I know it doesn’t happen often, but I love hearing about retired detectives working cases. They typically get results too, as they have plenty of time, and no boss breathing down their necks over the case.
Same here! I'm 62 and live in Minnesota. I remember her disappearance being broadcast all over the news for a long time. Then once a year they would do a piece about her missing. Now, her story has mostly just faded. But I always think of her and really hope they find out what happened to her.
Well Everytime you get involved ppl say mind your business and now your part of the situation, an usually now the enemy. If you call cops it takes 30 mins r so then your outside trying to explain something you know nothing of and cops look at you as a suspect etc. It's a loose loose most the time. When's the right time? And usually you hear something and stop an listen and nothing happens afterwards so all you can do is say you heard something. So many times it goes bad for the person trying to help.
Strangely, 4 years after this case, in April, 1995, we had something similar happen in UK, when nationally-known TV presenter, Jill Dando, was shot dead on the doorstep of her home by an unknown person, case remaining unsolved to this day.
I remember when a realtor went missing…Suzy Lamplugh. I was visiting England at the time. Whenever my Aunt Mary visited us in the US, I asked if they had found her.
What’s odd is the timing if Vanise did this. She trusted him amd was around him all the time. Why risk taking her in the parking lot? He could have done whatever he wanted while she was with him at his house or boat.
To make it look random. Why would he harm her while they were known to be together? Beside don't forget the toilet seat. He may have slept over her house. His clothes were there. His prints were presumably there.
@@knowsmebyname To abduct someone 4 am in the morning, that wouldn't look random. Maybe in a big city like Los Angeles, but not in a sleepy little town with barely a witness nearby.
@@knowsmebyname maybe she rejected him that last night... and he knew no more get togethers- I thought it was Jackson, but no street criminal would leave that nice car.
Before camera's we're everywhere being on TV was so dangerous especially when you were a woman traveling alone early or late. Ppl got obsessed and nobody would know unless your caught in the act basically
Just an FYI for those that are following this case there was an update six days ago the police responded to a tip that took them to some small town in Minnesota. However, the police are not stating what the trip was about. Or what it has to do with the investigation.
What if she wasn’t just running late because she overslept, but because someone inside her apartment was keeping her from leaving? The toilet seat was up, evidencing a man may have been there. The abductor allowed her to take the early morning call to avoid suspicion as to why she wasn’t at work. Maybe after the call she broke free and tried to drive away and was grabbed before she could get in her vehicle.
@@geslinam9703 She kept those items in a bag, which is also missing. A lot of women also keep their car keys in their bags. Not unreasonable to think the guy went to take a leak and she grabbed her work bag with the keys and made a break for it. Perpetrator already had his car in the lot. There would have been no waiting around during the hour plus she was late leaving .
@@rockjagg1 could be. Or, could have been she was fooling around with someone, he spent the night, left while she was getting ready to go, and someone else got her in the parking lot.
Her producer called her because she was not at the studio when she was supposed to be period you don't think Jodie would whisper or somehow indicate something was amiss?
For what it's worth, two retired FBI profilers talked about Jodi Huisentruit on a recent podcast. Both agreed this case had the hallmarks of a blitz style abduction by a stranger who had attacked women before.
Agreed I believe Vansise is a strong suspect, he was clearly infatuated with her but she did not return his feelings. Sadly we are unlikely to ever know for sure, he has advanced dementia now.
Exactly. If you hear someone screaming, it means someone is in danger, don’t go back to sleep! Wonder how many people would still be around if people did the right thing?
Probably not- I heard the police weren’t going out of their way to help. IMO, I think they know more than they’re saying. She (from my understanding) was looking at some kind of corruption somewhere with some part of the police department personnel …
The fact that one suspect named his boat after Jodi plus was giving her his shirts and other clothing if she liked it, which I find to be very odd on his part. Something about him doesn’t sit right with me.
Yeah, but just because an old man had a crush on her doesn't mean he killed her. It is suspicious, but considering how much they looked into him I'm pretty confident it wasn't him. They would have found something if he did it you'd think. Also that palm print they found didn't match him, so there was a different man there that day.
I work in the central MN town where Jodi grew up. I also went to the same college she did. Before Iowa she was on our local Alexandria station. I was sitting in the coffee shop on campus one day and she was sitting at the next table interviewing someone. She was so pretty and professional ❤😢
I've followed this case for several years, always hoping they would solve it. I've always wondered if they interviewed Vansice's ex-wife? My other thought, aside from a random obsessed stalker or Vansice was someone at the news station. Did they interview all of them? I really hope this gets solved someday--the unsolved cases of disappearances are so unsettling for me as a mom, I can't even let myself imagine. Thank you for the video, I love & appreciate your channel.
Went I dated and then was engaged to a reporter/anchor, you couldn’t go anywhere without being approached by ppl who saw him on TV. They think you’re their friend. It’s fine to recognize him and say hello, we love watching you, but often women would hit on him in front of me. He was handsome and charismatic. Friendly… but there were times he had to be careful because he’d get threats called in to the station if he did a story someone didn’t like. He’d often say to me that if we were out and someone was coming at him, get away, call 911. So I can’t imagine how pretty women have it much worse…
I was engaged to a guy who owns two well-known restaurants in my town and it was similar everytime we went anywhere hugs and pictures. with strangers. Being a large-set man, he didn't mention any concerns for his personal safety but he does have cameras everywhere inside and around his house and of course all around his restaurants. It was tiring to have our dates and outings interrupted, and blatant overtures from female admirers. He even got personal hand-written notes which bordered on "too much" for me to handle as his romantic partner. I agree with you; as a woman before cellphones and cameras everywhere, it's too bad that she didn't live somewhere with better security, since she was moderately high-profile and a local celebrity. Jodi was probably too busy to really think about those little hints of impending danger, such as those "strange phone calls".
@@Jackietreehorn-z5e Yes, and it's Not usually because they "love" or even admire this woman/person. It's because they actually hate and/or resent women.
I do believe the perpetrator was someone who had seen her on the news, and became obsessed with her. Like one of those extreme parasocial relationships. Someone who knew her schedule, which is quite clear anyway due to her doing the morning news, and planned the kidnapping. Unfortunately I’m 99% sure she’s dead.
She had several stalkers this was not mentioned in this video but is a well-known fact, but imo this was a robery gone wrong. She was probably dead before she left the parking lot. Leading up to her disappearance, several cars had been broken into, not only in that lot but also surrounding lots. Imo She was in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Ive studied this case probably more than any other case. I think she was abducted by someone she had previously dated and who was interested in her but she didn't feel the same..perhaps a cop.
