Currently, there are four billboards in Mason City reminding viewers that 'Someone knows something...is it you?'. Our billboard campaign was all made possible by a generous donor. We had an excellent turnout of media at our event on June 5, 2018 (which would have also been Jodi's 50th birthday). And now leads are starting to come in.
The following is a statement from Jodi's family and was read during our event in Mason City on June 5th, 2018 near one of the billboards calling attention to her case.
Members of the FindJodi.com, Inc. team are en route to Mason City, Iowa for our event to dedicate the recent billboards as well as bring awareness to Jodi's case.
Three of the four billboards are now up around Mason City, Iowa. The final billboard is a digital board and will go live Monday. A lot of people have been asking, "Why billboards?"
Development: FindJodi.com has learned the Mason City Police Department executed a search warrant seeking GPS data from 2 vehicles related to John Vansice back on March 20, 2017. The "interested party" on the public records from the Iowa Courts Online Search is officially listed as Arthur John Vansice, Vansice's full legal name. We're not sure if 72-year-old John Vansice, who now lives in Arizona, owned the vehicles, if he borrowed them, or if he was in Iowa at all. The two vehicles listed in the court files are a 1999 Honda Civic and 2013 GMC 1500.
We're back from what seems to have been a break that once again, is far too long. There hasn't been much new in Jodi's case as you can probably tell. We've discussed these lulls in previous posts. They never seem to get any better. But we're happy to have come across a podcast that has breathed a bit of life back into the case.
John Shine was the General Manager of KIMT-TV when Jodi disappeared. In numerous conversations with John over the years, we've discussed and shared our theories, the events of that day, how to move forward and an overall sense of frustration that this case hasn't been resolved. He recently sent us a poem to share with readers.
The September/October 2017 issue of PI Magazine includes an interview with FindJodi's Caroline Lowe, focusing on the 22-year search for Jodi Huisentruit. Our Find Jodi team is grateful for this latest spotlight on Jodi's case, and for PI Magazine's permission to republish the article on our website. Media coverage like this piece helps keep Jodi in the public eye. We hope someone reading or watching a news report will come forward with the information critically needed to provide answers to what happened to Jodi.
The night before she disappeared, Jodi Huisentruit called her good friend Kelly Torguson in Mississippi. Kelly wasn't home so Jodi chatted with Kelly's husband who answered their phone. After Jodi's abduction, Mason City police flew Kelly to Iowa as part of their investigation and effort to interview everyone who knew Jodi. Kelly's mom, Beverly Salonen of Glenwood, Minnesota, fondly remembers Jodi and recently shared several photos and her memories of Jodi.
We continue to honor Jodi Huisentruit with tributes from those who knew her. Joe Vigil was a friend of Jodi's whom he met while they were journalism students at St. Cloud State and later worked together in 1992 at KGAN TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joe is now the main coanchor at KTVA-TV in Anchorage, Alaska. He sent this tribute as he observes this 22nd anniversary of Jodi's disappearance.
