Asha Jaquilla Degree, wobadwa pa Ogasiti 5, 1990, adasowa pa February 14, 2000, ali ndi zaka XNUMX, ku Shelby, North Carolina, United States.
Kutha kwa Asha Degree
Usiku wa pa 13 February, kugundana kwagalimoto kudachitika, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti madera oyandikira azime. Ola limodzi izi zisanachitike, ana Asha ndi O'bryant adapita kukagona mchipinda chomwe adagawana.
Harold Degree, bambo wa anawo, adafika kuchokera kuntchito ndipo magetsi atabwerako nthawi ya 12:30 m'mawa adapita kukawona zipinda za ana ake ndipo adawapeza onse atagona tulo tofa nato. Asanagone anafufuza kawiri kuti ana ali m'tulo ndikutsimikizira kuti zonse zinali bwino.
O'Bryant atangotha kumene, yemwe anali ndi zaka 10 panthawiyo, akukumbukira kuti anamva bedi la Asha. Sanadzuke popeza amakhulupirira kuti amangosintha mawonekedwe akugona. Asha mwachidziwikire adadzuka pabedi panthawiyo, natenga chikwama chomwe anali atakonza kale ndi katundu wake, ndikutuluka mnyumbamo.
Asha Degree ndi mchimwene wake O'Bryant sanapite kutali ndi nyumba yawo ngakhale anali ana a latchkey omwe amalola kuti alowe pambuyo pa sukulu makolo awo akadali kuntchito.
Iquilla adadzuka 5:45 m'mawa kuti akonzekeretse ana kusukulu. Pa Okutobala 14, tsiku lofunika chifukwa silinali tsiku la Valentine lokha komanso tsiku lokumbukira ukwati wa Degree izi zimaphatikizapo kuwakonzekeretsa chifukwa sanathe kutenga usiku umodzi dzulo lisanachitike chifukwa cha magetsi.
Atatsegula chitseko cha chipinda cha ana kuti awadzutse nthawi ya 6:30 m'mawa isanakwane ndikuwatumiza kuchipinda, O'Bryant anali pabedi pake koma Asha adasowa ndipo Iquilla sanamupeze kulikonse m'nyumba kapena garaja . Anauza Harold kuti sanathe kupeza Asha.
Harold adati Asha akadatha kupita kunyumba kwa amayi ake kutsidya kwa msewu. Iquilla atamuyimbira mlamu wake adamuwuza kuti Asha kulibe komweko. Iquilla adayimba nambala ya amayi ake, omwe adamulangiza kuti alumikizane ndi Apolisi a Shelby.
Iquilla anayenda mozungulira akufufuza mwana wake wamkazi. Adayimbira aliyense abwenzi, abale ndi oyandikana nawo, Nthawi yomweyo adathetsa mapulani awo tsikulo kuti athandize apolisi pakusaka malowa. Pomwe abusa awo ampingo, limodzi ndi alaliki ena amderali amabwera kunyumba ya ma Degrees kudzawathandiza.
Kufufuza kwa apolisi
Inali 6:40 am ndipo apolisi oyamba anali atafika pamalopo. Malinga ndi apolisi, palibe umboni wolowa mokakamizidwa wopezeka mnyumbayo, Asha adangotenga chikwama chake atachoka. Afufuzanso malowa ndi agalu apolisi koma sanathe kumva fungo la Asha. Kumapeto kwa tsikulo, chinthu chokhacho chomwe chidapezeka chinali chimbudzi, chomwe Iquilla Degree adati sichinali cha mwana wake wamkazi.
Pambuyo poti magulu a canine alephera kuzindikira njira imodzi yomwe ikutsatira, ofufuzawo adapeza mwayi wawo woyamba masana. Woyendetsa galimoto komanso woyendetsa galimoto adamuwona akuyenda chakumwera pa Highway 18, atavala T-shirt yoyera yamanja yayitali komanso mwendo woyera pakati pa 3:45 ndi 4:15 m'mawa Atawona nkhani yokhudza kusowa kwake, adauza apolisi.
