Fourteen murder cases passed through North Central District Court in Minot in 2023. Though several progressed to jury trials, with most resulting in convictions
Knutson, who was a Minot State University student at the time of her death, was found in her bed with stab wounds on June 4, 2007, according to police.
North Central District Court Judge Richard Hagar has denied the motion to dismiss filed by the attorney’s of Nichole Erin Rice, 36, Minot, setting the course
State prosecutors have filed their response in the ongoing back and forth over the potential dismissal of the case against the woman accused of killing Anita Kn