IA JODI SUE HUISENTRUIT: Missing from Mason City, IA - 27 June 1995 - Age 27

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Case File 1326DFIA

Jodi Sue Huisentruit
Missing since June 27, 1995 from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: June 5, 1968
Age at Time of Disappearance: 27 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'3"-5'4"; 110-120 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; brown eyes.
Dentals: Available
DNA: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance
Jodi Huisentruit, an anchor at KIMT television station in Mason City, Iowa, disappeared from outside her apartment as she left for work
at approximately 4:00 on June 27, 1995. Initially a missing person case, Huisentruit's disappearance was soon classified an abduction. When investigators arrived at her apartment complex they found her red Miata convertible in the parking lot. A pair of red women's dress shoes, a blow dryer, bottle of hair spray, car keys and earrings were scattered beside the car. The key was found bent and out of the door lock. Witnesses indicate that they heard screams at 4 o'clock that morning. Investigators are looking for a white mid 1980s Ford Econoline van. Foul play is suspected.

Huisentruit grew up in Long Prairie, Minnesota, where she was active in sports, excelling in golf. She earned her bachelors degree in 1990 from St. Cloud State University with a double major in TV Broadcasting and Speech Communication. Huisentruit worked for Northwest Airlines immediately after graduation, followed by a broadcasting position at KGAN-TV Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She then returned to Minnesota for a position at KSAX-TV in Alexandria, before joining KIMT-TV in Mason City.

The Jodi's Hope Fund has been established to help youngsters in Long Prairie, Minnesota — where Jodi Huisentruit grew up — develop their writing and speaking skills. To learn more about the fund and how to contribute, go to www.jodishopefund.com.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Mason City Police Department
641-421-3636
Iowa Missing Persons Clearinghouse
1-800-346-5507
Email

NCIC Number: M-844559811
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
Iowa Missing Persons Clearinghouse
Namus
Find Jodi
Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Office
Unsolved Mysteries

1326DFIA - Jodi Sue Huisentruit

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JODI SUE HUISENTRUIT: Missing from Mason City, IA since 27 Jun 1995 - Age 27

Jodi Huisentruit, an anchor at KIMT television station in Mason City, Iowa, disappeared from outside her apartment as she left for work at approximately 4:00 on June 27, 1995. Initially a missing person case, Huisentruit's disappearance was soon...

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/jodi-huisentruit-warrant-gps/

Jodi Huisentruit search warrant reveals GPS data​

A search warrant in the case of Jodi Huisentruit has been partially unsealed, revealing GPS data obtained by officers.

The search warrant reveals that police tracked John Vancise’s car and truck from Iowa to his new home in Arizona in March of 2017. Little else was revealed in the unsealed portion of the warrant.

Vancise was considered a person of interest in the case. An acquaintance of Huisentruit’s, he was believed to be the last person to see her alive and was considered a person of interest but never named as a suspect or charged in her case.

Vancise allegedly called the news station to ask if Huisentruit was there before she had been reported missing, which led police to question him. Vancise said at the time that he had cooperated with investigators and was not involved in her disappearance.

Vancise’s family petitioned for the warrant to be unsealed to clear his name after his death in 2024. Huisentruit’s family objected, fearing information in the warrant could compromise the investigation if it were made public.

However, a judge recently ruled that it could be released because no information in the warrant would compromise Huisentruit’s investigation. Judge James Drew said that since there is no statute of limitations for murder, the state’s interest in protecting her case outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Search continues for Jodi Huisentruit, news anchor who went missing 30 years ago

"The smallest clue may help solve this case."

www.kare11.com

Search continues for Jodi Huisentruit, news anchor who went missing 30 years ago​

KIMT-TV news anchor Jodi Huisentruit overslept on the morning of June 27, 1995.

She was supposed to be at work at the Mason City, Iowa station at 3:30 a.m. to anchor at 6. She called in to work to say she was heading right in, but never showed, and has never been heard from since.

The website FindJodi.com has been keeping Huisentruit's story alive with awareness campaigns, blog posts and updates. They put together a new poster asking people to come forward with any details they remember from that time.

"The smallest clue may help solve this case," the poster reads. A new video was also made to spread awareness ahead of the 30th anniversary.

