At that trial, Erickson said Mr. Ferguson had suggested they rob someone to get money for alcohol and that Erickson had hit Heitholt with a metal tire tool before Mr. Ferguson strangled Heitholt with the man's own belt.
Missouri man freed after murder conviction is overturned →
Mr. Ferguson's case gained national attention because his high school classmate, Chuck Erickson, claimed to have recalled through dreams years after the fact that he and Ferguson killed Heitholt in a late-night robbery after partying for Halloween.
Missouri man freed after murder conviction is overturned →
