194. Wilma June Nissen: The Woman in the White Go-Go Boots

For 27 years, she was just Jane Doe, a nameless woman found decomposed in an Iowa ditch in 1978. In 2006, a fingerprint match finally gave her a name: Wilma June Nissen, a 23-year-old mother. Wilma's daughter Krissi spent nearly 30 years believing her mother had abandoned her, only to learn the devastating truth that she'd been murdered just after Krissi's first birthday. Now, Krissi is fighting to solve her mother's cold case, and investigators believe they know who did it. This is the story of a woman who was failed by every system that should have protected her. Someone out there knows what happened that summer night in 1978, and Wilma June Nissen deserves justice. To Report Information: Crime Stoppers USA: 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) Website: crimestoppersusa.org Cold Case Coalition Tip Line: (385) 258-3313 WeTip Anonymous Tip Line: 1-800-78-CRIME (1-800-782-7463) Sioux Falls Crime Stoppers: (605) 367-7007 or toll-free (877) 367-7007 Website: crimestopperssiouxempire.com Support Resources: If you or someone you know has experienced child abuse, neglect, or sexual exploitation: National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888 Krissi's Platforms: Justice4WilmaJuneNissen.com wilmasdaughter.substack.com Bluesky: @krissihaas1977.bsky.social TikTok: Krissi_1977 medium.com/@justice4wilma X (Twitter): @MyMomsMurder Change.org petition: https://c.org/7jyxTjGVzC SOURCES: https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/wilma-june-nissen/ https://projectcoldcase.org/2025/05/12/wilma-nissen/ https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/new-lead-for-lyon-county-cold-case/article_31e9c062-1961-11e6-a014-53443c67e206.html https://www.the-sun.com/news/14825036/wilma-nissen-cold-case-mom-murdered-krissi-atkisson-iowa/ https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/wilma-nissen-rock-rapids-iowa-homicide-unsolved-rcna232527 https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/article_6820cdc8-6145-5524-9fc2-3e96212da18e.html https://muscatinejournal.com/news/state-regional/crime-courts/article_e6a2c980-b20e-5d53-a74c-435d649b4828.html https://nonpareilonline.com/news/state-regional/crime-courts/article_4409d496-4e68-5e8e-b907-f5e1c42decc8.html https://siouxlandnews.com/archive/arrest-made-in-1978-lyon-county-cold-case-01-26-2016 https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/05/08/missing-murdered-who-killed-wilma-june-nissen-1978/ https://medium.com/@CrimeStoriesNow/unraveling-the-cold-case-the-wilma-june-nissen-mystery-e6908d9e9ed2 https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2021/02/14/the-murder-of-wilma-june-nissen/ https://seasonofjustice.org/featured/wilma-june-nissen/ https://original.newsbreak.com/@fatim-hemraj-561392/2226594487639-who-killed-wilma-june-nissen-help-solve-this-43-year-old-cold-case https://medium.com/chameleon/who-killed-wilma-june-nissen-help-solve-this-43-year-old-cold-case-41b784aba10 https://www.maryhallbergmedia.com/post/unsolved-the-murder-of-wilma-nissen https://synovaink.com/2025/03/12/jane-doe-mother-identified-cold-case-of-wilma-june-nissen/ Dakota Spotlight Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/krissis-search-the-murder-of-wilma-june-nissen/id1451783176?i=1000704327368 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reverie-true-crime--4442888/support. Keep In Touch: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/reveriecrimepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reverietruecrime Tumblr: https://reverietruecrimepodcast.tumblr.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reverietruecrime Contact: [email protected]  Intro & Outro by Jahred Gomes: https://www.instagram.com/jahredgomes_official