The Associated Press
GREELEY, Colo. - Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck needs more time to investigate whether a police officer violated the law when he put together a murder case against a man whose conviction was overturned because of new DNA evidence.
Attorneys for Timothy Masters, who was released from prison in January, claim Fort Collins police officer Jim Broderick may have perjured himself and illegally eavesdropped on their client.
Buck was expected to reveal his findings last week but says it could be three more weeks before a key witness is available.
Masters was convicted in 1999 in the stabbing and sexual mutilation of Fort Collins resident Peggy Hettrick in 1987. He was freed after new DNA test results pointed to another possible suspect, who has not been publicly identified.