June 27, 2022 would mark 27 years since Jodi Huisentruit disappeared, without a trace, on her way to anchor the morning news at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa. 27 years her family and friends have been left with no answers or accountability for Jodi's abduction in the parking lot a few feet from her apartment building. As part of our mission to help produce the most accurate record regarding the Huisentruit investigation, we have compiled a list of 26 facts about the unsolved mystery.
On June 27th, 1995, the day television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit disappeared, Kevin Skapura and assistant producer Amy Kuns were the only people in the KIMT newsroom.
In this episode of the FindJodi podcast, Brian Mastre reflected on the challenges of working in the KIMT newsroom back in the summer of 1995, reporting on a horrific crime that happened to a young colleague. He also shared his thoughts about the high-profile case that remains unsolved more than 26 years after his first report.
As the message on our FindJodi billboard and flyers says, if you have any information on what happened to Jodi: "Don't sit in silence, the time to talk is NOW."
In podcast #26, former federal prosecutor Tad DiBiase talks about the challenges investigating and trying murder cases in court when the victim’s body is missing.
Tammy Baker was one of Jodi Huisentruit's closest Iowa friends. The two young women met in Iowa City in 1992, five years before Jodi was abducted on June 27, 1995 on her way to anchor the KIMT-TV morning news in Mason City. Tammy shares her memories of her dear friend Jodi in our latest podcast episode.
As News Director at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Doug Merbach hired Jodi Huisentruit in 1993. In Jodi, Doug says he saw a warm and bubbly news anchor who was right at home in the Midwest. During her time at KIMT, Jodi became a popular morning and mid-day news anchor for the station. Until she mysteriously disappeared on June 27, 1995.
We hope the billboard featuring a smiling photo of Jodi Huisentruit and the message: "Don’t sit in silence…the time to talk is NOW” will convince anyone with possible information on Jodi’s abduction to come forward immediately.
We hope that by turning on lights again this year, it will remind people - especially in the Mason City area - that Jodi is still missing. You can use #LightsForJodi and #FindJodi in any social media postings to help raise awareness.
On this episode of the FindJodi Podcast, former KIMT-TV anchor and reporter Karen Fuller recounts her professional and personal memories of Jodi, including helping to move Jodi in to the same apartment complex that would be a crime scene following her abduction.
