The case went cold for nearly 15 years, until March 2022, when police arrested Knutson’s roommate at the time, Nichole Rice, ...

The Sand Law Firm, which successfully defended Nichole Rice on murder charges and generated controversy over the way its ...

Eighteen years after the murder of Anita Knutson in a Minot apartment in 2007, a Grand Forks jury heard closing arguments in ...

GRAND FORKS — Nichole Rice was found not guilty Wednesday, March 26, in the 2007 stabbing death of her college roommate, ...

A Grand Forks jury found Nichole Rice not guilty for the murder of her roommate Anita Knutson in 2007. The jury began ...

Rice was charged in the June 4, 2007 murder of Anita Knutson in a Minot apartment both Rice and Knutson shared.

Video celebration of the verdict received criticism on social media for going against courtroom decorum, especially with Knutson’s family in attendance. Others said they understood the defense’s ...

Nichole Rice is accused of fatally stabbing her roommate Anita Knutson in 2007 Minot Police Department; Ward County Jail On June 3, 2007, 18-year-old college student Anita Knutson was found dead ...

The State presented its final witnesses in the trial of Nichole Rice for the murder of Anita Knutson on Monday, including ...

The defense rested its case after calling a single witness in the trial of Nichole Rice for the murder of Anita Knutson ...

Interim Minot Police Chief Dale Plessas issued a statement today regarding the Tuesday acquittal of Nichole Rice in the 2007 ...

Nichole Rice and her legal team were overcome with emotion when her 'not guilty' verdict was read Wednesday. Anita Knutson's sister and childhood friend reacted to the acquittal.