What most likely happened when news anchor Jodi Huisentruit was abducted and never seen again

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  • Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024

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  • @rosemariefritchman5288
    @rosemariefritchman5288 Месяц назад +121

    I have followed this case since the beginning! All these years! I'm 60 now. I hope they find her before I'm gone!

    • @Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
      @Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits Месяц назад +3

      After 30 years??!!!

    • @jerry9535
      @jerry9535 29 дней назад +2

      Me too!

    • @Karmah01
      @Karmah01 27 дней назад +3

      Same here! I'm 62 and live in Minnesota. I remember her disappearance being broadcast all over the news for a long time. Then once a year they would do a piece about her missing. Now, her story has mostly just faded. But I always think of her and really hope they find out what happened to her.

    • @resQfurppl
      @resQfurppl 24 дня назад +4

      @@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
      there’s been cases solved after 100 years recently. we never know what will happen …

    • @iAmiSaid
      @iAmiSaid 22 дня назад

      I was thinking the same thing, well said ​@@resQfurppl

  • @mrs.herculepoirot7763
    @mrs.herculepoirot7763 Месяц назад +75

    I have been following this and praying for Jodi and her family ever since she disappeared. What a terrible and sad story.

  • @jasonrublaitus7144
    @jasonrublaitus7144 Месяц назад +89

    I know it doesn’t happen often, but I love hearing about retired detectives working cases. They typically get results too, as they have plenty of time, and no boss breathing down their necks over the case.

  • @penelopesharp2432
    @penelopesharp2432 Месяц назад +49

    What’s odd is the timing if Vanise did this. She trusted him amd was around him all the time. Why risk taking her in the parking lot? He could have done whatever he wanted while she was with him at his house or boat.

    • @ynp1978
      @ynp1978 Месяц назад +6

      Good point.

    • @knowsmebyname
      @knowsmebyname Месяц назад +11

      To make it look random. Why would he harm her while they were known to be together? Beside don't forget the toilet seat. He may have slept over her house. His clothes were there. His prints were presumably there.

    • @jcpenny3606
      @jcpenny3606 Месяц назад +5

      @@knowsmebyname To abduct someone 4 am in the morning, that wouldn't look random. Maybe in a big city like Los Angeles, but not in a sleepy little town with barely a witness nearby.

    • @JTScott1988
      @JTScott1988 Месяц назад +7

      Well per the theory here she never went to his house. He came to HERS

    • @shanaolson1812
      @shanaolson1812 Месяц назад +8

      @@knowsmebyname maybe she rejected him that last night... and he knew no more get togethers- I thought it was Jackson, but no street criminal would leave that nice car.

  • @digitalpunk5365
    @digitalpunk5365 Месяц назад +98

    She stopped by his house to watch an 18min video of her surprise birthday party? Weird

    • @katrinashostakovich3607
      @katrinashostakovich3607 Месяц назад +43

      Weird but life was weird before internet. You had to go to pplz houses to socialize so I believe it. HE was weird tho 😂

    • @chuckschillingvideos
      @chuckschillingvideos Месяц назад +10

      Not weird at all. You know very well what was going on there.

    • @gtt8428
      @gtt8428 Месяц назад

      ​@@chuckschillingvideosyeah this Becky worship is crazy "butter wouldn't melt"

    • @robertbrantley4070
      @robertbrantley4070 Месяц назад +7

      @@chuckschillingvideos Since you know why don't you tell us?

    • @Dovelunalove
      @Dovelunalove Месяц назад +3

      @@robertbrantley4070well i think they hooked up and he didn’t want to say that..

  • @rockjagg1
    @rockjagg1 Месяц назад +49

    What if she wasn’t just running late because she overslept, but because someone inside her apartment was keeping her from leaving? The toilet seat was up, evidencing a man may have been there. The abductor allowed her to take the early morning call to avoid suspicion as to why she wasn’t at work. Maybe after the call she broke free and tried to drive away and was grabbed before she could get in her vehicle.

    • @Liv-fk7ic
      @Liv-fk7ic Месяц назад +3

      That makes total sense...chilling

    • @geslinam9703
      @geslinam9703 Месяц назад +10

      …and grabbed her heels and hairdryer before she ran out the door? No. I think she was abducted in the parking lot.

    • @rockjagg1
      @rockjagg1 Месяц назад +4

      @@geslinam9703 She kept those items in a bag, which is also missing. A lot of women also keep their car keys in their bags. Not unreasonable to think the guy went to take a leak and she grabbed her work bag with the keys and made a break for it. Perpetrator already had his car in the lot. There would have been no waiting around during the hour plus she was late leaving .

    • @geslinam9703
      @geslinam9703 Месяц назад +1

      @@rockjagg1 could be. Or, could have been she was fooling around with someone, he spent the night, left while she was getting ready to go, and someone else got her in the parking lot.

    • @thenightporter
      @thenightporter 29 дней назад +2

      Her producer called her because she was not at the studio when she was supposed to be period you don't think Jodie would whisper or somehow indicate something was amiss?

  • @perfumelady9089
    @perfumelady9089 Месяц назад +25

    I can’t do it with the robot 🤖 voice

  • @sad_dad
    @sad_dad Месяц назад +81

    The fact that one suspect named his boat after Jodi plus was giving her his shirts and other clothing if she liked it, which I find to be very odd on his part. Something about him doesn’t sit right with me.

    • @gigi9301
      @gigi9301 Месяц назад +10

      Or, it was someone else who knew Vansise was obsessed and would be highly suspected. Pretty good cover.

    • @rosemariefritchman5288
      @rosemariefritchman5288 Месяц назад +2

      It had to be Vanices! Is he still alive?

    • @goodbher9244
      @goodbher9244 Месяц назад +3

      Yeah, but just because an old man had a crush on her doesn't mean he killed her. It is suspicious, but considering how much they looked into him I'm pretty confident it wasn't him. They would have found something if he did it you'd think. Also that palm print they found didn't match him, so there was a different man there that day.

