Asha Jaquilla Degree, yug thaum Lub Yim Hli 5, 1990, tau ploj mus thaum Lub Ob Hlis 14, 2000, thaum muaj hnub nyoog cuaj xyoos, hauv Shelby, North Carolina, Tebchaws Asmeskas.
Qhov ploj ntawm Asha Degree
Hmo ntuj ntawm Lub Ob Hlis 13, tsheb sib tsoo tau tshwm sim, ua rau lub zog hluav taws xob nyob hauv ib puag ncig. Ib teev ua ntej muaj dab tsi tshwm sim, cov menyuam Asha thiab O'bryant tau mus pw hauv chav uas lawv sib koom.
Harold Degree, menyuam yaus leej txiv, tuaj txog ntawm haujlwm thiab thaum hluav taws xob rov los thaum 12:30 teev sawv ntxov nws tau mus tshuaj xyuas nws cov menyuam chav thiab pom lawv ob leeg pw tag. Ua ntej yuav mus pw nws tau tshuaj xyuas ob zaug tias cov menyuam tau tsaug zog thiab lees paub tias txhua yam tau ua tiav zoo.
Tsis ntev tom qab O'Bryant, uas yog 10 thaum lub sijhawm, nco qab hnov Asha lub txaj creak. Nws tsis sawv txij li nws ntseeg tias nws tsuas yog hloov pauv txoj haujlwm thaum pw. Pom tau tias Asha tau tawm ntawm lub txaj ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd, nqa lub hnab ev ntawv uas nws tau npaj nrog cov khoom ntiag tug, thiab tawm hauv tsev.
Asha Degree thiab nws tus tij laug O'Bryant yeej tsis tau mus deb ntawm lawv chav tsev txawm tias lawv yog menyuam yaus latchkey uas tso lawv tus kheej tom qab kawm ntawv thaum lawv niam lawv txiv tseem ua haujlwm.
Iquilla sawv thaum 5:45 teev sawv ntxov kom cov menyuam npaj mus kawm ntawv. Thaum Lub Ob Hlis 14, yog ib hnub tseem ceeb vim tias nws tsis yog tsuas yog Hnub Valentine tab sis kuj tseem yog Degree's kab tshoob kev kos hnub no suav nrog kev npaj da dej rau lawv vim tias lawv tsis tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ib hmo ua ntej vim lub zog tsis muaj.
Thaum nws qhib lub qhov rooj rau menyuam yaus kom lawv sawv ua ntej 6:30 sawv ntxov lub tswb thiab xa lawv mus rau chav dej, O'Bryant nyob hauv nws lub txaj tab sis Asha ploj lawm thiab Iquilla tsis pom nws nyob qhov twg hauv tsev lossis chaw tso tsheb. . Nws qhia Harold tias nws nrhiav tsis tau Asha.
Harold qhia tias Asha tuaj yeem mus rau nws niam lub tsev hla txoj kev. Thaum Iquilla hu nws tus viv ncaus nws qhia nws tias Asha tsis nyob ntawd. Iquilla tau hu nws niam tus xov tooj, uas qhia nws kom hu rau Shelby Tub Ceev Xwm.
Iquilla mus ncig ib puag ncig nrhiav nws tus ntxhais. Nws tau hu txhua tus phooj ywg, txheeb ze thiab neeg nyob ze, Lawv tam sim ntawd tshem tawm lawv cov phiaj xwm rau hnub ntawd los pab tub ceev xwm tshawb nrhiav thaj chaw. Thaum lawv cov xibhwb hauv pawg ntseeg, nrog rau lwm pab pawg los ntawm thaj chaw tuaj rau Tsev Kawm Qib Siab los txhawb nqa lawv.
