Search Area, Spring 2005

26 April 2005

The Seattle & Melrose search area has been the site of several digs following tips from the public. Authorities have searched it several times only to find animal bones. The tip regarding this area has never been made public.