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Covering Up The Disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit - June 5 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

June 5th: Jodi Huisentruit Born (1968) It’s hard not to cry coverup when a seemingly straightforward case remains unsolved for decades. On June 5th 1968 a young woman was born who would suddenly disappear without any warning. A case that, despite a few key pieces of evidence, remains unsolved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Huisentruit, https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/02/19/a-new-reward-offered-in-hopes-of-movement-in-jodi-huisentruit-case/69920917007/, https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/missing-tv-anchor-jodi-huisentruit-never-made-it-to-work/, https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Jodi_Huisentruit, https://www.foxla.com/news/where-is-jodi-huisentruit-search-for-news-anchor-continues-27-years-later, https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/jodi-huisentruit/, https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/last-person-to-talk-to-jodi-huisentruit-gives-rare-interview/89-cf5a9cea-4492-4d7b-ba74-464390e6f344, https://uncovered.com/cases/jodi-huisentruit, https://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/25000-offered-for-help-in-solving-disappearance-of-jodi-huisentruit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:13.0

It's hard not to cry cover-up when a seemingly straightforward case remains unsolved for decades.

0:24.6

On June 5, 1968, a young woman was born,

0:32.4

who would suddenly disappear without any warning. A case that, despite a few key pieces of evidence,

0:39.2

remains unsolved. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. Jody Sue Hoysen-Truitt was born on June 5th, 1968, and raised in Long Prairie,

0:47.2

Minnesota. The youngest daughter, once in high school, Jody found a passion for golf, and considered

0:53.6

a promising talent

0:54.7

was on the team that won the state class A tournament in both 1985 and 1986.

1:02.3

After graduation, Jody attended the St. Cloud University, where she studied mass communications

1:07.7

and speech communication.

1:10.3

Obtaining her bachelor's degree in 1990, Jody began work with Northwest Airlines,

1:15.1

and then later began her broadcasting career with K-G-A-N in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the station's

1:23.0

Iowa City Bureau Chief, and then, returning back to Minnesota, began work for KSAX in Alexandria.

1:31.6

Later, returning to Iowa for her position at K-I-M-T in Mason City, this is where Jody was working

1:38.0

when, on June 27, 1995, she disappeared without any warning.

1:47.3

The day before her disappearance, Jody participated in a golf tournament. Then, according to a man named John Van Sice, went to his home to view a homemade

1:53.0

video of a birthday celebration he had arranged for her earlier in the month. Then, at around

1:58.6

4 a.m. on June 27th, K-I-M-T producer Amy Cuns noticed that Jody

2:05.4

failed to show up to work and called her apartment to check on her. Jody answered the phone and

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