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Search warrant in the Jodi Huisentruit case unsealed, Monday

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April 29th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

A judge, Monday, unsealed part of a search warrant in the investigation into Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit’s disappearance. Huisentruit vanished in June 1995. She was supposed to anchor the morning news at a Mason City station, but never showed up. The 2017 search warrant shows GPS tracking of vehicles owned by John Vancise. Vancise was an acquaintance of Huisentruit and deemed a person of interest during the investigation, but was never charged. He died last year.

The search warrant applied to a Honda Civic and GMC pickup truck, and any other vehicle operated by Vancise. The warrant shows one of the vehicles drove a route from Baxter, Iowa, to Phoenix, where Vancise was living.

Other details of the warrant are still sealed to protect the investigation.