Maggie Long was killed at 17-years-old in her home in Colorado after a report about a disturbance was made and the house caught on fire, the Associated Press reported. Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw said the house was “purposely set on fire” and Long was “burned alive.” There have been no arrests for the murder and it has gone unsolved. There are drawings of three men believed to be involved in the murder. The FBI would not clarify why they are now investigating the murder as a hate crime. The murder was first considered a “crime of opportunity” as a rifle, 2,000 rounds of ammunition and other items were stolen from the home, according to AP. “This is an angle that wasn’t looked into in the past, and at this point it is no stone left unturned. Looking at the extent of violence in this crime, that is certainly an angle to look more closely into,” Lynna Long, Maggie’s sister, told the local outlet. The change in the investigation comes as there has been a surge in anti- Asian crimes in 2021.
Maggie Long was killed at 17-years-old in her home in Colorado after a
report about a disturbance was made and the house caught on fire, the
Associated Press reported.
Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw said the house was “purposely set on fire” and Long was “burned alive.”
There have been no arrests for the murder and it has gone unsolved. There
are drawings of three men believed to be involved in the murder.
The FBI would not clarify why they are now investigating the murder as a
hate crime.
The murder was first considered a “crime of opportunity” as a rifle, 2,000 rounds of ammunition and other items were stolen from the home, according
to AP.
“This is an angle that wasn’t looked into in the past, and at this point
it is no stone left unturned. Looking at the extent of violence in this
crime, that is certainly an angle to look more closely into,” Lynna Long,
Maggie’s sister, told the local outlet.
The change in the investigation comes as there has been a surge in anti-
Asian crimes in 2021.