In a July 31 press release, Mason City Police Chief Jeff Brinkley announced his retirement, effective in November. A series of police chiefs have overseen the department responsible for investigating the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit since she was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex in June 1995.
It's not known for certain if a white van was involved in the abduction of Jodi Huisentruit from the parking lot of her apartment complex in the early morning hours of June 27, 1995, but the white van has nonetheless become perhaps the most widely-known detail in the case. Using public witness accounts of the van sighting, television footage from the morning Jodi was abducted, and feedback from the FindJodi team, reader Sam Gullickson used professional animation software to create this 3D approximation of what the scene may have looked like at approximately 4:15 AM on June 27, 1995.
A new Hulu docuseries revisits the 1995 abduction of Mason City anchor Jodi Huisentruit, spotlighting an old tip from a friend that led to a 2024 police search in Winsted, Minnesota. The woman first shared her suspicions nearly 20 years ago—both with police and FindJodi co-founder Gary Peterson. While the search found no remains, it’s featured in the three-part series released July 15. As loved ones mark 30 years without answers, the plea for truth continues.
Whenever I am in Mason City, Iowa, I always stop by the Key Apartments parking lot where Jodi Huisentruit was abducted on her way to anchor the morning news at KIMT-TV on June 27, 1995.
Friends of Jodi Huisentruit, along with her former KIMT-TV co-workers, shared their memories of the missing news anchor at an emotional 30th anniversary gathering on June 27 in Mason City, Iowa.
FindJodi received this statement from Jodi Huisentruit's family 30 years after Jodi disappeared from the parking lot of her apartment complex on June 27, 1995.
30 years after Jodi Huisentruit was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex in Mason City, Iowa, Jodi's friend Ani Kruse released the following statement to FindJodi.com.
It will be thirty years on June 27 since KIMT-TV news anchor Jodi Huisentruit was abducted on her way to anchor the morning news in Mason City, Iowa. Former KIMT-TV evening anchor Brian Mastre shared a copy of the two-page script he read to viewers that day, informing them of the concerning news about his colleague who was reported missing. He also noted Jodi had not missed a day of work that year.
As Jodi Huisentruit's loved ones mark her 57th birthday today, we have compiled a list of 30+ facts and cherished memories about the missing Iowa news anchor.
In conjunction with the upcoming 30th anniversary of Jodi Huisentruit's abduction, FindJodi, Inc. has produced a 30-second video to underscore how fast Jodi disappeared just before daybreak on June 27, 1995. The video is called "30 seconds."
