Missing

Jodi Huisentruit

Mason City, Iowa · Missing since June 27, 1995

Jodi Huisentruit
Photograph released by the Mason City Police Department.

Quick facts

Full nameJodi Sue Huisentruit
Age at disappearance27
Missing sinceJune 27, 1995
Height / weight5′4″ / 110 lbs
Hair / eyesBlonde hair, brown eyes
Last seenKey Apartments parking lot, 600 North Kentucky Avenue, Mason City — early morning of June 27, 1995, leaving for work at KIMT-TV
Investigating agencyMason City Police Department / Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
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What happened

Jodi Sue Huisentruit, 27, was the morning news anchor at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa. On Tuesday, June 27, 1995, she was due at the station in the early morning. At about 4 a.m. her producer called her apartment. Jodi answered, said she had overslept, and said she would be in shortly. She never arrived.

When she still had not come in by about 7 a.m., the station asked Mason City police to check on her. At her home, the Key Apartments at 600 North Kentucky Avenue, officers found her red Mazda Miata in the parking lot with her belongings scattered around it — her purse, hair spray, hair dryer, earrings and a pair of red high-heeled shoes. The key to her car was found bent in the driver's door lock. Police believe she was abducted from the parking lot as she left for work.

Jodi has never been found. She was declared legally dead in May 2001, and no one has ever been charged in her disappearance. The Mason City Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation say the investigation is still active.

Jodi Huisentruit
Photograph released by the Mason City Police Department.
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Have information?

Contact Mason City Police Department / Iowa DCI:

(641) 421-3636  ·  515-725-6010

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