Episode 15: The Unsolved Murder of Julia Niswender

It's December 9th, 2012, and 23 year old Julia Niswender is excited for Christmas. Santa and penguin decals cling to the windows of her first floor Ypsilanti apartment and candy canes hang from the door. She works her shift at Walmart and heads home for a relaxing evening in the apartment she shares with her two roommates.

Julia Niswender

It’s December 9th, 2012, and 23 year old Julia Niswender is excited for Christmas. Santa and penguin decals cling to the windows of her first floor Ypsilanti apartment and candy canes hang from the door. She works her shift at Walmart and heads home for a relaxing evening in the apartment she shares with her two roommates. However, her quiet evening will have a violent end and for two days no one will be the wiser that tragedy has befallen the outgoing young woman. On December 11th, police will enter Julia’s apartment and make a horrifying discovery. The young woman has been murdered and left in her bathtub. Julia’s death is a mystery that persist to this day, nearly eight years later.

Episode Sources:

Youtube Interview: Jay is For Justice Podcast: Interview with Jim Niswender

Already Gone Podcast: Episode 66 - Murder at Eastern

62 CBS Detroit: Various Julia Niswender Articles

Detroit Free Press: Vasectomy is New Clue in EMU Student’s Bathtub Drowning

mLive: Five Years Since Eastern Michigan Student’s Unsolved Slaying

mLive: Documents detail suspicions of stepfather in Julia Niswender homicide

Newspaper Archives from Newspapers.com

Detroit Free Press from April 14, 2013: Family of Slain EMU Student Waits for Answers, Hopes for Justice

The Times Herald from September 12, 2015

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