PARK COUNTY — Monday marks eight years since a teenager was burned alive inside of her Bailey home and investigators are holding onto hope that the cold case will be solved one day.

Seventeen-year-old Maggie Long was a high school senior when she came home from Platte Canyon High School on Dec. 1, 2017.

According to the Park County Sheriff, Long was heading home to pick up some baked goods she intended to bring to a school event. Previous reporting from Denver7 said Long went home to change clothes.

Investigators believe Long walked into her home and found a burglary in progress.

"She was held by these individuals for several hours," said Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw. “As they were leaving, they took her, they took her into her bedroom, and they poured an accelerant over her body wh

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