Ashley Flowers

Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.

Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.

And we are here to bring you part two of Peggy Hetrick's story. This is the story we took out on tour thanks to Pluto TV and State Farm. And when we left off, Tim had just been exonerated. He won a $10 million judgment after they wrongly not only accused but convicted him. He spent 10, almost 10 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

And we are here to bring you part two of Peggy Hetrick's story. This is the story we took out on tour thanks to Pluto TV and State Farm. And when we left off, Tim had just been exonerated. He won a $10 million judgment after they wrongly not only accused but convicted him. He spent 10, almost 10 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

But when he gets out, that leaves everyone wondering who really killed Peggy Hetrick. And in one of Tim's filings, one of the things his lawyer said is that there were other viable suspects. And they were not wrong based on our investigation into the case. So I want to talk about those today.

But when he gets out, that leaves everyone wondering who really killed Peggy Hetrick. And in one of Tim's filings, one of the things his lawyer said is that there were other viable suspects. And they were not wrong based on our investigation into the case. So I want to talk about those today.

All right, when talking about people we should be looking at, viable potential suspects, the first that comes up is Peggy's on-again, off-again boyfriend, Matt Zollner, who was 29 in 1987. And every detective, I think, has their person, right, that they look into the most. And for Linda Wheeler, it is Matt Zollner.

All right, when talking about people we should be looking at, viable potential suspects, the first that comes up is Peggy's on-again, off-again boyfriend, Matt Zollner, who was 29 in 1987. And every detective, I think, has their person, right, that they look into the most. And for Linda Wheeler, it is Matt Zollner.

Now, Ray Martinez, one of the detectives we talked about who was like first on the scene for Peggy's case last time, he said a lot of people were quick to write Matt off. Maybe because of his behavior, like he was acting how they expected. Maybe because he had an alibi. If you remember, Matt said that he had met that woman, maybe Sean.

Now, Ray Martinez, one of the detectives we talked about who was like first on the scene for Peggy's case last time, he said a lot of people were quick to write Matt off. Maybe because of his behavior, like he was acting how they expected. Maybe because he had an alibi. If you remember, Matt said that he had met that woman, maybe Sean.

Again, just met her, didn't even remember her name, but he was with her till last call. Then she's at his place till like 3, 3.30 in the morning. And a lot of what you'll see about Peggy's death is that she died between 1 and 3 a.m., which, yes, Matt would have an alibi. Except when we got access to a lot of the investigative files, what we realize is in the report, it's actually a wider range.

Again, just met her, didn't even remember her name, but he was with her till last call. Then she's at his place till like 3, 3.30 in the morning. And a lot of what you'll see about Peggy's death is that she died between 1 and 3 a.m., which, yes, Matt would have an alibi. Except when we got access to a lot of the investigative files, what we realize is in the report, it's actually a wider range.

I mean, they settle on one to three, but the true range of time is between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., meaning that there's potentially an hour and a half, two hours that Matt is unaccounted for if she died in those later time frame. The other thing, which I haven't told anyone yet, been saving this up my sleeve, is that when Peggy was found, in her purse was a note that she had written to Matt.

I mean, they settle on one to three, but the true range of time is between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., meaning that there's potentially an hour and a half, two hours that Matt is unaccounted for if she died in those later time frame. The other thing, which I haven't told anyone yet, been saving this up my sleeve, is that when Peggy was found, in her purse was a note that she had written to Matt.

Seemingly that very evening she died. And so Britt, I'm going to have you read the note.

Seemingly that very evening she died. And so Britt, I'm going to have you read the note.

No, no, this is in her bag. And so Matt actually lived even closer to the prime minister than Peggy did. So there are like, you know, two possibilities here. Either she goes and like puts this on Matt's door and then she goes out. She ends up getting back into her place and then goes back to Matt's and collects the note because she no longer needs to show up at his place at 2 a.m.

No, no, this is in her bag. And so Matt actually lived even closer to the prime minister than Peggy did. So there are like, you know, two possibilities here. Either she goes and like puts this on Matt's door and then she goes out. She ends up getting back into her place and then goes back to Matt's and collects the note because she no longer needs to show up at his place at 2 a.m.

Or she writes the note, goes out, ends up getting back into her place before she ever drops the note off. She's in. It doesn't even matter anymore. And it's like a moot point. It's like living in her purse and maybe she forgot about it. I don't know.

Or she writes the note, goes out, ends up getting back into her place before she ever drops the note off. She's in. It doesn't even matter anymore. And it's like a moot point. It's like living in her purse and maybe she forgot about it. I don't know.