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Original welfare check dispatch report

By @wflajosh · On June 23, 2013

We’ve been spending a lot of time looking through our archives lately and I came across the initial ‘call for service’ report from the Mason City Police Department. I requested this document from the department on December 20, 2010 to review who was called out to the parking lot where Jodi was abducted. This document is public record. I have made it available for download so you can see which officers arrived to the scene that morning.

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This call was for a welfare check as officers, nor Jodi’s co-workers were yet aware of the gravity of the situation. Based on the report, an employee at KIMT-TV (who was not named in the report) called police to report Jodi missing. The first dispatch was at 7:13 a.m. and Officer Jerry Miller arrived to the scene at 7:16 a.m. before leaving at 10:59 a.m.

Jodi never arrived for work that morning. Producer Amy Kuns called Jodi at about 4:00 a.m. after realizing she was late to work. Jodi answered the phone and told Amy she had overslept.

Once Amy realized Jodi had still not arrived at 6:00 a.m., she went on the air in Jodi’s place and anchored the morning show ‘Daybreak’ until 7:00 a.m. That’s when police were called.

When police arrived to the scene, they found evidence of a struggle. Drag marks were left in the pavement. A bent key was stuck in the door of Jodi’s new, red Mazda Miata.

Related: Read Amy Kuns interview with FindJodi.com from 2011

 

The investigation into the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit had begun. And to this day, no suspects have been named in the case.

Here are several excerpts from Jack Schlieper, the Mason City Police Chief at the time of Jodi’s disappearance. This news conference was held the morning of June 27, 1995 in Mason City, Iowa.

 

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  • Tomahawk

    This dispatch report provides evidence of the time of the call, so the report that someone allegedly said Jodi was “gone” just before 7 pm that day is extremely suspicious. Also, I don’t know what to make of the list of backup officers. Only one officer is documented as having arrived on the scene, that being the Susan Linkenmeyer at 8:22, more than an hour after the first officer responded. Is this just a record keeping thing or did it take the MCPD a really long time to respond in force and, if so, why?

  • SILVERBIRDIE

    THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WENT THROUGH MY BODY WHEN I ORIGINALLY SAW THIS VIDEO OF THIS MAN SOME TIME AGO …..IT WAS NOT A GOOD FEELING

  • Alan

    Where it shows back-up officers, it says time of dispatch and time of arrival, it shows several back-up officers were dispatched, but only one is logged as arriving.

    Dispatched at 7:20, 7:21, 7:33, and 7:49, 4 officers, none of which are logged as arriving, then about an hour plus later dispatched at 8:15 was an officer who arrived at 8:22, followed by two officers dispatched both at 8:45, neither of which were logged as arriving… so according to this, 7 officers were dispatched for back-up, and only one actually came?

    What has also bothered me from day one, is that the first dispatch was at 7:13 and an officer was there at 7:16… back then we did not have GPS yet, and nobody knows how far the officer was, but apparently it only took him 3 minutes to get there, wow, I don’t know about anyone else, but I have called the police before and waited an hour or more before they showed up. That is record time, I recommend to everyone to go to http://www.municipaldocs.com/mcpd/incidentsummarymediareport.html
    find any police call for a burglary alarm, and note the time of officer arrival, then call the police department to get specific info on that call like the time that the alarm company called the police department, the time an officer was dispatched, and the time an officer arrives… 3 minutes is record time!!!
    And then compare the burglary alarm call to a welfare check call… I could order a pizza and have it here before an officer arrived for a welfare check.

  • Alan

    I also noticed right next to the officer names there is a Z-… for example Z-Halverson, Michael.
    However, there is only one officer that does not have a Z- next to it, Officer Frank Stearns..
    Can anyone find out what the Z- is for? Could it be that Officer Stearns’ name was added AFTER the report had been made, thus fabricating the report? Maybe I’m looking too deep here.
    thoughts anyone?

  • Alan

    This is on Facebook, Cerro Gordo County Confessions;

    Confession #342. I know who did it. I know who was there. I know where she’s at. I’m scared that they will find out I told. There were 4 men. 2 are dead now. she is at a from near manly. They raped her and choked her out with a belt.

    • Tasha Igou

      Why would you not call the cops? This family deserves answers and closure. And if this is true these monsters need to be held accountable.

  • Alan: Thanks for the heads up on this. I’ve read the posting and posted a comment on the Facebook page. Most likely it’s someone making up another story, but we’re following it up just to be sure. Appreciate the heads up.

  • just an observation

    I am wondering why Amy Kuns was not more of a suspect. As I sat and watched 2020 on the OWN channel tonight, I noticed her behavior/demeanor and comments were like no other on the show. She even made the comment “I wanted her job but not that way”. Just seems odd. She seems to be either just a jealous coworker or a jealous guilty coworker. I think just maybe someone should give her a second look.
    Just my observation.