Gail Masset Murder

The "Masset murder" took place in June 1978.
was an albino 19-year-old white male, Timothy Charles Weems, whom the Police identified as the second in line for the
New Year's Eve spot which the Country Club had been allotted outside one of the large townhouses
along W. 14th Street. (Weems' family
disavowed any connection but said that he had been residing on a summer vacation in Jamaica around
July 1978)
Details

of the murder's context were summarized as follows:

New Year's
Night: 9:50p.m., Weems, dressed in a black shirt and white dress, and carrying a black machete, walked
to a bench just outside the Townhouse, near the back door, and sat down. Some four girls between 17 and 23
were dancing on the other side of the street. A female teenager then joined them, and they saw Weems
approaching. At first, they ignored him, and even when Weems turned to watch them they began to walk
away. When they were out of earshot, the girl who had gone dancing returned to the scene, and the group
quickly turned back. The group then converged on the location where Weems was sitting, and opened the
door. [Some observers speculated on the timing of this
event, saying that during
Christmas, the earlier murder of Chris
Donovan] Weems, along with at least one other person, entered the door. In the center of the room
there was a large section of bookshelves that extended through the entrance to the path through the
deserted house, which was in great disrepair at the time. The group then carried Weems to several large
clothes racks across the room, and to the floor.
Both police and
the shooter say that Weems, to be
included in the robbery, would not have been able to raise a knife unless his hands were bound at the
time. Though the murder was considered a daylight
stabbing, a good deal was
known about the type of stab wounds, since this type of homicide was not considered serious.
similar crime was committed the same day, June 10, 1978. Timothy F.