1. I think it was a stalker obsessed with her. 2. The suspect had to know she lived there, so I think it was someone who lived in the Apartment complex or knew someone who did. 3. It's pretty clear from the evidence she was snatched from the packing lot as she inserted her keys into her own car. The suspect must have had an old style van with a barrier up front and doors in back must have been rigged. It's possible the suspect lives on a farm and has her buried on his own property, hidden from prying eyes.
Christopher Revak a serial caught in Ava, Missouri was thought to be a suspect because he lived in the area when she disappeared. He ended his life when he was arrested but they should still have his DNA if their is anything to compare it to.
have four grandsons and I tell him often as I can to never get married. And mostly it's because females come up with nonsense comments like this. We have no idea what this young lady did to get herself into trouble, Do ypu😮
@@ammantophori You're suggesting she somehow got herself murdered - that she did something to deserve it? Are you for real? She did nothing to deserve losing her life. Hope your grandsons are wiser than you.
@@LazyDaisyDay88 there has never been and never will be a woman that knows what a man is suggesting. I'm an uneducated old man please do not waste any of your precious time . I'm already exhausted thinking of the misery you're going to cause a man
I agree with this whole video about Vansice. They touched on everything about him and the suspicion of him watching the video at her house. I can't believe they just dismissed him as a suspect. Creepy man too.
That John guy is a red herring. Jodi had a regular, early morning schedule and a stalker. He didn’t have to know whether she was “running late” or “calling in sick”. He was probably watching her for awhile and would stay and wait to see her. When she didn’t come out at her usual time, he may have become agitated-maybe that pushed him to act violently on that particular morning. She was obviously confronted and dragged into a car or van. My guess is that she was driven far from the “10 mile perimeter” or lake or wherever the police searched and was likely hundreds of miles away when her co-workers called to request a welfare check. She was probably already murdered by the time her missing pictures went out. Her remains are most likely in a neighboring state. Sad, tragic case.
The video maker is also under the impression people like that have the same mind he does, bro I'm not even involved in that stuff and I talk to myself for hours on occasion ... "How'd he knows she was late ?" Maybe he sat there for 20 mins was like "oh no" and had a dialogue with himself while he plans his next move, 60 minutes is nothing when you are deep into your mind ... Also it sounds like she was romantically involved with Vance sleep overs and such ? But nah she wouldn't do that she's perfect ! ??? Why do these channels act like bitter doesn't melt ? The Vic is a perfect human Maybe he was a good lay ? Nah ..had to be a b.g .... Right ...
Doesn’t make sense to me that someone would be in her apartment have access to being in her apartment but decide to kidnap her in a parking lot with potential witnesses. Would make more sense if they attacked her that night or came back over at a later date and did it then. Doing it in a parking lot makes me think the person didn’t have access to her apartment which leads me to believe it was someone she didn’t know well
But that would be too obvious/suspicious if a missing person was last seen at your place and too complicated if you unalived them in their apartment. Abducting in the parking lot could of course mean it was a stranger or very distant acquaintance, but it also definitely doesn’t rule out someone close to her either.
But Jodi was still alive in the early morning when she talked on the phone with one of her colleagues. So either she was killed after that call by someone she knew or someone did wait for her to come out of the apartment since that person was not her friend just an obsessed fan.
What raises suspicion about Vansice for me is that he was not honest about his interest in Jodi. At one time, I was a divorced man in my 40s. Unless he is gay, there is zero chance a divorced man in his 40s views himself as a father figure to an attractive single woman in her late-20s. He wants sex. Stating otherwise is a lie. And that raises suspicion. He may have been embarrassed about appearing to be a creeper to others or being rejected. Which is silly because that age gap is far from unrealistic. But the goal of all the attention was to get her into bed. 100 percent. If he would have straight up said, yes, I was trying to get some but it didn’t work, I would be much more likely to believe he was innocent.
The fact that he named his boat after her and by all accounts was constantly trying ti insert himself into her life and seemed jealous, I would agree with you he wasn't being totally honest. On the other hand, he cooperated with the cops including taking polygraphs which he may or may not have passed but he did it. And the palm prints don't seem to match his.
The other side of your point is that a young attractive but way underpaid woman like JH is interested in spending so much time with an older and let's face it, ordinary looking man unless she wants a sugar daddy. He might have wanted sex but she wanted someone to pick up her tab. It isn't a one-way street. You can't ask why he wanted to spend so much time with her and not ask why she wanted to accommodate him with her attention. Maybe he thought of her as more than a surrogate daughter but maybe she thought of him as more than a surrogate father (sugar daddy.)
@@virgilstarkwell8383 That is false. In my 20s, a work friend of my mother's started spending a lot of time with me. I had an absentee father, so I appreciated all the attention. I did think of him as a friend. I thought we were friends, because that's what he said. He was 20 years older than me and unattractive. But he had a car. We went around different places together and had some laughs, like friends do. A lot of the time neither one of us had anyone to hang around with, so it was cool -- or so I thought. Until the one, the very first time I went to his apartment. He had a picture that he had secretly taken of me combing my hair. It was sexy as hell, taped up in his doorway where you see it as soon as you walk in. I was so freaked out. This was back in the 80s, so there weren't pictures of everybody doing every mundane task. The reality hit me like a brick. I ended it on the spot. He egged my house. I actually thought we were friends, because I was like 22. And I wanted, you know, a friend.
@@artnunymiss2530 Thanks. All that tells me is something about your experience. You were not the subject of my comment. JH was. And JH wasnt 22 she was 27...a few years more experience.
In the video you mentioned that Vanse had a boat at the time of her death. The boat was even called Jodi. Could Vanse have had time to kidnap her, have his way with her and dispose of her body from his boat?
The man who saw a white van outside Jodi's apartment while driving to work is very suspicious. He knew it was Jodi's flat, and knew it well enough to observe that a white van outside was a discordant detail. He clearly took an interest in Jodi's living arrangements. On top of that, he just so happens to drive past her apartment on his way to work at the same time Jodi would typically leave for work.
Eh, I disagree. Kentucky Ave is a major town road so 50% of everyone on that side of town is going to use it going to work. The Key Apts and East Park are beautified so the eye is naturally drawn to Park side of the road with the the tree lined Winnebago river because at that time the other side was a gravel road lover laine on the South bank of the winnie and the North bank was an ugly Western Themed Barn Bar that had turned into a silly looking church.
@@joegreen268 This case is intriguing, and of course heart-breaking. In my humble opinion, I don't think it was the obvious guy who named his boat Jodi. I think it was another admirer who knew about that over-the-top guy and used that to his advantage. She may or may have not had an overnight guest when she overslept that morning, yet why would that person keep her alive and at home all through the night, let her get dressed and then steal her from the parking lot? Doesn't seem like a first-time offender at all; calculated and sadistic. For all we know, the entire scenario of her trying to enter her vehicle and the bent key in the lock/shoes on the ground was staged.
