IA JODI SUE HUISENTRUIT: Missing from Mason City, IA - 27 June 1995 - Age 27 (1 Viewer)

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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

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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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[GrandmaBear]

I see her more being the type of....I don't have time for this on the phone at least. She wasn't about to go anywhere with anyone when she was late for work. I see where everything happened outside. Purse contents spilled. I think it happened fast. No reports of arguing. But taken by force.

Anything could be right, yeah, that could have happened too.

I'm not saying she was about to go anywhere or wanted to be late, just that someone may have been hard to get rid of, maybe the call from work spurred him to leave even, and then he could have waited for her. She also could have rejected someone the night before but that would not play into her being late necessarily.

I just think the lateness played in somehow.

 

[Mel70]

Anything could be right, yeah, that could have happened too.

I'm not saying she was about to go anywhere or wanted to be late, just that someone may have been hard to get rid of, maybe the call from work spurred him to leave even, and then he could have waited for her. She also could have rejected someone the night before but that would not play into her being late necessarily.

I just think the lateness played in somehow.

IIRC. She called the station.

 

[Guess Who]

Anything could be right, yeah, that could have happened too.

I'm not saying she was about to go anywhere or wanted to be late, just that someone may have been hard to get rid of, maybe the call from work spurred him to leave even, and then he could have waited for her. She also could have rejected someone the night before but that would not play into her being late necessarily.

I just think the lateness played in somehow.

I do think her oddity of being late is definitely connected to her being taken. I'm just not sure if it was by design or by luck .

 

[Mel70]

I do think her oddity of being late is definitely connected to her being taken. I'm just not sure if it was by design or by luck .

IDK. It's out of character. But maybe the perrson was waiting for her to leave. Knew her car. And that she was still there.

 

[Guess Who]

Or she might have even seen something /someone or in the parking lot that made her nervous at the time she was suppose to leave and then possibly thought the danger had left

 

[GrandmaBear]

IIRC. She called the station.

They called her: A producer from KIMT, Amy Kuns, called Jodi Huisentruit's apartment around 4 a.m. because she was late for her morning news show; Jodi answered, said she'd overslept and was rushing to work, but never arrived, leading coworkers to call the police.

From AI. I can get other sources if you want.

 

[Mel70]

Or she might have even seen something /someone or in the parking lot that made her nervous at the time she was suppose to leave and then possibly thought the danger had left

And that's where the suspect from Minnesota would make sense. She knew him.

 

[Mel70]

They called her: A producer from KIMT, Amy Kuns, called Jodi Huisentruit's apartment around 4 a.m. because she was late for her morning news show; Jodi answered, said she'd overslept and was rushing to work, but never arrived, leading coworkers to call the police.

From AI. I can get other sources if you want.

Oh. No need. I believe you. Thank you. I appreciate the information. So over 2 hours late. I thought it was 6 o clock. Well I am the one that is confused.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I do think her oddity of being late is definitely connected to her being taken. I'm just not sure if it was by design or by luck .

yeah, I can't disagree with any theory other than aliens as we just don't know.

I do think the lateness related somehow. And yeah, it could be due to luck or design.

The call from work may have spooked whoever OR given her a reason to say you have to go, see, that was work and I'm late. Or something on that order.

I can think of various scenarios.

None of us will ever know though unless they solve this/arrest someone and we MAY not even know then.

 

[Guess Who]

Oh. No need. I believe you. Thank you. I appreciate the information. So over 2 hours late. I thought it was 6 o clock. Well I am the one that is confused.

She was supposed to start at 4am but when her co worker called at 4:10 she told them she was running late and was on her way.

Jodi Huisentruit - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Mel70]

Further looking back..The prime suspect had granted, doesn't say when, POA, due to him having Dementia. I know he died at 76. if it was him, there are plenty of places to dispose of a body from Mason City to his home in Minnesota. Approximately 2 hrs 45 minutes away.

 

[Guess Who]

Further looking back..The prime suspect had granted, doesn't say when, POA, due to him having Dementia. I know he died at 76. if it was him, there are plenty of places to dispose of a body from Mason City to his home in Minnesota. Approximately 2 hrs 45 minutes away.

Anybody had plenty of time to get rid of any evidence, it seems.

 

[Mel70]

She was supposed to start at 4am but when her co worker called at 4:10 she told them she was running late and was on her way.

Jodi Huisentruit - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

TYVM. IDKY 6 was what I thought.

 

[Mel70]

Anybody had plenty of time to get rid of any evidence, it seems.

His property was searched. IDK when. Of course they found nothing.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Further looking back..The prime suspect had granted, doesn't say when, POA, due to him having Dementia. I know he died at 76. if it was him, there are plenty of places to dispose of a body from Mason City to his home in Minnesota. Approximately 2 hrs 45 minutes away.

That's the John V guy right? The older "friend"?

 

[Mel70]

That's the John V guy right? The older "friend"?

Yes.

 

[Regina]

Whatever the reason, it was stated as an anomaly that she called in late, so something was already off that morning.

I've heard or read somewhere that it wasn't the first time, not that it was even occasionally or once in a while, just not unheard of.

As I've heard from others who knew her, she packed a lot into a single day, even told a friend one night who was calling it a night that she could sleep anytime, something along those lines and so it sounds to me like she probably didn't allow herself enough sleep.

After an early and busy day that Monday, it's known she called an out-of-state friend at about 8:25pm from her apartment. (The friend wasn't home and so she ended up talking with the friend's husband.)
Info is that when news came of her missing, John Vansice went to her apartment complex and told the police that she'd been at his place the night before to watch a video from her birthday party.

Anyway, to me, it doesn't appear to me that anything was awry until she tried to get into her car, I mean, although she was running late, I think that was most likely incidental.

 

[Mel70]

I've heard or read somewhere that it wasn't the first time, not that it was even occasionally or once in a while, just not unheard of.

As I've heard from others who knew her, she packed a lot into a single day, even told a friend one night who was calling it a night that she could sleep anytime, something along those lines and so it sounds to me like she probably didn't allow herself enough sleep.

After an early and busy day that Monday, it's known she called an out-of-state friend at about 8:25pm from her apartment. (The friend wasn't home and so she ended up talking with the friend's husband.)
Info is that when news came of her missing, John Vansice went to her apartment complex and told the police that she'd been at his place the night before to watch a video from her birthday party.

Anyway, to me, it doesn't appear to me that anything was awry until she tried to get into her car, I mean, although she was running late, I think that was most likely incidental.

Well for some reason they searched his property. Which wouldn't make sense. Since she clearly disappeared from her parking lot. And his house is 2 hrs and 45 min away.

 

[Regina]

Well for some reason they searched his property. Which wouldn't make sense. Since she clearly disappeared from her parking lot. And his house is 2 hrs and 45 min away.

Are you sure it wasn't some other man's property you're talking about? I know lately, they were trying to find a link to a man who's a suspected serial killer.

 

[Mel70]

Well for some reason they searched his property. Which wouldn't make sense. Since she clearly disappeared from her parking lot. And his house is 2 hrs and 45 min away.

No. It's John Vansice.