    • @cheriamour2429
      @cheriamour2429 26 дней назад +3

      ​@@rosemariefritchman5288he lives in Arizona, some day where Jodi wanted to live. And he has Alzheimer's. I think he did it too. He was so creepy.

    • @cheriamour2429
      @cheriamour2429 23 дня назад

      @@goodbher9244 we all have our opinions, which is such a privilege in this country.

  • @robpolaris7272
    @robpolaris7272 28 дней назад +9

    It amazes me how often people hear screaming and just ignore it.

    • @dominicmarino8524
      @dominicmarino8524 23 дня назад +1

      My wife always screams at me and I always ignore it to avoid confrontation !

    • @robpolaris7272
      @robpolaris7272 22 дня назад

      @@dominicmarino8524 It is different to hear people argueing than to hear a solitary voice yelling for help.

  • @imogen5141
    @imogen5141 Месяц назад +91

    I do believe the perpetrator was someone who had seen her on the news, and became obsessed with her. Like one of those extreme parasocial relationships. Someone who knew her schedule, which is quite clear anyway due to her doing the morning news, and planned the kidnapping. Unfortunately I’m 99% sure she’s dead.

    • @nessnake123
      @nessnake123 Месяц назад +11

      That is obvious.

    • @davidfigueroa6351
      @davidfigueroa6351 Месяц назад +14

      After nearly 30 years she's most likely 100% gone.

    • @Cat-Tiger-Taegi-Cult
      @Cat-Tiger-Taegi-Cult Месяц назад +12

      She had several stalkers this was not mentioned in this video but is a well-known fact, but imo this was a robery gone wrong. She was probably dead before she left the parking lot. Leading up to her disappearance, several cars had been broken into, not only in that lot but also surrounding lots. Imo She was in the wrong place at the wrong time?

    • @dennisdaniel1146
      @dennisdaniel1146 Месяц назад +2

      @@Cat-Tiger-Taegi-Cultgood point. I have not considered that.

    • @Trev-jz6yw
      @Trev-jz6yw Месяц назад +6

      I wonder if one of her co workers decided to go pick her up if this all woulda been completely avoided or if it still would have happened!

  • @angieburnett4341
    @angieburnett4341 Месяц назад +47

    I've followed this case for several years, always hoping they would solve it. I've always wondered if they interviewed Vansice's ex-wife? My other thought, aside from a random obsessed stalker or Vansice was someone at the news station. Did they interview all of them? I really hope this gets solved someday--the unsolved cases of disappearances are so unsettling for me as a mom, I can't even let myself imagine. Thank you for the video, I love & appreciate your channel.

    • @gigi9301
      @gigi9301 Месяц назад +3

      I think it was a different stalker who knew Vansice was beyond smitten with her. Perfect cover.

  • @dw1232
    @dw1232 Месяц назад +24

    People, when you hear screams call the police. Do what you can do while keeping yourselves safe!

    • @janicesullivan8942
      @janicesullivan8942 23 дня назад +1

      Exactly. If you hear someone screaming, it means someone is in danger, don’t go back to sleep! Wonder how many people would still be around if people did the right thing?

  • @casssmith2610
    @casssmith2610 Месяц назад +41

    Went I dated and then was engaged to a reporter/anchor, you couldn’t go anywhere without being approached by ppl who saw him on TV. They think you’re their friend. It’s fine to recognize him and say hello, we love watching you, but often women would hit on him in front of me. He was handsome and charismatic. Friendly… but there were times he had to be careful because he’d get threats called in to the station if he did a story someone didn’t like. He’d often say to me that if we were out and someone was coming at him, get away, call 911. So I can’t imagine how pretty women have it much worse…

    • @gigi9301
      @gigi9301 Месяц назад +10

      I was engaged to a guy who owns two well-known restaurants in my town and it was similar everytime we went anywhere hugs and pictures. with strangers. Being a large-set man, he didn't mention any concerns for his personal safety but he does have cameras everywhere inside and around his house and of course all around his restaurants. It was tiring to have our dates and outings interrupted, and blatant overtures from female admirers. He even got personal hand-written notes which bordered on "too much" for me to handle as his romantic partner.
      I agree with you; as a woman before cellphones and cameras everywhere, it's too bad that she didn't live somewhere with better security, since she was moderately high-profile and a local celebrity. Jodi was probably too busy to really think about those little hints of impending danger, such as those "strange phone calls".

    • @chhansen9813
      @chhansen9813 Месяц назад +1

      Women do that all of the time!

    • @Jackietreehorn-z5e
      @Jackietreehorn-z5e Месяц назад +2

      I dated a friend who was in Playboy in the mid 80s. The stories she told me about stalkers. Women really are saddled with creeps

    • @chhansen9813
      @chhansen9813 Месяц назад

      @@Jackietreehorn-z5e So are men

    • @gigi9301
      @gigi9301 Месяц назад +2

      @@Jackietreehorn-z5e Yes, and it's Not usually because they "love" or even admire this woman/person. It's because they actually hate and/or resent women.

  • @AndriaBieberDesigns
    @AndriaBieberDesigns Месяц назад +5

    This case was featured on unsolved mysteries. They said she was aware of a stalker. It was said on the show. She had a boyfriend.

    • @deltabluesdavidraye
      @deltabluesdavidraye Месяц назад

      More than one boyfriend she had more than one sugar daddy

    • @LaraCroftEyes1
      @LaraCroftEyes1 Месяц назад +1

      No shred of evidence of Jodi have many boyfriends or sugar daddy

  • @pamsbirding
    @pamsbirding Месяц назад +14

    It's unfortunate DNA wasn't as advanced back then and cell phones non-existent. Her cell phone data would be very interesting and I would love to know the DNA on the glasses and beer bottles found in her apartment.

    • @thenightporter
      @thenightporter 29 дней назад

      We had cell phones back then. I had one. 🙄

    • @susanbrogan3267
      @susanbrogan3267 29 дней назад +1

      They were just starting, just a few people had them.