It's unfortunate DNA wasn't as advanced back then and cell phones non-existent. Her cell phone data would be very interesting and I would love to know the DNA on the glasses and beer bottles found in her apartment.
It seems like the cops sure dug into a lot of possibilities. I probably didn't know it when I was her age, but I know it now. You don't hang out with a guy if you can see that he's in love with you and you are NOT in love with him. Guys can get whacky with that and some old primordial thing can crack in them. Not blaming her, she was too young to know this, and it might not have been the older guy who named his boat after her.
It was a stranger I feel because they have absolutely no idea or leads. But if it was someone she knew you'd think they'd have an idea by now wouldn't you??
Grew up in the area and have been following this since day one when it made the news. My theories have changed so many times over the years. No matter what I always come back to one person, and Mason City PD kind of showed their cards with that GPS Data search warrant they were able to get against JV so many years later when they knew he would be traveling back to Iowa for the grand jury.
I think it’s beyond obvious that it’s John. He was obsessed with her and women are statistically more likely to he harmed by a man they know. I think he figured if he couldn’t have Jodi, no one would. I’m just not sure if he will ever see a jail cell. Somehow investigators can’t seem to find a way to prove he did it. I think it would take a deathbed confession before we got answers.
I agree. I don't think she actually watched the video. I think he might have come over to confront her about the relationship, and covered it up by saying she came over to watch the video.
John would not have attacked her in the parking lot. He could have knocked on the door and she would have let him in. Kidnapping her from the parking lot is too high risk for someone she knew well.
@@awesomebeautiful8782 I do think this is the one odd aspect. It is extremely high risk, especially considering he could have walked up to her door and knocked. I just continually go back to him having the most motive to do it. The stalker theory is interesting and probable, but without concrete proof someone was stalking her, I keep going back to the much older man who was clearly in love with her.
I had a motorola cellphone in 1991. Jody went missing in 2001. I saw the story on tv news shows several times over the years. Its sad what happened to her.
I remember a case where a palm print found on the wall behind the toilet identified the killer. Men tend to lean forward and sometimes prop themselves up. I wonder if the forensic team checked that what with the toilet seat up in a single girls apartment.
With so many predators on the loose and the huge number of such cases, solved and unsolved, it certainly is never a surprise when a woman goes missing and whatnot.
Her car key was bent in the car door meaning someone came up behind her, less likely they knew her. Someone was waiting for her, a light on or noise would mean she was running late or will eventually come out.
Ok, I was giving that Vansice guy the benefit of the doubt. But when they said whenever Jodi liked a shirt he was wearing, he’d give it to her? That’s odd.
Vansise did it. He was 100% obsessed with her. He named his boat after her and was extremely jealous and possessive of Jodi according to Jodi’s ex producer. He was also the last one to see her alive. Probably advanced on her and got rejected. He might have even drugged her to ensure she ran late the next morning. The rapper wanted street credibility and was chasing clout so he attached himself to an unsolved crime in order to sell his fake toughness.
Then why wasn't any evidence of it? You really expect us to believe he committed the perfect murder even though he knew he'd easily be the number 1 suspect. I'm sorry but he didn't seem to bright of a guy for all that.
@@henny6566 Good question. I usually think about Gary Ridgeway in this type of situation. You don’t have to be intelligent to get away with it. Ridgeway couldn’t spell CAT if you spotted him the C and the T. Vansise also might have just gotten lucky too. Her producer noticed his behavior as well. Just my hunch but I see what you are saying
Another great video but so tragic. I had never heard of this case before but at the first sight of Vansice I got an instant feeling he was the one. Something about the way he talked and looked struck me as very fake. I never normally get feelings like this but nothing else in the video persuaded me otherwise. It was him.
In all probability, I believe it was an obsessed stalker that Jodi didn't know at all. It wasn't too difficult for anybody motivated to watch her and learn her routine. This is why nobody was caught because this person had no connections to Jodi. On top of that, I feel it was more than one person involved . One person was the strongarm abductor and the other the getaway driver.
I remember this case. So sad! I always felt so sorry for her and her family. I cannot imagine living through this nightmare for her and them. It was probably some nut who watched on the news, and built up this fantasy about her, stalking her, and then pouncing. So sad!
Being in love with someone isn’t a crime . She kept that guy around because she loved the attention . Why else would a woman be friends with an older man.
I don’t think her friend Vances was involved. Yes did he wanna hook up with her, ya probably. As do most guys. I don’t think he took her but it’s of course it’s possible.
I don't think he did it either. Why risk attacking her in the parking lot when he had a chance at his place? Just seems much more risky and time consuming to attack her in the parking lot when he had her behind closed doors where no one could see.
Seed salesmen call on farmers at their farms, because nobody has time for seed shopping, therefore Vanice knew the rural areas, probably 20 years, pig barns with pigs that can consume a body and bones in about an hour, hiding places, old septic pits on abandoned farms, stock waste pits, that stuff, that's all in his bag of tricks.
he passed the lie detector test so he'd have to be psychopath. The walk with the other woman doesn't play for me. She'd know something's up. The time line is screwy
@@superdoublekapowzler2383 the timeline is bad- I mean I want to think it was him- because there was no motivation to steal the car. But the timeline & LD test give me pause-
I think it's very possible that she had a stalker and the stalker found her that morning. I think Jodi having a stalker is the most likely scenario because they would know everything about her since they're her stalker. It's also a possibility that that man she was friends with and watched her birthday video with could've been involved in her disappearance. It's sad to think that she still hasn't been found to this day. I really hope the day will come when she's found so her friends and family have closure knowing that happened to her.
My sister worked at another TV news station in an IA city not too far away at this same time. Her workplace was spooked. I was glad that at least sis was behind the camera, so she wasn’t a public figure in case the perp was targeting female newscasters.
As a truck driver I watch and listen to probably to much true crime stories: I think someone in her apartment complex had been watching her and finally the opportunity happened.Another case,Maura Murray she disappeared and was never found.Though these cases are not connected,I always think that one or both of these girls could still be alive held in captivity all these years later.I also think that the perpetrator reads the comments regularly on these cases if still alive.🤔🚛
I think that, the reason why Jodi overslept on the morning that she disappeared, is that the man who visited her house, the night before (Vansise), spiked her drink with rohypnol. By the next morning, she might have been really annoyed by what had happened and this lead to her disappearance. Since viewing the TV interview of Vansise, years ago, I have always thought his demeanor was way off and that he was responsible for Jodi's disappearance. The TV interview with Vansise says it all.
