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$100K reward offered in Huisentruit case
Steve Ridge is offering $100,000 for tips to recover Jodi Huisentruit's remains, aiming to support indictments after new leads and past reward success in Pennsylvania.
- Steve Ridge doubled his reward to $100,000 for information leading to recovery of Jodi Huisentruit's remains, valid through June 27, 2026.
- Motivated by prior success in Butler, Pennsylvania, Ridge acted after gaining valuable new leads and temporarily boosting the Huisentruit reward in 2024.
- Mason City officials used a K-9 to search a Winsted residence, but Mason City Acting Police Chief Mike McKelvey said 'nothing at all was found' during the recent probe tied to Brad Millerbernd, highlighted in a Hulu docuseries.
- Seeking indictments, Ridge urged tips be directed to investigators and said the goal is arming authorities with evidence; officials listed Mason City Police Department 641-421-3636 and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Ryan Herman's email rherman@dps.state.ia.us.
- Long ago, the 1995 disappearance shocked the Mason City community as Jodi Huisentruit vanished at age 27 while a KIMT-TV morning anchor and was declared legally dead in 2001; a May 30, 2018 billboard campaign has kept the case visible.
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