    • @kenfrievalt7826
      @kenfrievalt7826 25 дней назад

      I had a cell phone five years prior to 1995

  • @davidpatterson5426
    @davidpatterson5426 25 дней назад +3

    Early in this video it’s mentioned she was getting unsettling phone calls. Did the police trace all her calls through phone records?

  • @Bigwave2003
    @Bigwave2003 25 дней назад +2

    For what it's worth, two retired FBI profilers talked about Jodi Huisentruit on a recent podcast. Both agreed this case had the hallmarks of a blitz style abduction by a stranger who had attacked women before.

  • @LazyDaisyDay88
    @LazyDaisyDay88 Месяц назад +37

    Its so depressing that there are just so many men who could be a 'person of interest'. Women spend their lives looking over their shoulder...

    • @ammantophori
      @ammantophori Месяц назад +3

      have four grandsons and I tell him often as I can to never get married. And mostly it's because females come up with nonsense comments like this. We have no idea what this young lady did to get herself into trouble, Do ypu😮

    • @LazyDaisyDay88
      @LazyDaisyDay88 Месяц назад +11

      @@ammantophori You're suggesting she somehow got herself murdered - that she did something to deserve it? Are you for real? She did nothing to deserve losing her life. Hope your grandsons are wiser than you.

    • @ammantophori
      @ammantophori Месяц назад

      @@LazyDaisyDay88 your words not mine young lady,

    • @ammantophori
      @ammantophori 29 дней назад

      @@LazyDaisyDay88 there has never been and never will be a woman that knows what a man is suggesting. I'm an uneducated old man please do not waste any of your precious time . I'm already exhausted thinking of the misery you're going to cause a man

    • @theoriginalsurferbob
      @theoriginalsurferbob 28 дней назад

      Ever watch the show Snapped??? Women are by far worse. Much more evil.

  • @jessicagreene1773
    @jessicagreene1773 Месяц назад +39

    Vansise gives me the creeps.

    • @QuigsAnton
      @QuigsAnton Месяц назад +5

      Same, I have my doubts about his innocence

    • @cheriamour2429
      @cheriamour2429 26 дней назад +3

      ​@@QuigsAntonI always thought he did it.

    • @axelrobertsson9008
      @axelrobertsson9008 12 дней назад +2

      Yes, all red flags are waving.

    • @glamdolly30
      @glamdolly30 9 дней назад +2

      Agreed I believe Vansise is a strong suspect, he was clearly infatuated with her but she did not return his feelings. Sadly we are unlikely to ever know for sure, he has advanced dementia now.

    • @cheriamour2429
      @cheriamour2429 8 дней назад +1

      @@glamdolly30 yes. Now they will never have the chance to see what more might've come, by further investigation into him. So sad for Jodi.

  • @LLong-kv6zi
    @LLong-kv6zi Месяц назад +6

    In the video you mentioned that Vanse had a boat at the time of her death. The boat was even called Jodi.
    Could Vanse have had time to kidnap her, have his way with her and dispose of her body from his boat?

  • @Desstrik
    @Desstrik Месяц назад +20

    Some insane admirer

  • @Iceberg_So_Criminal
    @Iceberg_So_Criminal Месяц назад +24

    Finally a practical take on Jodis case

    • @theOGofREDS
      @theOGofREDS 23 дня назад

      Practical. And though cursory, because it is a newer video you can still hear new clues.

  • @isaiahwilliams2332
    @isaiahwilliams2332 Месяц назад +8

    Doesn’t make sense to me that someone would be in her apartment have access to being in her apartment but decide to kidnap her in a parking lot with potential witnesses. Would make more sense if they attacked her that night or came back over at a later date and did it then. Doing it in a parking lot makes me think the person didn’t have access to her apartment which leads me to believe it was someone she didn’t know well

    • @ElleW18
      @ElleW18 Месяц назад

      But that would be too obvious/suspicious if a missing person was last seen at your place and too complicated if you unalived them in their apartment. Abducting in the parking lot could of course mean it was a stranger or very distant acquaintance, but it also definitely doesn’t rule out someone close to her either.

  • @toml992
    @toml992 Месяц назад +49

    The man who saw a white van outside Jodi's apartment while driving to work is very suspicious. He knew it was Jodi's flat, and knew it well enough to observe that a white van outside was a discordant detail. He clearly took an interest in Jodi's living arrangements. On top of that, he just so happens to drive past her apartment on his way to work at the same time Jodi would typically leave for work.

    • @top_gallant
      @top_gallant Месяц назад +5

      Eh, I disagree. Kentucky Ave is a major town road so 50% of everyone on that side of town is going to use it going to work. The Key Apts and East Park are beautified so the eye is naturally drawn to Park side of the road with the the tree lined Winnebago river because at that time the other side was a gravel road lover laine on the South bank of the winnie and the North bank was an ugly Western Themed Barn Bar that had turned into a silly looking church.

    • @gigi9301
      @gigi9301 Месяц назад

      Usually a White Van

    • @justinbarion2269
      @justinbarion2269 Месяц назад +1

      Maybe he knew it was her apartment from the news after she was taken? Then he remembered seeing a van that morning and told the police......

    • @joegreen268
      @joegreen268 Месяц назад +2

      I agree. For him to know that much detail is suspicious. I agree he’s not on the up and up.

    • @gigi9301
      @gigi9301 Месяц назад

      @@joegreen268 This case is intriguing, and of course heart-breaking.
      In my humble opinion, I don't think it was the obvious guy who named his boat Jodi. I think it was another admirer who knew about that over-the-top guy and used that to his advantage.
      She may or may have not had an overnight guest when she overslept that morning, yet why would that person keep her alive and at home all through the night, let her get dressed and then steal her from the parking lot? Doesn't seem like a first-time offender at all; calculated and sadistic. For all we know, the entire scenario of her trying to enter her vehicle and the bent key in the lock/shoes on the ground was staged.

