Remains Found at Colorado Home Identified as Teen Girl Missing Since 2005 [Video]

The human remains discovered at a recently sold home in Colorado have been identified as a 16-year-old girl who had been missing since 2005.

On Friday, Oct. 11, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a press release that the human head and hands that were discovered in the home in Grand Junction in January belong to 16-year-old Amanda Overstreet, who “has not been seen or heard from since April 2005.”

“Through DNA testing, the victim is identified as Amanda Leariel Overstreet,” the sheriff’s office wrote. “[Overstreet] was the biological daughter of the previous owner of the home. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain under investigation, as well as ongoing forensic testing of evidence. There is no record that Amanda Overstreet was ever reported missing.”

According to the release, deputies first “found the head and hands of a human, [which] had been discovered in a freezer by someone who arrived to claim the free …