As morning news anchor for KIMV TV, Jodi Huisentruit normally arrives by 3:30 a.m. to prepare to go on at 6 a.m.

When Huisentruit doesn’t arrive at the studio by 4 a.m. producer Amy Kuns calls the 27-year-old, apparently waking her up. Huisentruit says she is heading to the station right away. Huisentruit doesn’t arrive at the station. Other calls made to her phone go unanswered. At 6 a.m., producer Amy Kuns fills in on-air for Huisentruit and when she finishes,  she calls the police asking for a welfare check.

At 7:16 a.m., police are at Huisentruit’s apartment complex, where they find her red Mazda Miata in the parking lot. A pair of red women’s dress shoes, a blow-dryer, bottle of hair spray, car keys and earrings are scattered beside the car, along with a bent car key. There are signs of a struggle. Police begin a missing persons investigation.

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[Feature Photo: Jodi Huisentruit /Handout]