Exploring ‘Debbie Collier: Missing Georgia mom found dead After sending Money to Daughter with chilling last message’ Missing Athens, Georgia, mom Debbie Collier has been found dead after she digitally sent her daughter money and a chilling text message, the New York Post reports.Â
“They are not going to let me go, love you,” the message reportedly read after her daughter received $2,385 from her mother via Venmo.
Collier, 59, was found dead on September 11, one day after going missing, according to 11Alive.
According to the TV station, Collier’s daughter, Amanda Bearden, informed police that her mother left the house in a rented automobile since her own vehicle was in the shop and she only had her driver’s license and a debit card.
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Authorities have confirmed that the body found over the weekend in Habersham County is that of Debbie Collier. Family members reported the 59-year-old Athens woman missing on September 10. Her body was found less than 24 hours later. https://t.co/IIQyem6vrr via @nowhabersham pic.twitter.com/Bb3xupqiq5
— Now Habersham (@nowhabersham) September 13, 2022
The rented vehicle was equipped with a satellite radio. The radio company tracked the vehicle to U.S. 441 near Victory Home Lane, 60 miles north of the Collier’s home in Athens, and contacted the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office.
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A K-9 team located the woman’s body nearby, as well as a red tote bag and partially-burned blue tarp, Now Habersham reports.Â
A death investigation is underway after a woman’s body was discovered in the woods off GA 15/US 441 in northern Habersham County. https://t.co/IIQyem6vrr via @nowhabersham pic.twitter.com/pDtW1Jy9o4
— Now Habersham (@nowhabersham) September 12, 2022
Investigators are treating Collier’s death as a homicide, which may have been the result of a kidnapping, according to the missing person’s report filed by Bearden.  Â