Family continues search 14 years after girl's disappearance

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February 15, 2014 at 3:24 a.m. UTC

CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C. — A family is still searching for answers after a little girl from Cleveland County disappeared 14 years ago Friday.

Asha Degree's parents said the 9-year-old walked out of her Shelby home in the middle of the night and never returned.

Investigators found her bookbag a year later, buried in Burke County. No one has been arrested in connection with the case.

The FBI is assisting with the case.

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