Georgia mom's husband tears up as neighbor says he'd 'bet his life' he had nothing to do with murder

The distraught husband of murdered Georgia mom Debbie Collier has broken his silence exclusively to DailyMail.com, saying: ‘She was a beautiful woman and I loved her.’ Steve Collier, 67, visibly fought back tears as he spoke on the driveway of his single family home in a secluded wooded neighborhood of Athens – 60 miles from where his wife’s naked and burnt body was discovered in a ravine. Habersham County Sheriff’s Office has now said there is ‘no evidence’ to suggest the real estate office manager was kidnapped, despite a chilling message to daughter Amanda Bearden suggesting she might be captive. Debbie was found naked and charred, clutching this small sawn-offtree in woods in Tallulah Falls, Georgia Debbie's daughter Amanda Bearden was on site 'in a hysterical state,' when her mother's body was discovered, according to a police report obtained by DailyMail.com Amanda Bearden's boyfriend Andrew Giegerich was seen leaving the home they share in Athens, Georgia Collier was found 60 miles from the modest home she shared with husband Steven, 67, in Athens, Georgia After roughly 15 minutes of hiking through piles of dead leaves and timber, we began to descend downhill sharply until we came across three sets of blue forensic gloves that had been ditched. Neal observed Collier’s remains to be apparently burned with what appeared to be charring to her abdomen.’ 'They are not going to let me go, love you there is a key to the house in the blue flower pot by the door,' read the Venmo message sent by Debbie Collier to her daughter, Amanda Bearden According to the missing persons report filed a day before Collier was found, the mom had sent her daughter Amanda Bearden $2,385 via money-sending app Venmo along with a chilling last message A poignant teddy bear shrine now sits on the spot where officers discovered Collier's rented black 2022 Chrysler Pacifica with no sign of the missing mom Forensic gloves lay nearby along with pieces of paper and what appears to be a strip of a book cover Yellow crime scene tape is scattered every three to five feet around the area in Tallulah Falls leading to the spot where Debbie Collier's body was discovered The report also reveals Amanda arrived at the scene and joined officers beside the Pacifica ‘in a hysterical state.’ ‘Bearden began screaming that the vehicle belonged to her mother,’ it states.