Jodi Huisentruit

Jodi Sue Huisentruit was born on June 5, 1968 to Imogene L. Jane and Maurice Nicholas Huisentruit. She was raised along with her siblings, Joann Nathe and Jill Lettauin Long Prairie, Minnesota.

During her schooling in Minnesota, Jodi waspart of the State Champion Golf team. She then graduated from St. Cloud State University with a major in Mass Communication and Journalism.

She first worked for the Northwest Airlines, after which she moved to Iowa where she worked as the Bureau Chief at KGAN, a local news channel. She then went on to workfor the KSAX news station in Minnesota. After a few years, she decided to return to Iowa and worked as a producer from 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. She also worked as an anchor, hosting the morning and noon shows.

On June 27, 1995, Jodi was getting ready for work, when she received a call from Amy Kuns, her colleague and co-producer. Sinceshe was running late for her 6 a.m. broadcast,Amy had called to check on her. Jodi had replied by saying that she had overslept and will soon be reporting to work. That was the last time she was heard by someone. Jodi left her apartment around 4 a.m. and was never seen again.

When Jodi failed to show up at the station by 6 a.m., her colleague called and requested the Iowa police officers to check on her. As the police team reached her apartment, they found Jodi’s red Mazda Miata car parked in the basement.

Some of Jodi’s belongings like her shoe heels, hair spray, blow dryer and earrings were scattered near the car and thatproved that someone had forcefully abducted her. An unidentified palm print was also spotted on the car. According to Amy’s statement, she did not sense anything unusual when she had called her as Jodi seemed like she was getting ready for another day at work.

A few neighbors stated that they heard a loud scream around the time Jodi left herapartment. Some even witnessed a white Ford van with its headlight on in the vicinity, but it is unknown if the van is related to her disappearance.

Going by her bent car key,which was found on the ground next to her car, police said the young woman could’ve been abducted while she was unlocking her car.

Beth Bednar, ananchor and former colleague of Jodi, wrote a book on Jodi's disappearance and titled it as ‘Dead Air: The Disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit’. The book was released at the end of April 2011.

Beth was very affectionate towards Jodi and shared a cordial and professional relationship with her. She believes that the case still haunts her family and the entire television fraternity.