Minot Police arrest suspect in 2007 murder

By Pat Sweeney Mar 16, 2022 | 5:47 PM

Fifteen years after the murder of an 18-year-old Minot woman, a suspect has been arrested.

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.

Klug said the arrest was made without incident while Rice was working as a civilian at Minot Air Force Base. She was taken to Ward County Jail.

Klug said Rice was Knutson’s roommate at the time of the murder. Knutson was found stabbed to death in her northwest Minot apartment.

“I wish we could have solved this sooner,” Klug said, “but at the same time, I’m glad to say that we have the person responsible for the murder of Anita Knutson in custody.”

Klug added, “It’s unnerving to know that somebody is out there that murdered somebody, and in this case, there was not one person that had anything bad to say about Anita, so to me, this was a young girl with a great future that was taken away from her family way too soon.”

Klug said he was unable to offer more details at this time.

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