403:. The original journal has been in the possession of law enforcement since the investigation began. Within days, Mason City police reported that the sender had come forward and was identified as the wife of the former Mason City police chief. Although noting that the former chief had taken a copy of the journal home when he left office, the police gave no motive as to why the woman had sent it to the newspaper.
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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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The day before her disappearance, Huisentruit participated in a golf tournament. According to Mason City resident John
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signed a letter requesting Mason City to declare June 27, 2015, as Jodi
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