Killer spotted from Airplane…
First of all, I want to thank you for all the kind words regarding my mother, Rosetta (Kapsner) Weber. She will be missed. Her kindness and faith were constant and appreciated by many. Mom appreciated the importance of sharing and would talk as long as you wanted to maintain the conversation. I would have to literally say, “Mom, I’m ending the conversation as I need to go now.” At the same time, I respect her willingness to gift me with her attention. 
Annette Schnee (left) and Barbara Oberholtzer (right) disappeared in 1982. Their murders went unsolved for decades. On January 6, 1982, Annette Schnee went missing in Breckenridge, Colorado. Annette was working as a housekeeper at a Holiday Inn in Colorado hoping to one day work as a flight attendant. She had visited her doctor, picked up medication and hitchhiked. Her body was found in rural Park County (20 miles south of Breckenridge). Annette had been shot in the back at the location where her body was found. Her death was due to loss of blood from a single gunshot wound. Annette was fully clothed, but her clothing was in disarray. She was wearing only one orange stocking. Her body was found face down in a small stream. Annette was shot outside in an isolated mountain valley. It would have been dark, possibly snowing with a temperature of -20 below zero. 
Annette Schnee 
Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer Barbara “Bobbie Jo” Oberholtzer, 29, was last seen on the evening of January 6, 1982. She had been hitchhiking. (It is important to note that hitchhiking was common in the area at the time. Bobbie would occasionally bar hop with friends and hitchhike home.) Bobbie Jo’s body was found about 10 miles south of Breckenridge, the next afternoon on January 7, 1982. Bobbie Jo’s body was found near the summit of Hoosier Pass, about 20 feet off the highway and down a snow embankment. She had been shot in the chest, with a 2nd grazing wound to her right breast. Her backpack was located 20 miles from her body, on US Highway 285 South, east toward Denver. 
Once they had both Annette and Bobbie Jo’s body, investigators believed the cases were connected:
Both disappeared on the same day.
Annette was wearing a single sock. The matching sock was found near Bobbie Jo’s body.
A .38/.357 handgun using a Remington/Peters copper jacketed hollow point bullet was used in both homicides.
Jeff and Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer Police initially suspected Bobbie Jo’s husband, Jeff Oberholtzer. He was married to Bobbie, and his card was found in Annette’s pocket. However, he first passed 2 polygraph examinations indicating that he had nothing to do with the murders, and later, the DNA testing cleared him as a suspect. Jeff (today) is pictured below.
Jeff remains close to Bobbie Jo’s daughters from a previous relationship. 
The actual killer was first noticed in the area by a passenger on a jet. Harold E. Bray peered out his airplane window over the Colorado mountains on the night of January 6, 1982. Bray, a local sheriff, noticed flashes of light on a darkened pass below: three short, three long, then three short again (an SOS signal). Harold alerted the pilot, who contacted the local fire chief, Dave Montoya who rescued Alan Lee Phillips, 30, stuck in a snowdrift in a 10,000-foot mountain pass.
It’s quite ironic that these 2 articles are next to each other in the paper, and the case of the woman’s murder, by the man who was rescued, goes unsolved for 40 years. 
Alan Phillips in 1982 and today. Bobbi Jo Oberholtzer had brutally fought her attacker and bloodied him. New DNA testing revealed that Alan Phillips' blood was discovered on her clothing. Phillips had a big cut above his eye when Dave Montoya found him. Phillips' astounding rescue made national headlines. Now, 40 years later they realize Phillips got stuck after dumping the bodies of 2 women he had just murdered. Genetic genealogy testing, using DNA, found at the crime scenes led to the arrest of Alan Phillips. Phillips was a miner and mechanic. He was arrested in Dumont, a small mountain town about an hour’s drive from Breckenridge. Phillips had lived there for the last 40 years. Alan Phillips was given 2 life sentences, without the possibility of parole.
Linda Stanley, District Attorney “Bobbi Jo was a fighter and is a hero,” Linda Stanley, district attorney for the 11th Judicial District, said in a statement. “She fought back and because of that we were able to get DNA evidence to convict Annette and Bobbi Jo’s killer after all this time.”
Fire Chief Dave Montoya Dave Montoya recently commented, “If I would have known then what I know now, I would have left him there.”
