Body parts found in a freezer that was left behind at a Colorado home that was sold are of a 16-year-old girl who went missing in 2005, authorities have said.
The death of Amanda Leariel Overstreet – the biological daughter of the home’s previous owner – is being investigated as a homicide, according to the sheriff’s office overseeing the case. An investigation into Overstreet’s slaying remains ongoing.
The discovery of Overstreet’s remains was made in January, after the new owner of a house near Grand Junction gave away a freezer left behind by the previous occupant. The person who claimed the freezer found a human head and forearms with hands attached, said the Mesa county sheriff’s office.
Overstreet’s body parts were identified through DNA testing. She had not been seen since April 2005, and “there is no record that Amanda Overstreet was ever reported missing”, a statement from the sheriff read.
An exact cause of death has not yet been determined, and no arrests have been made. The missing girl lived in the Grand Junction and Harris county, Texas, areas, according to the Mesa county coroner’s office.
The new owner of the home was “completely unrelated to the previous case”, said the sheriff’s office. “The house was purchased, fully remodeled, and sold to the current owner.”
According to Colorado Public Radio, records show a home on the street where Overstreet’s remains were discovered belonged to a Bradley David Imer, who died of Covid-19 in 2021. The outlet said Imer’s death certificate lists his spouse as Leanne Overstreet.
Colorado Public Radio noted that it had been unable to determine whether Leanne Overstreet and Amanda Overstreet were related. But the sheriff’s office did confirm to the outlet that Amanda’s biological mother had been a previous owner of the home where the remains were found.
Meanwhile, the Mesa county sheriff’s office provided a statement to the Daily Mail confirming Leanne Overstreet had indeed owned the home where her daughter’s remains were found.
