Page 6 of 1295. roommate 15 years ago Becher would bolster his argument by citing a number of reports from prior investigators and even analysts from the FBI who theorized that Hall was the most likely suspect to have broken in and killed Knutson. Becher also said ticketing information from Amtrak indicated the man had arrived in Minot from Montana the day before and suggested he could have been present to commit the murder. McHenry County court records show that Nichole Rice, 34, who has been charged with the 2007 murder of her roommate Anita Knutson, 18, failed to appear in court in 2012. Knutson was found fatally stabbed in her off-campus apartment. MINOT, N.D. A woman accused this year of killing her roommate 15 years ago pleaded not guilty to the crime after a defense attorney tried to make a case that a man caught burglarizing a home about a week later might be the one who did it. P*@ T Im that girlIm not a criminal. She said she is a victim tooThis has changed my life foreverand I still hurtI focus as much as I can on knowing the people that know me and know what kind of person I am know I wouldnt hurt anyone.But Ill never be able to change those otehr peoples feelings., Nichole Rice, born Nichole Erin Thomas, has been married since December 2021 and has an adolescent daughter, her Instagram shows. P "M*@ T Rice had been charged with one Class B misdemeanor and one infraction for issuing checks without sufficient funds or credit in January and February 2012. P*@ T* P*px>]Ip*@ IE 11 is not supported. An arrest has been made in the 15-year-old cold case murder of Anita Knutson. Sign Up. Rice is being represented by Philip Becher, court records show. She is in the Ward County Jail and charged with murder. Rices attorney, Philip Becher, while questioning Talbott, attempted to make a case that a Montana man, who was a person of interest along with Rice and others early on, could have killed Knutson. Copyright Minot Daily News | https://www.minotdailynews.com | 301 4th St SE, Minot, ND 58701 | 701-857-1900. A woman accused of killing P(2P*@@QS&T Judge Richard Hagar set Rice's bond at $120,000 cash or a $250,000 surety bond. Select this result to view Dallas Rice's phone number, address, and more. endobj \FOy Email sourisvalleybowmen@hotmail.com for membership fees. CBSNews. PAXTON, ISAAC A. FARGO, ND $922.00 PEARSON, RANDAL J. FORT TOTTEN, ND $308.00 PEARSON, RANDAL J. FORT TOTTEN, ND $382.80 PEARSON, RANDAL J. SAINT MICHAEL, ND $432.80 PEARSON, RANDAL J. SAINT MICHAEL, ND $765.60 State of North Dakota Department of Human Services Child Support Enforcement - List of Obligors Found in Contempt of Court Name City . A witness places her at a bar in Ruso. Judge Richard Hagar has an off the record conversation with the defense and prosecution at the beginning of Nichole Erin Rices preliminary hearing. \EOWy Naomi Irion Missing & Feared Kidnapped in Nevada: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. She wrote on Facebook she is a, Mom of 1 Married to my best friend. by Anne Tyler. Knutson was found fatally stabbed in her off-campus apartment. Rice was then charged with a Class A misdemeanor for failure to appear after release bail jumping. Anita had been stabbed multiple times. The best result we found for your search is Nichole Thomas age 30s in Minot, ND in the Glacial Point neighborhood. The woman accused of murdering her roommate has pleaded not guilty. << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 1696 /Height 2200 /Interpolate true My heart goes out to the family, Chief Klug said at Wednesdays press conference announcing the arrest. Prosecutors suspect Knutson was killed either June 2 or June 3, 2007, according to the complaint. Shes now charged with her murder 15 years after Knutson was killed. 1 Murder trial set for accused Anita Knutson killer. P m*@ T 2 Bond Set For Minot Woman Arrested in 2007 Cold Case Murder. Law enforcement authorities in North Dakota on Wednesday announced an arrest in the 15-year-old cold case murder of Anita Knutson, a college student who was stabbed to death in her off-campus apartment.Nichole Rice, 34, Knutson's roommate at the time of her death, was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with one count of murder.. Officers with the Minot Police Department at . Becher introduced a statement indicating that someone matching his description had been seen running in the area of Knutsons apartment on the evening of June 2. MINOT, N.D. Since Nichole Rice pleaded not guilty to the murder of Anita Knutson, which sent the case to trial, Rice's pretrial conference has been rescheduled twice now.The Ward County Clerk's office says it's likely the pretrial conference has been pushed back repeatedly because of the amount of evidence being submitted by the state and the defense. Nichole and Kevin Thomas, Nicholes father, previously told officers that Nichole was at her parents house from approximately 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 2 until the morning of June 4, 2007. Membership Director Nichole Thomas 