Facts - March 16, 2009
  by the Free Ryan Ferguson Committee
 

Varner testified for the first time during Ryan's July 2008 hearing.
(see Varner’s information below)

Below are the details of witnesses who contradict Charles Erickson’s account of events from the morning of the crime.

This entire story from the murder to allegedly returning to the bar covered a 30 minute time frame from 2:15 a.m. to 2:45 a.m.  In that time he supposedly:
- Struck the victim with a tire tool
- Saw and spoke to Shawna Ornt the witness
- Saw and spoke to Dallas Mallory
- Returned to the By George Night Club
The witnesses and evidence make Charles Erickson’s story impossible, unless one is to believe that all the witnesses listed below lied.

These witnesses testified in Ryan's July 2008, 29.15 Hearing.  For many of them it was their first time to testify as they were not called during the original trial.  

1. Shawna Ornt
Erickson testified during the trial that:
* he spoke to a cleaning lady (Shawna Ornt) just after the crime
* he walked around the car towards Ornt
* he told Ornt to " Get help, someone is hurt". 
* he yelled and was on the verge of tears
* he saw a cord in her hand.
Trial Transcript Page:  551 Line 12 (page #'s are on bottom right corner of each page) 
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Erickson also testified:
* he had been wearing a long sleeved sweat-shirt with a hood
* he weighed about 150 and was 5 foot 6
* he had black hair
* he was standing at the front of the victim’s car
Shawna Ornt (the cleaning lady) described the person who spoke to her:
*wore a short sleeved T-shirt
* weighed 200 lbs
* stood 6 foot tall 
* had blond hair 
* was standing at the rear of the car
* person who spoke to her was calm and composed