Global InformationPeggy Hettrick murder case information
| People v. Masters | |
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| Court | District Court, Larimer County, Colorado, U.S. |
| Full case name | The People of the State of Colorado vs. Timothy Lee Masters |
| Decided | March 26, 1999 |
| Citation(s) | n° 98-CR-1149 (Colo. Dist.) |
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The Peggy Hettrick murder case concerns the unsolved 1987 death of Peggy Hettrick in Fort Collins, Colorado. Timothy Lee "Tim" Masters enlisted in the United States Navy following a high school career plagued by police accusation of murder when he was a sophomore at Fort Collins High School. After eight years in the Navy, he was honorably discharged. Masters worked for Learjet as an aviation mechanic until 1997, when he was arrested for the murder of Peggy Hettrick.[1] He was charged and convicted of the Hettrick murder in 1999 and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. His sentence was vacated in January 2008 when DNA evidence from the original crime scene indicated that he was not the responsible party.[2] Three years after his release from prison, Masters was exonerated by the Colorado Attorney General on June 28, 2011. As of 2023[update], no one else has been charged with Hettrick's murder.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
KUSAwalkswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Moffeit, Miles (2008-01-23). "Masters sees conviction vacated, awaits retrial hearing". The Denver Post.