WHO WAS PEGGY HETTRICK, AND WHY WORRY 30 YEARS LATER WHO KILLED HER?
Why care? It all happened a long, long time ago, before some of you reading this were even born. It happened in a small Colorado college town, Fort Collins, that is probably best known by a great many people today as the home of New Belgium Brewing Company, producers of Fat Tire among other gems, than for any other reason. It happened to a quirky woman who (at least according to those who knew her best at that particular time in her life) couldn't seem to get herself grounded in life: she was a college dropout who didn't drive, lived in an unremarkable little apartment located close enough to the spots, the bars and lounges, she loved to hang out in, and to the shop where she worked, that she could walk pretty much anywhere she wanted to go, night or day. Not surprisingly, she was an aspiring mystery writer, and left an unfinished manuscript in her apartment. So, what happened to her? Well, the short story is that she was brutally murdered, mutilated, and dumped in a vaca