The case of State versus Nichole Rice is now in the hands of the jury. Rice is charged with murder in the 2007 killing of Anita Knutson in their shared northwest Minot apartment. Tuesday afternoon, the state and defense provided closing arguments to the jury.

James Douglas Kouns, a former FBI investigator who now owns a private investigation firm, as its expert witness. Kouns essentially testified that police failed to follow up on leads that pointed to other credible suspects in the 2007 murder of Anita Knutson other than Nichole Rice.