Tub ceev xwm tshawb nrhiav
Nws yog 6:40 teev sawv ntxov thiab thawj tus tub ceev xwm tuaj txog ntawm qhov chaw. Raws li tub ceev xwm, tsis muaj pov thawj ntawm kev yuam nkag mus hauv lub tsev, Asha tsuas yog nqa nws lub hnab ev nrog nws thaum nws tawm mus. Lawv kuj tau tshawb nrhiav thaj tsam nrog tub ceev xwm dev tab sis tsis tuaj yeem ntes Asha tus ntxhiab tsw. Qhov kawg ntawm hnub ntawd, tsuas yog qhov pom tau yog tus npliag, uas Iquilla Degree hais tias tsis yog rau nws tus ntxhais.
Tom qab pab pawg canine tsis tuaj yeem txheeb xyuas ib txoj hauv kev kom hnov ntxhiab kom ua raws, cov neeg tshawb nrhiav tau txais lawv thawj tus coj thaum yav tav su. Ib tus neeg tsav tsheb thauj khoom thiab tus tsav tsheb tau pom nws taug kev mus rau sab qab teb ntawm Txoj Kev Loj 18, hnav lub tsho ntev tsho dawb thiab leggings dawb ntawm 3:45 txog 4:15 sawv ntxov Tom qab saib cov xov xwm hais txog nws ploj lawm, lawv tau ceeb toom rau tub ceev xwm.
Tus neeg tsav tsheb tau hais tias nws thim nws lub tsheb vim nws ntseeg tias nws yog "Coj txawv txawv rau tus menyuam yaus no kom nyob ib leeg ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd." Nws tau ncig peb zaug ua ntej pom Degree maj mus rau hauv hav zoov raws txoj kev thiab ploj mus. Nws yog nag hmo, thiab thaum tus neeg tim khawv pom nws, muaj "Cua daj cua dub."
Qhov pom zaum kawg ntawm Asha Degree
"Peb ntseeg siab heev tias nws yog nws," hais tias tus tub ceev xwm hauv nroog Dan Crawford, "Vim tias cov lus piav qhia lawv muab tau zoo ib yam nrog qhov peb paub tias nws tau hnav." Nws tau hais ntxiv tias lawv ob leeg pom nws nyob ntawm ib qho chaw thiab hauv tib txoj kev. "Qhov ntawd yog zaum kawg uas txhua tus neeg tau lees paub qhov pom ntawm Asha," hais tias Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Detective Tim Adams.
Cov khaub noom qhwv tau nrhiav pom nyob hauv qhov chaw tso ntawm txoj kev thaum Lub Ob Hlis 15, ze qhov uas Asha Degree tau pom maj nrawm mus rau hauv hav zoov. Lawv tau nrog tus xaum xaum, tus cim, thiab Mickey Mouse cov plaub hau ribbon sau tias yog nws. Nws yog qhov pov thawj ntawm nws nkaus xwb uas tau tshawb pom thaum thawj qhov kev tshawb fawb.
Iquilla pom tias Asha chav tau ploj ntau yam ntawm nws cov khaub ncaws uas nws nyiam tshaj thaum Lub Ob Hlis 16, suav nrog ob lub ris xiav nrog kab txaij liab.
Lawv tau siv xya hnub hauv qab no thiab 9,000 tus txiv neej-teev tshawb nrhiav thaj tsam ob-ntawm-peb-mais uas Asha Degree tau pom zaum kawg tab sis tuaj txog ntawm tes tsis muaj tes. Lawv kuj tseem khaws ntau dua 300 cov lus qhia, tsis muaj ib qho twg ua haujlwm tau.
Cov ntsiab lus hauv qab no tau nthuav tawm tom qab ntau dua ib xyoos thiab ib nrab. Thaum Lub Yim Hli 3, 2001, cov neeg ua haujlwm tsim kho pom Asha Degree lub hnab, thaum khawb txoj hauv kev raws txoj kev loj 18 hauv Nroog Burke, ze Morganton, txog 26 mais (42 km) sab qaum teb ntawm Shelby. Nws tau muab ntim rau hauv hnab yas.
