Author: Stories of the Unsolved

The Murder of Wilma June Nissen

*This article initially stated that Wilma’s former husband, Donald Wellington, was still alive. It has since been corrected, based on information from her daughter, Krissi.* EARLY LIFE: Wilma June Nissen was born on October 19, 1954 in San Francisco, California to her parents, Charles and June Nissen. Abandoned by her mother when she was just

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Case Update: New Information Regarding Surveillance Footage in Kierra Coles Disappearance

FEBRUARY 2021: New information has been released regarding surveillance footage pertaining to the Kierra Coles missing persons case. The young postal worker went missing from Chicago, Illinois in early October 2018. One of the main forms of evidence in the case was surveillance footage obtained from a neighbour’s residence, which appeared to show a woman

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The Disappearance of Charlene Catholique

EARLY LIFE: Charlene Catholique was born on June 23, 1975 into the Łútselk’e First Nation, a fly-in Dene community located on the eastern arm of Great Slave Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Unfortunately, her mother died of cancer when she was just 12 years old, so Charlene was primarily raised by her father, Joe, and her

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The Disappearance of Chantelle Bushie

EARLY LIFE: Chantelle Bushie was born on April 2, 1991 in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. The daughter of a single mother, she and her family had a difficult time during her upbringing, with Chantelle in particular experiencing numerous traumatic events. When she was 11 years old, she and her brother witnessed the death of their

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The Disappearance of Annie Yassie

EARLY LIFE: Annie Yassie was born on July 27, 1960. She, along with her family, were members of the Sayisi Dene First Nation, which, by the time she was born, had been moved to a housing compound just outside of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The history of the Sayisi Dene is a troubled one, due to

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