Josh Benson
News Anchor
KVOA-TV
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Josh
Benson - Investigator,
Webmaster and News Anchor
Josh is the designer, creator and webmaster of Findjodi.com.
He is an active journalist in the television news business.
Josh began his broadcasting career in Boulder, Colorado
at radio station KVCU. After attending the University
of Colorado-Boulder and the University of Minnesota-Twin
Cities, Josh held internships at WCCO-TV and KSTP-TV.
He began as a reporter at KAAL-TV in Austin, Minnesota
in 2002. He served as weekend anchor and eventually main
anchor of the station. He began working on the Huisentruit
case in 2003 right along side KAAL's then news director
Gary Peterson.
Josh has earned the Hearst Journalism Award, 2 Eric Sevareid
Awards, the Society of Professional Journalists Award
for Best Story and recently has received an Emmy nomination
for "The Huisentruit File".
Josh has also designs websites and specializes in video
production for his private business, Joker-Media, LLC.
Josh currently serves full-time as morning anchor at KVOA-TV
in Tucson, Arizona.
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Gary Peterson
Cold Case and
Missing Person
Consultant
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Gary
Peterson - Death Scene
Investigator and Missing Person Consultant
Gary Peterson is a long time investigative reporter
that has been working on the Jodi Huisentruit case
for over four years.
Gary has nearly
40 years of experience as a News Director and Investigative
Reporter. He was a crime reporter on the north side
of Minneapolis working for KSTP which required working
the streets 24 hours a day.
He has a unique ability
to take on a story and to follow it through to the
end. Many of his stories have broken cases that have
been cold for several years. Gary knows the insides
of the crime beat as well as the court system which
gives him the advantage over other reporters in the
field.
If there is something wrong, Gary will find
it. His tenacity and dedication to the Jodi Huisentruit
case will result in new evidence and increased interest
in this case that has baffled authorities for 12 years.
Gary
is certified by the Air Force in ground search and
rescue techniques and procedures. He is also a Death
Scene Investigator for the Minnesota Regional Medical
Examiners Office. He is a member of Texas EquuSearch
assisting in locating missing people worldwide.
He also has an extensive background in Emergency Management, being a City and
County Emergency Management Director.
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