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We explore the psychology behind crime, the systems that shape it, and the ways we can work toward prevention through awareness, community action, and policy reform.

15 years have gone by and the murder of Bill Wood and disappearance of Kay Wood remain unsolved. If you have any informa...
07/31/2026

15 years have gone by and the murder of Bill Wood and disappearance of Kay Wood remain unsolved. If you have any information at all, please come forward.

07/15/2026
07/15/2026

Investigators are using new technology to help solve the deaths of two Iowa cousins who disappeared 14 years ago this week.

07/11/2026

Starting with our most recent post featuring photos from Jodi Huisentruit’s extensive international travels, we’ll occasionally share more “behind the headlines” stories about Jodi. As one close friend of Jodi recently reminded us, there’s so much more to Jodi’s life story than being the “missing news anchor from Mason City, Iowa.”

If you have a minute, check out a post we did last year on Jodi’s 57th birthday.

https://findjodi.com/30-facts-and-memories-about-jodi-huisentruit-on-her-57th-birthday/

07/10/2026
07/03/2026

Update 7/3/2026:
Mason City Police Chief Mike McKelvey’s response to the Pioneer Press article regarding the People magazine story.
Here’s what was said in the paper, including the fact the MCPD first spoke with the source back in 2024, long before the information became public last month.

"Mason City Police Chief Mike McKelvey said his investigators spoke to Ridge’s source in 2024 and again after the People report last month. The chief said information from the source to police was consistent from 2024 to 2026 but “was different” from what Ridge was reporting.

“The source denied making some of the sensational statements,” McKelvey wrote in a statement to the Pioneer Press.

Ridge is a “private investigator” and “is not working with or on behalf of law enforcement or the Jodi Huisentruit family concerning Jodi’s disappearance,” McKelvey said. "

https://www.twincities.com/2026/07/01/jodi-huisentruit-family-people-magazine-dispute/

Jodi Huisentruit's family is publicly disputing a recent People magazine story about her case.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/jodi-huisentruit-family-disputes-investigator-020400482.html

https://www.twincities.com/2026/07/01/jodi-huisentruit-family-people-magazine-dispute/

If you have any information about what happened to Jodi on June 27, 1995, please come forward. You can reach out through any of the following:

Mason City Police Department: (641) 421-3636
Iowa DCI Special Agent Ryan Herman: [email protected]

Or contact us at FindJodi.com

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