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Denise Anderson
It’s likely she was killed late July 31, 2019, or early Aug. 1, 2019, with a broken skillet found at the apartment, a medical examiner said during the trial.
Anderson reported to police in the weeks leading up to her death that Davis had sexually assaulted and stalked her, as well as vandalized her car. Though Davis was never charged for those allegations, prosecutors theorized to jurors that Davis killed Anderson to prevent her from testifying against him in those cases.
“In this case, Ms. Anderson suffered a brutal attack, an attack that was filled with an extreme amount of rage,” Grand Forks County Deputy State s Attorney Carmell Mattison said.
Prosecutors argued Davis killed Anderson with a broken cast iron skillet because she reported to police he raped and stalked her, as well as vandalized her car. Davis was never charged for those allegations, but prosecutors claimed he silenced her to prevent her from moving forward with the charges.
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Davis also allegedly started the fire to destroy evidence in the apartment, prosecutors claimed. A stove fire never reached Anderson’s body, which was found in Davis’ locked apartment.
Denise Anderson
The defense asserted the state didn’t meet its burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Davis was the culprit. Citing “a lot of unanswered questions,” defense attorney Jared Gietzen noted officers did not analyze the rug on which Anderson was found.
(Fargo, ND) The fate of a Fargo man accused of killing his girlfriend has been decided. A jury took only one hour to deliberate Friday morning before finding 46-year-old Sheldon George Davis guilty of all charges in the killing of his former girlfriend, 52-year-old Denise Anderson. Davis faced felony charges of murder, arson and endangering by fire or explosion in