Chuck Erickson told police more than once that he might have had a dream about committing the murder. He knew very few details about the crime, relating only what he had read in the newspaper - articles published by the Tribune at the time of the crime and on the anniversaries of the murder in 2002 and 2003 - as well as what he had seen on television.

Chuck later said in a sworn deposition (June 2005) that he had no recollection of committing the crime.

Neither he nor anyone in his family, including his mother, father and sister, said they ever saw any incriminating evidence on Chuck, or his clothes, carpet, sheets, in his bathroom or in any other part of their house that would suggest a crime or any other blood-related incident had been committed

Please note the Police conducted a search warrant around 8:30 p.m. March 10, 2004 with a five-person team lead by Detective Emerson McGuire. They searched Chuck's house for over two hours using luminol while looking for blood evidence.

Nothing was found. (Police Report # 242)

McGuire concluded: "We were not able to locate any items that we recognized as being associated with this homicide investigation."

Chuck Erickson said he could not remember committing this crime the next day, the next week, the next month or for the next two years.

But inexplicably on the second anniversary of Kent Heitholt's death in 2003, after drinking alcohol and reading the anniversary article in the Tribune, Chuck began to think that he might have had a dream about somehow being connected to the murder.

He mentioned this only to three friends and only after he had been drinking. One of these friends told several other people but Chuck told only three people. They simply dismissed it as yet another one of Chuck Erickson's stories. 

The first time Chuck told anyone about his dream was New Years Eve 2003. At this time, he spoke to Ryan and asked if it were possible that he (Chuck) could have had anything to do with what had happened to the victim. Ryan told him there was no way and that he was nuts to think that he had had any involvement. The conversation was very low key and Chuck seemed relieved.

Later, towards the end of February, Chuck told Jason Gilpin. Still later, he told Art Figueroa.

The only details Chuck knew at the time of his arrest came from the newspaper and television. After he was arrested and during his interrogation, the police began feeding Chuck Erickson details about the crime. (Police Report # 254)  

This can be clearly seen on the three initial police video-taped interviews and in subsequent transcripts of these videos as well as the YouTube videos.

Chuck was not allowed to make a phone call or speak with his parents and did not have an attorney during this time.