Oberholtzer
Schnee
Within a year of the Jan. 6, 1982 murders of Barbara Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer (nee: Burns), a 29-year-old Racine native who had moved to Colorado with her husband, and Annette Schnee, a popular 21-year-old working at a local hotel, seemingly every suspect had been exonerated and the new evidence wasnât coming forward.
The first-ever DNA-based conviction wouldnât come along for another eight years, and the suspected killerâs DNA (identified within the past week as Alan Lee Phillips) wouldnât even be put into CODIS â the FBI s Combined DNA Index System containing forensic profiles of nearly 20 million people â until the late 1990s or early 2000s.
DNA leads to arrest in 1982 murder of Racine native in Colorado
DNA leads to arrest in the 1982 murder of a Racine woman
Nearly 40 years after a Racine woman was killed in the Rocky Mountains, an arrest has been made.
RACINE, Wis. - Cold case cracked.
Nearly 40 years after a Racine woman was killed in the Rocky Mountains, an arrest has been made.
FOX6 talked with her family who feared they d never find closure.
Barbara Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer has remained in the hearts of her loved ones, ever since she was found murdered in Colorado in 1982. She was beautiful. She was beautiful inside and out. Everybody loved Bobbie. She loved animals, Oberholtzer’s cousin Lisa Laudenbach said.
Alan Lee Phillips is accused in the 1982 murders of Annette Schnee, 21, and Barbara Oberholtzer, 29. Author: Caitlin Hendee Updated: 1:54 PM MST March 5, 2021
PARK COUNTY, Colo. The man accused of murdering two women last seen hitchhiking near Breckenridge appeared in a Park County courtroom Friday where the judge ruled that investigative documents be made available to his defense team.
Alan Lee Phillips, 70, was arrested Feb. 24 on the following charges in two crimes committed on Jan. 6, 1982:
Kidnapping
Murder after deliberation
Phillips is accused in the 1982 killings of Annette Schnee, 21, and Barbara Oberholtzer, 29.
Schnee was last seen about 4:45 p.m. on Jan. 6, 1982, according to the cold case database from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Her body was found about six months later on July 3, 1982, in rural Park County, about 20 miles south of Breckenridge.
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Cloudy early with some clearing expected late. Low around 30F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: March 25, 2021 @ 9:32 pm