Deputies now say they believe the murder of Georgia mom, Deborrah Collier, whose naked and burned body was found in Habersham County earlier this month, was deliberate and personal, according to People Magazine.
The Habersham County Sheriff's Office held a news conference on Friday morning regarding the mysterious death of the Athens mom, who disappeared on September 10 after sending her daughter thousands in cash and a cryptic text via Venmo.
Deputies said that her daughter received a strange message at some point the day before Collier's death. The murdered mom told her daughter they would not let her go through the Venmo app. She also sent more than $2,000 in cash to her daughter.
Collier's murder mystery deepens
Collier was found dead in a ravine in Habersham County on September 11 near a burned tarp and a tote bag. A surveillance video released earlier this week showed Collier buying similar items in a Family Dollar store in Rabun County. Workers at that Family Dollar store told Channel 2′s Audrey Washington that she did not appear distressed in the store and was alone.
Deputies said on Friday that they don't believe this is a random act of violence, and they do not think this was the act of a serial killer. Deputies added that they believe this act was deliberate and personal.
Deputies also announced that they had obtained new surveillance video from outside the Family Dollar store that shows the last moments that the victim was known to be alive. The footage showed Collier exiting the store and getting into her van, where she stayed for about 10 minutes. Deputies said she left the store and drove south on Highway 441.
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Collier's murder case is very complex
According to deputies, results of an autopsy to determine her cause of death were still pending, as were subpoenas and search warrants. They have determined, though, that Collier's daughter, Amanda Bearden, did receive money from her mom but said they do not know where that money went.
Deputies said that the last time Bearden talked to her mom was on September 10, according to the Independent. They added that this case is very complex in nature and has a lot of questions and unknowns that are not typical for a death investigation. Deputies explained that it is going to take significantly more time than the 19 days that have passed to solve this particular crime.
Channel 2′s Washington visited the home of Bearden on Friday, but she was distraught then. She told the reporter she had no comment and asked Washington to get off her property. Washington talked to Collier's husband, Steve, who said he would like the sheriff's office to solve his wife's case.
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