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Dismembered remains found in freezer identified as missing teen from 2005
WVLT TV-8 ^ | October 12, 2024 | Kacie Sinton, Debra Worley and Ja'Ronn Alex

Posted on 10/12/2024 7:35:48 PM PDT by Red Badger

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO/Gray News) – Authorities in Colorado have identified recently sold remains that were found stored in a freezer nearly 10 months ago.

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said the grim discovery was made shortly after a home in Grand Junction had been sold in January.

According to deputies, the remains of a human head and set of hands were found by someone who arrived to claim the freezer, which was being offered for free by the new owner of the recently sold property.

Investigators have confirmed the remains belong to Amanda Leariel Overstreet, a girl who had not been heard from since April 2005.

They estimate she was around 16 years old at the time of her disappearance.

“I mean, she was a child. She was 16 years old. She was still a child,” Wendy Likes, information and communications manager for the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, said.

According to the sheriff’s office, Overstreet was the biological daughter of the previous owner of the property where her remains were found.

Neighbor Jameson Perez said there was a foul smell coming from the house when he would walk by. He also shared that the last time he saw the little girl was when she was on her way to school.

Police records indicate Overstreet was never reported missing.

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation.


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 2005; 200504; amandaoverstreet; body; coldcase; colorado; debraworley; freezer; grandjunction; graynews; humanremains; jamesonperez; jaronnalex; kaciesinton; kkco; kountze; leannoverstreet; learieloverstreet; mesacounty; missing; missinggirl; neldaoverstreet; overstreet; texas; warren; wvlt

1 posted on 10/12/2024 7:35:48 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Lovely.

Excuse me, I have to go hug a few people.

2 posted on 10/12/2024 7:42:56 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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“there is no record that Amanda Overstreet was ever reported missing”, ...


3 posted on 10/12/2024 7:47:16 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

So someone in the family killed her, dismembered her, and kept her body in their freezer.

Why report yourself?

Somebody go get the previous owners.


4 posted on 10/12/2024 7:50:13 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: piasa

And “Overstreet was the biological daughter of the previous owner of the property”


5 posted on 10/12/2024 7:51:13 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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To: FamiliarFace

She was apparently taken in by her grandmother and formally adopted by her at some point.
The grandmother was a geometry teacher in Kountze, Texas.
But the grandmother had cancer and died of it in 2005, the same year the girl disappeared.


6 posted on 10/12/2024 7:58:45 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

So they sold their home and just forgot there were body parts in the freezer?

This article raises more questions than it answers.


7 posted on 10/12/2024 8:01:06 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: piasa

The poor child.


8 posted on 10/12/2024 8:02:04 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: piasa

Her grandmother /adoptive mom was Half a O Overstreet.
Her bio mother is LeAnn or LeAnne Overstreet.
10 yrs ago, reportedly, friends were looking for her and were brushed off by LeAnne, who allegedly told them the girl had run away.


9 posted on 10/12/2024 8:04:43 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

“Half a O Overstreet” should be Nelda Overstreet.

I hate predictive text.


10 posted on 10/12/2024 8:06:12 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Valpal1

The home was bought in foreclosure sale by a local real estate investor. It was owned by a man and his wife. He died a while back. The widow and her son lived there. Why they left the remains is the question. The real estate investor posted on Facebook that everything in the repod house was free to anyone who wanted it. The freezer was being emptied by someone who was going to take it. The head and arms were in it with a bunch of other meats.


11 posted on 10/12/2024 8:08:02 PM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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To: FamiliarFace
I believe hell has a no extradition policy.
12 posted on 10/12/2024 8:09:09 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Red Badger

Probably ditched the body somewhere but hung onto the head and hands in the hope of making it harder to identify the body if the body was found.


13 posted on 10/12/2024 8:10:41 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Valpal1

Yes. (questions)


14 posted on 10/12/2024 8:13:23 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: piasa

The dad did it.


15 posted on 10/12/2024 8:20:16 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ("Gays for Gaza is like Chickens for KFC"- B. Netanyahu )
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To: piasa
I hate predictive text.

I call it Auto Correct Otto Corrupt.

16 posted on 10/12/2024 8:35:28 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: FamiliarFace

May whoever killed this innocent girl burn forever in Hades.


17 posted on 10/12/2024 8:56:59 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Perhaps.


18 posted on 10/12/2024 8:57:21 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: george76

A follow up to w weird story.


19 posted on 10/13/2024 5:42:22 AM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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