A new docuseries to stream on Hulu starting July 15 will re-examine the 1995 missing persons case of TV anchor Jodi Huisentruit. Friday marked 30 years since she vanished, and the case remains unsolved.
The is called "Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit." The series will "follow a major break that reenergized the case," said ABC News in and will feature new information and never-before-seen material.
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"Her Last Broadcast" was produced by Committee Films and ABC News Studios for Hulu.
Huisentruit, a Long Prairie, Minnesota, native was well known from her broadcast work in Minnesota but was working at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa, when she didn't show up to work on June 27, 1995.
Evidence surrounding her car in the parking lot of her apartment building indicated signs of a struggle and a likely abduction.
Family, friends, colleagues and community members marked her disappearance on Friday, commemorated in news coverage.
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Huisentruit was declared legally dead in 2001.
The upcoming Hulu docuseries will feature over 20 new interviews with family, friends and colleagues, "rare" access to KIMT-TV where Huisentruit's desk remains untouched, and "exclusive, real-time access to the investigation and breaks in the case," ABC News said.
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The "major break" referenced by ABC News in its press release reportedly took place after the airing of the
"The Investigation into her disapperance heated up after a 20/20 episode when a new tip led local police to share a long-hidden clue," said a sneak-peek of the new Hulu docuseries that aired on ABC's "GMA" show on June 27.
"'Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit' breathes news life into one of the country's most haunting unsolved mysteries," ABC News said.
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