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Sunday, April 28, 2013  The plight of a Missouri man convicted of killing a newspaper sports editor soon will be the focus of a documentary film as he continues his battle for freedom.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  The petition for a writ of habeus corpus was filed in Feb. 2011

Thursday, April 19, 2012  In Day 4 of Ryan Ferguson’s evidentiary hearing, two witnesses have taken the stand. A former high school friend and the last person to see Kent Heitholt alive.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  Dr. Larry Blum said an autopsy showing Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt died of strangulation and a blow to the head suggests the murder was not motivated by robbery.

Wednesday, March 03, 2010  Charles Erickson first said Ferguson strangled Kent Heitholt Oct. 31, 2001. Then, last November, he recanted some testimony.

Friday, February 19, 2010  The Missouri Attorney General's office has asked the court of appeals to reject new testimony that said Ryan Ferguson did not murder a Columbia newspaper man.