Tyler Schmoltz
Appearances
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
The prom ones where she's dancing, where she's with friends and family.
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
They wanted my fingerprints and DNA voluntarily. So everyone in the complex, they asked to come down and give fingerprints and DNA. Then they asked just generic follow-up questions.
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
Because I just couldn't believe what was happening. I'd never been in a police van before and talking to police ever. Just weird. Sure.
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
Yeah, there was a ton happening. Police everywhere, crime tape everywhere. And I'm in the back of the morgue's van talking to police. It just was weird.
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
It was hard. Did you push back? Did you speak out? There's nothing behind it also. I didn't feel the need to confront it because my consciousness is clean.
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
We did everything we could think possible to keep her name alive, keep her memory alive.
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
We keep pushing and trying and following leads and putting the billboards up, keeping her name in the media and the news.
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
So that was the hardest part, not being able to watch the whole trial for a whole week where they're talking about you, accusing you, and saying stuff about you, and you can't be there to defend yourself.
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
Anita's friends tried to get her to leave prom and go to a different party off campus. And she told them, no, she wanted to hang out with me. So she chose me a second time and said, I'm going to stay at prom with Tyler and dance with him instead of leaving the party. So she chose me a second time for that prom. That felt really good.