Anita May Knutson was a first-year college student with a close family, a wide circle of friends, and a calendar full of plans. But on a June morning in 2007, she was found murdered in her off-campus bedroom. It was a quiet scene hiding urgent clues: a slashed window screen, an unanswered phone call, and a weekend no one could quite explain. Plenty of girls wanted to be her. Plenty of guys wanted to be with her. But someone wanted her dead. And the truth about what happened would stay buried for years.
see moreAnita May Knutson was a first-year college student with a close family, a wide circle of friends, and a calendar full of plans. But on a June morning in 2007, she was found murdered in her off-campus bedroom. It was a quiet scene hiding urgent clues: a slashed window screen, an unanswered phone call, and a weekend no one could quite explain. Plenty of girls wanted to be her. Plenty of guys wanted to be with her. But someone wanted her dead. And the truth about what happened would stay buried for years.
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