  • @AuntMeiDumplings
    @AuntMeiDumplings Месяц назад +20

    Love this channel. Please a video on The Huntington Prom Night Murders.

    • @user-xr2lv4ll6j
      @user-xr2lv4ll6j Месяц назад +6

      Another one I have to look into. Thanks!

    • @BadThingsTrueCrime
      @BadThingsTrueCrime  Месяц назад +10

      Thanks for watching! Will check it out:)

    • @catkit728
      @catkit728 Месяц назад +4

      From.crossnlanes West Virginia..and yes!!!. I remember when it happened

    • @desnutz901
      @desnutz901 Месяц назад +3

      Ty I had never heard of this one. And I thought I'd seen everything.

    • @desnutz901
      @desnutz901 Месяц назад +1

      Very interesting

  • @cheriamour2429
    @cheriamour2429 26 дней назад +3

    I agree with this whole video about Vansice. They touched on everything about him and the suspicion of him watching the video at her house. I can't believe they just dismissed him as a suspect. Creepy man too.

    • @mamakat114
      @mamakat114 25 дней назад +1

      I have a gut instinct it was him or he hired someone

    • @cheriamour2429
      @cheriamour2429 21 день назад +1

      @@mamakat114 me too.

  • @Chrisduran71
    @Chrisduran71 Месяц назад +6

    Gross that Vansice would give her his shirts if she liked them…..that is creepy af!

  • @kylev5602
    @kylev5602 28 дней назад +5

    What raises suspicion about Vansice for me is that he was not honest about his interest in Jodi. At one time, I was a divorced man in my 40s. Unless he is gay, there is zero chance a divorced man in his 40s views himself as a father figure to an attractive single woman in her late-20s. He wants sex. Stating otherwise is a lie. And that raises suspicion. He may have been embarrassed about appearing to be a creeper to others or being rejected. Which is silly because that age gap is far from unrealistic. But the goal of all the attention was to get her into bed. 100 percent. If he would have straight up said, yes, I was trying to get some but it didn’t work, I would be much more likely to believe he was innocent.

    • @virgilstarkwell8383
      @virgilstarkwell8383 14 дней назад +1

      The fact that he named his boat after her and by all accounts was constantly trying ti insert himself into her life and seemed jealous, I would agree with you he wasn't being totally honest. On the other hand, he cooperated with the cops including taking polygraphs which he may or may not have passed but he did it. And the palm prints don't seem to match his.

    • @virgilstarkwell8383
      @virgilstarkwell8383 14 дней назад +1

      The other side of your point is that a young attractive but way underpaid woman like JH is interested in spending so much time with an older and let's face it, ordinary looking man unless she wants a sugar daddy. He might have wanted sex but she wanted someone to pick up her tab. It isn't a one-way street. You can't ask why he wanted to spend so much time with her and not ask why she wanted to accommodate him with her attention. Maybe he thought of her as more than a surrogate daughter but maybe she thought of him as more than a surrogate father (sugar daddy.)

    • @kylev5602
      @kylev5602 14 дней назад

      @@virgilstarkwell8383 Good points.

  • @Paul-wi8ci
    @Paul-wi8ci Месяц назад +18

    Christopher Revak a serial caught in Ava, Missouri was thought to be a suspect because he lived in the area when she disappeared. He ended his life when he was arrested but they should still have his DNA if their is anything to compare it to.

  • @appledoreman
    @appledoreman 6 дней назад +1

    Strangely, 4 years after this case, in April, 1995, we had something similar happen in UK, when nationally-known TV presenter, Jill Dando, was shot dead on the doorstep of her home by an unknown person, case remaining unsolved to this day.

  • @titolino73
    @titolino73 Месяц назад +23

    I doubt she is still alive...very sad and unfair world, this is just another example of how sick mankind is!

    • @glennhubbard5008
      @glennhubbard5008 Месяц назад

      Oh, yeah? Well, what about Komodo dragons? Huh?

    • @TS-rd7oy
      @TS-rd7oy Месяц назад +1

      Key syllable 'man'.

  • @ajwilliams3872
    @ajwilliams3872 24 дня назад +1

    You pronounced names wrong, got the letters of the tv station wrong, got many of the facts wrong

  • @glennhubbard5008
    @glennhubbard5008 Месяц назад +6

    I have known of this case since then and have always wondered.

  • @teronnierichardson4374
    @teronnierichardson4374 Месяц назад +6

    Naw he is not the guy.

  • @mrwilliamwonder
    @mrwilliamwonder Месяц назад +3

    1. I think it was a stalker obsessed with her. 2. The suspect had to know she lived there, so I think it was someone who lived in the Apartment complex or knew someone who did. 3. It's pretty clear from the evidence she was snatched from the packing lot as she inserted her keys into her own car. The suspect must have had an old style van with a barrier up front and doors in back must have been rigged. It's possible the suspect lives on a farm and has her buried on his own property, hidden from prying eyes.

    • @Lunafalls
      @Lunafalls Месяц назад +4

      Didn't it say she was listed in the local phone book? Anyone could get her address from that.

  • @Hannahleigh_
    @Hannahleigh_ Месяц назад +19

    So baffling how she literally just vanished into thin air

    • @knowsmebyname
      @knowsmebyname Месяц назад +5

      She is, unfortunately, not the only one.

  • @Cindy-xk5vm
    @Cindy-xk5vm Месяц назад +5

    It seems like the cops sure dug into a lot of possibilities. I probably didn't know it when I was her age, but I know it now. You don't hang out with a guy if you can see that he's in love with you and you are NOT in love with him. Guys can get whacky with that and some old primordial thing can crack in them. Not blaming her, she was too young to know this, and it might not have been the older guy who named his boat after her.

    • @mrwilliamwonder
      @mrwilliamwonder Месяц назад +1

      I can tell you have real experience and I agree. I always thought it was weird of Jodi to hang out with this guy for that same reason.

