BUENA VISTA, Colo.—A man convicted of murder despite a lack of physical evidence tying him to the crime scene said Saturday he feels like he’s in the twilight zone, now that a special prosecutor has said he should be released.
Timothy Masters, who is serving a life sentence in Buena Vista, could be released from prison soon. He granted interviews Saturday to KUSA-TV in Denver and The Denver Post.
On Friday, special prosecutor Don Quick said new analysis of DNA evidence pointed not to Masters but to an alternate suspect. Quick plans to recommend at a court hearing Tuesday that Masters be released.
Masters told KUSA-TV that the news still hasn’t hit him yet. He said he wants to see his family and regain his reputation.
Masters was 15 when the body of Peggy Hettrick, 37, was found in Fort Collins in 1987.
Trial prosecutors had based their case on a psychological analysis, violent pictures Masters had drawn, the fact that he lived 100 feet from where Hettrick’s body was found, and that police said he had seen the body but didn’t report it.
Quick has said the original prosecutors improperly withheld documents from Masters’ defense team.
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Information from: Paula Woodward/KUSA-TV,