701-721-9292. Also known as Nicole A Thomas. The Minot Police Department said that Nichole Rice, 34, was in custody. Minot Police Chief John Klug said they had received numerous tips . Judge Richard Hagar set Nichole Rice's bond at $120,000 cash, or a $250,000 surety bond. The Minot State University student was found face down in her bed and had two stab wounds to the chest, according to court documents.Rice was arrested in March at the Minot Air Force Base where she worked as a civilian.Rice was always a person of interest, but until this year there had not been enough evidence to arrest her, Minot Police Chief John Klug said at the time she was taken into custody.Besides the work of his investigators, Klug credited help from "Cold Justice," a television series that sends its detectives to work alongside local law enforcement on unsolved homicide cases.According to the affidavit, investigators had been told that Rice had admitted to the murder, but that the person or people that heard the admission were unknown. Nichole Rice Roommate Arrested in 15-Year-Old Cold Case Murder of North Dakota College Student. P*@ < A UOU T Police said a cut window screen may have been staged to make it appear the killing was a break-in. She grew up on a ranch 10 miles southeast of Belfield, N.D., where her family raises Hereford cattle. |jT Friends said= Rice was "super jealous" of Knutson, Talbott said, and would call her derogatory names. 14-year-old driver killed in train collision in northwestern North Dakota, Tax breaks for biofuels, grain bin construction among ag bills passed in North Dakota, In the 1920s, a lawman in North Dakota had a dark secret - He was Al Capones brother. Talbott pointed to a series of inconsistencies in Rices statements, and the statements of family members that broke down the narrative Rice had given of her movements on June 2. C-SPAN's operating revenues come from license fees paid by cable systems and satellite companies that offer the network to their. Rice was Knutson's roommate during the time of the killing . Subscribe to get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox, RAND to USAF: Dont Take GBSD Support for Granted, Job Service Offers Assistance to Outlying Communities. Police in North Dakota said Wednesday they have arrested a woman who was the former roommate of an 18-year-old college student who was killed nearly 15 years ago. \FOy One person heard Rice tell Knutson, One way or another, Im going to get you out of this house, the complaint said. Many people wanted to be close to Anita. P("cP*@@SS{ The apartment manager let him in the apartment where he discovered his daughters body in her bedroom. If convicted, Rice faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. 2. I dont know that I would say she that she was ever cleared, Klug said. 2022-23 high school individual state champions list, as of Feb. 28: Add 22 more states, plus Prep Nationals. P(*OsP*@@USU6T No items, including valuables, were missing from the apartment, suggesting theft was not a motive, Talbott said. P*@ T* I wish we could have solved this sooner but at the same time Im glad to say we have the person responsible for the murder of Anita Knutson in custody.. Facebook/InstagramNichole Thomas Rice was in a memorial group for her slain roommate Anita Knutson. They do pretty much everything together because they have so much in common. her Now 34, Rice was a civilian worker at Minot Air Force . Nearly 15 years after 18-year-old college student Anita Knutson was found murdered in her off-campus apartment in Minot, North Dakota police have made an arrest in her case. In March 2022, Rices ex-boyfriend told police Rice got belligerently drunk in 2008 or 2009 and admitted to killing Knutson, according to court documents. In Thursdays hearing, Becher said regarding that particular tip, Rice said someone might blame her for the murder, not that she did it.. P*@ T Wyoming. Until someone got too close. \EOWy So many exciting things to come! It also states that Rices statements about where she was the night of the murder were inconsistent, as were her familys statements. We identified 4 records related to "Nicole Thomas" in the state of North Dakota. One friend heard Nichole say to Anita, prior to her murder, One way or another Im going to get you (Anita) out of this house.'