IA JODI SUE HUISENTRUIT: Missing from Mason City, IA - 27 June 1995 - Age 27

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Case File 1326DFIA

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Jodi Sue Huisentruit
Missing since June 27, 1995 from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: June 5, 1968
Age at Time of Disappearance: 27 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'3"-5'4"; 110-120 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; brown eyes.
Dentals: Available
DNA: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance
Jodi Huisentruit, an anchor at KIMT television station in Mason City, Iowa, disappeared from outside her apartment as she left for work
at approximately 4:00 on June 27, 1995. Initially a missing person case, Huisentruit's disappearance was soon classified an abduction. When investigators arrived at her apartment complex they found her red Miata convertible in the parking lot. A pair of red women's dress shoes, a blow dryer, bottle of hair spray, car keys and earrings were scattered beside the car. The key was found bent and out of the door lock. Witnesses indicate that they heard screams at 4 o'clock that morning. Investigators are looking for a white mid 1980s Ford Econoline van. Foul play is suspected.

Huisentruit grew up in Long Prairie, Minnesota, where she was active in sports, excelling in golf. She earned her bachelors degree in 1990 from St. Cloud State University with a double major in TV Broadcasting and Speech Communication. Huisentruit worked for Northwest Airlines immediately after graduation, followed by a broadcasting position at KGAN-TV Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She then returned to Minnesota for a position at KSAX-TV in Alexandria, before joining KIMT-TV in Mason City.

The Jodi's Hope Fund has been established to help youngsters in Long Prairie, Minnesota — where Jodi Huisentruit grew up — develop their writing and speaking skills. To learn more about the fund and how to contribute, go to www.jodishopefund.com.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Mason City Police Department
641-421-3636
Iowa Missing Persons Clearinghouse
1-800-346-5507
Email

NCIC Number: M-844559811
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
Iowa Missing Persons Clearinghouse
Namus
Find Jodi
Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Office
Unsolved Mysteries

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Authorities investigate deceased homicide suspect's possible connection to Jodi Huisentruit’s case​

Iowa and Wisconsin investigators are working together on a new lead in the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit.

Now, the Mason City Police Department is working with the Wood County Sheriff’s Department in Wisconsin. They're focusing on a man named Christopher Revak, who killed himself in a jail cell in 2009 while facing a homicide charge in the death of a woman.

Investigators also believe he's responsible for the death of another woman back in 2006.

The lead investigator in Huisentruit's case says Revak's ex-wife was living in Mason City the year Huisentruit disappeared. And he says similarities in the cases of the other two women stick out to him.
 

Authorities investigate deceased homicide suspect's possible connection to Jodi Huisentruit’s case​

Iowa and Wisconsin investigators are working together on a new lead in the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit.

Now, the Mason City Police Department is working with the Wood County Sheriff’s Department in Wisconsin. They're focusing on a man named Christopher Revak, who killed himself in a jail cell in 2009 while facing a homicide charge in the death of a woman.

Investigators also believe he's responsible for the death of another woman back in 2006.

The lead investigator in Huisentruit's case says Revak's ex-wife was living in Mason City the year Huisentruit disappeared. And he says similarities in the cases of the other two women stick out to him.
Is this so they can "clear" a case by blaming the dead guy?
 

Person linked to disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit has died​

One of the people linked to the 1995 disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit passed away earlier in December.

Private Investigator Steve Ridge says that John Vansice passed away on December 6 in Arizona.

Investigators have called Vansice a possible suspect in the cold case of the missing TV anchor from Mason City. However, Vansice had never been tried or charged with Huisentruit's disappearance.

Ridge reported in 2020 that Vansice had an aggressive case of Alzheimer's Disease.
 
And I add 😣 because sometimes I feel like when the suspected person dies, we’ll never find out the truth.
That's for sure and a good point. Or we do think we find out and like in the Tremblay case, justice does not come.

Old cases are not my thing, however, of course there are a ton I've followed since they happened, and a ton of others I've been into when others wren't active.

My reason is generally because there's so little info or discussion on them or new info I should say.

I DO care as much for all victims in any.

In this one, I believe they've likely known who it is, and just waiting for a body or further evidence do you think?
 

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