I have been thinking alot about Jodi Huisentruit lately, the television news anchor who went missing in Mason City, Iowa, in 1995. I didn't realize it was the ten-year anniversary of her disappareance until I heard about an upcoming special report on 20/20 (airing tonight.)
The time slipped away so fast. I mean, I knew what year she disappeared, but I was not thinking in terms of decades.
Hers was one of those cases you do not easily forget, and though I never watched her news program (I lived in Iowa City, so her local news news show did not air there), there was just something about her. In a way, she reminded me of Tammy Zywicki.
She has now been missing a full one-third of my life. One-third of my life.
Strange. I was writing about her today when I heard about the 20/20 feature. Anniversary aside, it feels like a certain energy is in the air. Something palpable. Let's hope the Mason City Police find Jodi and solve the mystery. At long last.