A person of interest in the 2007 disappearance of Jodi Husentruit has been linked to the 2006 murder of a Wisconsin mother.
According to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Revak is responsible for the murder of Deidre Harm, a single mother from Wisconsin Rapids.
Harm vanished on March 13, 2007, after going out with friends. Hunters later discovered her remains in a remote area in Seneca.
Wood County Sheriff Shawn Becker said that investigators gathered evidence linking Revak to her death, including information from his family members who placed him in Wisconsin Rapids on the day in question.
District Attorney Jonathan Barnett said that if Revak were still alive, he would be facing charges for her murder.
“After his thorough review of the case, [Barnett] agreed with us that Chris Revak was responsible for Deidre Harm’s death,” the Wood County Sheriff said on Facebook.
“This may provide some closure for many, but won’t bring Deidre back. Our thoughts and prayers will always be with Deidre’s family.”
FOX 9 reports that Revak took his own life in a Missouri jail cell in 2009. He had been facing murder charges for the 2007 murder of Rene Williams.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Husentruit vanished on June 27, 1995, while she was on her way to work at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa. The popular TV personality is still missing more than two decades later.
Police reportedly found signs of a struggle in the parking lot of an apartment complex. They found a pair of women’s dress shoes, a bent car key, a blow-dryer, a bottle of hair spray, and earrings beside her vehicle.
Revak had been working as an EMT for Taney County, Missouri, when he was arrested. His former wife, Johanna Revak also worked for the same company.
“We’re dealing with what’s possibly a serial killer,” Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase told KY3. “During his day he’s doing his deed to society and helping people and saving people but there was a dark side to Chris Revak.”
Meanwhile, a $50,000 reward is still in effect for information on Jodi’s disappearance. Anyone with information should contact the Mason City Police or the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
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[Feature Photo: Deidre Harm/Handout]