Woyendetsa galimotoyo adati asintha galimoto yake chifukwa amakhulupirira kuti ndiyayo “Zachilendo kuti mwana ngati ameneyu azikhala payekha nthawi yomweyo.” Adazungulira katatu asanaone Degree akuthamangira kuthengo munsewu ndikutha. Unali usiku wamvula, ndipo mboniyo itaiwona, panali “Mkuntho wamphamvu”
Kuwona komaliza kwa Asha Degree
“Tili otsimikiza kuti anali iye,” Anati woyang'anira chigawo Dan Crawford, "Chifukwa malongosoledwe omwe amaperekawa akugwirizana ndi zomwe tikudziwa kuti anali atavala." Anapitilizanso kunena kuti onse awiri anamuwona pamalo amodzi komanso mbali imodzi. "Inali nthawi yomaliza kuti aliyense awonetsetse Asha," Anatero Detective Ofesi ya Ofesi ya Cleveland County Tim Adams.
Zovala zokutira maswiti zidapezeka m khola mmbali mwa msewu pa 15 February, pafupi ndi pomwe Asha Degree adawonedwa akuthamangira kunkhalango. Anatsagana ndi pensulo, chikhomo, ndi riboni tsitsi la Mickey Mouse lotchedwa lake. Unali umboni wokhawo wa iye womwe udapezeka pakusaka koyamba.
Iquilla adazindikira kuti chipinda cha Asha chidasowa zovala zingapo zomwe amakonda pa February 16, kuphatikiza mathalauza abuluu okhala ndi mzere wofiira.
Adakhala masiku asanu ndi awiri otsatirawa ndi maola 9,000 akuwunika madera awiri ndi atatu pomwe Asha Degree adawonedwa komaliza koma adabwera wopanda kanthu. Adasuzanso malingaliro opitilira 300, ndipo palibe omwe adakwaniritsa.
Chidziwitso chotsatira chidawululidwa patadutsa chaka ndi theka. Pa Ogasiti 3, 2001, ogwira ntchito yomanga adapeza chikwama cha Asha Degree, pomwe amakumba msewu wopita ku Highway 18 ku Burke County, pafupi ndi Morganton, pafupifupi makilomita 26 kumpoto kwa Shelby. Anali wokutira m'thumba la pulasitiki.
Malinga ndi wogwira ntchito yemwe adapeza, chikwama chinali ndi T-shirt ya New Kids On The Block komanso kopi ya Dziwe la Dr. Seuss's McElligot. Ngakhale kuti bukulo lidatulutsidwa mu laibulale ya ku pulayimale ya Asha, kupezeka kwa chikwamacho sikunathenso kutsogolera. Mpaka pano, ndiumboni waposachedwa womwe wapezeka pamlanduwu.
Chidziwitso chotsatira pamlanduwu sichinafike mpaka 2004. Ofesi ya a sheriff idayamba kufukula pamphambano ya Lawndale poyankha ndalama zomwe akuti adalandira kuchokera kwa mkaidi wina m'ndendeyo. Mkaidi wamndendeyo adati adaphedwa ndipo amadziwa komwe adayikidwa. Mafupa omwe adapezeka adapezeka kuti ndi a nyama.
Ndikutsogolera kopititsa patsogolo kulikonse, banja la a Degree lidakonza ulendo wapachaka wochoka kunyumba kwawo kupita pa zikwangwani za munthu yemwe akusowa kuti akadziwitse anthu akumaloko. Adapanganso mwayi wamaphunziro womupatsa ulemu.
"Izi ndizovuta kuposa imfa chifukwa, ngakhale ndiimfa, pali kutseka," Iquilla Degree adauza WBTV ku North Carolina. “Mutha kupita kumanda kapena kusunga khomo kunyumba, koma sitingalire ndipo sitingataye mtima. Chomwe tatsala nacho ndi chiyembekezo. ”
Poyankhulana ndi Jet mu 2013, Iquilla Degree adadandaula kuti ndi mwana wake wamkazi kutha anali asanamve chidwi chochuluka ndi anthu ena monga milandu ina yotsatira yosowa ana chifukwa Asha anali wakuda.
“Kusowa ana azungu kumawasamalira kwambiri. Sindikumvetsa chifukwa chake ” iye anati. “Ndikudziwa kuti mukawafunsa, adzati si mtundu. Oo zoona? Sindikutsutsana chifukwa ndili ndi nzeru zambiri ”.
