J Is for Jodi Huisentruit
This month I'm participating in the A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is Unsolved Mysteries. Today's letter is:
News anchors have always been vulnerable to stalkers. The work itself also puts them at risk, since they're forced to interact with shady characters. But for morning news anchors, getting up in before sunrise to leave home alone may pose one of the biggest risks of all.
Jodi Huisentruit was a morning news anchor for a Mason City, Iowa TV station.
On the morning of June 27, 1995 producer Amy Kuns noticed Jodi hadn't shown up at her usual 3 a.m. start time. Around 4 a.m., she called Jodi's apartment. Jodi answered, saying she had overslept and would be right in.
At 6 a.m., when she still hadn't shown up, Amy filled in for her as they went live. When she still hadn't arrived at 7 a.m., the station called the police. They found her car with keys on the ground next to it, as though she'd been interrupted while unlocking it.
They also found other personal items on the ground. The driver's side mirror had been bent back as though it had been bumped in an altercation. There were drag marks found in the dirt near her car.
When questioned, neighbors said they'd heard screaming around 5 a.m., but nobody called the police. One man reported seeing a light-colored van parked in the parking lot with its lights on around that time.
As of today, there have been no real leads. Her body has never been found. She just disappeared.
What do you think happened to Jodi Huisentruit?
⬅️ I Is for the Indiana Dunes Women
News anchors have always been vulnerable to stalkers. The work itself also puts them at risk, since they're forced to interact with shady characters. But for morning news anchors, getting up in before sunrise to leave home alone may pose one of the biggest risks of all.
Jodi Huisentruit was a morning news anchor for a Mason City, Iowa TV station.
On the morning of June 27, 1995 producer Amy Kuns noticed Jodi hadn't shown up at her usual 3 a.m. start time. Around 4 a.m., she called Jodi's apartment. Jodi answered, saying she had overslept and would be right in.
At 6 a.m., when she still hadn't shown up, Amy filled in for her as they went live. When she still hadn't arrived at 7 a.m., the station called the police. They found her car with keys on the ground next to it, as though she'd been interrupted while unlocking it.
They also found other personal items on the ground. The driver's side mirror had been bent back as though it had been bumped in an altercation. There were drag marks found in the dirt near her car.
When questioned, neighbors said they'd heard screaming around 5 a.m., but nobody called the police. One man reported seeing a light-colored van parked in the parking lot with its lights on around that time.
As of today, there have been no real leads. Her body has never been found. She just disappeared.
What do you think happened to Jodi Huisentruit?
⬅️ I Is for the Indiana Dunes Women
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