(Radio Iowa) – A three-part docuseries about Mason City T-V anchor Jodi Huisentruit, who vanished just over 30 years ago, is premiering today (Tuesday) on the streaming service Hulu. “Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit” is one of three new true-crime docuseries from A-B-C News Studios. Twin Cities-based Maria Awes is the executive producer of the series and has covered the Huisentruit case for years. “There’s been just a lot of twists and turns and persons of interest and things over time, and I think it’s time we get this case solved,” Awes says. “It’s tragic just to think about it, and I do think about it a lot.” Awes says they profile four different “persons of interest” in the case, one who recently died, as well as convicted rapist Tony Jackson, who lived in Mason City at the time of her disappearance. Awes says two other leads will be examined that came to light after a “20/20” special aired on A-B-C in 2022.

A memorial to Jodi Huisentruit outside the station where she worked. (KLKK photo)

“There was a tip that came in from one of Jodi’s best friends. She had some suspicions about whether or not her ex-husband might have been involved,” she says. “That happened as a result of our broadcast, that she came forward to Mason City police with that information. She had reached out one other time before, and there was some soft search kind of material done on them within the department, but this really ratcheted it up when there was a little bit more information that came out this time.” Awes says Mason City police want to solve this case and it remains an active investigation.  “The police would always say ‘We don’t know who did it until we know who did it’, right? And it’s all about investigating and lining up all these different pieces of the puzzle to fit that one final piece. They have a lot of pieces, but they don’t have the full picture. I think hopefully this series can be a catalyst for someone with the missing piece to finally come forward.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Mason City Police Department at 641-421-3636.