Then why attack her in the parking lot where it's much more risky. Someone could see what happened, she could scream, run away, someone could come help. If he drugged her at his or her apartment, why not attack her there where he could more easily carry the body out? Why do through all the trouble of waiting for her to leave in the morning and waiting even more time since she ran late even though he didn't know that. Just seems like much more unnecessary risk and work when he could just attack her behind closed doors while she's drugged.
@@henny6566to be fair, that applies to whoever did it whether it was John or not. Why did they do it then and there? It was risky no matter who they are…neighbors did hear a scream but unfortunately didn’t investigate it or call police. Honestly the perp got lucky which is a shame.
@@ElleW18 Another perp would not have access to her home the same way the guy everyone is accusing did. That's the difference. He'd have to break into her place. He didn't have to break into her place because he was her friend who she trust. So it would be much easier to attack her in her or his apartment than in the parking lot. Especially if he drugged her like the OP claimed.
I think the guy was in her house when her work called her and he told her not to say anything. She didn’t oversleep. He was in the house while she was on the phone with her work
One important thing is never discussed in this case. Mason City had a sociopath police chief at the time who was making the officers lives pure hell. One older officer told his shrink he was going to kill him if he didn't get away from him. The chief would tell old timers, they'd never see pension and crap like that. He was fired and beaten in a lawsuit stemming from his next job. It's possible a cop under severe stress like they were all under, would do this to occupy the Chiefs mind.
Someone has to know something This abductor is arrogant. How in the world all of these years and there is no resolution of this cold case. They should have called in every intelligence agency known to man.
I get the feeling Vanise came over and he drugged her, which explains why she uncharacteristically slept in for work and groggily answered her phone. And if at that point she accused him of drugging her, he could respond violently.
I do like the theory that John was at Jodi’s house with the video of her Birthday party. Very possible he made a move and she rejected it, a scenario he couldn’t deal with.
The person who took Jodi did not need to know if she was late or calling in sick. If this was a stalker they could just wait. If she didn't come out by the time the sun was up, they could try another day. I think John lied about coming over to her place because it looked bad. But i think if she rejected him that night, he would have done something that night in the apartment, not come back later and done it in semi public. I think this was a stalker who thought she was talking to him through the TV.
She did not oversleep! Her house was pristine, her bed was made. She was up early that day. Now make a conclusion about the person who claims she woke her up
I know it doesn’t happen often, but I love hearing about retired detectives working cases. They typically get results too, as they have plenty of time, and no boss breathing down their necks over the case.
I have been following this and praying for Jodi and her family ever since she disappeared. What a terrible and sad story.
Praying? How exactly has that helped??
I have followed this case since the beginning! All these years! I'm 60 now. I hope they find her before I'm gone!
After 30 years??!!!
Me too!
Same here! I'm 62 and live in Minnesota. I remember her disappearance being broadcast all over the news for a long time. Then once a year they would do a piece about her missing. Now, her story has mostly just faded. But I always think of her and really hope they find out what happened to her.
@@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
there’s been cases solved after 100 years recently. we never know what will happen …
I was thinking the same thing, well said @@resQfurppl
It amazes me how often people hear screaming and just ignore it.
My wife always screams at me and I always ignore it to avoid confrontation !
@@dominicmarino8524 It is different to hear people argueing than to hear a solitary voice yelling for help.
Depends on the location. Sometimes people are just screaming for little reason in populated places.
Well Everytime you get involved ppl say mind your business and now your part of the situation, an usually now the enemy. If you call cops it takes 30 mins r so then your outside trying to explain something you know nothing of and cops look at you as a suspect etc. It's a loose loose most the time. When's the right time? And usually you hear something and stop an listen and nothing happens afterwards so all you can do is say you heard something. So many times it goes bad for the person trying to help.
Look up Kitty Genovese. Bystander effect.
Strangely, 4 years after this case, in April, 1995, we had something similar happen in UK, when nationally-known TV presenter, Jill Dando, was shot dead on the doorstep of her home by an unknown person, case remaining unsolved to this day.
I remember when a realtor went missing…Suzy Lamplugh. I was visiting England at the time. Whenever my Aunt Mary visited us in the US, I asked if they had found her.
Yes!
What’s odd is the timing if Vanise did this. She trusted him amd was around him all the time. Why risk taking her in the parking lot? He could have done whatever he wanted while she was with him at his house or boat.
Good point.
To make it look random. Why would he harm her while they were known to be together? Beside don't forget the toilet seat. He may have slept over her house. His clothes were there. His prints were presumably there.
@@knowsmebyname To abduct someone 4 am in the morning, that wouldn't look random. Maybe in a big city like Los Angeles, but not in a sleepy little town with barely a witness nearby.
Well per the theory here she never went to his house. He came to HERS
@@knowsmebyname maybe she rejected him that last night... and he knew no more get togethers- I thought it was Jackson, but no street criminal would leave that nice car.
What a shame. How frightening: you step outside your apartment to go to work and disappear forever? That's crazy. That poor woman and her family.
Before camera's we're everywhere being on TV was so dangerous especially when you were a woman traveling alone early or late. Ppl got obsessed and nobody would know unless your caught in the act basically
Just an FYI for those that are following this case there was an update six days ago the police responded to a tip that took them to some small town in Minnesota. However, the police are not stating what the trip was about. Or what it has to do with the investigation.
What if she wasn’t just running late because she overslept, but because someone inside her apartment was keeping her from leaving? The toilet seat was up, evidencing a man may have been there. The abductor allowed her to take the early morning call to avoid suspicion as to why she wasn’t at work. Maybe after the call she broke free and tried to drive away and was grabbed before she could get in her vehicle.
That makes total sense...chilling
…and grabbed her heels and hairdryer before she ran out the door? No. I think she was abducted in the parking lot.
@@geslinam9703 She kept those items in a bag, which is also missing. A lot of women also keep their car keys in their bags. Not unreasonable to think the guy went to take a leak and she grabbed her work bag with the keys and made a break for it. Perpetrator already had his car in the lot. There would have been no waiting around during the hour plus she was late leaving .
@@rockjagg1 could be. Or, could have been she was fooling around with someone, he spent the night, left while she was getting ready to go, and someone else got her in the parking lot.
Her producer called her because she was not at the studio when she was supposed to be period you don't think Jodie would whisper or somehow indicate something was amiss?
Some bad police work
For what it's worth, two retired FBI profilers talked about Jodi Huisentruit on a recent podcast. Both agreed this case had the hallmarks of a blitz style abduction by a stranger who had attacked women before.
It means a lot! Everything points to exactly that. If anything, the bent car key must have just made investigators hearts drop!
And the shoe... straight out of a paperback novel. @@isabellind1292
Vansise gives me the creeps.
Same, I have my doubts about his innocence
@@QuigsAntonI always thought he did it.
Yes, all red flags are waving.
