The Murder of Wilma June Nissen Part 2 : A Name For Her Grave
The Fall Line: True Crime
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🗓️ 10 November 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The identification of the Lyon County Jane Doe as Wilma June Nissen was only the first step in unraveling a complex crime; once her identity was known, investigators began to piece together who had left her in a ditch along Iowa's Highway 182, in 1978--and why.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is part two in a two-part series. |
| 0:03.6 | Please listen to part one before continuing with this episode. |
| 0:07.1 | This series includes discussion of violence, |
| 0:09.5 | child abuse, sexual violence, murder, and crime scenes. |
| 0:13.6 | Some outdated terminology for sex work is used |
| 0:16.3 | in the context of quotation and legal documentation. |
| 0:19.5 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:21.6 | This is the Fall Line. |
| 0:37.8 | Last time we brought you the story of a woman who'd been known as the Lion County Jando. |
| 0:51.6 | A murder victim discovered in a ditch in rural Iowa in October of 1978, |
| 0:57.2 | who the local sheriff's department worked to identify for 28 years. |
| 1:01.7 | In 2006, when her fingerprints were run through the national system |
| 1:05.7 | for what investigators thought was the second time, |
| 1:08.8 | her identity was finally revealed. |
| 1:11.3 | According to the Sue City Journal, |
| 1:13.3 | the victim had once been arrested and fingerprinted |
| 1:15.9 | in a Los Angeles police precinct. |
| 1:18.5 | The Lion County Jando was Wilma Junnison, |
| 1:22.0 | a 23-year-old Californian who'd spent her earliest years in extreme neglect. |
| 1:27.3 | She'd been moved into foster care around the age of 10, |
| 1:30.5 | lived with the number of families, and hosted in at least one group home. |
| 1:34.7 | By 17 or 18, she'd left the foster care system for good, |
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