Find Jodi
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[music] And at this hour, investigators still have few clues about where Jodie who's in truth might be. The FBI is now involved in the case and they're beginning to concentrate their efforts. Search dogs turn up clues, but tonight it remains untested evidence. Where is she? Who knows something who hasn't come forward? Caroline Lowe is in Tiff and Iowa with an update right now, Caroline. Well, Amelia, tonight there's a stained silo door. Being a journalist, I know what gets covered, and that's why we do things like billboards to try to get the attention. [music] We really wish we weren't here today. Twenty-three years later, what happened to Jodie is still a mystery. You aren't watching News Channel 3 Daybreak. The time is six o'clock, sixty-four degrees, some light showers falling in North Iowa. Jodie grew up in Minnesota. Then she went to Mason City in 1993 to become reporter morning anchor. [music] This morning, our morning anchor, 27-year-old Jodie, who's in truth, apparently disappeared. She was running late, appeared that Jodie had been attacked from behind, and then dragged away from her car, and her stuff was scattered behind. I called her, and I talked to her. She was there. It sounded like I woke her up. Her first question was, "What time is it?" I said, "Jodie, it's ten after four, you need to come in." That was the last contact anybody has had with Jodie. It's been thirty-eight hours now since anyone has spoken to Jodie who's in truth. Good evening, everyone. I had such a strange collision of emotions. Residents from all across North Iowa are, in turn, feeling the emotion and the desperation for Jodie's safe return. And I thought, "I know her so well," and all of these folks who are watching on TV right now feel like they really know her too. They had her in their home every morning, and they loved her. Way to go, Kevin. She has a hard last name. Who's in truth? After the 27th of June, she's Jodie. It doesn't need a last name anymore. She'll always be just Jodie. The clock was ticking. [music] I'm John Shine from KIMT Television, Mason City, Iowa. We need your help. One of our news anchors is missing. It's been forty-two hours since we last heard from our dear friend Jodie. There are lots and lots of theories. How would you classify John Van Seis? I would classify him as a friend. Jodie spent more time with John Van Seis in the last month than she was in Mason City than anybody that we know of. And he said, "I was the last person to see her." I interviewed him the next day. And have the police indicated whether or not you're a suspect? No, they haven't given me any indication. They've interviewed me twice, but they haven't given me any indication of my suspect. Is anybody alive? The Mason City Police said they're now concentrating their efforts on twelve people. There's been no detainments. There's only been people that have been interviewed. It could be somebody we least expect. Did she ever express concern that she was being stalked? Yes, yeah.
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More than two decades after an Iowa TV anchor disappeared, "48 Hours" reveals new information into the investigation. CBS News' Jim Axelrod investigates.