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2008-06-24 16:21:17 UTC
Mason City, IA- It's the latest twist in the unsolved disappearance of KIMT
anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit.
A copy of her personal journal is anonymously sent to a reporter at a local
newspaper.
Jodi was on her way to work in the early morning hours of June 27, 1995.
Since then, thousands of potential leads have been followed. There are
still no answers of where Jodi is nearly 13-years later.
The journal contains more than 80 pages. Jodi spells out her personal
goals. They include moving to a bigger TV market and trying to drop her
Minnesota accent. The entries reveal a young journalist striving to become
better person, both in her career, and in life.
She was energetic, fun loving, and career oriented, the words from the pages
of her journal reveal some of her most intimate thoughts.
"Live with passion daily. Be passionate in everyday life. Live the way I
want to live-be generous, kind," she wrote in January of 1994.
Globe Gazette Editor Joe Butweiler couldn't believe the documents were in
his hands. He says it appears to have been part of a new life improvement
program for Jodi.
"She would write down on many different days, things that she wanted, she
wanted to get to a larger market, she wanted to earn so many thousand
dollars a year," he said.
He called Iowa's Division of Criminal Investigation and Mason City Police to
find out if the journal was genuine. They told him what he has is real.
"It's not a separate copy it's the same copy that was made when our copy was
made, DCI's copy was made and FBIs, it's the same," said Mason City Police
Chief Mike Lashbrook.
After learning it was real the second question is where did the journal come
from? Chief Lashbrook says it isn't from his department or any other
investigating agency. He says they can tell by the markings.
"In preparing it for their files they put markings on them, or just through
punch holes or staple marks, or whatever, those things become unique to that
document," he explains.
And why now, after 13 years would someone send the diary anonymously to a
newspaper?
"Sure I've gotten anonymous tips about things, but never the journal of
someone who had gone missing like this," Buttweiler said.
Chief Lashbrook says they are working with DCI to figure out who sent the
journal. If it's someone in law enforcement they could be prosecuted. The
journal could be very helpful if they do find a suspect in Jodi's case.
Mason City Police say although Jodi's disappearance is considered a cold
case, they still get tips on a regular basis. Last November Cindy Sweeney
was sentenced to jail time for lying to police about the case.
http://www.kimt.com/news/local/20727979.html
anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit.
A copy of her personal journal is anonymously sent to a reporter at a local
newspaper.
Jodi was on her way to work in the early morning hours of June 27, 1995.
Since then, thousands of potential leads have been followed. There are
still no answers of where Jodi is nearly 13-years later.
The journal contains more than 80 pages. Jodi spells out her personal
goals. They include moving to a bigger TV market and trying to drop her
Minnesota accent. The entries reveal a young journalist striving to become
better person, both in her career, and in life.
She was energetic, fun loving, and career oriented, the words from the pages
of her journal reveal some of her most intimate thoughts.
"Live with passion daily. Be passionate in everyday life. Live the way I
want to live-be generous, kind," she wrote in January of 1994.
Globe Gazette Editor Joe Butweiler couldn't believe the documents were in
his hands. He says it appears to have been part of a new life improvement
program for Jodi.
"She would write down on many different days, things that she wanted, she
wanted to get to a larger market, she wanted to earn so many thousand
dollars a year," he said.
He called Iowa's Division of Criminal Investigation and Mason City Police to
find out if the journal was genuine. They told him what he has is real.
"It's not a separate copy it's the same copy that was made when our copy was
made, DCI's copy was made and FBIs, it's the same," said Mason City Police
Chief Mike Lashbrook.
After learning it was real the second question is where did the journal come
from? Chief Lashbrook says it isn't from his department or any other
investigating agency. He says they can tell by the markings.
"In preparing it for their files they put markings on them, or just through
punch holes or staple marks, or whatever, those things become unique to that
document," he explains.
And why now, after 13 years would someone send the diary anonymously to a
newspaper?
"Sure I've gotten anonymous tips about things, but never the journal of
someone who had gone missing like this," Buttweiler said.
Chief Lashbrook says they are working with DCI to figure out who sent the
journal. If it's someone in law enforcement they could be prosecuted. The
journal could be very helpful if they do find a suspect in Jodi's case.
Mason City Police say although Jodi's disappearance is considered a cold
case, they still get tips on a regular basis. Last November Cindy Sweeney
was sentenced to jail time for lying to police about the case.
http://www.kimt.com/news/local/20727979.html