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in the parking lot that she was planning on buying, as well as evidence that suggested a struggle had taken place near the car. Her personal items, including a bent car key and her red high heels, were strewn about the area, and police reported recovering an unidentified palm print from her vehicle.
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and left flags to mark anything that appeared suspicious. Each of these sites was then re-examined by law enforcement, but no promising evidence was located. Police and private investigators have conducted more than 1,000 interviews, but none have resulted in conclusive evidence pointing to a
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signed a letter requesting Mason City to declare June 27, 2015, as Jodi
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