  • @amara1954
    @amara1954 Месяц назад +1

    I work in the central MN town where Jodi grew up. I also went to the same college she did. Before Iowa she was on our local Alexandria station. I was sitting in the coffee shop on campus one day and she was sitting at the next table interviewing someone. She was so pretty and professional ❤😢

  • @libragirl4471
    @libragirl4471 20 дней назад +1

    What a sweet looking woman. How good people are deleted from this world by bad people will always baffle me.

  • @lovemytide45
    @lovemytide45 Месяц назад +44

    Vansise did it. He was 100% obsessed with her. He named his boat after her and was extremely jealous and possessive of Jodi according to Jodi’s ex producer. He was also the last one to see her alive. Probably advanced on her and got rejected. He might have even drugged her to ensure she ran late the next morning. The rapper wanted street credibility and was chasing clout so he attached himself to an unsolved crime in order to sell his fake toughness.

    • @joedirt1965
      @joedirt1965 Месяц назад +5

      Reminds me of the old movie "Laura" that has an old man befriending a young beautiful woman.

    • @RawOlympia
      @RawOlympia Месяц назад

      It's creepy they should have had fingerprints on the wine glasses, etc. Half a$$ed investigation?

    • @henny6566
      @henny6566 Месяц назад +6

      Then why wasn't any evidence of it? You really expect us to believe he committed the perfect murder even though he knew he'd easily be the number 1 suspect. I'm sorry but he didn't seem to bright of a guy for all that.

    • @lovemytide45
      @lovemytide45 Месяц назад

      @@henny6566 Gary Ridgeway The Green River Killer is dumb as a box of rocks… seriously his IQ is in the toilet. So yea, I do

    • @lovemytide45
      @lovemytide45 Месяц назад +4

      @@henny6566 Good question. I usually think about Gary Ridgeway in this type of situation. You don’t have to be intelligent to get away with it. Ridgeway couldn’t spell CAT if you spotted him the C and the T. Vansise also might have just gotten lucky too. Her producer noticed his behavior as well. Just my hunch but I see what you are saying

  • @chhansen9813
    @chhansen9813 Месяц назад +10

    Oh its definitely someone who knew her! A cop possibly or the other dude that was obsessed with her! Cops dropped the ball on this!

    • @tiahenry4743
      @tiahenry4743 Месяц назад

      Cops are criminal.

    • @Tryp-j9d
      @Tryp-j9d Месяц назад

      YOU are INCREDIBLY STUPID!!

  • @butterflygirl3359
    @butterflygirl3359 Месяц назад +3

    That John guy is a red herring. Jodi had a regular, early morning schedule and a stalker. He didn’t have to know whether she was “running late” or “calling in sick”. He was probably watching her for awhile and would stay and wait to see her. When she didn’t come out at her usual time, he may have become agitated-maybe that pushed him to act violently on that particular morning. She was obviously confronted and dragged into a car or van. My guess is that she was driven far from the “10 mile perimeter” or lake or wherever the police searched and was likely hundreds of miles away when her co-workers called to request a welfare check. She was probably already murdered by the time her missing pictures went out. Her remains are most likely in a neighboring state. Sad, tragic case.

    • @gtt8428
      @gtt8428 Месяц назад

      The video maker is also under the impression people like that have the same mind he does, bro I'm not even involved in that stuff and I talk to myself for hours on occasion ...
      "How'd he knows she was late ?"
      Maybe he sat there for 20 mins was like "oh no" and had a dialogue with himself while he plans his next move, 60 minutes is nothing when you are deep into your mind ...
      Also it sounds like she was romantically involved with Vance sleep overs and such ? But nah she wouldn't do that she's perfect !
      ???
      Why do these channels act like bitter doesn't melt ? The Vic is a perfect human
      Maybe he was a good lay ? Nah ..had to be a b.g ....
      Right ...

  • @ryanrue5513
    @ryanrue5513 Месяц назад +10

    Great RUclips channel👍

  • @cheesecake134
    @cheesecake134 Месяц назад +23

    I think it’s beyond obvious that it’s John. He was obsessed with her and women are statistically more likely to he harmed by a man they know. I think he figured if he couldn’t have Jodi, no one would. I’m just not sure if he will ever see a jail cell. Somehow investigators can’t seem to find a way to prove he did it. I think it would take a deathbed confession before we got answers.

    • @cristinashields2740
      @cristinashields2740 Месяц назад

      That's exactly what I just thought. It will unfortunately be a deathbed confession

    • @lauriesmith4575
      @lauriesmith4575 Месяц назад

      I agree. I don't think she actually watched the video. I think he might have come over to confront her about the relationship, and covered it up by saying she came over to watch the video.

    • @awesomebeautiful8782
      @awesomebeautiful8782 Месяц назад

      John would not have attacked her in the parking lot. He could have knocked on the door and she would have let him in. Kidnapping her from the parking lot is too high risk for someone she knew well.

    • @cheesecake134
      @cheesecake134 Месяц назад

      @@awesomebeautiful8782 I do think this is the one odd aspect. It is extremely high risk, especially considering he could have walked up to her door and knocked. I just continually go back to him having the most motive to do it. The stalker theory is interesting and probable, but without concrete proof someone was stalking her, I keep going back to the much older man who was clearly in love with her.

  • @melaniemanning2462
    @melaniemanning2462 Месяц назад +3

    What an astute observation about Jodi probably not going to Vance's so late to watch that video.

  • @henny6566
    @henny6566 Месяц назад +11

    She could also have just cleaned the toilet which is why the toilet seat was still up.

    • @anneloving8405
      @anneloving8405 Месяц назад +1

      No she got woken up by her boss to go to work,she wouldn't be thinking "I better clean the toilet"at 4-45 am in a rush.

    • @henny6566
      @henny6566 Месяц назад +6

      @@anneloving8405 She could have cleaned it the night before.

