The disappearance of anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit is spotlighted in “Unsolved Magazine”, a new citizen detective crime publication launched last weekend at CrimeCon 2019 in New Orleans.
The magazine was created by two former law enforcement professionals, Jim Nanos and Nicole Cusanelli. They also publish PI Magazine, a national trade publication for private investigators that ran story on Jodi in 2017.
We are grateful for Jim and Nicole’s permission to share a link to the updated Jodi story on our website, and for the exposure the article provided for Jodi’s case at CrimeCon 2019. You can read the excerpt here.
CrimeCon drew 3,600 true crime fans to its third annual event, along with some of the leading homicide and missing persons investigators in the country. They shared stories about how their cases were solved and the obstacles they overcame.
Key speakers included Dr. Henry Lee, legendary forensic scientist; Paul Holes, lead detective on the Golden State Killer case; Chris Darden, prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder trial; and Nancy Grace from the Oxygen network. (Oxygen was the presenting sponsor of CrimeCon.)
Grace, who has done shows on Jodi’s case, told the crowd she wants to do another one. She included work from FindJodi’s Josh Benson and Gary Peterson in her 2013 special.
One of the most intriguing and promising exhibits this year was a forensic wet vacuum designed to soak up more DNA evidence at a crime scene. It’s already making a difference in cold murder cases.
FindJodi.com’s Caroline Lowe with Nicole Cusanelli, Co-Publisher of Unsolved Magazine, at CrimeCon 2019.
Correspondents from “48 Hours”, “Cold Justice” and “Dateline” drew big crowds as they talked about some of their biggest stories, often sharing the stage with victims’ relatives. Some of the best known crime podcasters also presented at the conference and participated in a “podcasters row.”
Representing our FindJodi.com team at CrimeCon, I spent the weekend reaching out to criminal investigators and others to help keep Jodi’s unsolved case visible. It was encouraging to meet so many people who were interested in the case.
CrimeCon performs an important service by keeping cases like Jodi’s in the public eye. It was striking to see how many other cases are still unsolved, with so many families searching for answers and justice.
CrimeCon 2020 will be held next May in Orlando, just one month before the 25th anniversary of Jodi’s abduction from her Mason City, Iowa, apartment parking lot.
Learn more about CrimeCon here. And learn more from Unsolved Magazine here.
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Jodi Sue Huisentruit 27 was murdered by
Keith Dwayne Nelson
Federal Inmate 07440-031
USP Terre Haute
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 33
Terre Haute, Indiana 47808
Skeletonized remains of Female 27 years old Jane Doe # 1
Dr. David L. Frederickson MD ME 18159 (Retired)
Stearns County Medical Examiner Office
P.O. Box 217
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56302
Phone: 320-259-3730
Fax: 320-259-3963
Stearns County Minnesota
Saint Cloud Hospital Morgue
1985 Ford Econoline van recovered and impounded in 1999.
KCMO Vehicle Impound Facility
1125 Locust Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
816-513-0670
Kansas City Missouri Police Department
Homicide Division – Seventh Floor
Captain Keith Kirchloff
Commander of Homicide Division
1125 Locust Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Homicide Division 816-234-5209
Administrative 816-234-5111
Clothing of Jodi Sue Huisentruit and her gold ring with diamonds were recovered along with her latent fingerprints.
James L. McIntyre
Criminal Profiler
McIntyre Consulting
Keith Dwayne Nelson
Federal Inmate 07440-031
USP Terre Haute
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 33
Terre Haute, Indiana 47808
Use this address for in person visits.
USP Terre Haute
U.S. Penitentiary
4700 Bureau Road South
Terre Haute, Indiana 47802
Phone: 812-244-4400
Fax: 812-244-4791
THA/EXECASSISTANT@BOP.GOV
Jodi Sue Huisentruit of Mason City, Iowa Murder Victim # 2
Julie Ann Holmquist of Hallock, Minnesota Murder Victim # 3
Keith Dwayne Nelson is a multiple serial killer and was diagnosed as schizophrenic.
Nelson is a souvenir killer.
Victims of Nelson are
Jennifer Renee Odom of Blanton, Florida
Jodi Sue Huisentruit of Mason City, Iowa
Julie Ann Holmquist of Hallock, Minnesota
Jane Doe Waitress seven miles from Kansas City, Kansas Bloody latent fingerprints on Pizza box are Nelson’s prints. Butcher knife recovered from Nancy Nelson’s kitchen evidence of murder.
Michanne Mattson Kansas City, Kansas
Pamela Irene Butler of Kansas City, Kansas (sixth and final victim)
Chocolate brown dress slacks, matching vest and white blouse with ruffle along front buttons and ruffled cuffs. Clothing removed from Jodi Huisentruit because of Blood DNA. Gold ring with diamonds recovered from Pawn shop. Pawned for gas money.
Who was Keith Dwayne nelson
Keith Dwayne Nelson
Federal Inmate
07440-031
Victims of Nelson
Jennifer Renee Odom of Blanton, Florida
Jodi Sue Huisentruit of Mason City, Iowa
Jane Doe Kansas City, Kansas Bloody latent fingerprints on Pizza box are Nelson’s prints.
Michanne Mattson of Kansas City, Kansas Sole survivor.
Pamela Irene Butler of Kansas City, Kansas
1985 Ford Econoline van was recovered and Impounded on October 14, 1999.
Thomas R. Crawford FBI Special Agent Kansas City, Missouri FBI Field Office.
KCMO Vehicle Impound Facility
7750 East Front Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64120
816-513-0670
Kansas City Missouri Police Department
Homicide Division – Seventh Floor
Homicide 816-234-5209
Captain Keith Kirchloff
Commander of Homicide Division
1125 Locust Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
816-234-5111
Administrative
816-234-5000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. KEITH D. NELSON
Case Number: 99 – 138H – 01
FBI Special Agent Thomas R. Crawford
Federal Bureau of Investigation Kansas City Missouri FBI Field Office
FBI Special Agent John Brunell
FBI Special Agent Dirk Tarpley
Kansas City Kansas Police Department
Detective William Johnson
Detective Mike Vega
Sarah W. Hays
United States Magistrate Judge
Statement from Lt. Frank Stearns, Mason City Police Department
The Iowa Cold Cases website (and other sites featuring Ms. Huisentruit’s case) has received multiple e-mails and correspondence from James L. McIntyre, who continues to insist that Ms. Huisentruit’s body was recovered during the week of September 29 – October 1, 1997, and that her remains are in the care of Dr. David L. Frederickson MD ME in the Stearns County Medical Examiner’s office in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Mr. McIntyre also has alleged that Ms. Huisentruit was murdered by Keith Dwayne Nelson.
Lieutenant Frank Stearns, the Criminal Investigations Division Commander for the Mason City Police Department has released an official statement to Iowa Cold Cases that should put Mr. McIntyre’s false allegations to rest once and for all.
Lt. Stearns’ statement on February 7, 2013, reads as follows:
The Mason City Police Department has checked into Mr. McIntyer’s allegations on several occasions, and we have found that none of what he is alleging is true. I have asked him to stop making these allegations but he continues to do so.
Any further allegations Mr. McIntyre posts on this website will be promptly deleted.