Our role at FindJodi has never been to be the loudest voice in the search for Jodi. It's to make sure real information reaches the people who can actually act on it, and to protect the integrity of that information, and people connected to it, along the way.
Jodi Huisentruit should be celebrating her 51st birthday today with her friends and loved ones. Instead, they mark another year not knowing what happened to Jodi since she was abducted on June 27, 1995, from her apartment parking lot in Mason City, Iowa, on her way to anchor the news at KIMT-TV.
It's come to our attention that some has posted to Craigslist with an offer of a million dollars for information leading to Jodi Huisentruit. While we would love to make this offer, it's simply not doable - or true for that matter. Our tip line phone number was used to encourage tipsters to come forward.Keep in mind, if we ever make a reward available, we will do so on OUR website and it will be obvious that we are the organization putting up the reward (or will specifically explain in detail who the donor will be).
Hello, all. This is just a quick post to let you know of a change we're making to the commenting system on the website. For years we've used Disqus - which is a 3rd party system to manage comments in a nice, sleek format. For years, it worked well. And it was free.However, they have decided in the last year to clog the free version with annoying ads and they made it pay-to-play. Now, they plan to tweak their ads even more and we've simply had enough. We're not going to pay to have standard commenting features as this website does that already.
One of the key, and most mystifying, new pieces of information revealed in the recent statement from John Vansice, a person of interest in Jodi Huisentruit’s 1995 abduction, is the fact he was subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 2, 2017. That subpoena ordered Vansice to provide sets of his finger and palm prints although he said he’d already done that in the earlier stages of the investigation into the Mason City anchorwoman’s disappearance.
Steve Ridge, a prominent media consulting executive and native Iowan, recently persuaded John Vansice to do several in-depth interviews about Jodi Huisentruit.
John Vansice hasn't spoken publicly since the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit nearly 24 years ago. For years, journalists, bloggers, investigators and case-followers have tried to speak with him and ask him questions about where Jodi could be. Some have ambushed him. Members of FindJodi.com, Inc. have spoken with him in the past outside of our roles with this website. But no one has been able to sit with the man and have him open up about Jodi's case and his experiences surrounding the last 24 years. That is, until now.
We are extremely saddened to learn of the recent and sudden passing of Dan Borland; a friend and colleague to all of us at FindJodi.com, Inc. He passed away in his hometown of Albert Lea, Minnesota on Sunday, February 24th at the young age of 62.
Several million viewers watched the recent '48 Hours' special that focused on Jodi Huisentruit, prompting dozens of tips to the Mason City Police Department and to FindJodi.com. Along with the special, Jodi's case has recently seen some good coverage online and on-air.
The recent 48 Hours special focused on Jodi Huisentruit focused on two possible persons of interests: John Vansice and Tony Jackson. There’s been no sign of Jodi for more than 23 years since she was abducted from her Mason City, Iowa, apartment parking lot. She was running late to anchor the morning news at KIMT TV when someone grabbed her from behind at about 4:30 a.m. as she attempted to get into her Mazda Miata. I’m frequently asked which man I think was most likely to have abducted Jodi. My answer remains the same: Both men clearly needed to be investigated, but it could turn out to be none of the above.
What’s the buzz? I found myself asking that question, along with millions of other television viewers on Saturday night, when we tuned in to watch CBS’s 48 Hours program on the 1995 disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit. After several pre-show conversations with one of the show’s producers, I thought I had a good idea of what would be shown. However, I will admit to having some misgivings, as CBS touted “new” information and “never-before-seen” video footage in promoting the show. As a former TV journalist, I’ve been known to be skeptical when I hear those kinds of phrases tossed around!
