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A ‘wonderful friendship’ remembered

By Josh Benson @wflajosh · On July 11, 2017

The night before she disappeared, Jodi Huisentruit called her good friend Kelly Torguson in Mississippi.

Kelly wasn’t home so Jodi chatted with Kelly’s husband who answered their phone. After Jodi’s abduction, Mason City police flew Kelly to Iowa as part of their investigation and effort to interview everyone who knew Jodi.

Kelly’s mom, Beverly Salonen of Glenwood, Minnesota, fondly remembers Jodi and recently shared several photos and her memories of Jodi.

Jodi and our daughter, Kelly Salonen Torguson, met in college at St. Cloud State. They developed a wonderful friendship. Jodi came to our home with Kelly and became a part of our family. We loved her.

Beverly Kleinsasser Salonen and Jodi excited about Herberger’s sale! (Image: Beverly Salonen)

The pictures of Jodi and the older man is Kelly’s grandfather through marriage, Floyd Torguson. He loved Jodi when she would come to visit him. Floyd has since passed, but the memories of them together are forever imprinted in our hearts and souls.

Jodi with Grandpa Floyd Torguson and Kelly Salonen Torguson in Glenwood, Minnesota (Image: Beverly Salonen)

 

This is Jodi with Grandpa Floyd Torguson in Glenwood, Minnesota. (Image: Beverly Salonen)

The featured image above was taken at Herbergers in the shopping mall at Alexandria, MN.

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Josh Benson is the co-founder and website administrator of FindJodi.com, Inc. He has worked on the case since 2003 in an effort to uncover new details in the investigation.

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  • Lady Chaucer says: July 16, 2017 at 10:47 am

    This is the saddest story I’ve followed in… well, in forever. This bright, accomplished, sweet, much-loved young woman cannot have simply vanished. Somewhere, someone is hiding something. I pray that God will touch the heart of the secret keeper and compel him – or her – or them – to loosen their tongues. Secrets fester. Honest confession will heal.

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