HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. - Georgia deputies say they believe the killing of a Georgia mother whose body was found naked, burned and dumped the woods after she sent a cryptic text message to her daughter was a "deliberate and personal act."The case of 59-year-old Debbie Collier's death has raised a lot of questions and gained nationwide attention, but so far, authorities have not had a lot of answers as to what happened.At a press conference Friday morning, investigators say they have obtained new surveillance footage from a building near the crime scene that is currently the last known records of Collier being alive.The Georgia mom was found partially nude, burned and grasping a small tree in the woods in Habersham County.
Investigators respond to questions about her death investigation.According to Habersham County Chief Deputy Murray Kogod, the footage shows Collier leaving a Family Dollar at 3:09 p.m.
on the day she was reported missing. Collier then stayed in her van parked in the parking lot for 10 minutes before driving off southbound on Georgia 15.TIMELINE OF DISAPPEARANCE, DEATH OF DEBBIE COLLIERThe investigator in charge of the homicide case said, "there is no such thing as bad information."While the discovery of this new recording narrows down Collier's time of death to between 3:19 p.m.
on Saturday, Sept. 10 to when her body was discovered at 12:44 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, Kogod said the case remains "complex in nature and has a lot of questions and unknowns.Investigators say that they do not see have any evidence suggesting the incident was related to a kidnapping or suicide and are still considering the case a murder investigation.An autopsy into Collier's cause of death and a crime lab analysis of evidence.