Transcript of 911 call for missing Asha Degree

Here is the 911 call from Harold Degree to police that lasted approximately 2
minutes, 40 seconds. The call was made at 6:39 a.m. Monday:
Dispatcher: 911
Father: Yes, I'd like to report a child missing.
Dispatcher: From where?
Father: From my house.
Dispatcher: What's your address?
Father: Uhh, 3404 Oakcrest Drive.
Dispatcher: Is this an apartment?
Father: Yeah.
Dispatcher: Which apartment?
Father: Uhh, Apartment 3406.
Dispatcher: OK, is she missing from 3404 or 3406?
Father: 3404, I mean.
Dispatcher: There's not an apartment number?
Father: It's 34-, unhuh, no, unhuh (crying in background)
Dispatcher: It's not like an A or B?
Father: No, unhuh.
Dispatcher: What's your name?
Father: Harold Degree.
Dispatcher: Your phone number, Harold?
Father: (gives phone number) The next door neighbor said she went down the road
and said she just seen a kid down the road. (crying continues in background)
Dispatcher: What's the child's name?
Father: Asha Degree
Dispatcher: What's her full name?
Father: Asha Jaquailla Degree
Dispatcher: Can you spell it for me please?
Father: A-s-h-a J-a-q-u-a-i-l
Dispatcher: J-a what? (crying, talking in background)
Dispatcher: J-a what?
Father: J-a-q-u - I mean, yeah, J-a-q-u-a-i-l-l-a
Dispatcher: Degree?
Father: Yeah, yeah.
Dispatcher: How old is she?
Father: Uhh, nine.
Dispatcher: White or black?
Father: Black.
Dispatcher: When did you last see her Harold?
Father: Last time I went to bed, she was in the bed. We got up this morning,
called her to get up to go to school, and she wasn't in there. And her bookbag's
missing and her pocketbook. (crying continues in background)
Dispatcher: So you don't know if she got dressed or if she's still got on her
bedclothes or what?
Father: We don't know.
Dispatcher: Was the door open or anything?
Father: No. Uhh, her brother sleeps in there with her and when he uhh, when he
was in there he didn't hear her when she got up.
Dispatcher: OK.
Dispatcher: All right Harold, I will get an officer to get in touch with you
just as soon as possible. If you do happen to locate her, please call us back
and let us know, OK?
Father: OK.
Dispatcher: Thank you, bye-bye.
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What has been done and what is being done to find this little girl? Years have past the time she should have been home...who is searching for Asha Degree ?