MASON CITY, MN - Authorities have disclosed that a person of interest in the Jodi Husentruit disappearance, who died by suicide back in 2009, was responsible for the 2006 murder of a woman in Wisconsin.
The Wood County Sheriff's Office announced that Christopher Revak was responsible for Deidre Harm's death; a case that is closed. Revak was a person of interest in the Jodi Husentruit disappearance, but Mason City Police Lt. Frank Stearns told a local newspaper back in 2009 that police found no evidence connecting him to the case, FOX9 reported.
Revak was found dead after he committed suicide in a Missouri jail cell while facing charges for the 2007 murder of Rene Williams in Ava, Missouri. According to police, Revak was at the bar she worked at on the night she went missing in a case that remians unsolved.
Wood County Sheriff Shawn Becker released a memorandum saying he considered the case of Deidre Harm closed and that he believed his team gathered enough evidence to win at trial.
A Mason City police investigator spoke with a Wisconsin investigator to compare notes on Revak in 2024, despite his possible connection already being dismissed. It was believed that Revak's ex-wife had once lived in the same home as one of the last people to see Jodi alive, but investigators found that she moved out six months before Jodi disappeared.
In 1995, Jodi was on her way back to work shortly after 4:00 a.m. on the morning of June 27, when authorities believe she was violently abducted. Police found signs of struggle outside her apartment building, including a pair of high heels and a bent key outside her car.
In 2001, she was declared legally dead. Her body has never been found and no arrests have ever been made. Mason City Police Chief Jeff Brinkley says his department receives information year-round regarding Jodi's case that they are constantly following up on. "We haven't put this down. We haven't stopped working. We have not stopped pursuing leads and information," Brinkley said back in June.
Most recently, his officers helped search a location in Winsted, Minnesota, last year after getting a tip, but nothing concrete came of it. Another recent development came this past March, when part of a search warrant from 2017 was unsealed. Brinkley said he is confident the case will be solved and justice will be served, no matter how long it takes.
A $50,000 reward is still being offered for information on Jodi's disappearance. Those with information are encouraged to call Mason City Police of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
The Wood County Sheriff's Office announced that Christopher Revak was responsible for Deidre Harm's death; a case that is closed. Revak was a person of interest in the Jodi Husentruit disappearance, but Mason City Police Lt. Frank Stearns told a local newspaper back in 2009 that police found no evidence connecting him to the case, FOX9 reported.
Revak was found dead after he committed suicide in a Missouri jail cell while facing charges for the 2007 murder of Rene Williams in Ava, Missouri. According to police, Revak was at the bar she worked at on the night she went missing in a case that remians unsolved.
Wood County Sheriff Shawn Becker released a memorandum saying he considered the case of Deidre Harm closed and that he believed his team gathered enough evidence to win at trial.
A Mason City police investigator spoke with a Wisconsin investigator to compare notes on Revak in 2024, despite his possible connection already being dismissed. It was believed that Revak's ex-wife had once lived in the same home as one of the last people to see Jodi alive, but investigators found that she moved out six months before Jodi disappeared.
In 1995, Jodi was on her way back to work shortly after 4:00 a.m. on the morning of June 27, when authorities believe she was violently abducted. Police found signs of struggle outside her apartment building, including a pair of high heels and a bent key outside her car.
In 2001, she was declared legally dead. Her body has never been found and no arrests have ever been made. Mason City Police Chief Jeff Brinkley says his department receives information year-round regarding Jodi's case that they are constantly following up on. "We haven't put this down. We haven't stopped working. We have not stopped pursuing leads and information," Brinkley said back in June.
Most recently, his officers helped search a location in Winsted, Minnesota, last year after getting a tip, but nothing concrete came of it. Another recent development came this past March, when part of a search warrant from 2017 was unsealed. Brinkley said he is confident the case will be solved and justice will be served, no matter how long it takes.
A $50,000 reward is still being offered for information on Jodi's disappearance. Those with information are encouraged to call Mason City Police of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
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