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Coffee and Cases Podcast

E272: Wilma June Nissen

Coffee and Cases Podcast

Allison Williams, Maggie Damron

Unsolved, Murder, Conspiracy, True Crime, Cold Cases, Mystery, Society & Culture

4.8608 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

She was tiny, fierce, and fighting for survival from the moment she was born. On October 4, 1978, Wilma June Nissen's body was discovered along a quiet country road in Lyon County, Iowa. For decades, no one knew her name—only that someone had brutally taken her life. Today, we explore the haunting questions: Who wanted Wilma gone? What really happened at the parties she attended that summer? And why, all these years later, has no one been held accountable? If you know anything, please contact the Lyon County Sheriff's Office at (712) 472-8326 or [email protected], call the main office at (712) 472-8300, or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. To connect with Wilma's daughter, Krissi Haas, visit Justice4WilmaJuneNissen.com [http://justice4wilmajunenissen.com/] or email [email protected]. You can also sign and share her Change.org petition [https://www.change.org/] to strengthen transparency for families of cold case victims. If you are interested in bonus content for our show or in getting some Coffee and Cases swag, please consider joining Patreon. There are various levels to fit your needs, all of which can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcases

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0:00.0

This week, I found myself thinking about the many daily fights we have that take their toll on us.

0:07.2

We fight for time and for recognition. We fight for our beliefs. We fight against injustice.

0:14.7

And sometimes we fight just to survive. In those contexts, more often than not, the word implies a struggle against

0:23.5

overwhelming odds, a battle for something we desperately need, but seems just out of grasp.

0:30.6

It's funny how that works. Something we're so sure of, held tightly, we're confident in,

0:41.2

can slip into a grip so fragile that we don't know if we'll ever reach it again. In our case this week, the same could be said for a life.

0:47.5

A young woman, born into a world seemingly designed to break her, fought every single day. She fought for warmth, for food,

0:57.7

for safety, and for love. She tasted moments of it, fleeting and precious, only to have it

1:05.1

ripped away. Her life was a relentless struggle. While tragic, her life was also a brutal testament to the human spirit's capacity for endurance.

1:16.8

In our case this week, even in death, her fight continues through the relentless efforts of a daughter that she never truly knew.

1:26.5

This is the story of Wilma June Nissen. I'm going to be the I'm going to I'm

1:45.0

I'm

1:47.0

I'm Welcome to coffee and cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold.

2:10.9

My name is Allison Williams.

2:12.8

And my name is Maggie Damran.

2:14.6

We will be telling stories each week in the hopes that someone out there

2:17.9

with any information concerning the cases will take those tips to law enforcement, so justice

2:22.7

and closure can be brought to these families. With each case, we encourage you to continue in the

2:27.2

conversation on our Facebook page, Coffee in Cases podcast, because, as we all know, conversation

2:33.3

helps to keep the missing person in the

2:35.2

public consciousness, helping keep their memories alive. So sit back, sip your coffee,

2:40.7

and listen to what's brewing this week. To start our show this week, I wanted to extend my

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