In our latest episode of the FindJodi Podcast, team members Caroline Lowe and Scott Fuller answer questions about our efforts in Jodi's case. Topics include: the recent location of possible human remains around Iowa, the Adventures with Purpose group, the condition of Jodi's car, her access to technology, and more. Questions for future episodes can be emailed to: [email protected] Anyone with information about Jodi’s case can reach out to the Mason City Police Department at (641) 421-3636. Infor...
Oct 31, 2022•30 min
In our effort to help find answers in the 1995 disappearance of Iowa television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit, keeping her case visible and not forgotten is a key focus of FindJodi. We are grateful for the recent coverage by local, regional and national news media of our memorial gathering on June 27th at KIMT-TV in Mason City, IA. It was 27 years ago on that day that Jodi was abducted outside her apartment on her way to anchor the morning news at KIMT. In the latest FindJodi Podcast episode, tea...
Jul 05, 2022•29 min
The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit provides law enforcement across the country with insight and analysis as to what traits and characteristics an unknown violent offender might be. On this episode of the FindJodi podcast, FindJodi Team Members Caroline Lowe and Scott Fuller interview retired profiler Julia Cowley, a 22-year veteran of the FBI who worked at the BAU from 2009 to 2021. If you have any information on Jodi’s case, call the Mason City Police Department at (641) 421-3636 or the Iowa Di...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 37 min
From 1973 to 1986, an unknown rapist and murderer was terrorizing northern California. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. was arrested in 2016, having finally been identified as the so-called Golden State Killer. DeAngelo committed at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and 120 burglaries. He was uncaught for decades until being arrested at his home. In 2020 DeAngelo was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. One of the FBI profilers who worked the case was Julia Cowley. If you have an...
Apr 15, 2022•33 min
The abduction of Jodi Huisentruit on June 27, 1995 occurred in the parking lot of her apartment complex, according to all available evidence. But questions have persisted about the INSIDE of Jodi's apartment. On this episode, FindJodi team members Caroline Lowe and Scott Fuller discuss what might be learned from Jodi's life, and abduction, from what is known about her apartment unit. If you have any information on Jodi's case, call the Mason City Police Department at (641) 421-3636 or the Iowa D...
Mar 02, 2022•26 min
June 27, 2022 would represent 27 years since KIMT-TV anchor Jodi Huisentruit was abducted from her apartment complex in Mason City, Iowa. Her case remains open and unsolved. Her family and friends are still seeking answers. On this episode of the FindJodi Podcast, Caroline Lowe revisits a previous web post and provides an in-depth overview of the case. If you have information about Jodi’s case, you can reach the Mason City Police Department at (641) 421-3636. Or you can share information with th...
Jan 22, 2022•1 hr
According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons (NamUS) database, more than 600,000 persons of all ages go missing every year, On this episode of the FindJodi Podcast you'll hear a team discussion of missing person cases as an overall topic. Why do some of these cases receive national media attention, while others receive none at all? What can families and loved ones of the missing do to maximize media coverage? What can be done to improve the systems involved in these investigations?...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Just hours after Jodi Huisentruit was abducted on her way to anchor the morning news at KIMT-TV in Mason City, IA on June 27, 1995, her colleague Brian Mastre had the difficult job of delivering the news to their viewers that Jodi was missing. In this episode of the FindJodi podcast, Brian reflected on the challenges of working in the KIMT newsroom back in the summer of 1995, reporting on a horrific crime that happened to a young colleague. He also shared his thoughts about the high-profile case...
Nov 11, 2021•33 min
In this episode of the podcast, former federal prosecutor Tad DiBiase talks about the challenges investigating and trying murder cases in court when the victim’s body is missing. DiBiase has tracked over 500 no-body cases and has written a book and created a website on the topic. He also works as an unpaid consultant to law enforcement agencies on no-body investigations. In the FindJodi podcast interview, DiBiase shares his insight into several investigative steps taken in Jodi Huisentruit’s cas...
Oct 21, 2021•45 min
Members of the FindJodi team were recently in Mason City, and on this episode of the FindJodi podcast, team members Scott Fuller and Caroline Lowe share their impressions of the Key Apartments, where news anchor Jodi Huisentruit was abducted on June 27, 1995.
