sixtiesrock said
Okay.. here's my take. Small market TV is very competitive; everyone wants an anchor job. If Jodi made a habit of being late to work, I find it hard to believe that would be a well-kept secret. Are we talking once, twice, perhaps three times? The fact is that I doubt Jodi would have kept her job had she been so careless about her promptness to work on the morning newscast. Doug Merbach would likely have known about such a problem, had it been habitual.

I will never understand why someone at KIMT didn't call police that morning, especially since we have video of people admitting that Jodi expressed fear and worry about being followed and stalked. I just will never understand this.

Further,I have always felt sick that people heard Jodi scream in that parking lot and did nothing! How awful! I am sure that many Keys Apartment residents went to work early in the a.m., perhaps some before 6 a.m. or 7 a.m. Did folks just step over her stuff strewn across the parking lot? How could this have been ignored until the police arrived after seven o'clock? How could no one, not one single person, consider this disturbing enough to investigate.

I agree, Gary, with you that the "dark horse" theory is worth exploring. I have always believed Jodi's abductor(s) are right in front of our eyes, just my gut feeling.

People didn’t report the items in the parking lot because those items weren’t there. The crime was later than the accepted 4:30am

It really is puzzling why people didn't notice Jodi's things strewn around the parking lot.  

One possible explanation is that very few people went to work quite that early.  Mason City wasn't (and isn't) a 24/7 town and it's possible that the residents of the complex at that time didn't go to work en masse until  closer to 8 a.m. or, if they were working retail, even later. 

I think the police were finally called around 7:15 (according to one of the archived news reports on this website) and you would assume they responded very quickly, since the police station is only a few blocks from the apartment. Mason City is a 15 minute town, meaning that you can get almost anywhere in town in just 15 minutes.  So, it's possible that many residents with jobs that required them to be at work "early" just hadn't left home yet.

An aside ... That 7:15 call by KIMT to the police really stuck with me, because one POI allegedly told someone shortly before 7 a.m. that Jodi was gone, even before the police had been called.  

I have heard this for years that he said Jodi was gone before the police knew it, but...... Whoever he told it to..... did they ask him what he meant?  Did they ask him where she went?  Who did he say this to??????  Would love to see the servalence take at the place and get more information, but they probably didnt have it back then.  Love to hear the rest of the story on this.

Tomahawk,

Yes, I understand that.  What I meant to say before was I would love to see the Servalence Tape at the place he said it.  I wonder what his response was when they asked him 'where did she go?' or 'what do you mean?'.

Also, it was mentioned that he and someone else went to the crime scene and asked what was going on.  I think they were in a pick up truck.  Last time I talked to police he was still on the suspect list awaiting evidence.

Still say........dig up the basement where the new cement was poured.  Drilling holes in the concrete and sniffing dogs is not 100% correct.                           

I had a dream  years ago about her being in the trunk of a big dark colored car in a canvas bag.  The man who opened the truck unzipped it and looked in at her.  Then she was carried down basement stairs and buried to the right of the steps and covered with concrete.      There were 2 men....... one tall and the other an older man who reminded me of a ganster of sorts.  Might have owned a strip joint.  One guess who the tall man was.    The older shorter man was there waiting for the Taller man to come with the canvas bag.  There was a basement exit to the back of the basement.

Imagine in your own mind the most likely person to have done this to Jodi and list the reasons why you believe that. Now, throw out that name and tell yourself that it isn't that person. Who do you have left?

It might not be the most obvious person. You all have "most obvious" but they will probably be all different. Look past the obvious and examine the "dark horse."

There is a dark horse here but you need your imagination to to find the link. It is there.

or throw the clock out the window! Look at it from the point of view that Jodi wasn't late that morning. She left her apartment at her normal time. Consider this scenario and see where it leads you.

Lots of chicken and pig barns going up during that time period. Jack Decoster's empire was big in the news.....bringing lots of Hispanic workers..Rumors around that time were that she is contained in slab.