Tipsters may obtain $75,000 in Maggie Long chilly case

Eight years in the past, 17-year-old Maggie Long was on her method to a live performance at Platte Valley High School when she encountered intruders inside her household’s dwelling in Park County.

When Long didn’t present up for the live performance her sister began posting on Facebook to ask if anybody had seen Maggie.

But Maggie could be discovered useless in her household’s burned dwelling. Guns, ammunition and different property had been lacking.

The Park County Sheriff’s Office continues trying to find clues within the chilly case, hoping the eighth anniversary of Long’s killing will encourage somebody to return ahead with new data. A $75,000 reward is being supplied.

“We believe someone knows something that could help solve this case and bring a measure of justice to Maggie’s family and the Bailey community,” Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw stated in a news launch from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. “It may take only one individual to assist our investigation and we’re decided to convey a decision to certainly one of Colorado’s most high-profile chilly circumstances.

Sheriff’s deputies had been dispatched to Long’s home at 7 p.m., Dec. 1, 2017, due to a home fireplace at 3763 County Road 43 in Bailey. Someone had referred to as 911 to report that individuals had been contained in the residence inflicting injury, in keeping with the FBI’s web site.

After firefighters extinguished the hearth Long’s stays had been found inside. The El Paso County coroner dominated her demise a murder.

Investigators imagine Long fought with the folks inside her dwelling earlier than the hearth began, the FBI has reported. The suspects stole a Beretta handgun, an assault rifle, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, a inexperienced protected and jade collectible figurines.