IA IA - Jodi Huisentruit, 27, Mason City, 27 June 1995 - Anchorwoman

[lisag]

I guess it doesn' t look very promising, unless the police just don't want people to know yet, whet their plans are....
I do hope they check into this.

 

[carolina]

me too! if i was the homeowners i would be encouraging the police to rip up my basement if not doing it myself. how terrible would it be to think that a missing girl could possibly be in your basement and then not do anything about it?

 

[lisag]

Heck yeah - I think I would rip it up myself !! I would not be able to rest knowing a missing person could be burried in my basement !!
I feel do bad for these families !!
I cant for the life of me imagine what they go through when a loved one is missing..

 

[Jenn]

I wonder if Jodi's family could petition to get the area excavated?

 

[englishleigh]

If I thought a missing person was buried under my house, I would vacate that house ASAP and BEG them to dig!! I can't even imagine the horror, or the horror of the Huisentruit family. I pray this will put Jodi to proper rest, once and for all.

 

[2sisters]

I did a search on Jodi, and came up with an article that says this is a rumor. Are the police just saying that so the media or anybody dosen't intefere with anything to do with the search? Does anyone have any idea?

 

[mysteriew]

http://pub2.bravenet.com/news/92920030/47746/4

Residents of Mason City, Iowa, are marking 10 years since the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit, a 27-year-old TV morning news anchor.

 

[peggy]

http://pub2.bravenet.com/news/92920030/47746/4

Residents of Mason City, Iowa, are marking 10 years since the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit, a 27-year-old TV morning news anchor.

Yes, on news this weekend. That case has always puzzled me so much, can't believe it has been 10 years. Seems she was abducted when going to car as I recall and then no trace. Think she was 27 then. Glad you brought it up, is an investigation still going on?

 

[MlazyV]

I saw the news piece this past weekend and they implied she could still be alive. They never mentioned it was the ten year anniversary, or they did and I missed it. Her sister was the primary speaker and she has never given up hope. She still calls the investigators and queeries them. They say the suspect is anyone who lived in the Des Moines area and had a TV.


I would never stop looking for my sister if she was missing either.

 

[mysteriew]

A week ago, a bench at the Long Prairie Country Club was dedicated in her honor.

In Mason City, police continue to get leads — a few a month, according to Detective Lt. Ron Vande Weerd.

"The quality isn't always so good,'' he said. "The ultimate hope is that the person or persons responsible will be held accountable — and hopefully that will happen in our lifetimes.''

"We don't get many leads any more,'' said Sgt. Frank Stearns, "but we're still keeping our eyes and ears open. When we do get a lead, we follow through on it just as aggressively as we did on the first day of the investigation.''

Mike Halverson, a police captain who retired earlier this year, said he will always consider the Huisentruit case unfinished business. "I really didn't want to retire until this one was solved and early on I thought we would. It's been a long 10 years. One thing's for sure,'' said Halverson. "Someone out there knows what happened.''

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5477910.html

 

[mysteriew]

18 months after she got to Mason City, she discovered a chilling dark side to the media celebrity she so desired. In autumn of 1994, Huisentruit feared one viewer was taking that sense of intimacy too far. She was convinced a suspicious van was following her.

"She got very, very nervous and was even crying when she called my mom on the phone. So, after that, she was taking even more precautions," Nathe told "20/20."

She was nervous enough to report her fears to the police.

"She thought she was being followed one morning on her way to work. And she made us aware of that right away. And we gave her escorts a few times after that. And no problems. No further problems," said Frank Stearns, of the Mason City Police Department.

Huisentruit even took a self-defense course as her concerns grew.

Since "20/20's" report on Jodi's disappearance five years ago, Minneapolis crime reporter Caroline Lowe got a second job — as a police officer.

"One thing I've learned in my training is anniversaries are really important. A 10th anniversary is very important. And somewhere this killer is knowing this. What if the killer's watching? What if his former girlfriend's watching? And I just hope if that's the case, that somebody'll do the right thing and come forward," Lowe said.

Police stress that someone out there somewhere knows something. "The investigation is still very active. We get rumors, tips, theories, things like that, and follow up leads as they come in," said investigator Al Haulbrich.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=893514&page=4
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=893514&page=1

 

[MlazyV]

There is another anchor woman who was murdered in Texas. I wonder if the police ever compared both cases? This was Jennifer Servo. She was found raped, strangled, and bludgeoned in her own home with no signs of forced entry.

http://www.unsolved-crimes.com/olsonservo.html

 

[fran]

There is another anchor woman who was murdered in Texas. I wonder if the police ever compared both cases? This was Jennifer Servo. She was found raped, strangled, and bludgeoned in her own home with no signs of forced entry.

http://www.unsolved-crimes.com/olsonservo.html

They talked about this case on FOX today. I remember hearing about this case years ago. It's a shame they've never solved this.

I honestly don't think it's connected to the case you mentioned Mlazyv. I thought of that first thing, but there are too many differences. The main difference is,.... there is no body.

The station that Jodi worked for had an excellent investigative series about the case. If you're interested, here's a link
:http://www.kaaltv.com/article/archive/1553/?tf=huisentruit_file.tpl


Frankly, after watching these videos, IMO, you can almost tell who did this,.... there's just no proof.

JMHO
fran

 

[Mr. E]

I was looking around the internet and found a website created by a man who says he's a minister and is asking the person who killed Jodi Husentruit to come forward. I looked at the site's guestbook, and a guest wrote that Keith Dwayne Nelson killed Jodi, and that her body is in Minnesota. A search on this guy brought up this site:

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/8th/021757p.pdf

This guy attacked a woman in a parking lot; his MO seems to be similar to the circumstances surrounding Jodi Husentruit's disappearance.

 

[mjak]

Jodi Huisentruit went missing and has been presumed dead. I have always wondered about this case. I have always had a nagging feeling that she's been held captive all this time. No proof though. http://

Blueclouds,

I too have always had a feeling that this women is alive. I have nothing to
base that on. Everysince I saw this case on unsolved mysteries I felt she was alive. I can give no explanation for why I think she is alive.

mjak

 

[joellegirl]

Here is a link to a series of news reports about missing tv anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit who vanished from her apartment parking lot early in the morning June 27. 1995. She was running late and was apparently attacked while getting into her car. Her key was bent in the lock and some of her belongings were scattered about on the ground around the car.

I remember when this first happened and have often wondered about Jodi's fate.

Any thoughts?

Link-

http://www.kaaltv.com/article/archive/1553/?tf=huisentruit_file.tpl

another link done last June on the 10 year anniversary:

http://wcco.com/crime/local_story_178093416.html

 

[laini]

Thanks for the links. I also think often of Jodi and wonder what happened to her. I live in Iowa and remember when this happened. There was some guy who kept records on absolutely everything about Jodi and every possible lead he couldfind. I can't remember where I heard about him or who he is/was. Have you heard of him? I think he may have been a retired cop or journalist and I saw a story on him on t.v. There was an unidentified skull found in Illinois (I think) and the drawing looked like Jodi, I thought. I will try to find the link for that if I can.

 

[annemc2]

There is a poster here who has done research and claims to know who is responsible for Jodi's disappearance. Some info is listed on the Jennifer Odom thread here http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30258
However, it's worth reading the link on post #3, including the webmaster's comments regarding McIntyre's statements.

 

[michelle]

I think of her alot, I wish something would crack this case...

 

[Hollow]

http://showcase.netins.net/web/keithh/missing2.htm