Case File

It's not known for certain if a white van was involved in the abduction of Jodi Huisentruit from the parking lot of her apartment complex in the early morning hours of June 27, 1995, but the white van has nonetheless become perhaps the most widely-known detail in the case. Using public witness accounts of the van sighting, television footage from the morning Jodi was abducted, and feedback from the FindJodi team, reader Sam Gullickson used professional animation software to create this 3D approximation of what the scene may have looked like at approximately 4:15 AM on June 27, 1995.

On June 27th, it will be 30 years since 27-year-old Jodi Huisentruit disappeared without a trace on her way to anchor the morning news at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa.

The Cerro Gordo County Attorney says he plans to fight a legal motion to open a sealed search warrant in the Jodi Huisentruit case.

The Mason City, Iowa, police sergeant assigned to Jodi Huisentruit's case is expected to meet with a Wisconsin investigator this week to compare notes on Christopher Revak, a deceased murder suspect. Revak has been linked to two cases with female victims and was also previously looked at, and dismissed, in connection with the Huisentruit investigation.

FindJodi is learning new details about the recent search in Winsted, Minnesota, in connection with a tip on the Jodi Huisentruit case.

FindJodi.com recently obtained a copy of a 1994 police report documenting a call from Jodi Huisentruit to the Mason City Police Department regarding a man in a white truck who had been following her.

Editor’s Note:  Many people reached out to Beth Bednar, via phone and email, following the publication of her book Dead Air.  During her exploration into the Huisentruit case, other Iowa