Maximum sentence for Colorado hitchhiker killer

This sordid story took place in 1982. Indeed, two young women were killed near a ski resort in Colorado in January of this year. The guilty, Alan Lee Philips, was unmasked in 2021 following DNA analysis. The presence of Alan Lee Philips in the mountains of Colorado on this date has been proved by the authorities since he had been rescued given that his car was stuck in the snow. At that time, no one suspected that he had just killed two women he had hitchhiked, reports The morning. Both victims were called Annette Schnee21 years old and Barbara Oberholzer29 years.

On Monday, November 7, Alan Lee Philips, 71, was sentenced to “two life sentences“. He had been convicted of both murders last September, according to CBS. The elements of the investigation collected by the media revealed that Annette Schnee and Barbara Oberholzer had no connection. It was by the greatest of chance that they had both found themselves on the road to their murderer.

Murderer questions DNA tests

The sister of Annette Schnee, 11 at the time, had confided before the tribunal that his mother had cried for 6 months. That’s the time it took to find the body of the unfortunate. As for the daughter of Barbara Oberholzer, she confided that she had to deal with depression and anxiety throughout her childhood. Andrea Shelton, the assassin’s daughter, had expressed her sympathy with the victims and had affirmed that her father had always been a good person towards his children. Alan Lee Philips would consider appeal in the face of his double conviction by highlighting the fact that the DNA evidence was contaminated and mishandled.