Thanks for listening,
Frank
Upcoming Events
Saturday, November 26, 2022, Forensic Psychologist & True Crime Author, Frank Weber, will be at Barnes and Noble in Greenway Lake Commons from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. signing his thrilling mysteries, based on Minnesota cases, and answering any questions people might have about forensics. Frank performs assessments in homicide and sexual assault cases and has profiled cold case homicides. He narrated a show on the Oxygen channel titled Murdered by Morning and has been the recipient of the President’s award from the Minnesota Correctional Association for his forensic work. Barnes and Noble is located at Greenway Lakes Commons, 3216 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55416.
Monday, November 28, 2022, Forensic Psychologist & True Crime Author, Frank Weber will be at Cherry Street Books in Alexandria from 5:00 to 7:00 signing books and answering questions about forensics and writing true crime. Frank has received the President’s Award from the MN Correctional Association, and has profiled cold case homicides. His suspense novels are award winning! His newest book, Black and Blue is a thrilling mystery based on the murder of a police officer’s 19-year-old fiancé in Minneapolis. Cherry Street Books is located at 503 Broadway Street, Alexandria, Minnesota, 56308.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Author Talk LIVE on You Tube! Join us LIVE Tuesday, November 28, 2022 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. CST for True Crime Book Author Talk between Frank Weber and Martha Burns, author of Blind Eye(Atmosphere Press, 2022), hosted by Blue Cottage Agency. https://youtu.be/NVpzOrt1_vE
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, Forensic Psychologist, Frank F. Weber, will be at Wheaton Community Library, speaking from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. on the writing of True Crime, forensic work and his latest book. Black and Blue is a thrilling mystery based on the murder of a police officer’s 19-year-old fiancé in Minneapolis. Frank will share the intriguing circumstances that led to this true crime thriller. Frank will demonstrate a lie detector test (volunteer a friend). Frank will be at the library from 6:00 to 8:00 answering questions on his work, and to sign and sell his books and to discuss the latest forensic tools. The Wheaton Community Library is located at 901 1st Avenue, North, Wheaton, Minnesota, 56296.
Friday, December 2, 2022, Forensic Psychologist &True Crime Author, Frank Weber, will be at The Pantown Brewing Company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. answering any questions about forensics you choose to throw at him. He’ll speak from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. about forensic psychology and writing True Crime mysteries. Frank will demonstrate the lie detector test (volunteer a friend). He will speak about his newest thriller, Black and Blue. It’s a great time to ask questions about forensics while enjoying a cold beverage. Pantown has a new great amber beer you will want to check out. This is going to be a blast and there is no cost. Pantown Brewing is located at 408 37th Avenue North, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 56303.
Saturday, December 3, 2022, Forensic Psychologist &True Crime Author, Frank Weber, will be at Moose Lake Brewing Company in Moose Lake, Minnesota, from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. He’ll speak from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. about forensic psychology and writing True Crime mysteries. Frank will demonstrate the lie detector test (volunteer a friend). He will speak about his newest thriller, Black and Blue. It’s a great time to ask questions about forensics while enjoying a cold beverage. This is going to be a blast and there is no cost. Moose Lake Brewing Company is located at 244 Lakeshore Drive, Moose Lake, Minnesota, 55767.
Sunday, December 4, 2022, Frank Weber will be at Barnes and Noble in St. Cloud at 11:00 a.m. discussing Last Call. This is an informal get together inviting anyone who is interested. It’s a great opportunity for people who have read Last Call to learn about the true-life Minnesota kidnapping that led to writing this mystery. Last Call was one of Frank’s favorite books to write. Book clubs are welcome! Frank, will be at Barnes and Noble once a month to discuss book after book in consecutive order, ending with his next release. Barnes and Noble is located at Rainbow Village, 3940 Division Street, St Cloud, Minnesota, 56301
Friday, December 9, 2022, presentation from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on forensic work and the writing of True Crime mysteries at Mankato Brewery in North Mankato. You will receive a live demonstration of a lie detector test (feel free to volunteer—or volunteer a friend) so you can see how lie detection works. Frank will be at the brewery signing and selling books from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. This will be a great time with a guest appearance by the Burning Bridges cover model, Kloe Kapsner. Stop in and have a cold beverage and ask the questions you’d love to ask about forensic work or forensic shows. Frank will be sharing a little about what they get wrong on movies and TV. Mankato Brewery is located at 1119 Center Street, North Mankato, Minnesota.
Saturday, December 17, 2022, Forensic Psychologist & True Crime Author, Frank Weber, will be at the Bookstore at Fitger’s from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. signing his thrilling mysteries, based on Minnesota cases, and answering any questions people might have about forensics. Frank performs assessments in homicide and sexual assault cases and has profiled cold case homicides. He narrated a show on the Oxygen channel titled Murdered by Morning, and has been the recipient of the President’s award from the Minnesota Correctional Association for his forensic work. The Bookstore at Fitger’s is located at 600 East Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota 55802.
