Small Town Anchorwoman Gone Without A Trace
\nJodi Huisentruit moved to Mason City, Iowa, in late 1993, and quickly became an active member of the community. As the anchor of a morning news show, Jodi was a local favorite, a woman with many friends and no known enemies. On June 27, 1995, Jodi Huisentruit vanished without a trace.
\nOn the morning of her disappearance, Jodi was scheduled to work her regular shift on the morning show. When she didn\u2019t arrive on time, the show\u2019s producer, Amy Kuns, called her apartment. She noted that nothing was out of the ordinary with Jodi\u2019s answer and assumed she had just overslept. The thought of a possible abduction never crossed her mind.
\nWhen Jodi didn\u2019t show up by airtime, Amy anchored the newscast alone and sent the first available person to check on Jodi. Police arrived at Jodi\u2019s apartment shortly after. Frank Stearns, an investigator for the Mason City Police at the time of Jodi\u2019s disappearance, reported seeing Jodi\u2019s personal items strewn about in a trail leading from her car. There was also an unidentifiable partial palm print on the side of her vehicle.
\nBy that afternoon, the Mason City Police launched a massive search, aided by the FBI and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Rescue teams scoured the countryside. Divers and police dogs covered the Winnebago River and its banks. But there was no trace of Jodi Huisentruit. In fact, the only possible clue was a white Ford Econoline van seen in the parking lot of Jodi\u2019s apartment building about the time she disappeared.
\nA deep dive into Jodi\u2019s personal life revealed nothing unusual. Private Investigator Patrick McCarthy recalls that there was \u201cno dark side to Jodi; she was as real and all-American as she appeared to those who knew her and to her viewers.\u201d
\nAs a display of the idyllic town\u2019s grief, community members put up yellow ribbons and signs to commemorate Jodi. Now, 25 years later, the ribbons have turned into lit porch lights and candles as the \u201cLeave A Light On For Jodi\u201d campaign grows in the #LightsForJodi hashtag.
\nMore people of interest have been interviewed, DNA has been subpoenaed, and vehicles have been searched, but no indictments have been made. Additionally, Private Investigator Steve Ridge says that someone who found themselves in a \u201cvery volatile and extremely dangerous situation\u201d destroyed evidence that could have led to a conviction in the days immediately following Jodi\u2019s disappearance.
\nA billboard put up for Jodi\u2019s 50th birthday was vandalized with the words \u201cmachine shed\u201d and the name of a retired officer formerly on her case. It\u2019s unclear whether this was a tip, a message, or a vandal with their own agenda.
\n25 years later, the culprit and motives behind beloved anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit\u2019s disappearance remain a mystery.
\nSee the original Unsolved Mystery segment on this case streaming in Season 8, Episode 1 with Robert Stack and in Season 3 Episode 12 with Dennis Farina.
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