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Unsolved November 1, 2001 Homicide

Kent Heitholt

Status Unsolved
Type Homicide
Date November 1, 2001
Location Columbia, Missouri
Victim Age 48
Gender Male

Columbia Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt was beaten and strangled in the Tribune parking lot. Two men were convicted — Ryan Ferguson and Charles Erickson — but Ferguson's conviction was vacated in 2013 after key witness recanted. Erickson's conviction stands but the case has become emblematic of wrongful conviction concerns.

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