Agreed I believe Vansise is a strong suspect, he was clearly infatuated with her but she did not return his feelings. Sadly we are unlikely to ever know for sure, he has advanced dementia now.
@@glamdolly30 yes. Now they will never have the chance to see what more might've come, by further investigation into him. So sad for Jodi.
People, when you hear screams call the police. Do what you can do while keeping yourselves safe!
Exactly. If you hear someone screaming, it means someone is in danger, don’t go back to sleep! Wonder how many people would still be around if people did the right thing?
Lots of creepy men in her life.
Early in this video it’s mentioned she was getting unsettling phone calls. Did the police trace all her calls through phone records?
Probably not- I heard the police weren’t going out of their way to help. IMO, I think they know more than they’re saying. She (from my understanding) was looking at some kind of corruption somewhere with some part of the police department personnel …
The fact that one suspect named his boat after Jodi plus was giving her his shirts and other clothing if she liked it, which I find to be very odd on his part. Something about him doesn’t sit right with me.
Or, it was someone else who knew Vansise was obsessed and would be highly suspected. Pretty good cover.
It had to be Vanices! Is he still alive?
Yeah, but just because an old man had a crush on her doesn't mean he killed her. It is suspicious, but considering how much they looked into him I'm pretty confident it wasn't him. They would have found something if he did it you'd think. Also that palm print they found didn't match him, so there was a different man there that day.
@@rosemariefritchman5288he lives in Arizona, some day where Jodi wanted to live. And he has Alzheimer's. I think he did it too. He was so creepy.
@@goodbher9244 we all have our opinions, which is such a privilege in this country.
I work in the central MN town where Jodi grew up. I also went to the same college she did. Before Iowa she was on our local Alexandria station. I was sitting in the coffee shop on campus one day and she was sitting at the next table interviewing someone. She was so pretty and professional ❤😢
I've followed this case for several years, always hoping they would solve it. I've always wondered if they interviewed Vansice's ex-wife? My other thought, aside from a random obsessed stalker or Vansice was someone at the news station. Did they interview all of them? I really hope this gets solved someday--the unsolved cases of disappearances are so unsettling for me as a mom, I can't even let myself imagine. Thank you for the video, I love & appreciate your channel.
I think it was a different stalker who knew Vansice was beyond smitten with her. Perfect cover.
What a sweet looking woman. How good people are deleted from this world by bad people will always baffle me.
She stopped by his house to watch an 18min video of her surprise birthday party? Weird
Weird but life was weird before internet. You had to go to pplz houses to socialize so I believe it. HE was weird tho 😂
Not weird at all. You know very well what was going on there.
@@chuckschillingvideosyeah this Becky worship is crazy "butter wouldn't melt"
@@chuckschillingvideos Since you know why don't you tell us?
@@robertbrantley4070well i think they hooked up and he didn’t want to say that..
Went I dated and then was engaged to a reporter/anchor, you couldn’t go anywhere without being approached by ppl who saw him on TV. They think you’re their friend. It’s fine to recognize him and say hello, we love watching you, but often women would hit on him in front of me. He was handsome and charismatic. Friendly… but there were times he had to be careful because he’d get threats called in to the station if he did a story someone didn’t like. He’d often say to me that if we were out and someone was coming at him, get away, call 911. So I can’t imagine how pretty women have it much worse…
I was engaged to a guy who owns two well-known restaurants in my town and it was similar everytime we went anywhere hugs and pictures. with strangers. Being a large-set man, he didn't mention any concerns for his personal safety but he does have cameras everywhere inside and around his house and of course all around his restaurants. It was tiring to have our dates and outings interrupted, and blatant overtures from female admirers. He even got personal hand-written notes which bordered on "too much" for me to handle as his romantic partner.
I agree with you; as a woman before cellphones and cameras everywhere, it's too bad that she didn't live somewhere with better security, since she was moderately high-profile and a local celebrity. Jodi was probably too busy to really think about those little hints of impending danger, such as those "strange phone calls".
Women do that all of the time!
I dated a friend who was in Playboy in the mid 80s. The stories she told me about stalkers. Women really are saddled with creeps
@@Jackietreehorn-z5e So are men
@@Jackietreehorn-z5e Yes, and it's Not usually because they "love" or even admire this woman/person. It's because they actually hate and/or resent women.
I can’t do it with the robot 🤖 voice
Finally a practical take on Jodis case
Practical. And though cursory, because it is a newer video you can still hear new clues.
I do believe the perpetrator was someone who had seen her on the news, and became obsessed with her. Like one of those extreme parasocial relationships. Someone who knew her schedule, which is quite clear anyway due to her doing the morning news, and planned the kidnapping. Unfortunately I’m 99% sure she’s dead.
That is obvious.
After nearly 30 years she's most likely 100% gone.
She had several stalkers this was not mentioned in this video but is a well-known fact, but imo this was a robery gone wrong. She was probably dead before she left the parking lot. Leading up to her disappearance, several cars had been broken into, not only in that lot but also surrounding lots. Imo She was in the wrong place at the wrong time?
@@Cat-Tiger-Taegi-Cultgood point. I have not considered that.
I wonder if one of her co workers decided to go pick her up if this all woulda been completely avoided or if it still would have happened!
Ive studied this case probably more than any other case. I think she was abducted by someone she had previously dated and who was interested in her but she didn't feel the same..perhaps a cop.
1. I think it was a stalker obsessed with her. 2. The suspect had to know she lived there, so I think it was someone who lived in the Apartment complex or knew someone who did. 3. It's pretty clear from the evidence she was snatched from the packing lot as she inserted her keys into her own car. The suspect must have had an old style van with a barrier up front and doors in back must have been rigged. It's possible the suspect lives on a farm and has her buried on his own property, hidden from prying eyes.
Didn't it say she was listed in the local phone book? Anyone could get her address from that.
Some insane admirer
Biden.
@@glennhubbard5008The sniffer👃
It would have to be two people
Christopher Revak a serial caught in Ava, Missouri was thought to be a suspect because he lived in the area when she disappeared. He ended his life when he was arrested but they should still have his DNA if their is anything to compare it to.
Its so depressing that there are just so many men who could be a 'person of interest'. Women spend their lives looking over their shoulder...
have four grandsons and I tell him often as I can to never get married. And mostly it's because females come up with nonsense comments like this. We have no idea what this young lady did to get herself into trouble, Do ypu😮
@@ammantophori You're suggesting she somehow got herself murdered - that she did something to deserve it? Are you for real? She did nothing to deserve losing her life. Hope your grandsons are wiser than you.
@@LazyDaisyDay88 your words not mine young lady,
@@LazyDaisyDay88 there has never been and never will be a woman that knows what a man is suggesting. I'm an uneducated old man please do not waste any of your precious time . I'm already exhausted thinking of the misery you're going to cause a man
Ever watch the show Snapped??? Women are by far worse. Much more evil.