Oct 18, 2021•24 min
Jodi Huisentruit was living on the top floor of Building C of the Key Apartments in Mason City, Iowa, when she was attacked and abducted in the parking lot at about 4:30 AM on June 27, 1995. The KIMT-TV anchor had lived there for about 18 months. Jodi was running late for work that day, and it’s believed that Jodi’s abductor may have been waiting for her in the parking lot, due to the short distance between the entrance to Jodi’s building and her car – just 10 to 12 steps. The Key Apartments com...
Sep 16, 2021•35 min
In our latest Q&A podcast episode, FindJodi co-founder Josh Benson and team members Caroline Lowe and Scott Fuller answer your questions about our efforts and Jodi's case.
Aug 26, 2021•45 min
Jodi's friend, Tammy Baker, spent the two weekends prior to Jodi's disappearance with her in Iowa City and Mason City.
Aug 11, 2021•20 min
Prior to Jodi Huisentruit’s disappearance on June 27, 1995, she had become close friends with fellow KIMT-TV anchor Robin Wolfram. On this episode of the FindJodi Podcast, Robin shares her recollections of Jodi. She also relives the day that her friend went missing, and recalls what it’s been like to not have answers in Jodi’s case for 26 years since. Anyone with information about Jodi’s case can reach out to the Mason City Police Department at (641) 421-3636. Information can also be provided to...
Jul 29, 2021•29 min
As News Director at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Doug Merbach hired Jodi Huisentruit in 1993. In Jodi, Doug says he saw a warm and bubbly news anchor who was right at home in the Midwest. During her time at KIMT, Jodi became a popular morning and mid-day news anchor for the station. Until she mysteriously disappeared on June 27, 1995. On the latest episode of the FindJodi Podcast, Doug Merbach shares his recollections of his time with Jodi. Anyone with information about Jodi’s case can reach out to th...
Jul 15, 2021•23 min
26 years ago today, on June 27, 1995, television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex in Mason City, Iowa. Nobody has ever been arrested in Jodi's case, and it remains an open investigation today. On this episode of the podcast, the entire FindJodi team: Josh Benson, Tara Manis-Benson, Caroline Lowe, Jay Alberio, and Scott Fuller reflect on the past year - and 26 years - of covering and advocating for the Jodi Huisentruit case. Anyone with infor...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min
When television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit failed to arrive at work on June 27, 1995, the first people to notice something was wrong were her colleagues. On this episode of the FindJodi podcast, former KIMT-TV producer and reporter Amy Kuns is interviewed by team members Caroline Lowe and Scott Fuller. Amy was the last know person to speak with Jodi.
Jun 17, 2021•34 min
One of Jodi's neighbors in Building C, a man named John O'Meara, joins us on this episode of the podcast. O'Meara's apartment on the ground floor was one of the units nearest the site where authorities believe Jodi was attacked on her way to work that morning. Anyone with information about Jodi’s case can reach out to the Mason City Police Department at (641) 421-3636. Information can also be provided to the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigations at (515) 725-6010 or [email protected] ...
Jun 03, 2021•16 min
A white van has been referenced in connection with Jodi Huisentruit's disappearance countless times since she was taken from the parking lot of her apartment complex on June 27, 1995. The van is mentioned in the timeline so often it’s practically become a fact of the case. As one of Jodi’s co-workers said 10 years after she vanished: “white vans still trigger something in my head.” But the truth is, we don’t know for sure what Jodi’s abductor(s) drove that morning. Anyone with information about ...
May 20, 2021•30 min
Karen Fuller shares several coincidences with missing television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit, who disappeared on her way to work at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa on June 27, 1995. Fuller now works for KGAN in Cedar Rapids, where Jodi had previously worked. She also trained Jodi as her replacement when Huisentruit took her Mason City job. On this episode of the FindJodi Podcast, Karen Fuller recounts her professional and personal memories of Jodi, including visiting Jodi in the same apartment comp...
