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Along the way, the double investigative team of Cold Justice and Minot PD got a bombshell tip. A man named William May came forward. He said about a year after the homicide, a woman he dated confessed to killing Anita.

Along the way, the double investigative team of Cold Justice and Minot PD got a bombshell tip. A man named William May came forward. He said about a year after the homicide, a woman he dated confessed to killing Anita.

Do you remember that?

Do you remember that?

And who was William dating at that time? Anita's roommate, Nicole Thomas.

And who was William dating at that time? Anita's roommate, Nicole Thomas.

Police and cold justice went through the files and learned the roommates were fighting about a lot of things. Anita's alarm clock, Nicole's aquarium. Amber Nix said she heard all about it.

Police and cold justice went through the files and learned the roommates were fighting about a lot of things. Anita's alarm clock, Nicole's aquarium. Amber Nix said she heard all about it.

The tension was reaching a boiling point.

The tension was reaching a boiling point.

So they were getting ready to split up, move out.

So they were getting ready to split up, move out.

It was that bad.

It was that bad.

Then there were the text messages between Nicole and Anita in the months before the murder. In one, Nicole wrote, And that just obviously didn't get the point across. Amber also remembered Nicole making an odd comment after Anita's body was found.

Then there were the text messages between Nicole and Anita in the months before the murder. In one, Nicole wrote, And that just obviously didn't get the point across. Amber also remembered Nicole making an odd comment after Anita's body was found.

This wasn't hard proof of anything. And Nicole didn't seem to be living the life of someone weighed down by a violent secret. She still lived in Minot, was a wife, a mother to a daughter, and was close to her family. But still, in 2022, police and the Cole Justice team wanted to question her again. And she agreed.

This wasn't hard proof of anything. And Nicole didn't seem to be living the life of someone weighed down by a violent secret. She still lived in Minot, was a wife, a mother to a daughter, and was close to her family. But still, in 2022, police and the Cole Justice team wanted to question her again. And she agreed.

Was anything missing from your room?

Was anything missing from your room?