Lyon County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Lyon County, IA

Wilma June Nissen

Homicide:
Wilma June Nissen
23 YOA
Lyon County, Iowa
Case # 7806487
October 4, 1978

On the morning of Oct. 4, 1978, a telephone company employee stumbled upon Wilma June Nissen’s body while laying cable near West Lyon School on Highway 182. Nissen’s body, which investigators believe was dumped between July and August of that year, was so severely decomposed that her face was unrecognizable. Her lower jaw was missing, and only two whole teeth remained in her skull. She would not be identified by name until almost 30 years later.

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