The severed head and hands of a 16-year-old Colorado girl found in a freezer have now been identified after a months-long investigation, DailyMail.com can reveal.
On January 12 of this year, a family was cleaning out the home in Grand Junction, Colorado, that had previously belonged to the girl’s family when they said they found the gruesome remains in a freezer left by the previous owners.
Ten months later, the Mesa County coroner announced that they had finally identified the body parts as belonging to Amanda Overstreet, who was “last known to be alive in April 2005.”
Mesa County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Wendy Likes told DailyMail.com that Amanda was the biological daughter of widowed homeowner Leanne, 55, and that Leanne’s late husband Bradley was Amanda’s stepfather. .
Likes declined to comment on whether police had identified or interviewed the biological father.
The 16-year-old Colorado girl whose body parts were found in a freezer has now been identified as Amanda Overstreet, DailyMail.com can reveal. Neighbors saw investigators in hazmat suits on the Grand Junction property.
Amanda was the biological daughter of widowed owner Leanne, now aged 55 and seen in an earlier photo. No arrests have been made in the murder investigation and Leanne still resides in Grand Junction.
Amanda’s stepfather, Bradley Imer, died at age 61 of cardiac arrest after a severe case of covid-19
The house had recently changed owners and was being cleaned out in an effort to get rid of the trash.
The spokeswoman said Amanda was 16 when she was last seen in 2005.
Likes said no arrests have been made in the murder investigation and that Leanne still resides in Grand Junction, Colorado.
“The remainder of his body has not been recovered at this time,” the coroner’s office said. ‘The manner of death is being investigated as homicide. “The case remains an active investigation and no further details will be released at this time.”
Bradley died at age 61 on July 7, 2021, from cardiac arrest after contracting a severe case of Covid-19, according to local reports.
The next day, Leanne posted on Facebook fundraising for her funeral and hospital bills. The couple had two children, Elsie Belle and Anthony Imer.
‘Bradley D. Imer contracted Covid last month and was admitted to the ICU on June 27. He died on July 7. “Our family is trying to raise money to pay for his burial and medical expenses,” he wrote.
‘We had a flood in our house a couple of months ago and have been living in a hotel since May 3, while we try to work with our homeowners and contractors insurance to complete the repairs.
‘Our daughter will be starting her final year in a couple of weeks and her father’s passing has devastated her, they were best friends.
‘Bradley had many friends and family whom he touched during his life. Bradley was loved and respected by many. He lived his life to the fullest with no regrets. Bradley gave away the shirt he was wearing and no one left our house without eating and having a good conversation.
“Bradley was (still is) the love of my life, my best friend, the best father, a wonderful husband and the best man I will ever know. I just don’t know what we are going to do without him. Bradley was our rock and heart and the soul of our family. No man will ever live up to his memory because he was simply a great man, loved by all who knew him.’
She added that she and her son Anthony “were going to stay in the trailer in the front yard until repairs were made (to their flooded home).”
Neighbors said they saw a young man living with Leanne and described them as “hoarders”.
One local, posting anonymously on a blog, wrote: ‘Does anyone know anything about a daughter who lived in that house? We live around the corner and used to see her around the neighborhood, but we haven’t seen her in years.
Leanne and Anthony were going to “stay in the mobile home in the front yard until repairs were made (to their flooded home).”
The Imers’ two children are Elsie Belle Imer, 21, and her older brother, Anthony Imer.
Sam Troester, who lives across the street, said he noticed something strange when people in protective suits showed up at the house.
Troester said he realized what happened when the people who intended to buy the freezer opened it and found a human head.
Sam Troester, who lives across the street, said he noticed something strange when people in protective suits showed up at the house.
Troester said he found out what had happened when people who intended to buy the freezer came to his door and asked if they could use his bathroom.
“I let them in and cautiously said, ‘What’s going on?'” he told 9 News.
‘And they kept telling me that they opened the freezer to empty it so they could transport it and they said a head fell out. A human head!
Deputies later confirmed that human hands were also found in the freezer.
“A thorough and detailed investigation is the top priority,” the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a news release at the time.
“Our hope is to positively identify the victim while remaining respectful of the victim and her family.”
They added: “These types of tests require a significant amount of time.”