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there's a saying here in Minnesota Minnesota nice and that Minnesota nice only goes so far and
Heidi ferus she went all the way she was genuine and she loved deep she definitely lived a life of love that was
the mark that she left and that's hard to let go you know this is a a terrible terrible incident you know we're hoping
to find other physical evidence that might help us lead us in a direction toward a suspect the morning of April
25th 2010 at 6:30 a.m. Heidi Fergus calls 911 someone's trying to break into my house
she tells the state patrol dispatcher that someone is trying to break into her house and she's trying to give her
address 1794 ha while she's on the phone you can hear a loud noise and the phone goes dead well I
don't know where she went there 61 approximately a minute later Nicholas Fergus calls 911 says that he and his
wife have both been shot brok me okay are you inan Paul sir St Paul fire paramedics took Nick out to
the ambulance and transported him to Region's hospital he had been shot in the leg Heidi was struck in the back as
she was trying to flee towards the kitchen it was a shotgun blast that killed her right away the shotgun was
laying inside front door area there's a little foyer Nick gave a brief story he heard
somebody fiddling around with the door and that he then armed himself with a shotgun and that Nick and the Intruder
struggled over the shotgun the responding officers uh went up and down the block try to talk to
neighbors I was next to Door house sitting when the crime happened really all I heard was kind of this egg izing
yell of you shot her you shot me it never felt right the story never made sense to me he tells investigators
that he grabbed a shotgun loaded it with two shells and then proceeded to have Heidi go down the stairs in front of him
towards the very door that this alleged burglar was at why you would send the unarmed person
down in front of you is beyond me to me there were only two people in that house
when Heidi was killed and they were Nick and Heidi in order to believe that Nick
killed Heidi you have to believe that a good man with no History of Violence killed the woman that he loved more than
anything in life for no reason that's what you have to believe we can't get there

A frantic 911 call captures the sound of a gunshot as a couple reports a break-in. How did the intruder disappear? "48 Hours" contributor Jamie Yuccas reports Saturday, Dec. 2 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

The episode examines the 2010 shooting of Heidi Fergus and the conflicting accounts of her husband Nicholas during the investigation.

Key points

Heidi's 911 Call. On April 25, 2010, Heidi Fergus calls 911, fearing a break-in.
Tragic Incident. Heidi is shot while trying to flee, leaving behind a profound loss.
Conflicting Stories. Nick's account of the events raises questions about the truth behind Heidi's death.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Minnesota nice only goes so far.

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