Somewhere out there, someone knows what happened to Jodi Huisentruit. Today Jodi would have turned 58. She was a bright, warm young woman whose career as a television news anchor was just taking off when she vanished in the early morning darkness on her way to deliver the Daybreak newscast at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa, on June 27, 1995.
One of the most unforgettable images from the crime scene where Jodi Huisentruit was abducted was her red Miata Mazda convertible being processed by investigators, and then towed away from her Mason City, IA, apartment complex. Our FindJodi team recently tracked down the 1991 car and met with its current owner, who lives in Wisconsin.
Our latest podcast episode reveals what FindJodi has learned about the death of Billy Pruin in 1995.
Over the years, the FindJodi team has spent significant time investigating this theory. This episode covers what we’ve been able to learn about it.
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.
In this episode, FindJodi team members Josh Benson, Tara Manis Benson, Caroline Lowe, Jay Alberio, and Scott Fuller discuss Jodi's abduction in 1995 and reflect on their investigation into the case since FindJodi.com was founded in 2003.
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.
With the 25th anniversary of Jodi Huisentruit's abduction only a week away, our FindJodi team just released Episode 2 of our new podcast.
As Jodi Huisentruit's family and friends prepare to mark a milestone anniversary of her abduction, still waiting for answers, our FindJodi team asks people to leave a porch light on, or light a candle, in memory of the missing news anchor.
FindJodi begins our new podcast series with Episode 1 focused on the timeline involved in Iowa news anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit’s unsolved disappearance.
