Rhonda Anette Knutson

In the early morning hours of Labor Day, September 7, 1992, the quiet of rural Iowa was shattered by a brutal act of violence. Twenty-two-year-old Rhonda Anette Knutson, a female, was nearing the end of her overnight shift at the Phillips 66 convenience store and truck stop in Williamstown, a small community six miles south of New Hampton. She was a familiar and friendly face to the truckers, farmers, and locals who frequented the 24-hour establishment. Just before 5 a.m., the owner of the store ...