Family still seeking justice as 2012 murder of Eastern Michigan University student remains unsolved
‘Why has it been eight years?’ mother asks
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Eight years after Julia Niswender’s death, the case remains unsolved.
The family recently want the Ypsilanti Police Department to hand the case over to Michigan State Police. The Niswender family said Christmas is a particularly difficult time for them.
“She loved Christmas,” said Jennifer Niswender, Julia’s sister.
“I still feel the pain,” said mother Kim Turnquist. “That pain never goes away. That pain never lessens.”
The family visited Julia’s grave to honor her memory and share their frustration that her killer has never been brought to justice.
Eastern Michigan University student’s slaying remains unsolved 8 years later
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
Posted Dec 11, 2020
A poster for Julia Niswender stands in her parent s home in Monroe, Mich., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Patrick Record | The Ann Arbor News. ANN ARBOR NEWS
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YPSILANTI, MI – It’s been eight years since Eastern Michigan University student Julia Niswender was found slain in her off-campus apartment and no arrests have been made.
Niswender, 23, was found dead Dec. 11, 2012, at her shared off-campus Peninsular Place apartment in Ypsilanti, her body discovered face down in the bathtub.
Her death was ruled asphyxiation associated with drowning, though police said the oxygen deprivation occurred prior to her being placed in the tub. Police said they believe she’d been bound.