The Trail Went Cold - Episode 216 - Wilma June Nissen

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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October 4, 1978. Lyon County, Iowa. The decomposed body of a murdered young woman is discovered in a ditch next to a rural road, but since she carries no identification, she remains a Jane Doe for the next 27 years. The victim is eventually identified as 23-year old Wilma June Nissen, who originally hailed from California and lived a transient lifestyle prior to her death. Investigators discover that Wilma was involved with an escort service and two women she worked with may have been responsible for her death, but there is not enough evidence to charge anyone with the crime. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, at the personal request of her daughter, we will be exploring the tragic life of Wilma June Nissen and attempting to seek justice for her unsolved murder. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office at (712) 472-8300 or their anonymous tip hotline at (712) 472-8334. The case number is 78-06487. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Thanks, BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/trail Additional Reading: https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/wilma-june-nissen/ https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/new-lead-for-lyon-county-cold-case/article_31e9c062-1961-11e6-a014-53443c67e206.html https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/suspect-photo-released-in-1978-murder-case/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/05/14/gone-cold-wilma-nissen-killed-1978/84379226/ https://www.dglobe.com/news/1363563-motions-filed-cold-case-perjury-charges https://www.dglobe.com/news/1343416-foster-parents-sheriff-pay-respects-wilma-nissen https://qconline.com/news/iowa/jane-doe-for-27-years-wilma-june-nissen-has-name-funeral/article_e9f7b862-0ef0-5147-8479-6c5d35d1c9c0.html https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/search-for-clues-in-the-murder-of-a-siouxland-prostitute-almost-40-years-ago-is-heating-up-again/ “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon 2021: Austin” at the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, Texas on June 2-4, 2021, as well as “Crimecon UK” at the Leonardo Royal Hotel & Spa in London on June 12-13, 2021. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to either event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD21”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.com/CC21 or https://www.crimecon.co.uk. “The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	We would like to send out a special thanks to better help for supporting the trail and cold.
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0:13.0	Enjoy the show.
0:15.0	October 4th, 1978.
0:18.0	Lion County, Iowa.
0:20.0	The decomposed body of a murdered young woman is discovered in a ditch next to a rural road, but since she carries no identification, she remains Jane Doe for the next 27 years.
0:30.0	The victim has eventually identified as 23-year-old Wilma June Nissen, who originally hailed from California and lived a transient lifestyle prior to her death.
0:40.0	Investigators discovered that Wilma was involved with an escort service and two women she worked with may have been responsible for her murder,
0:47.0	but there is not enough evidence to charge anyone with the crime.
0:51.0	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Yes. Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:32.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we're going to be exploring a cold case about a victim who was an unidentified Jane Doe for over two decades
1:40.2	the 1978 murder of Wilma June Nissen.
1:45.0	This episode is a pretty important one because Wilma's daughter,
1:48.0	Chrissy Haas Attkison, contacted me and personally requested that I covered her story.
1:54.0	Even though Chrissy was just an infant at the time Wilma was murdered,
1:58.0	and she never got the chance to meet her mother,
2:00.0	she is still seeking justice for what happened.
2:03.0	Wilma lived an incredibly difficult life before she was murdered and dumped in a ditch in rural Iowa,
2:09.0	but since she was never officially reported missing, it would be over 27 years before law enforcement was able to determine her identity.
2:17.0	Investigators have since determined that Wilma had been working for an escort service in South Dakota,
2:22.0	and may have been murdered after traveling across the state
2:24.7	line to attend a party.
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