I brought up the location on Google Maps.

[url]https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=key+apartments+mason+city+iowa&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.160552,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=key+apartments&hnear=Mason+City,+Cerro+Gordo,+Iowa&ll=43.156569,-93.181894&spn=0.003725,0.006899&t=h&z=17[/url]

does anyone know what type of vehicle Vansice drove back then?

Navyboi;

Maybe if the police questioned a particular witness the question about cornseed guys vehicles become relevant.

Im very confused. I dont get why she handt reported these weird incidents until after jodie disappeared. She waited. I just do not understand why she had. A normal person would of reported it after it kept happenin more than once or twice. I would of atleast. I just do not understand why she didnt say anythin to the police about all those wierd things that kept happening. Like after seein that van there, and then the black kid and the white male standin there at an odd time in the mornin, and the kid following her. Maybe they thought she was jodie? but i doubt that. Personally i just do not get why she did not report those incidents.

Maybe I can shed some light on the subject of why the Jogger didn’t report those incidents earlier.

I lived in Mason City in the 1980s and the place was riddled with drug dealers. There was a guy who rode around town on a bicycle wearing a yellow rain slicker. People told me he was major dealer. A man who lived across from me had people coming to his door at all hours of the day and night. They stayed for a few moments, then left quickly. Someone I knew with ties to law enforcement called this man “The Mafia.” A known drug dealer lived right next door to the then chief of police. And there were rumors that several citizens of Mason City were actively involved in a sophisticated drug cartel along the I-35 corridor that took advantage of the fact that Mason City is almost exactly halfway between Minneapolis and Des Moines.

What I’m trying to say is that, if you lived in Mason City, you knew that there was a very active, very extensive web of drug dealers, both big and small. It’s not hard to imagine that the Jogger assumed the shadowy dealings she witnessed were part of this well-known subculture. The fact that she would jog alone in the dark at a predictable time every morning makes me think that she had a high tolerance for risk and that her alarm bells would be slower to activate than in those of us who have a lower threshold for danger.

Thanks for posting Tomahawk...makes alot of sense!!

You think she is a plant deliberately contrived that story to throw people off?

I believe everything the jogger said. I think she is well intentioned. But I also think that most of what she witnessed was part of the drug culture in Mason City at that time. Drug dealers did their business very openly. And I think it's not beyond belief that she would continue running even after crossing paths with some very scary characters. Like a lot of things, running can be an addiction. Remember the Central Park Jogger? Some people are way more risk tolerant than others. I just hope she's being more cautious now.