Man's astounding rescue tale made national headlines in the US in 1982, but it appears he wasn't an innocent motorist trying to make his way home in bad weather.
Colorado Man Rescued In 1982 Snowstorm Linked To Murder Of 2 Women On Same Day
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Annette Kay Schnee and Barbara Jo Oberholtzer were last seen alive on the same day
Authorities did not see any connection between the two events
After 39 years, DNA samples from the murder sites matched with Phillips
A man who was rescued from the top of Guanella Pass in the Colorado mountains during a snowdrift in 1982 has been accused of killing two women on the same day.
Annette Kay Schnee, 21, and Barbara Jo Oberholtzer, 29, were last seen alive when they were hitchhiking separately in the Breckenridge area on Jan. 6, 1982. According to the sheriff s office, the two women were shot.
Hours after Alan Phillips allegedly killed two women in 1982, he plowed into a snowdrift and was saved after an airplane overhead saw him flashing 'SOS.'