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Unsolved

Murder of Peggy Hettrick

Year
1987
Where
Colorado
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
What the record says

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.

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