The head and hands of a 16-year-old girl, last seen in 2005, were reportedly found in a freezer in a Colorado home, just as the new owner was preparing to give away the old appliance.
“Upon arrival, police discovered that the head and hands of a human had been discovered in a freezer by someone who had come to claim the free device offered by the new owner of the recently sold house,” said the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Friday, reported by ABC News.
Nine months after the macabre discovery of human remains in a freezer of a recently purchased home, investigators were able to identify the victim as Amanda Leariel Overstreet, a 16-year-old girl last seen in 2005.
The young woman would never have been reported missing by her relatives, we can read in the press release.
She was the biological daughter of one of the former owners of the house, located on Pinyon Avenue, which passed into the hands of a new buyer around last January, according to ABC News.
It was while wanting to give away an old freezer sold with the house that the remains of the young woman were discovered inside.
An investigation was immediately opened by the local authorities to try to formally identify the victim and the circumstances surrounding his disappearance: work lasting several months made possible “thanks to DNA tests”, according to the police.
“Amanda is believed to have been around 16 years old at the time of her disappearance. (She) has not been seen or heard from since April 2005,” the police force said.
Forensic tests are still underway to try to shed light on the teenager’s death, while police have called on the local population to respect the privacy of the new owner of the house, who would have “no connection with the previous case,” we can read in the press release.
