The pinnacle and palms of a 16-year-old lady who was final seen in 2005 has been found in a freezer by somebody who was amassing the free equipment by the brand new proprietor of a lately offered residence, police mentioned.
The incident initially befell 9 months in the past on Jan. 12 when the Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace in Colorado acquired a name concerning a “suspicious incident” within the 2900 block of Pinyon Avenue in Grand Junction, roughly 240 miles west of Denver close to Colorado’s border with Utah, based on an announcement from the Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace.
“Upon arrival, deputies discovered the top and palms of a human had been found in a freezer by somebody who arrived to say the free equipment provided by the brand new proprietor of the lately offered residence,” police mentioned.
It took 9 months of investigation earlier than the Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace have been in a position to launch the identification of the sufferer of the Pinyon Avenue murder case on Friday.
“By way of DNA testing, the sufferer is recognized as Amanda Leariel Overstreet,” legislation enforcement introduced. “Amanda is believed to have been roughly 16 years previous on the time of her disappearance. Overstreet has not been seen or heard from since April 2005.”
Overstreet was the organic daughter of the earlier proprietor of the house, police mentioned, and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance stay underneath investigation, in addition to ongoing forensic testing of proof.
There isn’t any document that Amanda Overstreet was ever reported lacking, officers mentioned.
“The Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace wish to emphasize that the house the place the Pinyon Avenue Murder investigation centered is now underneath new possession, utterly unrelated to the earlier case,” mentioned the Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace. “The home was bought, totally reworked, and offered to the present proprietor. We urge you to respect the present proprietor and their neighbors’ privateness and keep away from driving by the house or taking pictures.”
The investigation into Overstreet’s loss of life stays ongoing.
