Acting Mason City Police Chief Mike McKelvey has confirmed to FindJodi Inc. that police investigators were back in Winsted, Minnesota, on Thursday to follow up on a tip in connection with the Jodi Huisentruit 30-year-old investigation.
Pending city council approval, Mason City Police Captain Mike McKelvey will be the City's next police chief.
In a July 31 press release, Mason City Police Chief Jeff Brinkley announced his retirement, effective in November. A series of police chiefs have overseen the department responsible for investigating the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit since she was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex in June 1995.
Investigators from Mason City, Iowa, recently searched an area in Winsted, Minnesota, on a possible lead connected to the search for missing Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit, abducted on June 27, 1995.
A Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, judge has ordered sealed a search warrant in the Jodi Huisentruit investigation for another year.
Barring another successful federal court appeal, one of Iowa's most notorious killers and meth kingpins will be executed on Friday. Dustin Honken murdered his five victims in 1993, but their bodies were not found buried near Mason City, Iowa, until seven years later, in 2000. The victims included a federal witness, the witness' girlfriend, her two young daughters and another potential witness. FindJodi also received a letter from Angela Johnson, an accomplice in the drug-related killings.
Upon the 25th anniversary of the abduction of Jodi Huisentruit, the Mason City police chief appealed for anyone who knows anything about what happened to the young television news anchor to come forward.
As the 25th anniversary of Jodi Huisentruit's disappearance approaches, the FindJodi team is utilizing the explosive popularity of podcasts to help raise awareness of her unsolved case.
As our FindJodi team started discussing ways to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Jodi Huisentruit’s disappearance, none of us could have imagined the events of this Spring. And just as
JUST IN [03:07 p.m. Eastern] According to a law enforcement source, this is NOT related to the Jodi Huisentruit investigation. FindJodi.com has received word of a very active scene unfolding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. There is heavy law enforcement on the northwest side of Cedar Rapids.
