255 - The Murder of Maggie Long
Trace Evidence
Steven Pacheco
4.7 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2026
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Summary
Maggie was a beacon in her community, a brilliant and kind young woman who dedicated her life to helping others and doing everything she could to make the world a better place. Investigators theorized she stumbled upon a robbery in progress and was killed as a result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Evidence showed the intruders, numbering between 3 and 4, stole a large safe from the house which contained firearms, ammunition and jade figures. Neither the stolen items nor the safe has ever been found. Composite images of suspects have been released, but whether or not they are reliable has been debated by current law enforcement.
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| 0:00.0 | 17-year-old Maggie Long was already a pillar of her community, and she hadn't even graduated from high school yet. |
| 0:16.0 | Smart, driven, and compassionate, Maggie went out of her way to help others at every turn, no matter |
| 0:21.7 | how overwhelming her own schedule might be. Given her devotion to helping others and making a difference, |
| 0:28.4 | one thing was clear. She was bound to leave a lasting impression on her native, Bailey, Colorado, |
| 0:35.0 | but no one could have imagined it would be in such a tragic manner. |
| 0:39.5 | On Friday, December 1st, 2017, Maggie left school to pick up supplies for a concert she'd |
| 0:45.5 | organized. She never returned, and hours later, police and firefighters would discover her |
| 0:51.0 | badly burned body in a bedroom of her family's home. The teen, it was theorized, had walked in on a burglary and was killed following a physical altercation |
| 1:01.0 | with as many as three or even four intruders. |
| 1:05.0 | Now, nearly nine years later, the truth of that horrible afternoon has not yet been revealed, and somewhere |
| 1:12.1 | a group of killers continues to walk free, while Maggie's friends and family try to find |
| 1:17.9 | the balance between honoring her memory and memorializing her life, while seeking out the |
| 1:23.7 | hideous creatures responsible for extinguishing such a bright light that was meant to endure |
| 1:29.7 | for decades. This is Trace Evidence, Episode 255, the murder of Maggie Long. |
| 1:41.7 | Welcome to Trace Evidence. |
| 1:47.9 | I'm your host, Stephen Pacheco. |
| 1:50.6 | On today's episode, we dive into the horribly tragic and terribly frustrating murder of 17-year-old Maggie Long. |
| 1:58.4 | Before diving in, though, just a quick reminder that this year, |
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