EXCLUSIVE: Georgia authorities have served a search warrant on the home of slain office manager Debbie Collier’s daughter, who she shares with a friend who has a history of domestic violence charges, days after Collier’s body was found in an embankment next to a rural highway. Collier’s husband, Steven Collier, and daughter, Amanda Bearden, 36, reported their mother missing on Sept. 10 after police said she sent her daughter a $2,385 payment via the Venmo app with a cryptic message that read : “It’s not you’re going to let me love you, there’s a house key in the blue pot by the door.” On September 14, investigators arrived at Bearden’s home with a search warrant. Her boyfriend, Andrew Giegerich, was jailed for six days last week for a probation violation and ordered to show substance abuse treatment within 20 days, according to court records. He has since been released and was spotted at home after stepping out on Thursday. Giegerich was arrested in June on an active warrant after police responded to Bearden’s home for a domestic violence call. Three months later, police arrested him again for violating a protection order, beating on her door and disorderly conduct. DEBBIE COLLIER CASE: CRIMINAL PROFILER WARNS OF POSSIBLE ‘DETECTIVE SERIAL KILLER’ AFTER MOM’S MURDER IS IGNORED Records on the Clarke County court website show that just this year Giegerich pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs, and just last week he was sent to jail for six days. He has active cases pending and in January pleaded guilty to six charges in connection with the June 2021 attack on Burden, for which he was placed on probation. Georgia authorities have served a search warrant at the home of slain office manager Debbie Collier’s daughter, who she shares with a friend who has a history of domestic violence charges, days after Collier’s body was found in an embankment next to a rural highway. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital; Inset: Debbie Collier/Facebook) STRUGGLE GEORGIA MUM DEBBIE COLLIER FOUND NAKED AND WRECKED, CLOSE TREE AT GRANT LEVEL: DOCUMENTS While visiting the couple’s home on Sept. 12, responding officers ran the names of three other people through the National Crime Intelligence Center, according to police logs obtained by Fox News Digital. It was one of several warrants issued in connection with the investigation, but authorities released few details and declined to release copies of the warrants, citing the active investigation. Debbie Collier’s daughter and husband reported her missing after she sent a cryptic message along with $2,385 via Venmo. (Debbie Collier/Facebook) Bearden has a long history of incidents in Georgia, spanning more than a decade, and has been charged with making false claims to police and calling both the victim and alleged aggressor of domestic violence. The cases involve a number of different men stretching back to at least 2008. In May, she was charged with filing a false report of a crime in connection with an incident involving Giegerich, who was charged and later pleaded guilty to criminal trespass, battery and damage to property, court records show. DEBBIE COLLIER MURDER: GEORGIA WOMAN REVEALS BLACK EYE AFTER 2020 ‘FALL’ The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, which is handling the investigation, has not publicly named any persons of interest or suspects in the case. The department’s public information officer did not respond to requests for comment Friday. The New York Post reported earlier this week that the night before Collier disappeared, a neighbor heard yelling and screaming coming from her home. Amanda Bearden in an undated photo (Amanda Bearden/Facebook) The neighbor told the newspaper that the “fuss” involved a younger woman and that “someone comes to visit on the weekends [and] in the evenings, and there is loud shouting and fighting.’ After the Athens-Clarke Police Department received a missing person report for Collier on Sept. 10, the neighboring police department in Habersham located Collier’s rental vehicle alongside Georgia Route 15 via Sirius XM satellite radio. The house in Athens, Georgia where murdered Debbie Collier’s daughter Amanda Bearden lives with her boyfriend Andrew Giegerich. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Local authorities searched the area with a K-9 and found Collier dead at the bottom of an embankment, naked with “chars” on her abdomen. She was found on her back, clutching a small tree with her right hand. Anyone with information on the Collier case is asked to contact Habersham Sheriff’s investigators Cale Garrison or George Cason at 706-839-0559 or 706-839-0560, respectively. Michael Ruiz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @mikerreports
