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It was an ordinary October day in 1978, and a utility worker named Steve was laying cable on a remote highway in Lyon County, Iowa. Just a short distance off the road he spotted what he thought was a mannequin. But as he got closer, he soon realized that he had come across something far worse. It was the partially clothed body of a dead woman, and it appeared she had been there for a while. It would take 27 years for this woman to get her name back: Wilma June Nissen. Identifying her would open the pages to Wilma’s story – chapters upon chapters of more tragedy and hardship than most people face in a whole long life. But Wilma experienced it all before she ended up dead in that ditch at just 23 years old. There are pages still missing from her book – and her daughter is now trying to find them, to learn her mother’s full story, and to fight for justice for a woman she never got the chance to know.

TIPS: Lyon County Sheriff’s Office at 712-472-8300. Or The Cold Case Coalition tip line (385) 258-3313.

Contact Krissi: Justice4Wilma@aol.com

Krissi is also searching for a Michael Hart born in 1974.

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https://seasonofjustice.org/featured/wilma-june-nissen/

https://www.keloland.com/cold-cases/iowa-cold-case-waiting-on-technology-to-be-solved/

https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/new-lead-for-lyon-county-cold-case/article_31e9c062-1961-11e6-a014-53443c67e206.html
https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/wilma-june-nissen/

https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/suspect-photo-released-in-1978-murder-case/?fbclid=IwY2xjawItgSNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHeiVUHVD3cEgJV0nK_Ca3JX3Hshi_7A2YLRGbygObGptnnRIFSI91kIDNg_aem_zVades0xFSx45FtPB8G2CA

https://www.dglobe.com/news/nissens-daughter-named

https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2021/02/14/the-murder-of-wilma-june-nissen/

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