Jodi Sue HUISENTRUIT
HUISENTRUIT, KUNS
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/15/2011 at 17:35:08
In Memory of Jodi
Jodi HUISENTRUIT, morning and Noon News producer and anchor at KIMT-TV, Mason City, Iowa, failed to arrive at the station at her usual time [4:00 a.m.] early on the Tuesday morning of June 27, 1995. Producer Amy KUNS reached Jodi on the phone. Jodi said she had overslept but would be at the station within a few minutes. Jodi never arrived and has not been heard from or seen since.
Jodi still had not arrived at the station by 6:00 a.m. KUNS filled-in for Jodi on her morning show, Daybreak
Jodi's co-workers called the police about 7:00 a.m. when she still hadn't arrived at the station and they were unable to contact her by telephone. The police immediately launched an investigation, finding some of Jodi's personal items scattered near her car, still parked in the lot of her apartment complex. It appeared as though there had been a struggle near Jodi's red Mazda Miata. Jodi's car keys were also found near her vehicle. The key had been bent. An unidentified palm print was recovered from Jodi's car.
The Mason City Police Department, Iowa Department of Criminial Investigation, the FBI, volunteers and search dogs from the Iowa Search and Rescue Group, along with many other local law enforcement agencies and volunteers, have been involved in the search. In September of 1995, the HUISENTRUIT family hired private investigators. Over 1,000 interviews relating to Jodi's disappearance have been conducted.
Law enforcement believes that Jodi was abducted.
Throughout the years there have been what turned out to be false tips and false leads in the case. Jodi's disappearance remains as much of a mystery as it was early on the morning of June 27th, 1995.
Jodi, born June 5, 1968, grew up in Long Prairie, Minnesota. "Jodi's this upbeat, friendly, outgoing, very lovely person," said Ray GOVE, her former band director in Long Prairie, where she twice was a member of the state champion high school golf team. "You always knew when she was in the room."
Jodi was twenty-seven-years-old at the time of her disappearance. She was declared legally deceased in May of 2001.
A scholarship endowment fund was established at Jodi's alma mater - St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, in Jodi's name.
UPDATE: Jodi's case remains open and under active investigation.
SOURCES: kimt.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Huisentruit
Submitted by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2011
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