30 years after Jodi Huisentruit was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex in Mason City, Iowa, Jodi's friend Ani Kruse released the following statement to FindJodi.com.
Almost a month ago, FindJodi received a tip that 78-year-old John Vansice may have passed away in Phoenix, Arizona. Vansice was a friend of Jodi Huisentruit's who said he last saw her the night before she disappeared. Vansice told police Jodi stopped by his Mason City, Iowa, apartment to watch a video of a surprise birthday party he cohosted for her a couple weeks earlier.
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.
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.
When television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit failed to arrive at work on June 27, 1995, the first person to notice something was wrong was one of her colleagues. On this episode of the FindJodi podcast, former KIMT-TV producer and reporter Amy Kuns is interviewed by team members Caroline Lowe and Scott Fuller.
John Vansice was a friend of Jodi Huisentruit's who spent some of the previous days with the missing TV anchorwoman before she disappeared on June 27, 1995. Vansice told police that he showed Jodi a videotape at his home the night before she disappeared. But what evidence, if any, supports his possible involvement in her abduction?
FindJodi.com received this statement from the Mason City Police investigator assigned to the Jodi Huisentruit case: December 8th, 2011 FindJodi.com, The Mason City Police Department is the primary investigating agency
FindJodi.com has learned that Don Harman, a Kansas City meteorologist at Fox 4, took his own life Tuesday night. Harman's family and Fox 4 have released very little information surrounding
Amy Kuns was a producer for KIMT-TV's 'Daybreak' morning show in Mason City, Iowa when morning anchor Jodi Huisentruit disappeared. Amy called Jodi when she failed to show up to