    • @Jackietreehorn-z5e
      @Jackietreehorn-z5e Месяц назад +4

      ​@henny6566 who doesn't pee after you get up in the morning? No one. The lid was up

    • @granthubick8684
      @granthubick8684 27 дней назад +1

      I remember a case where a palm print found on the wall behind the toilet identified the killer.
      Men tend to lean forward and sometimes prop themselves up.
      I wonder if the forensic team checked that what with the toilet seat up in a single girls apartment.

    • @henny6566
      @henny6566 27 дней назад +2

      @@Jackietreehorn-z5e People who are late obviously, as she was.

  • @Cecil-hotel
    @Cecil-hotel Месяц назад +3

    Very tragic

  • @user-ip7rt8mg7w
    @user-ip7rt8mg7w 26 дней назад +1

    It was a stranger I feel because they have absolutely no idea or leads. But if it was someone she knew you'd think they'd have an idea by now wouldn't you??

  • @goldshieldinthedark
    @goldshieldinthedark 26 дней назад +1

    In all probability, I believe it was an obsessed stalker that Jodi didn't know at all. It wasn't too difficult for anybody motivated to watch her and learn her routine. This is why nobody was caught because this person had no connections to Jodi. On top of that, I feel it was more than one person involved . One person was the strongarm abductor and the other the getaway driver.

  • @jamesb.9155
    @jamesb.9155 Месяц назад +2

    With so many predators on the loose and the huge number of such cases, solved and unsolved, it certainly is never a surprise when a woman goes missing and whatnot.

  • @caseybanter
    @caseybanter Месяц назад +21

    He named his boat after her?? Yeah, that mofo did it.

    • @lilacicecream
      @lilacicecream Месяц назад +1

      He had a bad case of puppy love. My question is, did he change the boat's name after she vanished? That, to me, may be a clue.

  • @christophercharles9645
    @christophercharles9645 19 дней назад

    What a shame. How frightening: you step outside your apartment to go to work and disappear forever? That's crazy. That poor woman and her family.

  • @karenolson4000
    @karenolson4000 Месяц назад +16

    I think that, the reason why Jodi overslept on the morning that she disappeared, is that the man who visited her house, the night before (Vansise), spiked her drink with rohypnol. By the next morning, she might have been really annoyed by what had happened and this lead to her disappearance. Since viewing the TV interview of Vansise, years ago, I have always thought his demeanor was way off and that he was responsible for Jodi's disappearance. The TV interview with Vansise says it all.

    • @chhansen9813
      @chhansen9813 Месяц назад +1

      stop talking

    • @henny6566
      @henny6566 Месяц назад +3

      Then why attack her in the parking lot where it's much more risky. Someone could see what happened, she could scream, run away, someone could come help. If he drugged her at his or her apartment, why not attack her there where he could more easily carry the body out? Why do through all the trouble of waiting for her to leave in the morning and waiting even more time since she ran late even though he didn't know that. Just seems like much more unnecessary risk and work when he could just attack her behind closed doors while she's drugged.

    • @ElleW18
      @ElleW18 Месяц назад +1

      @@henny6566to be fair, that applies to whoever did it whether it was John or not. Why did they do it then and there? It was risky no matter who they are…neighbors did hear a scream but unfortunately didn’t investigate it or call police. Honestly the perp got lucky which is a shame.

    • @henny6566
      @henny6566 Месяц назад

      @@ElleW18 Another perp would not have access to her home the same way the guy everyone is accusing did. That's the difference. He'd have to break into her place. He didn't have to break into her place because he was her friend who she trust. So it would be much easier to attack her in her or his apartment than in the parking lot. Especially if he drugged her like the OP claimed.

    • @MichaelSmith-uy4ui
      @MichaelSmith-uy4ui 19 дней назад

      I think the guy was in her house when her work called her and he told her not to say anything. She didn’t oversleep. He was in the house while she was on the phone with her work

  • @alexistrebexis3195
    @alexistrebexis3195 Месяц назад +2

    Ok, I was giving that Vansice guy the benefit of the doubt. But when they said whenever Jodi liked a shirt he was wearing, he’d give it to her? That’s odd.

  • @molsonman1420
    @molsonman1420 Месяц назад +3

    I graduated high school on the east coast in June 1995 and have never forgotten this case

  • @Johndoe345-k2d
    @Johndoe345-k2d Месяц назад +3

    I think she ran away to join the circus.

    • @kenfrievalt7826
      @kenfrievalt7826 25 дней назад +1

      Or alian obduction

    • @Johndoe345-k2d
      @Johndoe345-k2d 25 дней назад

      @@kenfrievalt7826 or possibly bigfoot took her and made her his bride.

  • @Jen195152
    @Jen195152 29 дней назад +2

    What about the palm print on the car??

  • @jimbotron70
    @jimbotron70 8 дней назад +1

    Lots of creepy men in her life.

  • @mudchair16
    @mudchair16 25 дней назад +1

    Robot voice. Instant thumbs down.

  • @mamakat114
    @mamakat114 25 дней назад +1

    How far was Vansices boat from his & Jodi’s? Here’s my theory. He waited for her to get home from the country club. Called her when she got in her apartment said he’d pop by to show her the video. (Btw, I had a cell phone in my car in 1994) anyway, they had a few drinks, watched the video. Maybe made an advance towards her (he’d probably been watching her from the parking lot at the golf thing) (yes, I formerly had a psycho in my life like this), anyway. He left after a failed attempt at having sex with her. Or God forbid he “r’d” her. But I think he wouldn’t want to give up his cover as a “Daddy figure”. He sat in the parking lot fuming overnight, waited for her to come out, walked over to “talk” about the misunderstanding the night before & she said she was running late, had to go to work. He felt rejected again. Upducted her, put her tied up or already deceased on his boat, rushed home to get the call from LaDonna & later discarded her body somehow. He must’ve had gloves on when he abducted her. I have no proof. But that is the empath in me who has been through this shite & by the grace of God made it out alive.

  • @thatscrewedprude8717
    @thatscrewedprude8717 Месяц назад +3

    Cautionary tale 😢

  • @Victor-tg9jp
    @Victor-tg9jp 16 дней назад

    When you are in the public eye like she was, you have to be extremely careful about people around you and anything that seems odd or inappropriate

  • @timowens1989
    @timowens1989 Месяц назад +23

    The only mystery is what JV did with the body.

