Nichole Rice to make initial appearance Thursday on charge in 2007 killing of Anita Knutson

MINOT, N.D. - The woman charged with AA-felony intentional murder in the 15-year-old cold case of Anita Knutson is scheduled to make her initial court appearance Thursday at 2 p.m. in Minot.

Minot police arrested 34-year-old Nichole Rice Wednesday for the stabbing death of the 18-year-old Knutson at their northwest Minot apartment in 2007.

Rice was Knutson’s roommate during the time of the murder.

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