A Television Missing Person Mystery: Jodi Huisentruit
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A local television celebrity and news reporter in Mason City, Iowa, Jodi Huisentruit, goes missing one early morning in 1995. Several suspects emerge over the course of several months. But the case goes cold for nearly 30 years–that is, before a search warrant is executed on an old friend of Jodi's, and things begin to look a little different than they had at first seemed.  If you have any information in this case, please visit www.findjodi.com and reach out to reporter Josh Benson, one of the administrators of the website.  Or call Mason City, Iowa, Police at 641.421.3636 And a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all of my Crossing the Line ... listeners! I am extremely grateful for all of your support. Thank you for listening.  Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more.  And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 hit podcast PAPER GHOSTS wherever you get your favorite shows. M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics. Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.  
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