Colorado man, 71, convicted in 1982 slayings of two girls

DENVER — A 71-year-old Colorado man has been convicted of first-degree homicide and different costs within the chilly case slayings of two girls whose our bodies had been discovered close to the mountain resort city of Breckenridge in 1982.

Alan Lee Phillips was arrested final yr within the mountain hamlet of Dumont, west of Denver, after native, state and federal authorities utilizing DNA proof recognized him as a suspect within the killings of Annette Schnee, 21, and Barbara “Bobbi Jo” Oberholtzer, 29.

A Park County jury in Fairplay deliberated for simply over 4 hours earlier than convicting Phillips of eight counts late Thursday, together with first-degree homicide after deliberation and first-degree homicide involving felony kidnapping and theft, Rob McCallum, a spokesman for the Colorado Judicial Division, mentioned Friday.

Phillips faces life in jail when he’s sentenced at a listening to set for Nov. 7.

Native, state and federal authorities used DNA testing to assist determine Phillips as a possible suspect officers mentioned on the time of Phillips’ arrest.

Authorities mentioned the 2 girls, whose our bodies had been present in separate places, had no connection. Each had been believed to be hitchhiking outdoors Breckenridge, a ski resort city about 60 miles southwest of Denver, after they disappeared on Jan. 6, 1982.

Family and friends found Oberholtzer’s physique the following day in a snow drift on the summit of 11,542-foot Hoosier Move, close to Breckenridge, sooner or later after she disappeared. Schnee’s physique was found six months later, absolutely clothed, in a creek in rural Park County. Each girls had been shot.

Investigators mentioned Phillips was rescued the night time that the ladies disappeared from the highest of close by Guanella Move when his truck bought caught throughout a snowstorm. The victims didn’t know Phillips or one another.

Linda Stanley, the district legal professional for the Colorado’s eleventh Judicial District, had no fast touch upon the decision. Phillips was represented by the general public defender’s workplace, which doesn’t touch upon instances.