The murder of anita knutson, 18, has haunted her family and the communities of butte, velva and minot since her body was discovered in her apartment on june 4, 2007. The trial of the minot woman charged with the 2007 murder of anita knutson has been reset to january in grand forks county following an order granting a change. Almost 18 years later, the
North Dakota Cold Case Mystery Who Killed Anita Knutson? Pt. 2
Anita knutson, 18, minot and formerly of butte, died monday, june 4, 2007, in minot. Knutson was slain in her minot apartment a little more than a year later. Anita was born september 22, 1988, in orange county, ca and was adopted by gordon and sharon fellows knutson at five months of age.
They resided in anaheim, ca, where she attended glenknoll elementary, bernardo
On cold justice, airing saturdays at 8/7c on oxygen, prosecutor kelly siegler and investigator steve spingola took a deep dive into the homicide in the series' 100th episode. Fifteen years after the slaying, they were able to help the minot police department make an arrest. Now, minot police have arrested her roommate at the time, nichole rice. File photo anita knutson was found dead in her bedroom at 2420 4th st.
Nw, apartment 5, in minot on june 4, 2007. Grand forks — eighteen years after the murder of anita knutson in a minot apartment in 2007, a grand forks jury heard closing arguments in the trial of nichole rice. The minot daily news reports the jury returned the verdict wednesday morning after deliberations began tuesday, march 25, and acquitted nichole rice in connection with the death of anita knutson. The verdict, delivered today by a grand forks county jury, brings a dramatic conclusion to a case that remained unsolved for nearly 15 years before rice's 2022 arrest.

Anita knutson, a student at minot state university, was found stabbed to death in her apartment on june 4, 2007.
The minot police department said that nichole rice, 34, was in custody. In 2022, a crew from the television show, cold justice, came to minot in 2022 to film a segment on the anita knutson killing. With assistance from the show's investigators, police felt they had developed enough evidence to arrest a suspect and, on march 16, 2022, they arrested nichole rice and charged her with knutson's killing. Nichole rice, 37, was charged with felony murder in the death of anita knutson, who was found stabbed to death on june 4, 2007.a jury found her not guilty of the single charge.
At the time of the murder, the two women lived together, though friends said the two had a strained relationship. The preliminary hearing for nichole erin rice, 34, the accused killer of anita knutson, 18, was held on sept. 8 in north central district court in minot. Nichole rice, 37, was charged with felony murder in the death of anita knutson, who was found stabbed to death on june 4, 2007.a jury found her not guilty of the single charge.

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The firm representing nichole rice cited evidence on knutson's body, the departure of a key attorney, and an ongoing investigation into the minot police chief for its reasons. The trial of the minot woman charged in the 2007 death of anita knutson has been rescheduled to a new date in march following a motion hearing in north central. The jury trial for the woman accused in the 2007 death of anita knutson has been scheduled to begin next summer, according to court records. In 2018, minot police officer mikali talbott began looking into anita's killing.
According to the minot daily Rice has been charged with murder in the 2007 stabbing death of anita knutson, 18, her roommate at the time. North central district court judge richard hagar at the minot hearing for a delay Since 2007 the community of minot, north dakota has been haunted by a disturbing question:

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Erin haustveit and anita knutson are pictured at senior prom in velva, north dakota, in april 2006.

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