Debbie Collier murder: Daughter’s boyfriend jailed for probation violation last week

EXCLUSIVE: Georgia authorities served a search warrant at the home of murdered office manager Debbie Collier’s daughter, which she shares with a boyfriend who has a history of domestic violence charges, days after finding Collier’s body down an embankment alongside a rural highway, documents reveal.

Collier’s husband, Steven Collier, and daughter, 36-year-old Amanda Bearden, reported her mother missing on Sept. 10 after police said she sent her daughter a payment of $2,385 over the Venmo app with a cryptic message reading, “They are not going to let me go love you there is a key to the house in the blue flowerpot by the door.” On Sept. 14, investigators arrived at Bearden’s home with a search warrant.

Her boyfriend, Andrew Giegerich, was jailed for six days last week on a probation violation and ordered to show proof of substance abuse treatment within 20 days, court records show. He has since been released and was spotted at the home after he got out Thursday.

Giegerich was arrested in June for an active warrant after police responded to Bearden’s home for a domestic violence call. Three months later, police arrested him again for violating an order of protection, beating on her door and disorderly conduct.

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Records on the Clarke County court website show that this year alone Giegerich pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and just last week was sent to jail for six days. He has active cases pending and in January pleaded guilty to six counts in connection with the June 2021 attack on Bearden, for which he was placed on probation.