. . The show follows former Harris County, Texas, prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former Las Vegas Metro Police crime scene investigator Yolanda McClary as they work on cold case murders. Klug said the arrest was made without incident while Rice was working as a civilian at Minot Air . Ward County Jail/Knutson Family P(*OsP*@@USU6T P(*OsP*@@USU6T Knutsons body was found by her father in the northwest Minot apartment she shared with Rice. stream Judge Richard Hagar ruled there was enough evidence to proceed to trial, and Rice pleaded not guilty. Reached by phone, Rice's father declined to comment. It was learned this was the residence of Anita Knutson and Nichole Thomas (n/Wa Rice). The North Dakota Supreme Court will not answer certified questions absent development of the factual record because doing so exposes the court to the danger of improvidently deciding issues. More: bit.ly/3dtzcSK. Thomas Family Funeral Home 304 S Main Street Minot, ND 58701 (701) 838-2832 (701) 838-6949 toll free: (800) 228-3588 34-year-old Nichole Rice, Minot, was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with murdering her roommate, Anita Knutson. As of February 10, 2022, 27 secretaries of state were born in the state where they were serving, while 12 secretaries of state were born elsewhere. Background: Anita was an 18 year old freshman at Minot State University in North Dakota, USA in 2007. The sample was too small to be tested against the law enforcement database, but could be analyzed with other samples side by side. Knutson was found dead in her off-campus apartment in Minot on June 4, 2007, after her father called for a welfare check, according to police. Police announcing Wednesday afternoon the arrest of Anita Knutson's . The remaining three states do not have a secretary of state. x+TT(T0 B3C#sK#TpL3C=S3R2=s k ) Anita Knutson was found stabbed to death in her home when her father asked for a wellness check because he hadn't heard from her in a few days, according to KXMB. Please enable javascript and refresh the page to continue reading local news. According to the affidavit of probable cause written by Minot Detective Mikali Talbott, Nichole Thomas Rice was one of four people who had keys to the apartment where she and Knutson lived. Its been a long time dream of both of theirs to own some land of their own!. The affidavit said: Nichole told witness 1 that after she left the club in Ruso, she had to Minot to her apartment to get some clothes that night. As previously reported, the victim's father Gordon . 3 Nichole Rice, Anita Knutson Murder Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. /Length 154660 /Filter /FlateDecode >> A lot of the information is information we have. \DOy She had told investigators she was out of town with her parents when Rice was killed. Cat mom. Carmen Asham, Det. McHenry County court records show that Nichole Rice, 34, who has been charged with the 2007 murder of her roommate Anita Knutson, 18, failed to appear in court in 2012. It just took a little bit of refocusing and a lot of paying attention to the fine details. At the time, she was Knutson's roommate. The pre-trial conference is scheduled for Nov. 16. Fort Lauderdale. The judge set Rices bond at $120,000 cash, or a $250,000 surety bond. Rice said she was at her familys farm in Velva at the time. Rices defense argued that she was not a flight risk because of family ties and her lack of a criminal record. Investigators found Knutson's bedroom window screen sliced open and Knutson face down on her bed . I wish we could have solved this sooner, but at the same time Im glad to say that we have the person responsible for the murder of Anita Knutson in custody.. Profile. The court issued a bench warrant for her arrest after she failed to appear in court and had not paid the $451.01 in fines and fees by the due date. The sample was tested against a number of persons of interest, but Rice was the only individual who could not be excluded by investigators. |T Talbott said in the affidavit that police received numerous tips about Knutsons murder over the years, including information regarding party attended by Nichole. Talbott wrote, Law enforcement had been told that Nichole admitted to the murder, but the person or people that heard this admission was unknown to law enforcement. Police have since identified the person as a man Rice dated in 2008 or 2009. When police arrived at the scene, they found Knutson stabbed to death in her bedroom, covered with a large housecoat. According to Minot Police Chief John Klug, 34-year-old Nichole Rice was arrested at about 3:25 this (Wed) afternoon for the 2007 murder of Anita Knutson. 4x>59P*@Et1 T)A 4 0 obj Items near the window were not disturbed, suggesting the window was not used to enter the apartment, according to the complaint. They worked alongside Det. Anita Knutson. Witness 1 said that Nichole told her details about the scene that would not have been known to Nichole or anyone outside of the investigation team. After nearly 15 years of investigating and following up on leads, the suspect is in custody, Minot Police Chief John Klug said at a press conference. They read every statement, they looked at every piece of evidence, they looked at every report that was done and they refined that information down. According to members of the group, Rice would comment often, including on Knutsons birthday. Becher said the man was arrested June 11, 2007, in Minot after he entered an apartment and was found hiding with a knife. Charles Crane/MDN #5 in Minot, North Dakota, Powered by. @nicolerice761986. Nicole Hanson, 35. C-SPAN receives no funding from any government. 