After nearly 40 years and advances in genetic geneaology testing, Alan Lee Phillips was convicted and sentenced for the murders of Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer and Annette Schnee – two young women killed hours apart on a snowy day near Breckenridge, Colorado.
Maggie Long, a high school senior, left Platte Canyon High School on Dec. 1, 2017 and never came back. Detectives are still trying to solve the cold case.
After nearly 40 years and advances in genetic geneaology testing, Alan Lee Phillips was convicted and sentenced for the murders of Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer and Annette Schnee – two young women killed hours apart on a snowy day near Breckenridge, Colorado.
The same day that Annette Schnee and Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer went missing from Breckenridge, Colorado, a man was rescued on a mountain pass. Decades later, police tie him to their murders.
Man Rescued in Colorado Mountain Pass Is Accused in 1982 Murders
Alan Lee Phillips was rescued from a snowdrift in 1982 after he signaled SOS with his headlights. The police now say he became trapped on the road after killing two women.
A cross erected at the site where Annette Schnee’s body was found in Park County, Colo., in 1982. Investigators had struggled for decades to resolve her case and that of another woman, Barbara Jo Oberholtzer.Credit.Park County Sheriff’s Office
May 27, 2021, 8:07 a.m. ET
On a January night in 1982, Alan Lee Phillips was found shivering in his pickup, stuck in a snowdrift on a treacherous mountain pass in central Colorado.