Her Roommate Is Found Dead At Home And She's Surprised She's A Suspect

September 7, 2026

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Her Roommate Is Found Dead At Home And She's Surprised She's A Suspect

The call came during lunch at a Chinese buffet. Nicole's phone kept ringing—she ignored it, assuming spam. Then her mother called: the police needed her at her apartment immediately. When Nicole pulled up, she saw yellow tape and officers everywhere. Her first thought was that the place had been robbed. Then they told her: her roommate Anita was dead. Murdered. "I think I just went into like this trance," Nicole recalls. "I feel like everything was just blurry."

Thirteen years later, Nicole is sitting down with detectives to go over the case again—the same questions, the same details, the same suspicion that has followed her ever since that June weekend in 2013.

The Roommate Dynamic

Nicole and Anita met in eighth grade in Velva, North Dakota, a small town where everyone knows everyone. They weren't close in high school—different friend groups—but ended up at the same college and became roommates in the freshman dorms. "We were inseparable together all the time," Nicole says. They decided to move into an apartment together.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Advertisements** - A series of podcast advertisements for YouTube Premium, Pink Cherry, Optimum Internet, and Visit Greenville SC, unrelated to the case.
2 (01:13) **Case Introduction and Initial Interview** - The podcast begins with a tense audio clip from an interrogation, followed by the host setting up the case: a woman named Nicole is being interviewed about the murder of her roommate, Anita.
3 (03:41) **The Friendship History** - Nicole recounts how she and Anita became friends in 8th grade and later became inseparable college roommates before drifting apart.
4 (07:40) **Anita’s Personality and Social Life** - Nicole describes Anita as an outgoing and kind person who loved to dance and party, often at a local club called Chicago Club.
5 (11:35) **Suspicions About Nathan and a Disturbing Incident** - Nicole explains her strong negative feelings about Nathan, citing a specific incident where she found Anita bruised and claiming she fell into a dresser.
6 (15:46) **The Living Dynamic and a Roommate Disagreement** - Nicole describes the last months of their cohabitation, highlighting their conflicting schedules and a minor fight over an alarm clock.
7 (17:57) **Personal Space and the Fish Tank Incident** - Nicole details the rules of their apartment and clarifies a story about a dead fish tank.

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Her Roommate Is Found Dead At Home And She's Surprised She's A Suspect

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