FBI idati mu february 2015 kuti ofufuza ochokera kuofesi ya Cleveland County Sheriff ndi othandizira ku State Bureau of Investigation amafufuzanso mlanduwu ndikufunsanso mboni. Kuphatikiza apo, adapereka mphotho ya $ 25,000 ya "Zomwe zapangitsa kuti kumangidwa ndi kukhudzidwa kwa munthu kapena anthu omwe achititsa kuti Asha Degree asowa."
Mu 2016 mlandu udatsegulidwanso!
Mu Meyi 2016, (miyezi 15 pambuyo pake) FBI idawulula kuti kafukufuku wawo watsopano pankhaniyi wapanga njira yatsopano. Adawulula kuti Asha Degree adawonedwa komaliza kulowa mumdima wobiriwira wa Lincoln Continental Mark IV kuyambira koyambirira kwa ma 1970, kapena mwina Ford Thunderbird kuyambira nthawi yomweyo, pa Route 18.
FBI idayambitsanso kafukufuku wawo, kuwulula kutsogolera kumeneku mu 2016 ndikufalitsa zithunzi za chikwama cha Asha mu 2018.
FBI yalengeza mu Seputembala 2017 kuti gulu lake la Kubedwa Kwachangu kwa Ana (CARD) linali ku Cleveland County kuti lithandizire pa kafukufukuyu ndi "Perekani kafukufuku wapafupipafupi, kusanthula kwaukadaulo, kusanthula kwamakhalidwe, ndi kuthandizira pakuwunika kuti mudziwe zambiri za zomwe zidachitikira Asha Degree."
Mu Novembala 2020, mkaidi wina m'boma la North Carolina, a Marcus Mellon, yemwe adapezeka wolakwa pa milandu yakugonana kwa ana mu 2014, adalemba kalata ku The Shelby Star yonena kuti Asha Degree adaphedwa ndikuwulula komwe angapezeke. Ofufuzawo adamfunsa iye ndi mkaidi wina, koma palibe chidziwitso chatsopano chomwe chidapezeka.
"Mumatenga chilichonse chomwe mwalandira mosamala kwambiri, ndipo timatsatira mpaka kumapeto, mosasamala kanthu kuti ndi ndani amene amapereka chidziwitsochi," Woyang'anira County County Cleveland Alan Norman adati.
Wofufuza ku Cleveland County a Tim Adams akuyembekezerabe kuti wina kunja uko amadziwa china chake chomwe chingathandize Asha Degree. “Aliyense mtawuni yathu adakhudzidwa ndikuti anali mwana wamng'ono yemwe adachoka pa Tsiku la Valentine. Wokondedwa wa Shelby, chifukwa ndi wachinyamata yemwe ndi wathu, ” Iye anati.
Ngakhale zoyesayesa za FBI, apolisi am'deralo, ndi State Bureau of Investigation, komanso National Center for Missing and Exploised Children, palibe mayankho otsimikizika okhudza zomwe Asha apereka. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children posachedwapa adasindikiza zithunzi za Asha ngati mayi wazaka 30 lero.
Pakadali pano, FBI ikupereka mphotho ya $ 25,000 pazidziwitso zomwe zingamupatse komwe ali. $ 20,000 ina ikuperekedwa ndi Ofesi ya Cleveland County Sheriff. Kwa makolo a Asha Degree, chiyembekezo ndikuti omwe adachita izi sanachitepo zoipa zosasinthika - ndikuti akhale ndi chidwi chobwera.
Mawu omaliza a amayi ake
"Limenelo ndi pemphero langa usiku uliwonse, kuti Mulungu alowe m'mitima yawo ndikuwalola kuti abwere, chifukwa liyenera kukhala cholemetsa pa iwo," Iquilla Degree inanena mu 2020. "Tikukhulupirira ndikupemphera kuti anali ndi moyo wabwino ngakhale kuti sitinathe kumulera. Pa nthawiyo anali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi, ndipo akhala zaka 30 chaka chino ”.
“Zotsatira zake, taphonya chilichonse. Koma sindisamala. Sindikadasamala zomwe ndiphonya atalowa pakhomo pompano. Zomwe ndikufuna kuchita ndikumuwona. ”
