FBI investigating 2017 Maggie Long murder case out of Bailey as hate crime
Park County Sheriffâs Office
By: Stephanie Butzer , Liz Gelardi
Posted at 9:27 AM, May 18, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-19 16:04:18-04
PARK COUNTY, Colo. â The 2017 death of 17-year-old Maggie Long in Bailey has been classified as a hate crime by the FBI, the Park County Sheriff s Office confirmed Tuesday morning.
The teenager came home from Platte Canyon High School to change clothes on Dec. 1, 2017 and apparently walked in on a burglary as it was happening, the sheriff s office said. She was allegedly burned alive inside her family s home, according to an announcement in January 2019 by the Park County Sheriffâs Office, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, FBI, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.