Asha Degree was a "victim of homicide" and her body was "concealed," according to search warrant documentation obtained by WCNC Charlotte on Monday.
The FBI along with state and local investigators searched a Cleveland County property all last week in a decades-long search for Degree, who was 9 years old when she disappeared from Shelby, North Carolina in 2000. Until now, it was not known whether Degree was still alive.
The search warrants released on Monday provide new details in the updated search for Degree. In their documentation to the court, investigators said evidence was linked to the property on Cherryville Road in Shelby. That's where investigators last week recovered a car similar in make and model to one sought during the initial search in 2000.
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