BOISE, Idaho — Forty years ago, Brett Woolley’s dad was shot in the parking lot of a small-town bar in the Idaho mountains.
The shooter crossed the street to the only other bar in town, ordered a drink and declared, “I just killed a man.” Then he disappeared.
As days turned into years, Woolley accepted the likelihood that his father’s murderer would never be found.
But that changed last fall when authorities arrested a former pro rodeo rider named Walter Mason in Texas.
Lawyers say the 87-year-old may never be fit to stand trial.
Woolley is trying again to come to terms with his father’s death and the legends that sprang up around the crime.
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