Amanda Overstreet's parents' shocking criminal past of selling drugs and theft revealed after teen's head and hands were found in freezer

Murdered 16-year-old Amanda Overstreet's stepfather had a felony condemnation for amerciable weapon and cause charges, and her parent swindled relatives retired of wealth and property, tribunal records claim.

Amanda's severed head and hands were recovered successful a freezer astatine her parent Leanne Imer's filthy 'hoarder house' successful Grand Junction, Colorado successful January. She was past seen live successful 2005, constabulary say.

No arrests person been made successful transportation with her death.

But DailyMail.com has unearthed records showing Amanda's mother and stepfather some had a checkered ineligible past.

Bradley Imer, Amanda's stepfather who died of Covid successful 2021 aged 61, had a felony condemnation successful Arizona successful 2002 – 3 years earlier Amanda went missing.

He was pulled implicit by Flagstaff constabulary connected June 21 that year, swerving crossed Highway 89, allegedly precocious connected drugs, with amerciable weapons successful his car, cause paraphernalia and capable meth to person him pegged arsenic a dealer.

A bull recovered 'one lb of methamphetamine, respective grams of cocaine, 22 pipes which contained achromatic residue, 5 handguns, 2 rifles, a stolen handgun, 2 measuring scales and galore precise tiny bare integrative baggies,' according to tribunal documents.

Imer willingly admitted to the officer, aft helium arrived astatine the Department of Public Safety bureau successful Flagstaff, that helium transported the meth for a outgo of $5,000. 

A root adjacent to the lawsuit told DailyMail.com that Imer was progressive successful the drug-trafficking transgression underground successful Arizona, moving drugs from the confederate borderline up to Montana, and chopped himself a sweetheart woody with the Coconino County District Attorney by snitching connected respective chap criminals.

'He wanted to beryllium a thug,' the root said. 'He wanted everybody to deliberation helium was similar Al Capone.

'He flipped. They released him and transferred his probation to Mesa County, Colorado.'

The woody meant 8 of the 9 counts against him were dismissed, and helium pleaded blameworthy to a sole felony complaint of a unsafe cause violation, allowing him to get distant with 3 years' probation, 200 hours of assemblage work and a prohibition connected owning firearms.

Yet friends of the Imers told DailyMail.com Bradley would brag astir guns being littered astir his location connected Pinyon Avenue successful Grand Junction – among the trash and feces that filled the property.

'There were guns laying everyplace successful the house, connected the couch, successful the beforehand room,' 1 household person said. 'That was his MO. 

'He was a hunting fanatic, a weapon fanatic.'

Leanne and Bradley were reported to Child Protective Services (CPS) for unsanitary conditions successful their location astir 2007, erstwhile their young girl Elsie  was four. By past teenaged Amanda had been missing for 2 years – and was perchance already successful pieces successful their freezer.

'Brad past begins bragging astir however CPS came successful his location and these guns were laying each implicit and they didn't bash sh** astir it,' the household person said.

The root added that owed to concerns for the young kid and reports of guns owned by felon Bradley, determination was a SWAT raid of the location astir that time.

'Because of the study of firearms from much than 1 person, and knowing that helium had a grounds that didn't supply him with the quality to instrumentality the firearms into his home, they took SWAT successful there,' the person said.

'Supposedly they didn't find a azygous firearm.

'He'd brought the guns implicit to his dad's spot to stash them distant due to the fact that helium knew kid services were coming back.'

The revelation comes aft DailyMail.com reported claims by a existent property investor, who recovered Amanda's caput erstwhile she bought the Pinyon Avenue location from Leanne, that it had a 'bullet hole' successful the forehead, starring her to judge the teen had been changeable 'execution-style'.

Mesa County coroner and sheriff's bureau are remaining tight-lipped connected her nonstop origin of death, and person not announced immoderate advancement successful their probe since they identified Amanda's remains done DNA investigating successful October – much than 9 months aft they were found.

Both Bradley and Leanne, 55, allegedly told friends and household that Amanda had tally distant astatine a motortruck halt during a roadworthy travel to spot her maternal household successful Hardin County, Texas.

The enigma of however her assemblage parts ended up successful their store thorax freezer remains unsolved.

And Amanda's parent Leanne has near her ain way of ineligible controversies. 

Texas tribunal records amusement the parent was accused of stealing from her ain family, allegedly abusing the powerfulness of lawyer she had implicit her begetter to transportation onshore retired of his sanction and forging indebtedness documents with her aunt's signature to get thousands of dollars.

Amanda was raised from property 3 by her maternal grandma Nelda Overstreet successful the tiny municipality of Kountze, Texas, adjacent Houston.

But erstwhile Nelda was connected her deathbed from an assertive cancer, Leanne took backmost custody and whisked her distant to Colorado.

Two weeks aft Nelda's death, Leanne obtained powerfulness of lawyer for her father, James Overstreet, 80.

She past started utilizing the caller powerfulness to transportation 35 acres of onshore James owned to herself and her girl Elsie, according to Texas tribunal documents.

It appears James didn't recognize until 2020 erstwhile helium filed an affidavit with the Hardin County recorder revoking the powerfulness of attorney.

'That deed was made without my permission, arsenic it was ne'er my volition that she should convey immoderate of my onshore to herself oregon to her girl nether that Power of Attorney,' the furious gramps wrote.

He said helium gave the ineligible powerfulness to her lone 'to grip my concern affairs.'

'I was ne'er incapacitated astatine immoderate clip during the word of the Power of Attorney. That Power of Attorney has since been revoked and I [...] hereby disavow said Deed.'

There were nary transgression charges successful that case. 

Leanne's aunt, Nancy Gandy, besides sued her successful Hardin County successful November 2020 claiming Leanne forged her signature connected pupil loans.

Nancy, Nelda's 77-year-old sister, said she co-signed a $9,000 indebtedness from Sallie Mae Bank connected October 26, 2007, for her niece to wage for a assemblage people Leanne was taking successful aboriginal life.

But Nancy said that Leanne besides took retired 2 different loans successful August 2007 and March 2008 for a full of $8,150.

'[Nancy] was not alert of this indebtedness erstwhile it was made and ne'er agreed to co-sign the indebtedness oregon beryllium liable for the repayment,' her suit said – but added that the indebtedness institution told her that her signature 'was provided electronically'.

'As Leanne received the indebtedness proceeds from specified loan, it would look th[at] Leanne provided the unauthorized signature,' the tribunal documents said.

The tribunal awarded Nancy a judgement against Leanne successful February 2021 for $29,102.87.

Leanne did not respond to a petition for comment. Her son, Anthony, told DailyMail.com that erstwhile stories astir his parent were 'lies' and that she would not marque immoderate nationalist statements without an attorney.