I agree with this whole video about Vansice. They touched on everything about him and the suspicion of him watching the video at her house. I can't believe they just dismissed him as a suspect. Creepy man too.
I have a gut instinct it was him or he hired someone
@@mamakat114 me too.
That John guy is a red herring. Jodi had a regular, early morning schedule and a stalker. He didn’t have to know whether she was “running late” or “calling in sick”. He was probably watching her for awhile and would stay and wait to see her. When she didn’t come out at her usual time, he may have become agitated-maybe that pushed him to act violently on that particular morning. She was obviously confronted and dragged into a car or van. My guess is that she was driven far from the “10 mile perimeter” or lake or wherever the police searched and was likely hundreds of miles away when her co-workers called to request a welfare check. She was probably already murdered by the time her missing pictures went out. Her remains are most likely in a neighboring state. Sad, tragic case.
The video maker is also under the impression people like that have the same mind he does, bro I'm not even involved in that stuff and I talk to myself for hours on occasion ...
"How'd he knows she was late ?"
Maybe he sat there for 20 mins was like "oh no" and had a dialogue with himself while he plans his next move, 60 minutes is nothing when you are deep into your mind ...
Also it sounds like she was romantically involved with Vance sleep overs and such ? But nah she wouldn't do that she's perfect !
???
Why do these channels act like bitter doesn't melt ? The Vic is a perfect human
Maybe he was a good lay ? Nah ..had to be a b.g ....
Right ...
So baffling how she literally just vanished into thin air
She is, unfortunately, not the only one.
Love this channel. Please a video on The Huntington Prom Night Murders.
Another one I have to look into. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! Will check it out:)
From.crossnlanes West Virginia..and yes!!!. I remember when it happened
Ty I had never heard of this one. And I thought I'd seen everything.
Very interesting
Doesn’t make sense to me that someone would be in her apartment have access to being in her apartment but decide to kidnap her in a parking lot with potential witnesses. Would make more sense if they attacked her that night or came back over at a later date and did it then. Doing it in a parking lot makes me think the person didn’t have access to her apartment which leads me to believe it was someone she didn’t know well
But that would be too obvious/suspicious if a missing person was last seen at your place and too complicated if you unalived them in their apartment. Abducting in the parking lot could of course mean it was a stranger or very distant acquaintance, but it also definitely doesn’t rule out someone close to her either.
But Jodi was still alive in the early morning when she talked on the phone with one of her colleagues. So either she was killed after that call by someone she knew or someone did wait for her to come out of the apartment since that person was not her friend just an obsessed fan.
What raises suspicion about Vansice for me is that he was not honest about his interest in Jodi. At one time, I was a divorced man in my 40s. Unless he is gay, there is zero chance a divorced man in his 40s views himself as a father figure to an attractive single woman in her late-20s. He wants sex. Stating otherwise is a lie. And that raises suspicion. He may have been embarrassed about appearing to be a creeper to others or being rejected. Which is silly because that age gap is far from unrealistic. But the goal of all the attention was to get her into bed. 100 percent. If he would have straight up said, yes, I was trying to get some but it didn’t work, I would be much more likely to believe he was innocent.
The fact that he named his boat after her and by all accounts was constantly trying ti insert himself into her life and seemed jealous, I would agree with you he wasn't being totally honest. On the other hand, he cooperated with the cops including taking polygraphs which he may or may not have passed but he did it. And the palm prints don't seem to match his.
The other side of your point is that a young attractive but way underpaid woman like JH is interested in spending so much time with an older and let's face it, ordinary looking man unless she wants a sugar daddy. He might have wanted sex but she wanted someone to pick up her tab. It isn't a one-way street. You can't ask why he wanted to spend so much time with her and not ask why she wanted to accommodate him with her attention. Maybe he thought of her as more than a surrogate daughter but maybe she thought of him as more than a surrogate father (sugar daddy.)
@@virgilstarkwell8383 Good points.
@@virgilstarkwell8383 That is false. In my 20s, a work friend of my mother's started spending a lot of time with me. I had an absentee father, so I appreciated all the attention. I did think of him as a friend. I thought we were friends, because that's what he said. He was 20 years older than me and unattractive. But he had a car. We went around different places together and had some laughs, like friends do. A lot of the time neither one of us had anyone to hang around with, so it was cool -- or so I thought. Until the one, the very first time I went to his apartment. He had a picture that he had secretly taken of me combing my hair. It was sexy as hell, taped up in his doorway where you see it as soon as you walk in. I was so freaked out. This was back in the 80s, so there weren't pictures of everybody doing every mundane task. The reality hit me like a brick. I ended it on the spot. He egged my house. I actually thought we were friends, because I was like 22. And I wanted, you know, a friend.
@@artnunymiss2530 Thanks. All that tells me is something about your experience. You were not the subject of my comment. JH was. And JH wasnt 22 she was 27...a few years more experience.
I doubt she is still alive...very sad and unfair world, this is just another example of how sick mankind is!
Oh, yeah? Well, what about Komodo dragons? Huh?
Key syllable 'man'.
In the video you mentioned that Vanse had a boat at the time of her death. The boat was even called Jodi.
Could Vanse have had time to kidnap her, have his way with her and dispose of her body from his boat?
Of course
The man who saw a white van outside Jodi's apartment while driving to work is very suspicious. He knew it was Jodi's flat, and knew it well enough to observe that a white van outside was a discordant detail. He clearly took an interest in Jodi's living arrangements. On top of that, he just so happens to drive past her apartment on his way to work at the same time Jodi would typically leave for work.
Eh, I disagree. Kentucky Ave is a major town road so 50% of everyone on that side of town is going to use it going to work. The Key Apts and East Park are beautified so the eye is naturally drawn to Park side of the road with the the tree lined Winnebago river because at that time the other side was a gravel road lover laine on the South bank of the winnie and the North bank was an ugly Western Themed Barn Bar that had turned into a silly looking church.
Usually a White Van
Maybe he knew it was her apartment from the news after she was taken? Then he remembered seeing a van that morning and told the police......
I agree. For him to know that much detail is suspicious. I agree he’s not on the up and up.
@@joegreen268 This case is intriguing, and of course heart-breaking.
In my humble opinion, I don't think it was the obvious guy who named his boat Jodi. I think it was another admirer who knew about that over-the-top guy and used that to his advantage.
She may or may have not had an overnight guest when she overslept that morning, yet why would that person keep her alive and at home all through the night, let her get dressed and then steal her from the parking lot? Doesn't seem like a first-time offender at all; calculated and sadistic. For all we know, the entire scenario of her trying to enter her vehicle and the bent key in the lock/shoes on the ground was staged.
