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Thursday, April 18, 2013  On Thursday, a judge approved a motion for a new trial on the grounds that new evidence from a hotline call was not provided to either side in the case.

Friday, February 15, 2013  A Missouri judge has ordered a man convicted in his neighbor's 1990 murder to be released on bond pending a retrial.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  A Chillicothe man whose murder conviction in the 1990 slaying of a neighbor was recently overturned could learn on Friday whether he will be released from prison as the state seeks a new trial.

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.

Monday, April 16, 2012  UPDATE: A janitor has recanted his testimony in the first day of a weeklong hearing for Ryan Ferguson.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011  A Columbia man convicted of killing of a newspaper editor is returning to court in his latest bid for a new trial.