Cases Old and Cold

[RJs-Ex]

Links to info
Wikipedia: Disappearance of Asha Degree
Finding Asha Degree blog **
Archive of articles by the Shelby Star
Reddit thread (where I first learned of her)
** (regarding the Finding Asha blog) While Iquilla Degree (Asha's mother) characterized the blog as containing "half truths" and said she did not take it too seriously, she allowed that it might prove to be of assistance in ending the mystery of Asha's fate. Local law enforcement were more welcoming. "People wanting to help doesn't burden the case whatsoever," said county sheriff Alan Norman.

Asha Degree

[*]When the 5:00 nightly news hits the airways, two motorists call investigators and report seeing Asha in the wee hours of the morning walking alone in a near-freezing, raging rainstorm on dark, dark Hwy 18. One witness reports a 3:45 sighting and the other a 4:15 sighting.
[*]Asha is seen wearing only a white t-shirt, white jeans and white sneakers, carrying her bookbag
[*]She has no hat or coat and no flashlight. There are no highway lights in this rural community.
[*]One witness reported a ‘torrential downpour’ at the time of his seeing Asha. He turns around three times only to see Asha run into a patch of woods

Did either of these witnesses say why they didn't call 911 right then? Did either of them stop or try to talk to Asha, to ask if she was ok or needed help? Were these witnesses men? I can't imagine any woman NOT stopping for the girl at this time of the day.