I have known of this case since then and have always wondered.
It's unfortunate DNA wasn't as advanced back then and cell phones non-existent. Her cell phone data would be very interesting and I would love to know the DNA on the glasses and beer bottles found in her apartment.
We had cell phones back then. I had one. 🙄
They were just starting, just a few people had them.
I had a cell phone five years prior to 1995
It was Jackson.
It was not smart for Jodie to announce on air what events she was going to in her private life.
Great UA-cam channel👍
Gross that Vansice would give her his shirts if she liked them…..that is creepy af!
What an astute observation about Jodi probably not going to Vance's so late to watch that video.
Yeah, that is some stellar detective work right there.
I don't think you can say Vansice is the "last one to see her alive" unless it is proven he killed her. Otherwise, is among the last ones.....
Naw he is not the guy.
What about the palm print on the car??
Well done doc, covered all the possibilities.
It seems like the cops sure dug into a lot of possibilities. I probably didn't know it when I was her age, but I know it now. You don't hang out with a guy if you can see that he's in love with you and you are NOT in love with him. Guys can get whacky with that and some old primordial thing can crack in them. Not blaming her, she was too young to know this, and it might not have been the older guy who named his boat after her.
I can tell you have real experience and I agree. I always thought it was weird of Jodi to hang out with this guy for that same reason.
It was a stranger I feel because they have absolutely no idea or leads. But if it was someone she knew you'd think they'd have an idea by now wouldn't you??
Grew up in the area and have been following this since day one when it made the news. My theories have changed so many times over the years. No matter what I always come back to one person, and Mason City PD kind of showed their cards with that GPS Data search warrant they were able to get against JV so many years later when they knew he would be traveling back to Iowa for the grand jury.
You pronounced names wrong, got the letters of the tv station wrong, got many of the facts wrong
I think it’s beyond obvious that it’s John. He was obsessed with her and women are statistically more likely to he harmed by a man they know. I think he figured if he couldn’t have Jodi, no one would. I’m just not sure if he will ever see a jail cell. Somehow investigators can’t seem to find a way to prove he did it. I think it would take a deathbed confession before we got answers.
That's exactly what I just thought. It will unfortunately be a deathbed confession
I agree. I don't think she actually watched the video. I think he might have come over to confront her about the relationship, and covered it up by saying she came over to watch the video.
John would not have attacked her in the parking lot. He could have knocked on the door and she would have let him in. Kidnapping her from the parking lot is too high risk for someone she knew well.
@@awesomebeautiful8782 I do think this is the one odd aspect. It is extremely high risk, especially considering he could have walked up to her door and knocked. I just continually go back to him having the most motive to do it. The stalker theory is interesting and probable, but without concrete proof someone was stalking her, I keep going back to the much older man who was clearly in love with her.
I don't think it's beyond obvious
This case was featured on unsolved mysteries. They said she was aware of a stalker. It was said on the show. She had a boyfriend.
More than one boyfriend she had more than one sugar daddy
No shred of evidence of Jodi have many boyfriends or sugar daddy
@@deltabluesdavidraye have some respect, Dave
Very tragic
I had a motorola cellphone in 1991.
Jody went missing in 2001.
I saw the story on tv news shows several times over the years. Its sad what happened to her.
I graduated high school on the east coast in June 1995 and have never forgotten this case
She could also have just cleaned the toilet which is why the toilet seat was still up.
No she got woken up by her boss to go to work,she wouldn't be thinking "I better clean the toilet"at 4-45 am in a rush.
@@anneloving8405 She could have cleaned it the night before.
@henny6566 who doesn't pee after you get up in the morning? No one. The lid was up
I remember a case where a palm print found on the wall behind the toilet identified the killer.
Men tend to lean forward and sometimes prop themselves up.
I wonder if the forensic team checked that what with the toilet seat up in a single girls apartment.
@@Jackietreehorn-z5e People who are late obviously, as she was.
May e it could have been someone living in the complex where Jodie lived
John didn’t do this.if he was going kill her he would’ve done it at his house instead of going to her apartment and sit outside and risk getting seen
5:52 there 's your clue, campers at the "nearby campground"
Good video and likely ending 😢
With so many predators on the loose and the huge number of such cases, solved and unsolved, it certainly is never a surprise when a woman goes missing and whatnot.
Her car key was bent in the car door meaning someone came up behind her, less likely they knew her. Someone was waiting for her, a light on or noise would mean she was running late or will eventually come out.
So sad
Cautionary tale 😢
Ok, I was giving that Vansice guy the benefit of the doubt. But when they said whenever Jodi liked a shirt he was wearing, he’d give it to her? That’s odd.
Vansise did it. He was 100% obsessed with her. He named his boat after her and was extremely jealous and possessive of Jodi according to Jodi’s ex producer. He was also the last one to see her alive. Probably advanced on her and got rejected. He might have even drugged her to ensure she ran late the next morning. The rapper wanted street credibility and was chasing clout so he attached himself to an unsolved crime in order to sell his fake toughness.
Reminds me of the old movie "Laura" that has an old man befriending a young beautiful woman.
It's creepy they should have had fingerprints on the wine glasses, etc. Half a$$ed investigation?
Then why wasn't any evidence of it? You really expect us to believe he committed the perfect murder even though he knew he'd easily be the number 1 suspect. I'm sorry but he didn't seem to bright of a guy for all that.
@@henny6566 Gary Ridgeway The Green River Killer is dumb as a box of rocks… seriously his IQ is in the toilet. So yea, I do
@@henny6566 Good question. I usually think about Gary Ridgeway in this type of situation. You don’t have to be intelligent to get away with it. Ridgeway couldn’t spell CAT if you spotted him the C and the T. Vansise also might have just gotten lucky too. Her producer noticed his behavior as well. Just my hunch but I see what you are saying
Another great video but so tragic. I had never heard of this case before but at the first sight of Vansice I got an instant feeling he was the one. Something about the way he talked and looked struck me as very fake. I never normally get feelings like this but nothing else in the video persuaded me otherwise. It was him.
Her friend John Vansice is is the one who is guilty....my opinion, why watch videos if she had to go to bed early?
In all probability, I believe it was an obsessed stalker that Jodi didn't know at all. It wasn't too difficult for anybody motivated to watch her and learn her routine. This is why nobody was caught because this person had no connections to Jodi. On top of that, I feel it was more than one person involved . One person was the strongarm abductor and the other the getaway driver.
I agree with the final theory. It’s the most likely of situations. I doubt they’ll find her remains.
I remember this case. So sad! I always felt so sorry for her and her family. I cannot imagine living through this nightmare for her and them. It was probably some nut who watched on the news, and built up this fantasy about her, stalking her, and then pouncing. So sad!
