4 Billboards Seek Answers On Missing TV Anchor From Minnesota

A new billboard campaign — reminiscent of the one depicted in the 2017 Oscar-winning film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — seeks clues in Jodi Huisentruit's unsolved disappearance in Mason City, Iowa.

The Long Prairie, Minnesota native worked as an anchor on KIMT-TV. On June 27, 1995, weeks after her 27th birthday, she didn't show up for the 6 a.m. broadcast and hasn't been seen since.

Authorities believe Huisentruit was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex. Her body was never been found, and there are few clues showing what happened.

Huisentruit was declared legally dead in May of 2001.

The FindJodi team will mark Huisentruit's 50th birthday on June 5 and the anniversary of her disappearance with four billboards in Mason City. The billboards read, "Somebody knows something…is it YOU?"

“Here we are for another anniversary of Jodi’s disappearance. Someone knows what happened. And we have to continue to find ways to reach people," FindJodi.com’s co-founder Josh Benson said in a statement.

"We’ve never tried billboards before – and felt this is a good way to saturate Mason City with our message and reach out to those who may know something."

The FindJodi team will gather at one of the billboard sites in Mason City June 5.

Huisentruit's Minnesota friends will gather to celebrate her life with a golf tournament in Long Prairie.

Image courtesy of FindJodi.com, used with permission