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Miles Moffeit

FT COLLINS, CO--AUGUST 23, 2007-- Convict Tim Masters was able to come to the Larimer County Courthouse to listen to the continued proceedings in an attempt to grant him a new trial. Throngs of people, from lawmakers to criminal-justice advocacy groups, friends and family all appeared to support his bid for a new trial at the hearing today in front of Judge Joseph Weatherby, a retired judge from Fort Morgan.All along Tim Masters has professed his innocence in the 1987 murder of Peggy Hettrick, when Masters was only 15 years old. WIth the help of lawyers from Greeley, Masters continues to press forward with his exoneration bid. Today's hearing was aimed at determining what prosecutors and police knew about murder victim Peggy Hettrick's ``surgical'' wounds and the sex offender doctor Richard Hammond, who lived close to the crime scene but was never viewed as a suspect.PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

Doctor the focus in Masters case

May 7, 2016 at 8:39 p.m.

Doctor the focus in Masters case

Tim Masters in 1987

Prosecutors: Doc never eyed in 1987 murder

May 7, 2016 at 7:48 p.m.

Prosecutors: Doc never eyed in 1987 murder

Tim Masters in 1987. Was convicted of murding Peggy Hettrick in Fort Collins. Masters was 15 at the time of the murder. His defense team say DNA will prove he didn't do it.

Potential murder suspect, DA team had ties

May 7, 2016 at 7:58 p.m.

Potential murder suspect, DA team had ties

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Inmates, executives join Masters' fight

August 4, 2007 at 5:58 p.m.

Inmates, executives join Masters' fight

Timothy L. Masters discusses his case in the visitors room of the Buena Vista Correctional Facility where he is serving a life sentence for a 1987 Ft. Collins murder.

Task force to study evidence preservation

May 7, 2016 at 6:45 p.m.

Task force to study evidence preservation

Timothy L. Masters discusses his case in the visitors room of the Buena Vista Correctional Facility where he is serving a life sentence for a 1987 Ft. Collins murder.

Ritter creates evidence preservation task force

May 7, 2016 at 6:14 p.m.

Ritter creates evidence preservation task force

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Ritter announces DNA task force

August 3, 2007 at 12:31 p.m.

Ritter announces DNA task force

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Congress may join push on evidence

July 28, 2007 at 1:28 p.m.

Congress may join push on evidence

A DNA analysis specialist works at Reliagene Technologies in New Orleans, La., earlier this year.

A call to save evidence

May 7, 2016 at 6:26 p.m.

A call to save evidence

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Experts call for change

July 25, 2007 at 5:47 a.m.

Experts call for change