Being in love with someone isn’t a crime . She kept that guy around because she loved the attention . Why else would a woman be friends with an older man.
When you are in the public eye like she was, you have to be extremely careful about people around you and anything that seems odd or inappropriate
Who took over her position at the news station?
The phone company should have been able to track the phone calls even if they were from phone booths to landlines.
He named his boat after her?? Yeah, that mofo did it.
He had a bad case of puppy love. My question is, did he change the boat's name after she vanished? That, to me, may be a clue.
or someone in the police department never heard that they had a motive before
Crazy how it looks like any of these men make for a strong case regarding her disappearance
"4:30 am in the morning"
😂😂😂😂😂
What is hilarious about a time of day...?
@@ewetn1it’s redundant to say “__ am in the morning” since am stands for morning
@ewetn1 are you thick? 🙄
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@@ElleW18 I hear this too much; it drives me crazy. Also when I hear "between you and I."
she was always up at that time because she had to go to work.And the parking lot would be deserted that time of morning with no one around.
I don’t think her friend Vances was involved. Yes did he wanna hook up with her, ya probably. As do most guys. I don’t think he took her but it’s of course it’s possible.
I also think it's possible, but unlikely.
I don't think he did it either. Why risk attacking her in the parking lot when he had a chance at his place? Just seems much more risky and time consuming to attack her in the parking lot when he had her behind closed doors where no one could see.
Could you do a video on Paige Renkoski, a well-known case from Michigan? I agree with your theory on Jodi.
Will have a look! Thanks for the suggestion akd for watching
The only mystery is what JV did with the body.
Seed salesmen call on farmers at their farms, because nobody has time for seed shopping, therefore Vanice knew the rural areas, probably 20 years, pig barns with pigs that can consume a body and bones in about an hour, hiding places, old septic pits on abandoned farms, stock waste pits, that stuff, that's all in his bag of tricks.
Or who did it.
he passed the lie detector test so he'd have to be psychopath. The walk with the other woman doesn't play for me. She'd know something's up. The time line is screwy
@@shanaolson1812 Yeah but LD test aren't an exact science by any means. Guilty people pass and innocent people fail all the time.
@@superdoublekapowzler2383 the timeline is bad- I mean I want to think it was him- because there was no motivation to steal the car. But the timeline & LD test give me pause-
I think it's very possible that she had a stalker and the stalker found her that morning. I think Jodi having a stalker is the most likely scenario because they would know everything about her since they're her stalker. It's also a possibility that that man she was friends with and watched her birthday video with could've been involved in her disappearance. It's sad to think that she still hasn't been found to this day. I really hope the day will come when she's found so her friends and family have closure knowing that happened to her.
My sister worked at another TV news station in an IA city not too far away at this same time. Her workplace was spooked. I was glad that at least sis was behind the camera, so she wasn’t a public figure in case the perp was targeting female newscasters.
As a truck driver I watch and listen to probably to much true crime stories: I think someone in her apartment complex had been watching her and finally the opportunity happened.Another case,Maura Murray she disappeared and was never found.Though these cases are not connected,I always think that one or both of these girls could still be alive held in captivity all these years later.I also think that the perpetrator reads the comments regularly on these cases if still alive.🤔🚛
Work place was 4 miles from her apartment. She was due at 4:00 AM, not 3:00 AM.
I think that, the reason why Jodi overslept on the morning that she disappeared, is that the man who visited her house, the night before (Vansise), spiked her drink with rohypnol. By the next morning, she might have been really annoyed by what had happened and this lead to her disappearance. Since viewing the TV interview of Vansise, years ago, I have always thought his demeanor was way off and that he was responsible for Jodi's disappearance. The TV interview with Vansise says it all.
stop talking
Then why attack her in the parking lot where it's much more risky. Someone could see what happened, she could scream, run away, someone could come help. If he drugged her at his or her apartment, why not attack her there where he could more easily carry the body out? Why do through all the trouble of waiting for her to leave in the morning and waiting even more time since she ran late even though he didn't know that. Just seems like much more unnecessary risk and work when he could just attack her behind closed doors while she's drugged.
@@henny6566to be fair, that applies to whoever did it whether it was John or not. Why did they do it then and there? It was risky no matter who they are…neighbors did hear a scream but unfortunately didn’t investigate it or call police. Honestly the perp got lucky which is a shame.
@@ElleW18 Another perp would not have access to her home the same way the guy everyone is accusing did. That's the difference. He'd have to break into her place. He didn't have to break into her place because he was her friend who she trust. So it would be much easier to attack her in her or his apartment than in the parking lot. Especially if he drugged her like the OP claimed.
I think the guy was in her house when her work called her and he told her not to say anything. She didn’t oversleep. He was in the house while she was on the phone with her work
One important thing is never discussed in this case. Mason City had a sociopath police chief at the time who was making the officers lives pure hell. One older officer told his shrink he was going to kill him if he didn't get away from him. The chief would tell old timers, they'd never see pension and crap like that. He was fired and beaten in a lawsuit stemming from his next job. It's possible a cop under severe stress like they were all under, would do this to occupy the Chiefs mind.
Someone has to know something
This abductor is arrogant. How in the world all of these years and there is no resolution of this cold case. They should have called in every intelligence agency known to man.
Unless they died soon after abducting her.
Wasn’t Don Harmon…a fellow reporter at the station..a suspect?
Ron Burgundy did it!!
Abduct her LESS THAN TWO HOURS before she’d be MISSED?? BONEHEAD move!
Don Harmon was a Weatherman later here in Kansas City, Mo. He committed suicide some years ago.
I get the feeling Vanise came over and he drugged her, which explains why she uncharacteristically slept in for work and groggily answered her phone. And if at that point she accused him of drugging her, he could respond violently.
Couldn’t someone just know her schedule by watching the news each week ? She probably had the same days off each week.
Who's fingerprints were on the 2 glasses, 2 cans of beer, & the toilet seat that was left up? Not to mention the kitchen table top & door knobs?
This is from my town, which is still a mystery. I don't think her body will never be found.
I do like the theory that John was at Jodi’s house with the video of her Birthday party. Very possible he made a move and she rejected it, a scenario he couldn’t deal with.
The person who took Jodi did not need to know if she was late or calling in sick. If this was a stalker they could just wait. If she didn't come out by the time the sun was up, they could try another day. I think John lied about coming over to her place because it looked bad. But i think if she rejected him that night, he would have done something that night in the apartment, not come back later and done it in semi public. I think this was a stalker who thought she was talking to him through the TV.
She did not oversleep! Her house was pristine, her bed was made. She was up early that day. Now make a conclusion about the person who claims she woke her up
Did they call dogs in?
Just McGruff!