Cerro Gordo County District Senior Judge James Drew filed his order today in the case of missing KIMT-TV anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit. Attorneys representing private investigator Steve Ridge filed a motion earlier this year and argued that the warrant regarding GPS data for two vehicles connected to John Vansice should be opened since Vansice died in December and any ongoing investigation into his involvement in the matter has now ceased.
In his ruling, Drew ordered the unsealing of the application, endorsement, search warrant, and return notice since they do not contain information that would compromise the investigation, but an affidavit filed by the Mason City Police Department in support of the application for the search warrant will remain sealed since it contains information regarding times, items found at the scene, the specific location of those items, and other observations of the scene made by officers, which would only be known by the perpetrator and law enforcement.
Huisentruit was abducted on her way to work in Mason City June 27th, 1995, and was declared legally deceased in 2001.
