Peggy Hettrick

Tim Masters was released from prison today following another hearing. His murder conviction has been vacated, which is great news for him. Especially since the DNA evidence does not link him to the murder. It does point to an ex-boyfriend of Peggy Hettrick, who she saw at the bar, The Prime Minister, the night she was brutally murdered. The evidenced (if you want to call it that) that convicted Tim Masters was flimsy, shoddy even - made to fit the crime. And now it appears that the police completely mishandled this investigation, ignoring other possible suspects, including an eye doctor, Dr. Richard Hammond, who ... Read Full Story

Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck may take a second look at a perjury investigation he closed last summer against Fort Collins police Lt. Jim Broderick involved in wrongdoing in the case of Timothy Masters, who was freed after nearly spending ten years in prison last year. "We're going to look at new documents, and we're going to re-examine the evidence we had before and make a determination on whether we'll reopen the investigation." Buck said Friday. Masters spent nearly 10 years in prison for the 1987 murder of Peggy Hettrick. His conviction was overturned last year after DNA evidence found on Hettrick's body ... Read Full Story

The two former prosecutors in the Timothy Masters case say they wish they had done things differently, calling problems with the case "embarrassing." In separate interviews in May with attorney regulators who ultimately disciplined them, Terry Gilmore and Jolene Blair offered their thoughts into the investigation into the Feb.11, 1987, fatal stabbing and mutilation of Peggy Hettrick and the prosecution of Tim Masters . Gilmore and Blair talked about alternate suspects, including eye surgeon Dr. Richard Hammond, and offered their opinion on Fort Collins police Lt. Jim Broderick, the lead detective during Masters' 1999 trial. Investigators with the state Office of Attorney Regulation, or ... Read Full Story

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