Jodi Huisentruit

About Jodi Huisentruit

Jodi Sue Huisentruit (born June 5, 1968) was a television news anchor for KIMT, based in Mason City, Iowa in the United States. She disappeared in the early morning hours of June 27, 1995 while on her way to work and is believed to have been abducted. She was 27 years old at the time.

Huisentruit grew up in Long Prairie, Minnesota. In high school, she was considered to be very good at golf. Her team won the state Class A tournament in 1985 and 1986. After high school, she went on to St. Cloud State University, where she studied TV Broadcasting and Speech Communication and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1990. Her first job after graduation was with Northwest Airlines. She entered broadcasting by getting a job at KGAN in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, then returned to Minnesota for a job at KSAX in Alexandria before returning to Iowa for her KIMT position.

On the day before she disappeared, Huisentruit participated in a golf tournament and then visited the home of Mason City resident John Vansice. According to Vansice, she came to his home to view a video tape of the birthday party that he had arranged for her earlier in the month. Despite being 20 years older than Huisentruit, Vansice had befriended the news anchor, frequently took her waterskiing, and had named his boat “Jodi.”