Colorado 1982 Cold Case Solved — Arrest Shocks Community

Colorado 1982 Cold Case Solved — Arrest Shocks Community 40 years ago, two young women vanished on a snow-covered mountain road in Colorado on the same day, disappearing without a trace and leaving their families in despair with unanswered questions. Authorities suspected this was no coincidence and that it might involve the same stranger who had approached them on the road. But when the bodies were found one after another dozens of miles apart, they still didn’t have enough evidence or leads to track down the perpetrator 📚 Case Information Sources 1. ABC News — Colorado Man Arrested in 1982 Cold Case Murders of 2 Women (March 4, 2021) Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw announced Alan Lee Phillips, 70, was arrested February 24, 2021, for the murders of Annette Schnee and Barbara Oberholtzer. Both women were hitchhiking near Breckenridge on January 6, 1982. Genetic genealogy testing in 2020 identified Phillips as suspect after nearly 40 years. Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-ma... 2. NBC News — A Man Was Rescued in a Storm the Same Day 2 Women Disappeared. He's Now Convicted. (September 16, 2022) AP via NBC News reported Alan Lee Phillips convicted by Park County jury on eight counts including two counts of first-degree murder. Phillips was ironically rescued from a snowstorm the very same night his two victims disappeared near Breckenridge. Sentencing set for November 7. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/... 3. CBS News — Man Sentenced to Two Terms of Life in Prison After DNA Linked Him to 1982 Killings (November 8, 2022) Judge Stephen Broome sentenced Alan Lee Phillips, 71, to two consecutive life terms without parole. Victims' families gave emotional impact statements in court. Phillips's genetic genealogy match came from DNA on a bloody glove found near Oberholtzer's body in 1982. Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alan-lee... 4. Oxygen / NBC Universal — Colorado Man Gets Life for 1982 Cold Case Murders in Breckenridge (November 8, 2022) In-depth coverage of Alan Phillips's two consecutive life sentences. Covers how investigators obtained his DNA from a discarded napkin in February 2021, confirming a match to blood evidence from Oberholtzer's glove. Phillips maintained his innocence and filed an appeal. Source: https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/ala... 5. CBS News 48 Hours — Annette Schnee and Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer: How a Pair of Orange Socks Connected Two Colorado Cold Case Murders (2022) Full CBS 48 Hours investigation tracing 40 years of the case — from the orange socks linking both victims, to private investigator Charlie McCormick's decades of work, to how United Data Connect's genetic genealogy ultimately identified Alan Phillips as the killer. Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/annette-...