A 71-year-old Clear Creek County man was convicted Thursday by a Park County jury within the chilly case deaths of two younger ladies, whose our bodies have been present in 1982.
Alan Lee Phillips was arrested in February 2021 for the deaths of Annette Schnee, 21, and Barbara “Bobbi Jo” Oberholtzer, 29. The victims have been two ladies who disappeared after they have been hitchhiking dwelling, individually, from their jobs in Breckenridge. They have been each kidnapped and shot on Jan. 6, 1982.
Phillips was discovered responsible on two counts of first-degree homicide after deliberation, two counts of felony theft and 4 counts of kidnapping. His trial began Aug. 29 with jury choice. The jury started deliberations at about midday Thursday and returned with a verdict simply earlier than 5 p.m., based on a Colorado Judicial Division spokesman.
Oberholtzer’s physique was discovered on the summit of Hoosier Cross the day after her disappearance. Schnee’s physique was discovered six months later in a rural space in Park County.
Investigators used DNA proof to hyperlink Phillips to the murders by means of genetic family tree. On the time of his arrest, Phillips was a retired mechanic who had lived in several Colorado places over time.