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Written by Globe Gazette
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 15:44 |
 MASON CITY, IA - Authorities on Friday identified a former police chief's wife as the person responsible for sending a copy of a missing television anchor's diary to the Mason City newspaper.
Cheryl Ellingson, wife of former Chief David Ellingson, admitted to investigators on Monday that she sent the journal to the Globe Gazette, according to a news release from the Mason City Police Department. It said no laws were broken and no charges will be filed.
The journal had belonged to 27-year-old Jodi Huisentruit who disappeared on her way to KIMT-TV in June 1995. The original diary taken into evidence from Huisentruit's apartment has remained in the custody of the police department, the release said.
The newspaper received a copy of the 84-page journal in a large envelope with no return address and a June 4 postmark from Waterloo. It could further compromise the Huisentruit investigation or any other police investigation. The release said the Ellingon's home was searched and they have "no other reports or records which could further compromise the Huisentruit investigation or any other police investigation.
The journal had belonged to 27-year-old Jodi Huisentruit who disappeared on her way to KIMT-TV in June 1995. The original diary taken into evidence from Huisentruit's apartment has remained in the custody of the police department, the release said.
The newspaper received a copy of the 84-page journal in a large envelope with no return address and a June 4 postmark from Waterloo. It could further compromise the Huisentruit investigation or any other police investigation. The release said the Ellingon's home was searched and they have "no other reports or records which could further compromise the Huisentruit investigation or any other police investigation.
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