Gov. Stein offering up to $25K reward in Asha Degree investigation

CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Governor Josh Stein announced that the state is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the disappearance of Asha Degree.

In addition, the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office upped its reward to a combined $75,000.

Asha Degree was just 9 years old when she vanished from her home in Shelby on Valentine’s Day 2000.

Now, 25 years later, investigators said they are making “significant progress” thanks to advances in forensic technology and renewed public attention.

“To highlight our ongoing search to find Asha, the combined reward was raised to $75,000. Take a moment today to pray for Asha, her family, our investigative team, and our community,” the sheriff’s office shared in a statement from May.