Nerissa and her sister, Odelia Quewezance, have maintained their innocence for almost 30 years. They were sentenced to life on second-degree murder charges in 1994 for the death of Anthony Joseph Dolff from Kamsack. A young offender, who was 15 at the time, was also convicted. In May, Nerissa spoke to the Battlefords News-Optimist on the phone from an undisclosed location when she was on the run. “I’m doing awesome,” she said about her freedom. “I’m living the dream I never had.” Even though Nerissa says she was wrongfully convicted, she isn’t bitter. “I don’t blame nobody you know,” she said previously. “I learned to forgive.”