Great post. I agree with your profile completely.

My understanding, as an outsider, is that the person(s) of interest were questioned, but I have never heard whether vehicles were checked for DNA evidence or if her friend(s) were examined for injuries that might have been incurred in a struggle with Jodi.

My GUESS is that the vehicles were not examined for forensic evidence. I think if they had been, the case would have been solved 16 years ago. There was, after all, blood involved in the crime. Unfortunately, it's too late now. I'm sure the car(s) involved are on the scrap heap and any evidence that might have been in the home(s) of her friend(s), e.g. bloody articles of clothing, are long gone.

Back when this happened, most people assumed that Jodi was the victim of a stalker, a delusional person who became obsessed with her after watching her on television. It's my contention that, if Jodi had worked a less public job, the various investigative agencies would have automatically looked at her circle of acquaintances and this case might have been closed a long time ago. Imho, her visibility in the community clouded the collective judgment of law enforcement.

Her murderer got very, very lucky.

I hope you post again with more thoughts. Your comments were thoughtful, discrete and interesting.

That is what I'd like to know, too. But apparently LE does not want to reveal such info because it could "compromise the investigation." Total BS, in my opinion. If LE didn't do this, or examine the last person to see her alive - a person who wanted more out of his relationship with Jodi than Jodi wanted - then that is why, in my opinion, this case is so cold.

I agree. But their radar should have been focused on the last person to see her alive. Just don't know if that happened, or if not, why it didn't. We don't have access to the records or "the facts" of the case. Some pressure needs to be applied to LE regarding the release of the records.

I just finished "Dead Air" today. The book was informative, but left me wanting answers that it seems are not being answered by investigators, police, ect. I'd been aware as most of us Iowans have been about Jodi's mysterious disappearance. Reading "Dead Air" gave me facts and theories I'd never been aware of as I'm not a big news junkie and honestly have not followed this story other than bits and pieces now and then. It's a very sad state that someone got away with this awful deed. I do not think this was a random act, someone sought Jodi out and I pray it will be solved. The biggest red flag that keeps coming back to me is the murder in April before Jodi's disappearance, I feel they were connected. But how?

I agree with the last post. I think that Jodi's local celebrity status clouded the judgment of the law enforcement who first responded to her disappearance. In any other case, they would have looked at those closest to her and looked for a motive. Because they were diverted/distracted, possible evidence was lost, including DNA from the vehicle that transported Jodi away from the Key Apartments. Now we're left to wait for the person who did it to brag about it or to use knowledge of the whereabouts of her body as a bargaining chip if that person gets into other criminal trouble. I think people close to the perpetrator know who did it and, because of familial and other loyalties, they're not coming forward. They need to do the right thing and bring this to an end.