I've had curious interest in this case for many years. I was a University of Iowa student at the time Jodi was a reporter in Iowa City. I saw her on the news frequently and can still hear her Minnesotan accent. I met her on an occasion or two as she was aquainted with my roommate's girlfriend's friends. Anyway, I live in Sioux Falls, SD and wondered if Robert LeRoy Anderson was ever investigated in relation to Jodi's disappearance. If you don't know who RL Anderson is...just google the name and add Sioux Falls to the search. He was convicted of a crime with a similar M.O. and given a death sentence. Like the coward he was, he decided to kill himself while waiting on death row. Anyway.....I can't remember the source, but I swear there was talk at one point of him living in Mason City at one point prior to his 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder in Sioux Falls. I can't find any information to support me thinking he lived in Mason City. If he did in fact live in Mason City while Jodi was there....I for one, would consider him a prime suspect. Rob from Sioux Falls