FindJodi has released more than 30 podcast episodes on YouTube, expanding access to in-depth reporting on the unsolved abduction of KIMT-TV news anchor Jodi Huisentruit. As part of FindJodi’s ongoing effort to broaden awareness and inform new audiences about Jodi's case, podcast host Scott Fuller and FindJodi Team Member Brian Wise collaborated to bring the series to YouTube.
Currently, there are four billboards in Mason City reminding viewers that 'Someone knows something...is it you?'. Our billboard campaign was all made possible by a generous donor. We had an excellent turnout of media at our event on June 5, 2018 (which would have also been Jodi's 50th birthday). And now leads are starting to come in.
The following is a statement from Jodi's family and was read during our event in Mason City on June 5th, 2018 near one of the billboards calling attention to her case.
Members of the FindJodi.com, Inc. team are en route to Mason City, Iowa for our event to dedicate the recent billboards as well as bring awareness to Jodi's case.
Three of the four billboards are now up around Mason City, Iowa. The final billboard is a digital board and will go live Monday. A lot of people have been asking, "Why billboards?"
FindJodi.com, Inc. is putting up 4 billboards in and around Mason City to drive awareness of Jodi's case and track down more leads. We will host a special event on June 5th (Jodi's 50th birthday) near one of the billboards to discuss her case and mark another anniversary of Jodi's disappearance. Read more on FindJodi.com.
After several decades searching for a serial killer and rapist, Sacramento, California, law enforcement officials today announced a DNA match had led them to a 72-year-old man who only became a suspect less than a week ago. Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested in a quiet Sacramento-area neighborhood where he'd lived for more than 30 years. Our FindJodi.com team will continue to closely watch this case, wondering if a similar break might lead to finding Jodi Huisentruit's abductor -- perhaps not far from where she disappeared in Mason City, Iowa, and perhaps involving someone like a Joseph DeAngelo who hadn't even been on investigators' radar in the past.
Our most recent post, revealing Mason City police executed a search warrant, one year ago today, seeking GPS data for two vehicles connected to John Vansice, struck a big chord. We were not surprised. Vansice was a friend of Jodi’s who claimed to be the last person to see her alive. He was interviewed by police early on in the investigation, denied he had anything to do with her disappearance and told reporters back in 1995 that he passed a lie detector test.
Development: FindJodi.com has learned the Mason City Police Department executed a search warrant seeking GPS data from 2 vehicles related to John Vansice back on March 20, 2017. The "interested party" on the public records from the Iowa Courts Online Search is officially listed as Arthur John Vansice, Vansice's full legal name. We're not sure if 72-year-old John Vansice, who now lives in Arizona, owned the vehicles, if he borrowed them, or if he was in Iowa at all. The two vehicles listed in the court files are a 1999 Honda Civic and 2013 GMC 1500.
We're back from what seems to have been a break that once again, is far too long. There hasn't been much new in Jodi's case as you can probably tell. We've discussed these lulls in previous posts. They never seem to get any better. But we're happy to have come across a podcast that has breathed a bit of life back into the case.
John Shine was the General Manager of KIMT-TV when Jodi disappeared. In numerous conversations with John over the years, we've discussed and shared our theories, the events of that day, how to move forward and an overall sense of frustration that this case hasn't been resolved. He recently sent us a poem to share with readers.
