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.
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Investigators believe they’ve found the man responsible for killing a pair of young women near Breckenridge in 1982.
On Jan. 6, 1982, Barbara Jo Oberholtzer, 29, and Annette Kay Schnee, 21, went missing near Breckenridge. They were found dead in the area about six months apart, but their killer has remained a mystery for nearly 40 years.
During a press conference at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Lakewood on Wednesday, officials announced their belief that they have finally caught the perpetrator. Alan Lee Phillips, 70, of Dumont, was arrested Feb. 24 on two charges each of first-degree homicide, kidnapping and assault. Phillips is in custody at the Park County Jail.