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🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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The AG team worked with Wilma's daughter, Krissi, to compile an episode on Wilma's journey from Jane Doe to murder victim in need of justice.
Written and researched by Charity Dodd, Audio Production by Bill Bert.
Anyone with information about Wilma's homicide, "Sugar" or "Peaches" is urged to contact the Lyon County Sheriff's Office at (712) 472-8300
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| 0:00.0 | Jennifer vanished sometime in the overnight hours. |
| 0:04.0 | Right now there is no trace. |
| 0:06.0 | Investigators say evidence lead them to believe that she's dead. |
| 0:09.0 | Stick my nose back on the trail. That's all I can do. |
| 0:13.0 | This is already gone. |
| 0:15.0 | Already gone. |
| 0:17.0 | Already. |
| 0:18.0 | All ready. This is the story of Wilma June Nissen, a woman known by many names, Boots, Amy, |
| 0:33.0 | Wilma Wellington, Wilma Irvin, a woman whose life was a series of heart-wrenching struggles |
| 0:39.0 | and whose death remained a chilling mystery for nearly 30 years. Her story is a stark reminder |
| 0:46.0 | that behind every Jane Doe, there is a person, a life, and often a family left with an |
| 0:53.2 | agonizing void. |
| 0:55.0 | Come with me as we unravel the decades of silence surrounding Wilma Nissen. |
| 1:00.0 | Wilma June Nissen was born October 19, 1954 in San Francisco, California. Her parents were June |
| 1:22.4 | Eva Simmons Nissen and Charles Clarence Nissen, and Wilma had a sister named Mona. |
| 1:30.3 | But at the tender age of eight, Wilma's life took a tragically dark turn. |
| 1:35.1 | It was then that her mother walked out on Wilma and her sister, leaving them in the sole |
| 1:40.1 | care of their father. |
| 1:44.0 | Now imagine two young girls, one of whom is disabled, in the care of a |
| 1:49.5 | father who, by all accounts, was not only neglectful, but also deeply abusive. This wasn't just a |
| 1:57.2 | tough home life. This was survival mode from childhood. While their father was outworking, |
| 2:04.1 | rather than ensuring their safety or well-being, he would lock his young daughters in a closet. |
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