# Ryan W. Ferguson

Overturned · 2001

Ryan W. Ferguson (born October 19, 1984) is an American man who spent nearly 10 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a 2001 murder in his hometown of Columbia, Missouri. At the time of the murder, Ferguson was a 17-year-old high-school student. Kent Heitholt was found beaten and strangled shortly after 2:00 a.m.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=41896174
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/ryan-w-ferguson-w41896174

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## Sources

1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=41896174


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