Asha Degree is another one that I've read a lot about. I saw on reddit recently that her parents were supposed to be going to an open house the next morning of the night she disappeared. Which was new info to me. LEO has also stated the sightings of her are credible. IIRC there was also a picture of some girls near (or possibly with?) her stuff when it was recovered that had people convinced it was a huge clue for a long time but then it came out that the picture was unrelated to Asha. Even if she wasn't afraid of thunderstorms as reported, what would compel a nine year old to leave in the dead of night? In February, in bad weather? It's not like she and her mom had just had an argument and she stormed out. No she left around like 3 am.
I hope they solve this one, I really really do.
Another one I would have mentioned was Alissa Turney who disappeared in 2001 and her younger sister lead a years-long campaign for her father (Alissa's step father) to be arrested. Michael Turney had their entire house under surveillance that either mysteriously stopped working the day she went missing or he claimed to have viewed the footage and nothing was amiss so he wiped it but I can't remember and Alissa had allegations of sexual abuse against her step father. She went missing from school in 2001 after telling her boyfriend that her step father was taking her out of school early. Her step father claimed she had left a note about running away and further claimed to have spoken to her over the phone about a week after she went missing. Alissa's younger sister Sarah was instrumental in the case, campaigning on various social media platforms as well as a podcast to shine light on her missing sister. Although her body has yet to be recovered, AFAIK, in August 2020, 19 years after her disappearance, her step father was arrested and charged with second degree murder.
So I think there is a good chance that a lot of this older cases could be solved in our lifetime, especially with advancements in DNA testing/technologies. So, fingers crossed.
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I think Asha was being threatened or encouraged to go out on an "adventure" so some opportunistic person could take her. Very little about the case makes any sense, but her being groomed makes sense to me. Her backpack being wrapped up and discarded is chilling and screams foul play. As far as I know, the photo of the girl that was found in the shed where some of Asha's belongings were was never identified and was unrecognized by her family or her school (it looks like a typical school photo from picture day though). I believe one article out there confirms that it was a friend of hers but it seems more of an assumption than anything. I wonder if they've used forensics to analyze the NKotB shirt (wasn't hers) or her backpack and haven't said anything publicly. The family deserves closure and I hope the find answers someday.
I'm so happy they managed to solve the Alissa Turney case! It was one of the first cases I read about. It took almost 2 decades to bring her some justice; the whole thing was absolutely heartbreaking and I'm glad her sister never stopped fighting for her. The stepfather is an absolute creep. I need to go back and look up cases that were recently solved because I was a bit out of the loop with this one.
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This thread is so much more serious than I expected. I'm sorry for all of you who feel personally touched by these murders: when I read about a lot of these I develop a bit of a hunted feeling. Never mind when they're about an area you're from or frequent...
I just want to know things like "how do eels reproduce" and "what causes gravity". :/
There's certainly good mystery in the non-metaphorically-dark. Like the deepest depths of the ocean and dark matter. Those are two things I'd love to see more scientific breakthroughs and mysteries uncovered in my lifetime. We just landed another rover on Mars. A whole world out there!
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Here's a lighter tone mystery, although by now I think they cracked the case.
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The Van Breda murders I can�t decide if he�s guilty!
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