“If you or your family come near me again, I will hurt them,” former amateur MMA fighter Andrew Giegerich allegedly wrote to Debbie’s daughter Amanda Bearden in a chilling note obtained by The Post.
The handwritten message scrawled in green marker was included in police evidence photos following a May 2021 domestic dispute between Bearden and Gigerich, who lived at a home owned by her stepfather, Debbie’s husband, Steve.
“Have a nice life you lying ass b—h. Never contact me again!!!” Giegerich apparently wrote on the note before making the threats.
According to police documents, Bearden claimed her boyfriend had broken into her home, screamed at her and assaulted her, showing police bruises on her shoulders and arms.
A police report says: “In her living room, Burden showed me a handwritten note left in a notebook.
A note allegedly written by the friend’s daughter, Andrew Tyler Giegerich, was found.
“Advise Giegerich to write this before he leaves.”
Giegerich – who had an amateur MMA record of four wins and three losses but has not fought since 2018, according to tapology.com – was arrested and hit with various charges including battery as a result of the incident.
Athens-Clarke County police described the two as having a “domestic violence relationship.”
“Andrew Giegerich willfully caused visible bodily harm to Amanda Bearden: she had visible bruising on her right arm and shoulder,” his May 2021 arrest warrant said.
He was also ordered to stay away from Beardon, who was also arrested and charged at the same time with making a false police report for saying Giegerich had broken into their home when they were actually living together. Her case over the incident is still considered ongoing.
Debbie Steve Collier shared images of her eye after a ‘fall’. Facebook/Debbie Steve Collier The Facebook photo shows a swollen, black eye. Facebook/Debbie Steve Collier Debbie Steve Collier had injuries to her face. Facebook/Debbie Steve Collier
The same police report also cited a man who identified himself as Beardon’s stepfather, who told officers, “The violence between Bearden and the boyfriend was pretty constant throughout the time they were dating, for a couple of years.”
Despite the order to stay away, Bearden and Giegerich appear to still be living together in the same house, claiming they returned from Maryland just two days before Debbie disappeared.
Giegerich told The Post Thursday that he and Bearden had their phones confiscated by police after Debbie’s death.
“We have all been interrogated. The people who are closest [Debbie] they are being treated as suspects at this time,” he said.
However, it is standard police procedure to interview relatives and those who last saw a person alive after a murder, as part of the process of eliminating them from the investigation.
Mugshot of Amanda Bearden’s boyfriend Andrew Tyler Giegerich.
Neither Bearden nor Giegerich have been named as suspects or persons of interest by the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which are jointly investigating Debbie’s death.
Giegerich did not immediately respond to a request for comment about his threatening note Friday.
It was Bearden who first raised the alarm and reported her mother missing after receiving a ghostly Venmo payment from her on September 10.
Debbie sent her daughter $2,385 with a note that read, “They’re not going to let me go. I love you.”
She was found dead in a ravine about 60 miles north of her home in Athens, Ga. on Sept. 11, naked and partially burned, according to police documents.
Beardon and Giegerich said they last saw Debbie the day before when she bought them lunch.
Police records show Beardon and Giegerich have long had a volatile relationship.
After the May 2021 incident, in June 2021 he quickly issued a sentence, noting it was his “second or subsequent arrest for a domestic violence offense” and banning him from contacting Bearden.
However, he was charged with violating that order in September 2021 after he went to Amanda’s residence and allegedly “knocked on doors and windows demanding entry,” according to court documents.
Debbie Collier was found dead in a ravine the next day after sending a desperate text to her daughter. Debbie Collier/Facebook
That same month, he was arrested for misdemeanor DUI, possession of marijuana, failure to wear a seat belt, failure to have required tag lights and reckless driving.
He pleaded guilty to no required tag lights and reckless driving, and the remaining charges were dismissed.
Gigerich pleaded guilty in January to domestic violence charges and was sentenced to 12 months of probation.
He was then arrested again for violating his parole on August 26 and ordered to serve six days in jail and prove that he had entered a substance abuse treatment program within 20 days.
Collier’s body was found just off Highway 23 in Clarksville, Georgia. JCRice Tree uprooted where Debbie Collier may have burned. A JCRice teddy bear and flowers were left near the scene of the murder. Police film by JCRice near the scene of Debbie Collier’s murder. JCRice
It was not immediately clear whether he was considering jail time or whether he had entered treatment.
Bearden also has a string of previous arrests, including incidents where she had gotten into arguments with other friends.
In 2012 an argument with her boyfriend led to her arrest for battery, but she later pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of disorderly conduct in November 2012, earning her 12 months probation, an order to attend anger management classes and have no contact with that boy
In 2013, Bearden, then 27, violated probation after “attempting to provide a fraudulent sample” to a drug testing lab and was sentenced to 30 days in local jail. It is unclear how long he spent in confinement.
Police say they have ruled Debbie’s death a homicide and have ruled out both kidnapping and suicide.
