AP and Staff Reports - A convicted murderer who stirred controversy when it was revealed he was serving his work release by giving tours of the Governor's Mansion has been paroled.  Timothy Haverkamp was convicted in 1985 of second-degree murder for his role in the grisly, cult-related murders of two people - including a 5-year-old boy - near Rulo.

Last year, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services confirmed that 47-year-old Timothy Haverkamp was one of several inmates working at the mansion under a decades-old arrangement for work release. Haverkamp led tours of the Colonial-style home and its collections of dolls, silver and other state mementos.

The corrections department Web site says Haverkamp was paroled Wednesday morning.

His accomplice, Michael Ryan, sits on Nebraska's Death Row.

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