I agree about the sightings. Why not call the police then if you see a child in the rain, the dark, and at 4 am near a Hwy? They recalled it later after her missing status was publicized.
The shed thing is strange too. There was a Minnie/Mickey mouse bow that was found near the shed that her family believed was hers, but it's hard to grasp.
Why walk along a hwy at night if you're afraid of the dark? In the rain with no coat? Her family says she was also afraid of dogs and there were dogs in her neighborhood in her possible route to the hwy.
My thoughts on why-
*She had no coat- she was picked up in a vehicle
*she was on the hwy- she fled the vehicle after the perpetrator came onto her
*she packed a bag- the perp told her to, maybe even coerced her. (The bag had her favorite outfit, which not just anyone would know)
*Her bookbag was found in trash bags on a construction site- the perp wanted it to be found.
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I think the timing played a part in this. Cell phones were becoming more popular then but by no means did everyone own a cell phone. Maybe by the time they got home it had slipped their minds? What I'd like to known is why the driver that says he circled three times...
circled three times? What sense does that make? I could see passing her and then going back to see if what you had seen had been correct but once you realized that it was, why would you go on to circle again? It seems that if anyone would have had enough reason to make a call about this when they got home, it's this driver.
The quotes from law enforcement suggesting that it is not a cold case by any means and that local citizens are aware of more than they have said makes me think that the perp has to be someone close by, maybe even someone who still lives there.
I don't know Asha but from her family describing her as shy and afraid of the dark, I have a hard time believing she left on her own or even with someone that she barely knew. I feel that in order for her to have felt comfortable enough to not only pack a bag and leave in the dark, rain and cold but to not mention anything to anyone, Asha would have had to have known this person a decent amount.
Do we know for a fact that Asha had no coat on? I can't imagine she would have lasted out there for very long at all if she was indeed walking. I read that not only was it raining but it was in the 30s?
The pencil, marker and hair bow left at the scene suggests to me that maybe she was there for a time or that something happened there. On the one hand, Asha could have been picked up and taken there by someone and what happened from there is anyone's guess (but I can't imagine whatever it was was good...) or maybe the perp simply took the bag there and went through it, accidentally leaving the few belongings behind.
The book bag being wrapped in trash bags obviously points to the perp wanting to preserve it for some reason, whether it was for LE to find or so that they could later go back and retrieve it is, again, anyone's guess, but I feel fairly confident that it was to keep it in decent condition. Otherwise, why not bury it without the trashbags? Or burn it? Or throw it in a body of water? All of these suggestions would get rid of that bag and that evidence much faster than burying it inside of trash bags.
Could it be possible that Asha was lured out, murdered and buried near the shed? Her belongings being left there points to some time being spent there, whether that was by the girl herself or the person who hurt her. Ultimately I have to say that I agree with previous posters that the shed has more to do with this than we know.
