Tonight’s 48 Hours show: Iowan Jodi Huisentruit
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Definitely Key Apartments. Are you combining it with The Willow Run? I believe there was a murder at the motel next to there at one point in the 90s.
Think there were a couple murders at willow run. That is out by Papa's (about only place that has been there for last 10-15 years consistently)
I think the Stitts murder was out there, wasn’t it? I went to school with his kid.
Not sure. I remember one was a robbery or something but turned as stiffing a hooker (money wise, not pun intended).
I lived in MC at the time and thought she was fine on air (despite what some say here). She brought a certain friendly, laid back attitude to the newscast.
I've always wondered if she got mixed up with the wrong guy...probably gave him the wrong impression by just being friendly. I base this on the fact that I ran into her twice while living there. Once in the library and another time she was parked on the street behind me. Both times, she engaged me with small talk.
I was flattered, but did occur to me as being a bit out of the ordinary.
I've always wondered if she got mixed up with the wrong guy...probably gave him the wrong impression by just being friendly. I base this on the fact that I ran into her twice while living there. Once in the library and another time she was parked on the street behind me. Both times, she engaged me with small talk.
I was flattered, but did occur to me as being a bit out of the ordinary.
A different case but Cedar Rapids Police just announced the arrest of a person they believe killed an 18 year old woman 39 years ago tonight.
Something similar in Waterloo a couple years back. I think that guy just walked in out of the blue and confessed though.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...helle-martinko-murder-jerry-burns/2370821002/
Interesting. I'm curious what they had on him to lead them to get the DNA sample. I'm also curious as to what the hell the motive was.
Put on your tinfoil hats.
I just caught an update on that case from my local news.
I wonder if they will explore any connection between this Jerry Lynn Burns guy indicted for the 1979 Cedar Rapids murder and the Huisentruit case.
It just struck me as incredibly odd that national media would air an episode about one cold missing persons case immediately before police pick up and charge somebody in another one. It's probably just a coincidence, but in the 48 Hours piece, the Mason City police chief made it sound like they had a bead on their suspect but not enough evidence. People are led to believe that points to Vancise, but what if they were watching to see how somebody else reacted to it?
Martinko was a young blonde girl who was apparently attacked in the dark at her car, just like Huisentruit. Burns left DNA at the scene of the 1979 murder that was recently matched through a DNA ancestry/profiling service that led to his arrest.
By the way, according to the Martinko Cold Case Facebook group, Burns apparently has a physically/mentally disabled cousin from Manchester who disappeared in 2013 on December 13, the same date as the Martinko murder, and has never been found. His wife died of an apparent suicide on June 29, 2008 and was cremated. Huisentruit disappeared on June 27. Creepy AF!
It's probably nothing.
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I heard that today too. Wouldn't that be the bombshell if he somehow pulled all of that off. It wouldn't be the first time
The DNA profile people were able to create a DNA based suspect sketch based off of the genetic phenotype of the DNA sample that Cedar Rapids police had. It was uncanny.
Lot of killers out there will probably sleep harder tonight knowing this is a possibility now.
Lot of killers out there will probably sleep harder tonight knowing this is a possibility now.
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