    • @superdoublekapowzler2383
      @superdoublekapowzler2383 Месяц назад +8

      Seed salesmen call on farmers at their farms, because nobody has time for seed shopping, therefore Vanice knew the rural areas, probably 20 years, pig barns with pigs that can consume a body and bones in about an hour, hiding places, old septic pits on abandoned farms, stock waste pits, that stuff, that's all in his bag of tricks.

    • @henny6566
      @henny6566 Месяц назад +1

      Or who did it.

    • @shanaolson1812
      @shanaolson1812 Месяц назад

      he passed the lie detector test so he'd have to be psychopath. The walk with the other woman doesn't play for me. She'd know something's up. The time line is screwy

    • @timowens1989
      @timowens1989 Месяц назад

      @@shanaolson1812 Yeah but LD test aren't an exact science by any means. Guilty people pass and innocent people fail all the time.

    • @shanaolson1812
      @shanaolson1812 Месяц назад

      @@superdoublekapowzler2383 the timeline is bad- I mean I want to think it was him- because there was no motivation to steal the car. But the timeline & LD test give me pause-

  • @Da_Publick
    @Da_Publick 22 дня назад

    Well done doc, covered all the possibilities.

  • @geezberry8889
    @geezberry8889 27 дней назад +1

    5:52 there 's your clue, campers at the "nearby campground"

  • @RebeccaKhan-fx7jf
    @RebeccaKhan-fx7jf Месяц назад +2

    It was not smart for Jodie to announce on air what events she was going to in her private life.

  • @stephanielewis8481
    @stephanielewis8481 10 дней назад +1

    So sad

  • @Author_I
    @Author_I 27 дней назад

    I'm from iowa. Even to this day, she pops into my mind. I pray they solve this. It os very odd the man who named his boat after her. Super creepy.

  • @Jared_Wignall
    @Jared_Wignall Месяц назад +2

    As an Iowan, this is one of these cases that we hear about whenever an anniversary of her disappearance comes up. I was 1 when she went missing, so I obviously wasn’t aware of it until some years later but it’s very unfortunate that she disappeared. There have been various theories put forward over the years and some have been pretty solid in terms of being a likely scenario as what happened, some people defiantly seem to be suspicious, such as John Vansice. I defiantly appreciate what you’ve put forward as what likely happened since it defiantly makes a good deal of sense and it’s very straight forward and considering how forensics was back in the 90s compared to today, it’s possible certain things were missed by those investigating this case at that time. Thank you for the video, you’ve done an excellent job looking over this case. Keep up the great work and take care!

  • @pw529
    @pw529 Месяц назад +1

    or someone in the police department never heard that they had a motive before

  • @jamesdykes2968
    @jamesdykes2968 Месяц назад +1

    Could you do a video on Paige Renkoski, a well-known case from Michigan? I agree with your theory on Jodi.

    • @BadThingsTrueCrime
      @BadThingsTrueCrime  Месяц назад

      Will have a look! Thanks for the suggestion akd for watching

  • @libragirl4471
    @libragirl4471 20 дней назад

    Crazy how it looks like any of these men make for a strong case regarding her disappearance

  • @petecook5VIDCHANNEL1
    @petecook5VIDCHANNEL1 Месяц назад +4

    Wasn’t Don Harmon…a fellow reporter at the station..a suspect?

    • @Tryp-j9d
      @Tryp-j9d Месяц назад

      Ron Burgundy did it!!

    • @Tryp-j9d
      @Tryp-j9d Месяц назад

      Abduct her LESS THAN TWO HOURS before she’d be MISSED?? BONEHEAD move!

    • @tommason5566
      @tommason5566 Месяц назад +1

      Don Harmon was a Weatherman later here in Kansas City, Mo. He committed suicide some years ago.

  • @pennivalenti6602
    @pennivalenti6602 Месяц назад +1

    I remember this case. So sad! I always felt so sorry for her and her family. I cannot imagine living through this nightmare for her and them. It was probably some nut who watched on the news, and built up this fantasy about her, stalking her, and then pouncing. So sad!

  • @chrisdidonna7371
    @chrisdidonna7371 28 дней назад +1

    Stranger

  • @virgilstarkwell8383
    @virgilstarkwell8383 18 дней назад

    I don't think you can say Vansice is the "last one to see her alive" unless it is proven he killed her. Otherwise, is among the last ones.....

  • @mattkaustickomments
    @mattkaustickomments Месяц назад

    My sister worked at another TV news station in an IA city not too far away at this same time. Her workplace was spooked. I was glad that at least sis was behind the camera, so she wasn’t a public figure in case the perp was targeting female newscasters.

  • @rapman5791
    @rapman5791 Месяц назад +8

    It’s a very sad story, but it sounds like she was playing too many men. You can only string someone along for so long before it gets real serious. She liked the gifts & attention,but that comes with a cost unfortunately.
    It’s a known fact that men cannot be friends with women,there is always strings attached and always an angle. I know women don’t want to hear that but it’s the Gods honest truth.

    • @gtt8428
      @gtt8428 Месяц назад

      Thank you 😊 in over this Becky crap "she would never" nobody is perfect these g man worshippers need to understand this it's getting old ...

  • @nikkiej.5875
    @nikkiej.5875 Месяц назад +4

    I think it's very possible that she had a stalker and the stalker found her that morning. I think Jodi having a stalker is the most likely scenario because they would know everything about her since they're her stalker. It's also a possibility that that man she was friends with and watched her birthday video with could've been involved in her disappearance. It's sad to think that she still hasn't been found to this day. I really hope the day will come when she's found so her friends and family have closure knowing that happened to her.

  • @conniebauer4128
    @conniebauer4128 18 дней назад

    Ive studied this case probably more than any other case. I think she was abducted by someone she had previously dated and who was interested in her but she didn't feel the same..perhaps a cop.

