She wrote on Facebook about how hard it is to be accused of committing a crime.
In another post she said she was touched by the story of Gabby Petito.
Unfortunately Anita and Nichole did not get along.
Anita Knutson family
Anita disliked that Nichole frequently invited men over the apartment, often leaving while the men were still there.
The roommates had arguments that sometimes escalated to screaming matches.
On Friday, June 1st, 2007 Anita called her mom and told hershe was at a friends house.
The next day, Anita was a no-show at work which was not normal for her.
Her mother also began to worry when Anita didnt answer her calls on Saturday or Sunday.
On Monday, June 4th, Anitas father, Gordon, drove the hour from their home to campus.
One of Nichole’s Facebook posts talking about how hard it is to be accused of murder. ViaLyn Seeks.
He found Anitas car in her apartments parking lot but got no response when he knocked on her door.
Gordon then went to the apartment manager to ask for a wellness check.
The manager was with her boyfriend, who did maintenance for the apartments.
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The maintenance worker told Anitas father he noticed a troubling cut in the screen of one of her windows.
Anita was found laying on her bloody mattress covered by a robe.
The apartment didnt look like a vicious attack had taken place there and they hadnt been robbed.
Nichole Rice, care of Ward County Jail.
Anita had not been sexually assaulted.
Police recovered what they believed to be the killers fingerprints and DNA from the scene.
An autopsy led police to believe Anita was murdered sometime early Sunday (June 3) morning.
Suspects
Police investigated the maintenance man who reported the slashed window screen to Gordon.
Nichole attended Anitas funeral with her mother, GaeMari Thomas.
In 2013, six years after Anitas murder, her brother Daniel died by suicide.
Anita and Daniels sister, Anna, says that Daniel wasnever the sameafter Anitas death.
Anitas roommate, Nichole Rice, was arrested and charged with her murder.
Each episode features a different cold case and Anitas case was being researched for an upcoming episode.
This is one of50 arreststhat have resulted from the TV show.
Originally, Nichole told police that she was best friends with her roommate.
In the fifteen years since the murder Nichole had gotten married twice and now has a daughter.
On Facebook,she described herself asa mom who is Married to my best friend.
Ringleader of my own circus.
Her arraignment is scheduled for April 21, 2022.
