The head and hands of a 16-year-old girl last seen in 2005 has been discovered in a freezer by someone who was collecting the free appliance from a recently sold home.

The head and hands of a 16-year-old girl who was last seen in 2005 has been discovered in a freezer by someone who was collecting the free appliance by the new owner of a recently sold home, police said.

The incident initially took place nine months ago on Jan. 12 when the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado received a call regarding a “suspicious incident” in the 2900 block of Pinyon Avenue in Grand Junction, approximately 240 miles west of Denver near Colorado’s border with Utah, according to a statement from the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office.

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“Through DNA testing, the victim is identified as Amanda Leariel Overstreet,” law enforcement announced. “Amanda is believed to have been approximately 16 years old at the time of her disappearance. Overstreet has not been seen or heard from since April 2005.”

  • jonne@infosec.pub
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    1 month ago

    It’s possible they just died and a relative sold the house without knowing anything about the freezer. The article doesn’t mention anything about cops looking for a suspect, so they probably just closed the case.