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Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit demonstrates the case of Jodi Huisentruit, a 27-year-old morning news anchor at Mason City's KIMT-TV, who did not show up to work for her broadcast assignment on June 27, 1995. She had been staying in a single apartment near the station. Her colleague called her when she didn't respond to the 3 a.m. call-in and briefly spoke to her. Jodi informed the caller that she had stayed up late but was on her way. She was never seen or heard again.
The police later discovered her red Mazda Miata outside of her apartment. They also discovered some of her belongings scattered about, such as a high heel, a hairdryer, and a folded car key. It appeared as though something had occurred near the car where the belongings were tossed around. One of the neighbors did overhear a scream while Jodi was supposed to be getting ready for work, yet no credible witnesses with details ever presented themselves.
Her case is still open to the current day. She was legally declared dead in 2001, yet nobody was discovered. The Mason City police department continues to hold the case on an open criminal case list.
The three-episode docu-series is set to drop on 15 July on Hulu.
Hulu and ABC News introduce a new docu-series on the case: Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit
Finally, after almost 30 years since her disappearance, Hulu and ABC News Studios released a new three-part documentary series called Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit. Its official trailer has already been released and includes archival footage, interviews, and case files. The series is going to be produced as a minute-by-minute, fact-based account of the known facts of the case, and not dramatized or fictionalized.
The docu-series will also feature commentary contributed by the reporters, investigators, and those who were part of the original investigation.
Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit appears to be a detailed study of the Huisentruit disappearance, recreating the events leading up to that day of her vanishing, the detectives' response, and what has happened, if anything, in the years since.
Timeline of events on June 27, 1995
According to formal police records and initial media accounts, Jodi Huisentruit was due to present the 6 a.m. news on the day she went missing. After failing to report to work at the TV station, her news producer phoned her at approximately 4 a.m. Huisentruit answered the telephone and informed her that she overslept but would be in later. She never arrived.
As shown in Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit, her coworkers called the police later in the morning. The police officers came to her apartment complex and located her car still in the parking lot. Her belongings were tossed on the ground by the driver's side, for instance, belongings that she would carry to work. These findings indicated that maybe something had happened to her on the way to work.
There were no indications of the forced opening of her apartment door. There were no eyewitnesses who directly witnessed the kidnapping. Even with initial search missions, questioning the neighbors, and extensive media coverage, a suspect was never caught during that period.
What the new series includes
Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit has unprecedented access to never-before-seen footage, according to ABC News. It includes some of the following: Jodi Huisentruit's private diaries, new witnesses interviewed especially for the program who were crucial to the case, and "never-before-seen" footage of the original police investigation and "groundbreaking" news coverage.
Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit also re-interviews and re-contacts previously found people of interest or individuals with leads. They conduct interviews with retired law enforcement personnel, journalists who covered the case for decades, and Mason City citizens who were directly affected by her disappearance. The documentary does not state anything regarding the case being solved.
Rather, it collects all that has been established to be facts and the main sources to present an entire picture of facts existing in the open.
Decades of theories, but no definitive answers
There have been numerous speculations since 1995 about what has happened to Jodi Huisentruit. People of interest have been questioned and tips have been made to the authorities ever since. Speculations that have been brought up have varied from organized kidnapping by someone known to her, a crime opportunity, or even stalking.
Theories as to what did occur were never proven. To date, no one has ever been charged with anything in the case. The detectives state that good leads are continuing to come in and can still crack the case.
Activist organizations like FindJodi.com, staffed by retired media and police professionals, have had updates, rumors, and interviews posted in an attempt to maintain public interest. None of them has provided conclusive new information.
Long-term public interest and commemoration
Public interest never wavered. Community events and vigils are annually observed in Mason City to memorialize Jodi and keep the case alive in the public's mind. Billboards, fund-raising campaigns, and public appeals have persisted in asking for tips and tips.
Her case, shown in Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit, is still referenced on the cold case and missing person forums, particularly in the Midwest. Celebrity status not only has made her case highly renowned but has shifted focus away from the complexities of cases with no or minimal physical evidence and no witnesses.
Status of the investigation and what's next
The case remains open at the Mason City Police Department. The authorities have kept reiterating that although decades have passed by, the case can still be cracked if some new evidence arrives. They have claimed that anyone who has any information—however minute it is—is requested to report to the authorities.
While Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit introduces no new suspects, its unveiling can do nothing but generate new interest and potential leads. The case is still open with no statute of limitations on the case.
Her Last Broadcast: The Vanishing of Jodi Huisentruit sheds new light on a nearly three-decade-old case that still has no answer. Employing in-the-moment video, fact reporting, and eyewitness testimony, Hulu and ABC News Studios' documentary series re-imagines the timeline and investigation into her disappearance.
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Up to now, Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit remains unsolved, and no suspect has been taken into custody, as well as a visible motive being established for whatever happened. The show can be utilized to make new information available and help keep the public engaged with it. The search continues, and her status still cannot be located.
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