In 2017, 17-year-old Maggie Long went missing in rural Park County, Colorado, only to be found hours later as the victim of the most brutal murder the area had ever seen. For the past five years, Maggieâs horrific murder has weighed on law enforcement in the small community as theyâve struggled to get any answers to the nagging questions surrounding her case.
Episode Info
If you know anything about the murder of 17-year-old Maggie Long in 2017, please call the Maggie Long tip line at 303-239-4243.

Maggie (center) with her sisters Lynna (left) and Connie (right) after a production of Beauty and the Beast. Courtesy: Connie Lewis

Maggie after her high schoolâs production of The Addamâs Family in which she played the grandma. Courtesy: Connie Lewis

Maggieâs last birthday she celebrated. She was turning 17. Courtesy: Connie Lewis

An undated photo of Maggie. Courtesy: Lynna Long, Facebook

Maggie Longâs senior photo. Courtesy: Maggie Long, Facebook.

An FBI âSeeking Informationâ flier. Courtesy: FBI

A composite sketch based on the upstairs tenantâs recollection. Courtesy: FBI

A composite sketch based on another witnessâs memory of a passing vehicle. Courtesy: FBI

A composite sketch based on another witnessâs memory of a passing vehicle. Courtesy: FBI

A map showing the location of the Longâs home. Courtesy: Google

Vincent Ristâs booking photo. Courtesy: Johnson County Sheriffâs Office

Antonio Bowenâs booking photo. Courtesy: Johnson County Sheriffâs Office
Episode Source Material
- NBC News: Family hopes FBIâs investigation into 2017 death of Maggie Long as a hate crime will shine new light on case, by Andrea Cavallier.
- Denver7: FBI investigating 2017 Maggie Long murder case out of Bailey as hate crime, by Stephanie Butzer.
- South China Morning Post: Grisly death of US teen Maggie Long a possible hate crime, FBI says.
- People: Colo. Teen, 17, was slain in family home in 2017 â now FBI think sit was possibly a hate crime, by Harriet Sokmensuer.
- CBS News: FBI is now investigating 2017 death of Asian American teen in her Colorado home as a hate crime.
- 9News: âThis is not a cold caseâ: Maggie Longâs sisters not giving up two years after teenâs murder, by Noel Brennan.Â
- The Flume: Conflicting reports and gag order left community in dark over the death of Maggie Long, by Walter L. Newton.
- FOX 31: Gag order on missing Bailey girl case deepens mystery, by Michael Konopasek.
- Fox News: Missouri men bound, set woman on fire when she refused to give combination to safe, police say, by Katherine Lam.
- FOX 31: FBI investigating Maggie Longâs death as a hate crime, by Dara Bitler and Vicente Arenas.
- The Flume: Is robbery in Missouri connected to Maggie Long case? By Walter Newton.
- KMZU: Woman set on fire in Johnson County may have Colorado case connection, by Donnie King.
- The Flume: Still no arrest in Maggie Long murder, by Walter L. Newton.
- The Flume: News conference adds no new information on Maggie Longâs murder, by Bill Bruner.
- The Flume: High school student Maggie Longâs body identified from house fire, Sheriffâs Office is treating case as a homicide, by Walter L. Newton.
- Park County: Press release â Maggie Long homicide investigation, by Sheriff Fred Wegener.
- 9News: New Park County Sheriff promises fresh start, by Noel Brennan.
- One Colorado: Hate crimes. Accessed 6 December 2022.
- The Center on Colfax: Hate crimes. Accessed 6 December 2022.