A Grand Forks jury found Nichole Rice not guilty for the murder of her roommate Anita Knutson in 2007. The jury began deliberating Tuesday afternoon, and were sent home for the evening around 7:30 p.m.

Interim Minot Police Chief Dale Plessas issued a statement today regarding the Tuesday acquittal of Nichole Rice in the 2007 killing of Anita Knutson in a Minot apartment both women shared: “First and foremost,

Reactions are coming in to Tuesday’s not guilty verdict in the case of State versus Nichole Rice. Rice was acquitted by the jury of nine men and three women in the 2007 killing of her roommate Anita Knutson in their shared northwest Minot apartment.