Bobbie Jo on the snow-covered Hoosier
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:51 am
Bobbie Jo frequently hitchhiked, as did many people at that time, and told Jeff she would get a ride. But she seemingly vanished around 7:50 p.m. after leaving a local pub
When she didn't make it home, Jeff went to the police, but was told it was too soon to file a missing person's report.
The next morning, a rancher rang Jeff and told him that he found Bobbie Jo's driver's license and some of her other items in his driveway. Jeff headed to the ranch and, on the way, found Bobbie Jo's backpack, and that bloody glove and tissue in the snow.
A group of friends then set out to search for Pass, between Breckenridge and Alma. Bobbie Jo usually took this route home.
The group of friends, on cross-country skis, found Bobbie Jo's lifeless telegram database body lying off the road, on the side of a snowbank on Hoosier Pass, about 10 miles outside of Breckenridge, where she was last seen.
This photo is of investigators at the crime scene after the body was discovered.
Investigators say Bobbie Jo's body was frozen due to the frigid temperatures. Her hands were close together with zip ties around her left wrist.
Investigators believed Bobbie Jo was shot at close range in the chest, and that she had been trying to escape her attacker.
In the parking lot of Hoosier Pass, not far from Bobbie Jo Oberholzer's body, lay a sole orange bootie sock.
"It didn't belong ... It didn't fit anything connected to Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer," then Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Jim Hardtke told "48 Hours." "It was just one of those mysterious things that you pick up at a crime scene."
Also found in the parking lot was a large brass hook key ring that Jeff Oberholtzer made for Bobbie Jo to use if she ever needed to defend herself.
When she didn't make it home, Jeff went to the police, but was told it was too soon to file a missing person's report.
The next morning, a rancher rang Jeff and told him that he found Bobbie Jo's driver's license and some of her other items in his driveway. Jeff headed to the ranch and, on the way, found Bobbie Jo's backpack, and that bloody glove and tissue in the snow.
A group of friends then set out to search for Pass, between Breckenridge and Alma. Bobbie Jo usually took this route home.
The group of friends, on cross-country skis, found Bobbie Jo's lifeless telegram database body lying off the road, on the side of a snowbank on Hoosier Pass, about 10 miles outside of Breckenridge, where she was last seen.
This photo is of investigators at the crime scene after the body was discovered.
Investigators say Bobbie Jo's body was frozen due to the frigid temperatures. Her hands were close together with zip ties around her left wrist.
Investigators believed Bobbie Jo was shot at close range in the chest, and that she had been trying to escape her attacker.
In the parking lot of Hoosier Pass, not far from Bobbie Jo Oberholzer's body, lay a sole orange bootie sock.
"It didn't belong ... It didn't fit anything connected to Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer," then Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Jim Hardtke told "48 Hours." "It was just one of those mysterious things that you pick up at a crime scene."
Also found in the parking lot was a large brass hook key ring that Jeff Oberholtzer made for Bobbie Jo to use if she ever needed to defend herself.