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On December 27, 1989, ten‑month‑old Nicole Lee Hattamer was reported missing from her family’s home in Holcombe, Wisconsin. Hours later, she was found face‑down in the snow, just yards from the house — still alive long enough to grasp a blade of grass before dying from exposure and blunt‑force trauma.

Inside the home were multiple adults and children. All of them said they didn’t know how Nicole left the house. Investigators determined she could not have wandered out on her own. Someone carried her outside. Someone left her there.

More than three decades later, no arrests have ever been made, and the case remains one of Chippewa County’s most haunting unsolved child homicides.

This episode examines the timeline, the investigation, the silence inside the home, and the lingering question: Who killed Nicole — and why has no one been held accountable?

If you have any information on this case, please call the Chippewa County Sheriff's Office at 715-726-7701.

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SHOW SOURCES:

• Chippewa Herald-Telegram, Chippewa Falls, WI — original reporting beginning December 27, 1989 (available via Newspapers.com archive)
• The Chippewa Herald — February 1999 reporting on DA Tim Scobie's decision not to charge following the December 1998 John Doe hearing
• WEAU-TV (Eau Claire) — anniversary segment featuring retired Sheriff Doug Ellis, lead investigator
• Robert M. Dudley, Cold Cases of West Central Wisconsin — includes a chapter on the Hattamer case
• R.L. Edinger, Snow Angel — book-length treatment of the case

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Edited by: Wojciech, B

At Dead Serious, I strive to tell stories truthfully. Press media and other resources can not always be verified.