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At the time Jodi Huisentruit disappeared Tony Jackson lived two blocks from KIMT-TV in Mason City, where Jodi worked.
Two years later Jackson violently raped four women in the Minneapolis area. He was later connected by DNA to a total of six rapes in Iowa and Minnesota.
One of the officer’s responsible for arresting Jackson in Minnesota was Jay Alberio. He joins me on this episode. He and others have contended that Jackson should be seriously considered by authorities in Iowa for Jodi’s disappearance in 1995.
If MCPD says Jackson has been ruled out as a viable suspect, I’ll go with that. VanSice, on the other hand, MCPD obtained warrant to get records for vehicles he may have used in recent years, so they apparently consider him viable. VanSice knew JH well, knew Key Apts well, seemed taken with JH, saw her just hours before her disappearance…. Jackson, ya gotta speculate a lot to get him involved. Jackson was no doubt just one of many Mason City men with sexual offenses in their pasts at the time JH was attacked.