Raws li tus neeg ua haujlwm uas pom nws, lub hnab ev ntawv suav nrog Tus Menyuam Tshiab Ntawm Lub T-shirt thiab luam ntawm Dr. Seuss's McElligot's Pool. Txawm tias muaj tseeb tias phau ntawv tau raug txheeb xyuas los ntawm Asha lub tsev kawm ntawv lub tsev qiv ntawv thawj zaug, kev nrhiav pom lub hnab tsis muaj cov khoom tshiab. Txog rau hnub tim, nws yog qhov pov thawj tseeb pom hauv rooj plaub.
Cov ntaub ntawv tom ntej hauv rooj plaub tsis tuaj txog 2004. Tus tub ceev xwm lub chaw haujlwm tau pib khawb ntawm Lawndale kev sib txuas lus teb rau cov lus qhia uas nws tau tshaj tawm los ntawm lub nroog loj hauv tsev kaw neeg. Tus neeg raug kaw hauv tsev loj cuj tau lees tias nws raug tua thiab paub tias nws raug faus qhov twg. Cov pob txha uas tau tshawb pom tau dhau los ua cov tsiaj.
Nrog kev cia siab ua rau tsis mus qhov twg, Tsev Kawm Qib Siab tau teeb tsa kev taug kev txhua xyoo los ntawm lawv lub tsev mus rau tus neeg ploj lawm daim ntawv tshaj tawm kom txhawb kev paub hauv zos. Lawv txawm tsim cov nyiaj kawm ntawv hauv nws txoj kev hwm.
"Qhov no nyuaj dua li kev tuag vim tias tsawg kawg nrog kev tuag, muaj kev kaw," Iquilla Degree qhia rau WBTV hauv North Carolina. "Koj tuaj yeem mus rau tom ntxa lossis khaws lub taub hau hauv tsev, tab sis peb tsis tuaj yeem quaj ntsuag thiab peb tsis tuaj yeem tso tseg. Tib yam uas peb tau tso tseg yog kev cia siab. "
Hauv kev xam phaj xyoo 2013 nrog Dav Hlau, Iquilla Degree khuv xim tias nws tus ntxhais disappearance tsis tau txais kev saib xyuas pej xeem ntau npaum li lwm qhov xwm txheej hauv qab no ntawm cov menyuam ploj vim Asha dub.
“Cov menyuam yaus uas ploj lawm tau txais kev saib xyuas ntau dua. Kuv tsis nkag siab vim li cas ” nws hais. "Kuv paub yog tias koj nug lawv, lawv yuav hais tias nws tsis yog haiv neeg. Huag tiag? Kuv yuav tsis sib cav vim kuv muaj kev nkag siab zoo ”.
FBI tau hais nyob rau lub Ob Hlis 2015 tias cov neeg tshawb xyuas los ntawm Cleveland County Tus Tub Ceev Xwm Lub Chaw Haujlwm thiab cov neeg sawv cev los ntawm Lub Xeev Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb tau tshuaj xyuas qhov xwm txheej no thiab rov xam phaj tim khawv. Ib qho ntxiv, lawv tau tshaj $ 25,000 khoom plig rau "Cov ntaub ntawv ua rau raug ntes thiab raug txim ntawm tus neeg lossis tus neeg lub luag haujlwm rau qhov ploj ntawm Asha Degree."
Hauv xyoo 2016 rooj plaub tau rov qhib!
Thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2016, (15 lub hlis tom qab) FBI tau tshaj tawm tias lawv qhov kev tshawb nrhiav tshiab rau hauv rooj plaub tau tsim txoj hauv kev tshiab. Lawv tau tshaj tawm tias Asha Degree tau pom zaum kawg dhau mus rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj ntsuab Lincoln Continental Mark IV txij thaum xyoo 1970 los, lossis tej zaum yog Ford Thunderbird los ntawm tib lub sijhawm, raws Txoj Kev 18.