1 0 obj Nichole Rice is in custody and is believed to have been responsible for the 2007 murder, Minot police said in a press conference. Rice, who is now a 34-year-old married mother who works as a civilian employee at the Minot Air Force Base, was arrested on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 . Knutson's roommate at the time of her death, Nichole Rice, now 34, of Minot, was arrested at 3:25 p.m. Wednesday without incident while at her civilian job on Minot Air Force Base. Over time, things start to develop. An arrest has been made in the 15-year-old cold case murder of Anita Knutson in North Dakota. /ColorSpace 6 0 R /Decode [ 1 0 ] /Intent /Perceptual /BitsPerComponent 8 North Dakota, about 40 miles south of Minot, that Saturday night into Sunday morning, and when she left the bar . Knutson, who was a Minot State University student, was found dead June 4, 2007, face down in her bed at her and Rices northwest Minot apartment. April Baumgarten joined The Forum in February 2019 as an investigative reporter. Rice is being held at the Ward County Jail without bond. Klug said detectives Carmen Asham and Mikali Talbott were most recently assigned to investigate the case. If you feel you have received this message in error, please contact the customer support team at 1-833-248-7801. Rice, Anita's roommate at the time she was killed, is charged with murder and is being held at the Ward County Jail. Nichole Rice makes initial court appearance; more info released in Anita Knutson murder County records show at the time, Rices last name was Bakken, her first husbands family name. jdQV{GOwg2fUs(udT k]"%b*bd>g(15['UF B(efxU kiF)y. t0YODDYi& zx 14-year-old driver killed in train collision in northwestern North Dakota, Tax breaks for biofuels, grain bin construction among ag bills passed in North Dakota, In the 1920s, a lawman in North Dakota had a dark secret - He was Al Capones brother. That's the plea entered by Nichole Rice, accused of the 2007 murder of Anita Knutson in Minot. P*@ < A UOU T PQ9GH. Once the preliminary hearing concluded, Hagar said there was sufficient probable cause against Rice and bound her over to District Court for arraignment. If you feel you have received this message in error, please contact the customer support team at 1-833-248-7801. Anita Knutson, a student at Minot State University, was found stabbed to death in her apartment on June 4, 2007. The chief did not get into details about what led them to Rice or a motive. Talbott also introduced a statement from a man that heard Rice make a drunken confession while at a party. 2022 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. endobj According to her now-deleted Facebook page, she was born in Velva, North Dakota, and lived in Minot. Those interviewed recalled conflicts over an alarm clock and a fish tank, as well as Rice calling Knutson derogatory names to others. When asked about Cold Justices role, Knutson said they provided support. Anita Knutson Photo: Minot Police Department. Those statements have changed several times and contradict each other. Rice Pleads Not Guilty. |*bT Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Judge Richard Hager determined there was probable cause that Nichole Erin Rice, then 19, stabbed Anita Knutson, 18, at their apartment in early June 2007 and left her face down in bed, according to The Form of Fargo-Moorhead. In making the announcement, Minot Police Chief John Klug said, Although most of the detectives who worked the original scene and investigation have retired, we have not forgotten about this case. The chief went on to say Rice was always considered a person of interest. A pocketknife with dried blood on it was found on the bed, close to the wall and open window. Police said nothing was disturbed beneath the window, and it did not appear anyone went through the window., According to the affidavit, A number of individuals indicated that there was a lot of tension between Anita and Nichole. Talbott indicated that investigators ruled Talbott out as a suspect after acquiring video footage of him arriving in Minot at the train station the evening after the murder. On March 16, Rice was arrested for the 2007 murder of her then-roommate, Anita . Nicole Rice, the former roommate of murder victim, Anita Knutson has . Knutson's mother, Sharon Knutson, was reached by The Forum on Thursday at her home in Butte, North Dakota. She pleaded guilty and was ordered to complete 30 hours of community service, one year of unsupervised probation, and to pay $380 in fees. ND woman pleads not guilty to killing roommate in 2007MINOT (AP) A woman accused of fatally stabbing her roommate 15 years ago in Minot pleaded not guilty Thursday after a judge determined there was sufficient evidence to send her to trial on felony murder.Nichole Rice, 34, appeared in Ward County District Court in connection with the 2007 death of 18-year-old Anita Knutson. Fifteen years after the murder of an 18-year-old Minot woman, a suspect has been arrested. At a press conference on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, Minot Police announced the arrest of 34-year-old Nichole Rice.