What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host, T. And I'm your host, Daphne.

And you're listening to Going West. Hello everybody.

Thank you for tuning in today. Man, over the years, so many of you have recommended this case,

including Sarah, Eloy, Molly, Alexis, Daniel, Jean, Javier, Courtney, Megan, Olivia, Kyle, and Jill.

Wow, that was a lot of recommendations from you guys.

I mean, we've wanted to cover this case forever, and it just finally felt like the right time,

especially with what has recently come out in the news.

Something was released, like a sealed document was released just a few weeks ago.

But this is one of those cases that is so mysterious that it is really stuck in my mind

since I heard it for the first time on another true crime podcast like seven years ago.

So it's just one of those really disturbing, perplexing stories.

Yeah, there's a little bit of like stalker elements going on in this episode.

Yeah, it's actually quite a creepy tale.

Well, without further ado, this is episode 5002 of going west, so let's get into it.

So let's get into it. In June of 1995, a 27-year-old morning news anchor vanished outside her Iowa apartment complex as she rushed to go to work in the dark, early morning hours.

When police came upon the scene, they found her high-heeled shoe and various other

items like a hairdriers strewn next to her car door, proving that she had likely been abducted.

As evidence of a stalker came into light telling friends of disturbing anonymous phone calls,

investigators worked hard to find a suspect.

This is the disappearance of Jody Huzentrute.

Jody Sue Huzentrout was born on June 5th, 1968 in Long Prairie, Minnesota to Mother Imogene, who went by Jane, and Maurice Huzentrute.

18 years after getting married, Jane and Maurice welcomed baby Jody into the family, but

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