 

[Guess Who]

Friday marks 30 years since disappearance of Iowa news anchor

Authorities believe the suspect in Jodi Huisentruit’s disappearance is from Wisconsin Rapids.

www.wsaw.com

Friday marks 30 years since disappearance of​

Iowa news anchor​

Authorities believe the suspect in Jodi Huisentruit’s disappearance is a man from Wisconsin Rapids​

Friday marks 30 years since the disappearance of Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit
By Sean White and Kassandra Sepeda
Published: Jun. 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MASON CITY, Iowa (WSAW) - It’s been three decades since anyone has seen Jodi Huisentruit. The 27-year-old Iowa news anchor was supposed to be heading to work for her morning assignment on June 27, 1995, but never made it.

Jodi Huisentruit(FOX5)
Her car was still in the parking lot of her Mason City apartment, where police found signs of an attack and ensuing struggle, several of her belongings and a bent car key next to her car.
The person responsible has never been identified, and her body has never been found.
Last year, as part of our Forgotten Podcast series, we looked into the case and how it could be connected to the murder of a Wisconsin Rapids woman.
Jodi Huisentruit and Deidre Harm went missing, but their cases are 11 years apart.
Deidre was last seen on the night of June 10, 2006. She wanted a night out in downtown Wisconsin Rapids, but she never made it back to her apartment.
Her body was found five months later in a wooded area west of Wisconsin Rapids.
NewsChannel 7 spoke with the Wood County Sheriff’s Department and the Mason City Police Department last year. They believe one man, Christopher Revak, is responsible for both cases.

Wood County Sheriff working with Mason City PD on possible suspect connection(WSAW)
In November, Lt. Scott Goldberg with the Wood County Sheriff’s Department said, “He killed two people—killed Renee Williams and Deidre Harm—and to say someone that violent didn’t continue, or more deaths take place and sexual assaults that took place, likely didn’t take place, I think you’d be ignorant to say that that’s not a possibility.”
Sgt. Terrance Prochaska with the Mason City Police Department said in December, “I’ve read through the case files of both Deidre Harm and Rene Williams down in Ava, Missouri, where she went missing. Later on learned that she was moved, her remains were moved and things like that. So, you know, there’s a possibility that could happen here in Mason City. I mean, there’s a reason why we haven’t found her body. A guy like Chris Revak fits that reason, so why not look into him?”
Revak took his own life in a Missouri jail in 2009, while awaiting charges for the murder of Rene Williams.

Rene Williams(WSAW)
This past March, a court hearing was held in Iowa to unseal search warrant records. Those records involve the man who is believed to be the last person to see Huisentruit alive, John Vancise.
Reports say Vancise passed away in December, and a private investigator wanted the search warrant records unsealed. However, Mason City Police say the warrant didn’t give them any new information.
We reached out to Wood County to see if their work with the Mason City PD has provided any updates in Jodi’s case and are waiting to hear back. What we do know from our previous reporting is authorities are not giving up on finding who is responsible.
You can find our full coverage of Deidre Harm, Jodi Huisentruit, and how Christopher Revak is connected to their cases on wsaw.com through the ‘Podcasts’ tab. You can also listen to each case through our podcast versions below.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Docuseries on missing Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit coming to Hulu

Thirty years after her disappearance, JodiHuisentruit will be the feature of a new true crime docuseries on Hulu.Variety reports ABC News Studios andCommittee

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Docuseries on missing Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit coming to Hulu
Thirty years after her disappearance, Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit will be the feature of a new true crime docuseries on Hulu.

Variety reports ABC News Studios and Committee Films' three-part series “Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit" will stream on July 15.

Variety reports the docuseries focuses on the new tip to law enforcement after the 2022 "20/20" episode about the case, which led to two new persons of interest.

The series is described as featuring “never-before-seen material and new, groundbreaking information.”

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

New person of interest emerges in documentary on decades-old disappearance of Iowa news anchor

A new documentary reveals a possible new person of interest in the abduction of Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit, which took place in 1995.

www.foxnews.com

New person of interest emerges in documentary on decades-old disappearance of Iowa news anchor​

Three decades after an Iowa news anchor vanished without a trace while on her way to work, a documentary has suggested a new person of interest as authorities aim to solve a case that was previously thought to have gone cold.

Brad Millerbernd, the ex-husband of Jodi Huisentruit’s childhood best friend Patty Niemeyer, was investigated by Iowa police after tips suggested he may have been involved in the 1995 abduction of Huisentruit, according to a newly released ABC News documentary titled "Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit."

Niemeyer reportedly revealed her ex-husband matched unreleased police suspect sketches, with Millerbernd living approximately three hours from Huisentruit’s apartment at the time of her disappearance, according to the show.