  • @RebeccaKhan-i8y
    @RebeccaKhan-i8y 11 дней назад

    Vance is strange. Jodi should have not accepted a car from the guy.

  • @mrwilliamwonder
    @mrwilliamwonder Месяц назад

    One important thing is never discussed in this case. Mason City had a sociopath police chief at the time who was making the officers lives pure hell. One older officer told his shrink he was going to kill him if he didn't get away from him. The chief would tell old timers, they'd never see pension and crap like that. He was fired and beaten in a lawsuit stemming from his next job. It's possible a cop under severe stress like they were all under, would do this to occupy the Chiefs mind.

  • @thepolitewierdo
    @thepolitewierdo Месяц назад +4

    What about the producer? Broadcasting can be cut throat and it looked she presented the show because Jodi wasn’t there. She knew her schedule. Presumably they started work at the same time and we only have her word that she actually talked to Jodi that morning. Was there any workplace drama? There could have been jealousy there? She could have had help? Just a different perspective. Also, wouldn’t the police be able to find out exactly who the car was registered and insured by?

    • @lilacicecream
      @lilacicecream Месяц назад +1

      I don't believe it was the producer...

    • @thenightporter
      @thenightporter 29 дней назад +1

      She would be my #1 suspect. Have you ever read the answers she gave in a written interview? It is nad enough to give those answers when someone is alive but wow, Jodi was missing already. She seemed to make no effort to hide her jealousy and hatred for Jodi. I found that way more concerning than JV's weird behavior.

  • @stevesmith3455
    @stevesmith3455 Месяц назад +12

    I believe JVS was behind it. He seemed too attached.

  • @CourtneyKhan-80
    @CourtneyKhan-80 Месяц назад

    What a video- GREAT JOB of piecing this case together!!
    Much respect.
    My heart hurts for all her family, friends and acquaintances that long for answers.

  • @Bieshmac
    @Bieshmac Месяц назад +2

    Did they call dogs in?

    • @Tryp-j9d
      @Tryp-j9d Месяц назад

      Just McGruff!

  • @Milkman4279
    @Milkman4279 Месяц назад +12

    "4:30 am in the morning"
    😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ewetn1
      @ewetn1 Месяц назад +6

      What is hilarious about a time of day...?

    • @ElleW18
      @ElleW18 Месяц назад +5

      @@ewetn1it’s redundant to say “__ am in the morning” since am stands for morning

    • @markysumm72
      @markysumm72 Месяц назад +1

      ​@ewetn1 are you thick? 🙄

    • @user-cc6nb5th6x
      @user-cc6nb5th6x Месяц назад

      I
      ​@@ElleW18 I hear this too much; it drives me crazy. Also when I hear "between you and I."

    • @stephvannorman9826
      @stephvannorman9826 Месяц назад

      she was always up at that time because she had to go to work.And the parking lot would be deserted that time of morning with no one around.

  • @srsusansummers3070
    @srsusansummers3070 23 дня назад

    This is from my town, which is still a mystery. I don't think her body will never be found.

  • @LarsCederberg-o8f
    @LarsCederberg-o8f Месяц назад +3

    It's not unusual for murderers to live a normal life with family and not showing any signs of guilt until the police knock on the door after 35 years and Vansice was infatuated with Jodi and knew her schedule.

  • @williambarnes7133
    @williambarnes7133 Месяц назад +5

    I live in Minnesota and I hear about this case every once in awhile... It pains me that they have not solve it...... After watching this video I think it's that one guy who was kind of possessive over her the one that wanted her to see the 18 minute video..... He looked kind of eerie to me

  • @yomommaahotoo264
    @yomommaahotoo264 Месяц назад +1

    Police coverup- my 1st thought...sealed warrants...

  • @robkearsy2995
    @robkearsy2995 10 дней назад

    The John guy looks like an In Heat Of The Night bad guy.

  • @mrwilliamwonder
    @mrwilliamwonder Месяц назад

    I remember when this happened and years later it seemed everyone in town was saying, "Jodi Hui-do-it" ? Then the crazies came out claiming all kinds of nonsense.

  • @WVgrl59
    @WVgrl59 25 дней назад

    I remember seeing a clip of her with a co-anchor named Kevin.
    Later, Kevin was at our station for a while at WSAZ-TV in Charleston, West Virginia.

  • @psweeneyville
    @psweeneyville 29 дней назад

    Not sure if a stalker abducted her since she was late that morning. I think it may have been who was in her apartment the night before.

  • @RebeccaKhan-fx7jf
    @RebeccaKhan-fx7jf Месяц назад +1

    Someone has to know something
    This abductor is arrogant. How in the world all of these years and there is no resolution of this cold case. They should have called in every intelligence agency known to man.

    • @thenightporter
      @thenightporter 29 дней назад

      Unless they died soon after abducting her.

  • @ADAMSIXTIES
    @ADAMSIXTIES Месяц назад +2

    4:10 "This was during a time when there were no cellphones yet". Disregarding the grammatical error in this AI video, cellphones were pretty widely available in 1995. True, most people didn't yet have one, but many did by then.

    • @mrbob8618
      @mrbob8618 Месяц назад +1

      Wrong

    • @mrbob8618
      @mrbob8618 Месяц назад +1

      Bag phones

    • @thenightporter
      @thenightporter 29 дней назад

      I had one and most people I knew did too. ​@@mrbob8618

  • @annabrahamson4320
    @annabrahamson4320 25 дней назад

    LaDonna could have lied for him, because she liked him

  • @patttyannhudson
    @patttyannhudson 26 дней назад

    Ive seen where a sicko who is mad at his girlfriend will kill anyone or someone who looks like their own girlfriend i really don't think they will find jodi or the killer that person has kept their mouth shut what a creep maybe hes dead now too so horrible

  • @timothyelliott6506
    @timothyelliott6506 16 дней назад

    I think it was Jerry Lynn Burns of Manchester Iowa.