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Anarae Schunk was 20 and a University of Minnesota student when she was killed on September 22, 2013. She suffered 22 stab wounds with a kitchen knife, including severed carotid arteries and jugular veins; defensive wounds on her hands indicate she fought back. The encounter began when she agreed to meet her ex-boyfriend, Shavelle Chavez-Nelson (also known as Anthony Lee Nelson), to recover money she had loaned him. After a shooting in a Burnsville parking lot that same night, Anarae went with Chavez-Nelson and his then-girlfriend, Ashley Conrade, to Conrade’s townhouse in Rosemount, where the stabbing occurred in the kitchen.

Her body was placed in a plastic tub, her clothes cut off, and later dumped in a Rice County roadside ditch; there were signs an attempt had been made to set the body on fire. Family reported her missing on September 23 and her body was found on September 30. Evidence seized from the townhouse included a large bloodstained plastic tub, a bloodstained quilt hidden in the garage, and blood on the kitchen floor. Chavez-Nelson and Conrade were arrested and charged; both later entered plea agreements supported by Anarae’s family.

Did anyone who knew Anarae or saw her on September 21–22 come forward with details that could add to the timeline?