"It was a very moving experience," Maria Awes, executive producer of the documentary, told Fox News Digital. "Here you have somebody who was extremely close to Jodi, who was in her very tight circle of friends, grew up with her – all of those things. Now, she believes that her own ex-husband may have had something to do with Jodi’s disappearance. To come forward takes an extreme amount of bravery."

Millerbernd has maintained his innocence throughout the three-decade-long investigation, and has continued to cooperate with authorities, according to the documentary. Fox News Digital reached out to Millerbernd for comment, but did not receive a response. Police would not confirm or deny whether they have looked at him in connection with the investigation.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/huisentruit-person-interest-linked-death-wi-woman/

Person of interest in Jodi Huisentruit case linked to Wisconsin killing​

A person of interest in the Jodi Huisentruit case is believed to be responsible for the death of a Wisconsin woman in 2006.

Diedre Harm, 21, disappeared in June of 2006 after a night out with friends, going to bars. Her skeletal remains were found five months later.

Wood County, Wisconsin, District Attorney Jonathan Barnett said he believed there would be enough evidence to charge Christopher Revak in Harm’s death if Revak were still alive.
Revak, who lived in southwest Missouri, died by suicide after being arrested in connection with the death of Rene Williams.

Williams, 36, lived in Ava, Missouri, and disappeared after a shift tending bar. Her car was found in the parking lot, and her purse was missing.

Authorities say Revak’s DNA was found on the sidewalk near Williams’ car, and her blood was found in his truck and on a pair of pants taken as evidence nearly a year later.

When investigators spoke to Revak’s wife, Johanna Revak, she said she did not kill Williams but did see her body.

According to her, Revak had tried to pick up Williams and bring her home when she became angry with him, and he put her in a chokehold. Revak allegedly said Williams’ death was an accident, but instead of calling the police, he asked his wife to help dispose of Williams’ body, which has never been found.

Revak was also named as a person of interest in the 1995 disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit.


At the time, Revak’s then-girlfriend was living in the same duplex as John Vansice, another person of interest in Huisentruit’s case.

Vansice was reportedly the last person to see Huisentruit, leading investigators to speculate whether Revak could have seen her at Vansice’s home.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Police may have found a new serial killer

A Missouri sheriff said a dead man accused of killing two women could have more victims.

www.newsweek.com

Police May Have Found a New Serial Killer​

A Missouri sheriff has said a dead man previously charged with killing a woman has been linked to a second victim.

“We’re dealing with what’s possibly a serial killer. During his day he’s doing his deed to society and helping people and saving people but there was a dark side to Chris Revak,” Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase told KY3.

Revak, who worked as an EMT, died by suicide in jail in 2009. He had been arrested and charged with the killing of Rene Williams.

Degase announced on Facebook on Tuesday that Revak had been identified as the killer of Deidre Harm, who was 19 years after her death in Wisconsin.


Degase told KY3 that Revak was also a person of interest in the 1995 disappearance of Iowa anchor Jodi Huisentruit.

“He had a girlfriend that lived right around the corner from Jodi,” the Missouri sheriff said. “That’s the only connection we have to it. I’ve done this for 32 years. I don’t believe in coincidence. I don’t believe you have a guy who’s a serial killer who lives in Ava, Missouri and commits a murder. He kills Deidre Harm in Wisconsin Rapids and now we have a place where he was at and right next door to where his girlfriend was at we have another person that was murdered.”

 

[Kimster]

It's a shame he wasn't charged before his death, but good that he's no longer a thread to women.

 

[GrandmaBear]

At least he went to prison. There are years between the disappearance of Jodi and Harms which was 2006, so 11 years. it does not say when Williams was murdered but had to be in the 2000s too I imagine as he went to prison for it and committed suicide in prison in 2009.

Seems he was or would have been a serial killer. There is no real connection to Jodi but that it one heck of a coincidence. It's not his MO, the other two were at the bars, IF he has any MO.

One has to wonder, with the gap, if there are a lot of others not yet known... The one detective was sure he'd killed before so started looking for women going missing from bars and that is how they found Harms was one... Seems to be enough evidence there to be pretty sure.

I personally think/thought John did it, he was the older friend right? I have to admit though that this is one helluva coincidence that his gf lived in a duplex/two unit where John lived...

I wonder where he disposed of the other two victims. Far from where he took them? Woods? Water? Because if he had an MO, he probably did similar with Jodi... IF he even did it.

Pretty interesting for sure.