FBI rov qhib lawv qhov kev tshawb nrhiav, nthuav tawm qhov tshwj xeeb hauv xyoo 2016 thiab tshaj tawm cov duab ntawm Asha lub hnab ntim khoom hauv xyoo 2018.
FBI tshaj tawm thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 2017 tias nws Pab Pawg Me Nyuam Ua Haujlwm Rhais Chaw Siv Tau Zoo (CARD) tau nyob hauv Nroog Cleveland los pab tshawb nrhiav thiab "Muab kev tshawb fawb hauv-av, kev tshuaj xyuas, kev tshuaj xyuas tus cwj pwm, thiab kev tshuaj xyuas txhawb kom paub ntau ntxiv txog dab tsi tshwm sim rau Asha Degree."
Thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2020, lwm tus neeg raug txim ntawm North Carolina xeev, Marcus Mellon, uas raug txim ntawm kev ua plees ua yi rau cov menyuam yaus xyoo 2014, tau xa tsab ntawv mus rau Shelby Star thov tias Asha Degree tau raug tua thiab qhia qhov chaw uas nws yuav pom. Cov neeg tshawb nrhiav tau nug nws thiab lwm tus neeg raug kaw, tab sis tsis pom cov ntaub ntawv tshiab.
"Koj coj txhua cov ntaub ntawv tau txais tiag tiag, thiab peb ua raws nws mus txog qhov xaus, tsis hais leej twg muab cov ntaub ntawv ntawd," Tus tub ceev xwm hauv nroog Cleveland Alan Norman tau hais.
Tus kws tshawb fawb hauv nroog Cleveland Tim Adams tseem cia siab tias ib tus neeg sab nrauv paub qee yam uas yuav pab Asha Degree. "Txhua tus neeg hauv peb lub nroog tau kov qhov tseeb tias nws yog menyuam yaus uas tawm mus rau Hnub Valentine. Shelby Tus Hlub, vim tias nws yog menyuam yaus uas yog peb tus kheej, " Nws hais.
Txawm hais tias tau siv zog los ntawm FBI, tub ceev xwm hauv nroog, thiab Lub Xeev Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb, nrog rau National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, tsis muaj lus teb meej txog Asha txoj hmoo tau muab los. Lub Hauv Paus Hauv Lub Tebchaws rau Kev ploj thiab Siv Cov Menyuam Tsis ntev los no tau tshaj tawm cov duab digitally ntawm Asha ua poj niam hnub nyoog 30 xyoo niaj hnub no.
Tam sim no, FBI tab tom muab khoom plig $ 25,000 rau cov ntaub ntawv coj mus rau nws qhov chaw nyob. Lwm qhov $ 20,000 tau muab los ntawm Cleveland County Sheriff's Office. Txog Asha Degree cov niam txiv, kev cia siab yog tias cov luag haujlwm tsis tau ua yam tsis raug puas tsuaj - thiab tias lawv yuav muaj lub siab tawv rau tom ntej.
Cov lus kawg ntawm nws niam
"Nov yog kuv cov lus thov txhua hmo, tias Vajtswv yuav nkag mus rau hauv lawv lub siab thiab cia lawv los rau tom ntej, vim tias nws yuav tsum yog lub nra hnyav rau lawv," Iquilla Degree tau teev tseg hauv 2020. "Peb cia siab thiab thov Vajtswv tias nws muaj ib nrab-lub neej zoo txawm hais tias peb tsis tau tsa nws. Nws muaj cuaj xyoos thaum lub sijhawm ntawd, thiab nws yuav yog 30 xyoo no ".
"Raws li qhov tshwm sim, peb tau plam txhua yam. Tab sis kuv tsis mloog Kuv yuav tsis saib xyuas qhov kuv tsis tau yog tias nws tau mus rau ntawm lub qhov rooj tam sim no. Txhua yam kuv xav ua yog pom nws. "
