Man imprisoned for sports editor’s killing seeking freedom

BOWLING GREEN, Mo. (AP) — A man who has served 15 years in prison for the 2001 killing of a Missouri sports editor is challenging his imprisonment.
Charles Erickson pleaded guilty in 2004 in the death of Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt. He told police he had “dream-like” memories of helping Ryan Ferguson rob Heitholt before he was killed.
Ferguson’s conviction and life sentence were vacated in November 2013.
The Daily Tribune reports attorneys for Erick