May 06, 2021•31 min
In 2004, convicted sex offender Thomas Corscadden was questioned by police in connection with television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit's disappearance from Mason City, Iowa in 1995. In the most recent episode of the FindJodi podcast, Corscadden's daughter Allysha makes her first public comments about her father. She and other family members continue to believe he may have had some involvement in Jodi's abduction. Anyone with information about Jodi’s case can reach out to the Mason City Police Dep...
Apr 20, 2021•27 min
FindJodi team members Caroline Lowe, Jay Alberio, and Scott Fuller answer your questions and discuss recent events surrounding the Jodi Huisentruit case.
Apr 01, 2021•55 min
Tony Jackson was living two blocks from Jodi Huisentruit's workplace in Mason City, Iowa - and one mile from her apartment - when the television news anchor disappeared on June 27, 1995. Jackson was later convicted of a series of rapes in the Twin Cities area. He was eventually linked via DNA, and other evidence, to six rapes in Minnesota and Iowa. He's currently serving a life sentence in prison. One of the investigators involved in Jackson's arrest, FindJodi team member Jay Alberio, joins Scot...
Mar 18, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Our 11th FindJodi podcast features a conversation with Patty Wetterling, Jacob Wetterling's mother. The 11-year-old victim's name often comes up during discussions of Jodi Huisentruit's case. Jodi reported on Jacob's 1989 abduction near his home in rural St. Joseph, MN. Jacob was biking from a convenience store with his younger brother, Trevor, and best friend Aaron Larson, when they were confronted by a masked gunman. Jacob's story struck close to home for Jodi, as she had grown up less than an...
Mar 04, 2021•27 min
Was popular television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit stalked prior to her disappearance in 1995? On this episode, FindJodi team members Caroline Lowe and Scott Fuller explore what is known about a stalking element in Jodi's case. Thank you for listening to the FindJodi podcast. If you lived in Mason City, Iowa in 1990s and experienced being followed by a vehicle, or anything else familiar to Jodi's story, we'd like to hear from you. You can contact the team anonymously at www.FindJodi.com ....
Feb 18, 2021•30 min
John Vansice was a friend of Jodi Huisentruit's who spent some of the previous days with the missing TV anchorwoman before she disappeared on June 27, 1995. The former Mason City, Iowa seed salesman was 22 years older than Jodi and his name is often discussed in her case. Vansice told police that he showed Jodi a videotape at his home the night before she disappeared. But what evidence, if any, supports his possible involvement in her abduction? Thank you for listening to the FindJodi podcast, a...
Jan 14, 2021•33 min
A “48 Hours” episode last month raised questions about whether a Manchester, Iowa man convicted in February of murdering 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in Cedar Rapids 40 years ago might also be connected to the abduction of news anchor Jodi Huisentruit in 1995. In this episode of the podcast, FindJodi team member Caroline Lowe interviews the lead detective on the Martinko case about the possibility of a link, and what might be done in the Huisentruit investigation to finally close that cold case...
Dec 30, 2020•27 min
Our latest podcast focuses on questions from listeners and readers who have reached out to our FindJodi team. Among the questions answered in this update episode: - Do police have DNA in Jodi’s case? - Why is the John Vansice search warrant re-sealed each year? - What’s the significance of the white van and/or white truck in the case? - Did FindJodi ever learn who was responsible for the billboard vandalization, and did that have anything to do with the case? - Is there any known drug connection...
Nov 02, 2020•37 min
One of the most unforgettable images from the crime scene at Jodi Huisentruit's abduction site is her red 1991 Miata Mazda convertible being processed by investigators, then towed away from her Mason City, IA, apartment complex. Some media reports and online crime forums speculated that the way Jodi acquired the car might somehow be tied to the abduction, or that the car might have been a gift. Here is what the FindJodi team has learned about Jodi's car so far.
Sep 02, 2020•25 min
Our latest podcast episode reveals what FindJodi has learned about the death of Billy Pruin in 1995. Pruin died in his rural Mason City, Iowa home from a gunshot wound three months before Jodi disappeared. There has been a long-rumored possible connection between the two incidents 25 years ago. Was his death really a suicide? Thank you for listening to the FindJodi podcast, and keep those emails with questions, comments, and theories coming! The team email is [email protected] . FindJodi is a no...
Jul 31, 2020•28 min
