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Crews to begin new search for Asha DegreeBy Heather BarrSpecial to The GazetteBURKE COUNTY - Cleveland County Sheriff Dan Crawford announced that crews will begin a search Wednesday morning around the area where Asha Degree’s items were found in Burke County.Woods,Degree snakes,a creek and rugged terrain are just a few things that the Cleveland and Burke sheriffs’ offices, emergency management crews and the FBI will be up against.Asha Degree was 9 years old when she disappeared from her Fallston home on Valentine’s Day 2000. On Aug. 3, a construction worker reported to police that he found a book bag and other items in Burke County less than SO yards from N.C. 18. The book bag was found in a garbage bag. The book bag and some of the items were later confirmed to be Asha’s.Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Billy Benton about eight to 10 detectives from the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office and eight to 10 Cleveland County Emergency Management workers wifi join about IS to 20 workers from the Burke County Sheriff’s Office and Burke County Emergency Management.►See Degrae/Page 5B■«#
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The Gaston Gazette
Gastonia, North Carolina, US
Tue, Aug 14, 2001
Page 23
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