Payton Moreland

But the Find Jodi page was one of the best resources for information about this case. There were no true crime podcasts or true crime TikTok back then. Any time the police thought that they'd made a new break, findjodie.com was there to report on it. For example, they covered the headlines when the police subpoenaed John Van Sise, the friend who had made the birthday video.

This subpoena actually happened in 2017, meaning the police had reopened Jodie's case and were probably reinvestigating early persons of interest. Yes, 2017, meaning it had been 22 years since Jody's disappearance. They were still searching for leads.

This subpoena actually happened in 2017, meaning the police had reopened Jodie's case and were probably reinvestigating early persons of interest. Yes, 2017, meaning it had been 22 years since Jody's disappearance. They were still searching for leads.

This subpoena actually happened in 2017, meaning the police had reopened Jodie's case and were probably reinvestigating early persons of interest. Yes, 2017, meaning it had been 22 years since Jody's disappearance. They were still searching for leads.

Now, the subpoena required John to give the police his fingerprints and palm print and to share some GPS information on two different vehicles he used to own. Unfortunately, the investigators never announced what they learned from the prints or the GPS data, if anything, and they didn't arrest John or reclassify him from a person of interest to a suspect.

Now, the subpoena required John to give the police his fingerprints and palm print and to share some GPS information on two different vehicles he used to own. Unfortunately, the investigators never announced what they learned from the prints or the GPS data, if anything, and they didn't arrest John or reclassify him from a person of interest to a suspect.

Now, the subpoena required John to give the police his fingerprints and palm print and to share some GPS information on two different vehicles he used to own. Unfortunately, the investigators never announced what they learned from the prints or the GPS data, if anything, and they didn't arrest John or reclassify him from a person of interest to a suspect.

So as near as we can tell, nothing really came of this new break in 2017. And then afterward, the case would go cold again for another seven years. Which takes us to the latest set of developments in Jodi's case, which actually all happened in the fall and winter of 2024. Okay, so it starts in mid-October, when someone made a tip to the police saying,

So as near as we can tell, nothing really came of this new break in 2017. And then afterward, the case would go cold again for another seven years. Which takes us to the latest set of developments in Jodi's case, which actually all happened in the fall and winter of 2024. Okay, so it starts in mid-October, when someone made a tip to the police saying,

So as near as we can tell, nothing really came of this new break in 2017. And then afterward, the case would go cold again for another seven years. Which takes us to the latest set of developments in Jodi's case, which actually all happened in the fall and winter of 2024. Okay, so it starts in mid-October, when someone made a tip to the police saying,

unfortunately the officials haven't released the tipsters identity and we don't know exactly what the person said either i think it's safe to say that investigators in this case are keeping things closed down we do know though that the information on this tip led the investigators to a town called Winstead, Minnesota. Now, Winstead is a community of about 2,200 people.

unfortunately the officials haven't released the tipsters identity and we don't know exactly what the person said either i think it's safe to say that investigators in this case are keeping things closed down we do know though that the information on this tip led the investigators to a town called Winstead, Minnesota. Now, Winstead is a community of about 2,200 people.

unfortunately the officials haven't released the tipsters identity and we don't know exactly what the person said either i think it's safe to say that investigators in this case are keeping things closed down we do know though that the information on this tip led the investigators to a town called Winstead, Minnesota. Now, Winstead is a community of about 2,200 people.

Anywhere else it would count as a small town, but in rural Midwest it was considered a small city. It was also just about a half hour outside of Minneapolis. And it was 130 miles north of Mason City, where Jody disappeared in those early morning hours.

Anywhere else it would count as a small town, but in rural Midwest it was considered a small city. It was also just about a half hour outside of Minneapolis. And it was 130 miles north of Mason City, where Jody disappeared in those early morning hours.

Anywhere else it would count as a small town, but in rural Midwest it was considered a small city. It was also just about a half hour outside of Minneapolis. And it was 130 miles north of Mason City, where Jody disappeared in those early morning hours.

So it wasn't very close to her apartment, but for whatever reason, the police still thought that the information on this tip that led them to this city was worth searching. So in November, police descended on an empty field. An apartment was under construction not too far away, but the land the police were searching was part of a public city owned park.

So it wasn't very close to her apartment, but for whatever reason, the police still thought that the information on this tip that led them to this city was worth searching. So in November, police descended on an empty field. An apartment was under construction not too far away, but the land the police were searching was part of a public city owned park.

So it wasn't very close to her apartment, but for whatever reason, the police still thought that the information on this tip that led them to this city was worth searching. So in November, police descended on an empty field. An apartment was under construction not too far away, but the land the police were searching was part of a public city owned park.

Now, we don't know exactly what they were looking for, if they expected to find a body or a murder weapon or a clue. But I do know that after the search was over, the police confirmed that they had failed to recover any human remains. There were some animal bones, but that was to be expected in a rural, mostly empty park.