FBI via AP
This poster released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Colorado homicide victim Maggie Long, left, and composite sketches of at least three men they believed were involved in her 2017 death.
The FBI is investigating the 2017 killing of 17-year-old Maggie Long as a possible hate crime, the agency said Tuesday.
Long was Asian American and lived with her family in Bailey, a small mountain town in Park County. Authorities say Long stopped at home to change clothes after school on Dec. 1, 2017, and interrupted a burglary that was already in progress.
Police received a call that unfamiliar people were inside the house causing damage. When they arrived, officers discovered the house had been set on fire and later found Long s remains inside. According to investigators, she was purposefully burned alive after a physical confrontation.