Murdered Debbie Collier’s son claims Georgia sheriff ‘snickered’ at request for help

Debbie Collier’s son blasted the Georgia sheriff’s department investigating his mother’s murder, claiming Wednesday the Sheriff in charge laughed at him and dismissed his concerns during a phone call.

In a bizarre case, Collier was reported missing on Sept. 10 by her daughter, who said she sent her a cryptic text transferring money to her.

She was found dead the next day in a wooded ravine with charring on her abdomen about 60 miles north of her Athens, GA home.

Six weeks after her death that was a ruled a homicide, police have yet to make an arrest and have revealed little about their investigation.

“I made the poor decision today to reach out to Habersham County Law Enforcement,” her son Jeffrey Bearden wrote on Facebook about the cops tasked with finding his mom’s murderer.

“I was met with a Sheriff who did not empathize with my situation, my concerns for my personal and family’s safety after being doxxed online, or potential leaks coming out of his office,” the grieving son wrote.

“He instead used his time to snicker at my attempts to discuss my concerns and to tell me directly that he wasn’t trying to hang up on me when pressing him on his office’s actions.”

Bearden — whose daughter Amanda has been questioned by the police over her mom’s death — said “the elected Sheriff’s attitude and lack of understanding does not give me faith or confidence in their ability.”

Bearden said before he called the cops to check in on the case, he had heard almost nothing from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office: “I have been patiently waiting on my hands for weeks now for any type of information to understand what happened to my mother.”

Meanwhile, the Northeast Georgian reported on Wednesday investigator from the department expect Collier’s case to be solved soon.

“We have made very significant progress and e are close to a breakthrough,” Col. Murray Kogod told the paper.

Kogod has not responded to repeated requests for comment from The Post, but the Sheriff’s office has previously said they were awaiting toxicology reports and autopsy information from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, who are assisting in the case.

Collier’s brutal murder rocked Athens, a bucolic college town northeast of Atlanta.

Amanda Bearden and her boyfriend Andrew Giegerich only arrived back in town from Maryland two days before Collier disappeared. 

On the day she was reported missing, the mom wired $2,385 to Amanda with a haunting message that said “They are not going to let me go, love you.”

Giegerich told The Post last month that police had interviewed the couple and confiscated their phones adding he felt her family were being treated as suspects.

Collier’s autopsy has yet to be released, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation conducting the report did not return a request for comment Wednesday.