Annette Schnee (left) and Barbara Oberholtzer (right) disappeared in 1982. Their murders went unsolved for decades. On January 6, 1982, Annette Schnee went missing in Breckenridge, Colorado. Annette was working as a housekeeper at a Holiday Inn in Colorado hoping to one day work as a flight attendant. She had visited her doctor, picked up medication and hitchhiked. Her body was found in rural Park County (20 miles south of Breckenridge). Annette had been shot in the back at the location where her body was found. Her death was due to loss of blood from a single gunshot wound. Annette was fully clothed, but her clothing was in disarray. She was wearing only one orange stocking. Her body was found face down in a small stream. Annette was shot outside in an isolated mountain valley. It would have been dark, possibly snowing with a temperature of -20 below zero. Annette Schnee Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer Barbara “Bobbie Jo” Oberholtzer, 29, was last seen on the evening of January 6, 1982. She had been hitchhiking. (It is important to note that hitchhiking was common in the area at the time. Bobbie would occasionally bar hop with friends and hitchhike home.) Bobbie Jo’s body was found about 10 miles south of Breckenridge, the next afternoon on January 7, 1982. Bobbie Jo’s body was found near the summit of Hoosier Pass, about 20 feet off the highway and down a snow embankment. She had been shot in the chest, with a 2nd grazing wound to her right breast. Her backpack was located 20 miles from her body, on US Highway 285 South, east toward Denver. Once they had both Annette and Bobbie Jo’s body, investigators believed the cases were connected:Both disappeared on the same day.
Annette was wearing a single sock. The matching sock was found near Bobbie Jo’s body.
A .38/.357 handgun using a Remington/Peters copper jacketed hollow point bullet was used in both homicides.
Jeff and Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer Police initially suspected Bobbie Jo’s husband, Jeff Oberholtzer. He was married to Bobbie, and his card was found in Annette’s pocket. However, he first passed 2 polygraph examinations indicating that he had nothing to do with the murders, and later, the DNA testing cleared him as a suspect. Jeff (today) is pictured below. Jeff remains close to Bobbie Jo’s daughters from a previous relationship. The actual killer was first noticed in the area by a passenger on a jet. Harold E. Bray peered out his airplane window over the Colorado mountains on the night of January 6, 1982. Bray, a local sheriff, noticed flashes of light on a darkened pass below: three short, three long, then three short again (an SOS signal). Harold alerted the pilot, who contacted the local fire chief, Dave Montoya who rescued Alan Lee Phillips, 30, stuck in a snowdrift in a 10,000-foot mountain pass. It’s quite ironic that these 2 articles are next to each other in the paper, and the case of the woman’s murder, by the man who was rescued, goes unsolved for 40 years. Alan Phillips in 1982 and today. Bobbi Jo Oberholtzer had brutally fought her attacker and bloodied him. New DNA testing revealed that Alan Phillips' blood was discovered on her clothing. Phillips had a big cut above his eye when Dave Montoya found him. Phillips' astounding rescue made national headlines. Now, 40 years later they realize Phillips got stuck after dumping the bodies of 2 women he had just murdered. Genetic genealogy testing, using DNA, found at the crime scenes led to the arrest of Alan Phillips. Phillips was a miner and mechanic. He was arrested in Dumont, a small mountain town about an hour’s drive from Breckenridge. Phillips had lived there for the last 40 years. Alan Phillips was given 2 life sentences, without the possibility of parole. Linda Stanley, District Attorney “Bobbi Jo was a fighter and is a hero,” Linda Stanley, district attorney for the 11th Judicial District, said in a statement. “She fought back and because of that we were able to get DNA evidence to convict Annette and Bobbi Jo’s killer after all this time.” Fire Chief Dave Montoya Dave Montoya recently commented, “If I would have known then what I know now, I would have left him there.” Thanks for listening,
Frank
Upcoming Events
Saturday, November 26, 2022, Forensic Psychologist & True Crime Author, Frank Weber, will be at Barnes and Noble in Greenway Lake Commons from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. signing his thrilling mysteries, based on Minnesota cases, and answering any questions people might have about forensics. Frank performs assessments in homicide and sexual assault cases and has profiled cold case homicides. He narrated a show on the Oxygen channel titled Murdered by Morning and has been the recipient of the President’s award from the Minnesota Correctional Association for his forensic work. Barnes and Noble is located at Greenway Lakes Commons, 3216 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55416. Monday, November 28, 2022, Forensic Psychologist & True Crime Author, Frank Weber will be at Cherry Street Books in Alexandria from 5:00 to 7:00 signing books and answering questions about forensics and writing true crime. Frank has received the President’s Award from the MN Correctional Association, and has profiled cold case homicides. His suspense novels are award winning! His newest book, Black and Blue is a thrilling mystery based on the murder of a police officer’s 19-year-old fiancé in Minneapolis. Cherry Street Books is located at 503 Broadway Street, Alexandria, Minnesota, 56308. Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Author Talk LIVE on You Tube! Join us LIVE Tuesday, November 28, 2022 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. CST for True Crime Book Author Talk between Frank Weber and Martha Burns, author of Blind Eye(Atmosphere Press, 2022), hosted by Blue Cottage Agency. https://youtu.be/NVpzOrt1_vE Wednesday, November 30, 2022, Forensic Psychologist, Frank F. Weber, will be at Wheaton Community Library, speaking from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. on the writing of True Crime, forensic work and his latest book. Black and Blue is a thrilling mystery based on the murder of a police officer’s 19-year-old fiancé in Minneapolis. Frank will share the intriguing circumstances that led to this true crime thriller. Frank will demonstrate a lie detector test (volunteer a friend). Frank will be at the library from 6:00 to 8:00 answering questions on his work, and to sign and sell his books and to discuss the latest forensic tools. The Wheaton Community Library is located at 901 1st Avenue, North, Wheaton, Minnesota, 56296. Friday, December 2, 2022, Forensic Psychologist &True Crime Author, Frank Weber, will be at The Pantown Brewing Company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. answering any questions about forensics you choose to throw at him. He’ll speak from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. about forensic psychology and writing True Crime mysteries. Frank will demonstrate the lie detector test (volunteer a friend). He will speak about his newest thriller, Black and Blue. It’s a great time to ask questions about forensics while enjoying a cold beverage. Pantown has a new great amber beer you will want to check out. This is going to be a blast and there is no cost. Pantown Brewing is located at 408 37th Avenue North, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 56303.
Saturday, December 3, 2022, Forensic Psychologist &True Crime Author, Frank Weber, will be at Moose Lake Brewing Company in Moose Lake, Minnesota, from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. He’ll speak from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. about forensic psychology and writing True Crime mysteries. Frank will demonstrate the lie detector test (volunteer a friend). He will speak about his newest thriller, Black and Blue. It’s a great time to ask questions about forensics while enjoying a cold beverage. This is going to be a blast and there is no cost. Moose Lake Brewing Company is located at 244 Lakeshore Drive, Moose Lake, Minnesota, 55767. Sunday, December 4, 2022, Frank Weber will be at Barnes and Noble in St. Cloud at 11:00 a.m. discussing Last Call. This is an informal get together inviting anyone who is interested. It’s a great opportunity for people who have read Last Call to learn about the true-life Minnesota kidnapping that led to writing this mystery. Last Call was one of Frank’s favorite books to write. Book clubs are welcome! Frank, will be at Barnes and Noble once a month to discuss book after book in consecutive order, ending with his next release. Barnes and Noble is located at Rainbow Village, 3940 Division Street, St Cloud, Minnesota, 56301 Friday, December 9, 2022, presentation from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on forensic work and the writing of True Crime mysteries at Mankato Brewery in North Mankato. You will receive a live demonstration of a lie detector test (feel free to volunteer—or volunteer a friend) so you can see how lie detection works. Frank will be at the brewery signing and selling books from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. This will be a great time with a guest appearance by the Burning Bridges cover model, Kloe Kapsner. Stop in and have a cold beverage and ask the questions you’d love to ask about forensic work or forensic shows. Frank will be sharing a little about what they get wrong on movies and TV. Mankato Brewery is located at 1119 Center Street, North Mankato, Minnesota. Saturday, December 17, 2022, Forensic Psychologist & True Crime Author, Frank Weber, will be at the Bookstore at Fitger’s from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. signing his thrilling mysteries, based on Minnesota cases, and answering any questions people might have about forensics. Frank performs assessments in homicide and sexual assault cases and has profiled cold case homicides. He narrated a show on the Oxygen channel titled Murdered by Morning, and has been the recipient of the President’s award from the Minnesota Correctional Association for his forensic work. The Bookstore at Fitger’s is located at 600 East Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota 55802.
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