Help Nikki With Basics

Help Nikki With Basics

  • Magnolia, AR
  • Food
51%

Raised

$5,144

of $10,000 | raised by 68 people

Top Donation $1,000

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Created July 13th, 2023
by Maggie Freleng
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Help Nikki With Basics

Dear Friends and Supporters,

This fundraiser is for Nikki Zinger, a 61 year old woman in prison for a crime she did not commit. 

Nikki has been desperately fighting for her innocence for over 30 years - and while she does that she needs help from us on the outside to get by with basic daily needs. Some prisons provide the bare minimum like soap (often just antibacterial soap in a cup) & toothpaste, daily meals that are unsuitable for any living being. Anything else that is a basic need like deodorant, warm clothes for winter, or shoes all need to be purchased. 

Nikki has no family or friends. She has relied on the generosity of supporters for her phone, stamps, food, clothing, toiletries, and basic entertainment including magazines, books, and her tablet. None of this is provided.

Who is Nikki? Nikki Zinger has been in prison for over 30 years. Unfortunately, Nikki is in prison for something she did not do.

On March 10, 1991 Nikki Zinger's mother Linda Holley was found dead in her Magnolia, AR, home. The crime was brutal. She was stabbed 12 times, bludgeoned and left for dead. A month went by with no arrests, and then out of the blue 28-year-old Nikki and her boyfriend 24-year-old Daniel Rischer were arrested and convicted for her mother's murder. The prosecution said the motive was Linda's $90,000 life insurance policy. However, decades later new DNA evidence busts holes in the prosecution's theory. And circumstantial evidence is brought into question. It also turns out there was a similar murder that happened five days after Linda's that could point to the real killer.

Nikki was abandoned by her father at a young age and has no siblings. Linda was Nikki's only family. We are asking for you to please contribute even $5 if you can (thats one packet of freeze dried roast beef Nikki likes! Yes - this is better and more nutritious than the food they are provided). Nikki also has a plethora of health issues which compounds our urgency to provide her with any comforts we can. 

Any ADDITIONAL money will all go to Nikki and Nikki's legal fund when the time comes. We are also searching for pro-bono legal assistance in her case. Proclaim Justice has worked it for years, it is in great shape but needs the legal push over.

Maggie Freleng covered Nikki on an episode of “Wrongful Conviction". Take a listen if you want to know more about Nikki and her case in her own words. 

Together, we can rally around Nikki Zinger, showing her that she is not alone despite what she may think. Help us give compassion, empathy, and support for someone the world has left behind - let's show her we didn't. 

Thank you for considering a contribution to this campaign. Your generosity and support will help Nikki Zinger access essentials to empower her to continue her pursuit of freedom. Please share this campaign widely and spread the word to help us make a significant impact.

Nikki also has an Amazon Book List if you want to directly send her some readings she asked for.


To Write Nikki: 

Nikki Zinger 704283

McPherson Unit

302 Corrections Drive

Newport, Arkansas 72112


Or sign up for email at Securus


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