Human remains found earlier this year in Colorado have been identified.
In January, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office was called after new homeowners held a garage sale to get rid of property left behind by the previous owners and made a suspicious discovery.
“Upon arrival,” the Sheriff’s Department said Oct. 11. statement“Deputies found a human head and hands had been discovered in a refrigerator by someone who arrived to claim the free appliance provided by the new owner of a home that had recently been sold.”
Through DNA testing, the coroner’s office was able to identify the victim Amanda Lirrell Overstreetthe biological daughter of the home’s previous owner, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
“Amanda is believed to have been approximately 16 years old at the time of her disappearance,” authorities say. “Overstreet has not been seen or heard from since April 2005.”
However, the department noted that the teen was never reported missing.