ResourcesKesses Charley Project profile: http://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-joyce-kesse, Wikipedia page about Kesses disappearance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Jennifer_Kesse, True Crime Society blog on Kimberly Kessler (with photos, press releases of alias and location information, and more): https://truecrimesociety.com/2019/08/16/the-bizarre-case-of-kimberly-kessler/, Recent news story about Kimberly Kessler: https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/kimberly-kessler-down-79-pounds-has-outburst-during-court-hearing/V7ZS36M26NE3VGVSTHM5BL24D4/, Initial post where I saw this theory mentioned: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/cyrugq/the_bizarre_case_of_kimberly_kessler/, http://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-joyce-kesse, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Jennifer_Kesse, https://truecrimesociety.com/2019/08/16/the-bizarre-case-of-kimberly-kessler/, https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/kimberly-kessler-down-79-pounds-has-outburst-during-court-hearing/V7ZS36M26NE3VGVSTHM5BL24D4/, https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/cyrugq/the_bizarre_case_of_kimberly_kessler/. She had seemingly simply evaporated into thin air. Her disappearance remains a mystery. Jennifer Kesse. The only evidence was surveillance footage obtained by Orlando Police that showed an unidentified person walking in the parking lot at the same time Jennifers car was left in the lot -- 12 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2006. Example video title will go here for this video. After another day had passed with still no sign of her, Jennifer Kesse was listed as officially missing, and the following day her abandoned car was located in the parking lot of the Huntington on the Green apartment complex at Americana and Texas, less than a mile from her residence, where residents claimed it had been parked there for several days. There was no blood, no DNA, no hair samples, nothing.. The family has continued to pursue the case through private investigators, who have turned up some potential new clues. In November 2019, investigators spent days searching Lake Fischer after a new tip came forward. On right, how Jennifer may look today. One of the Strangest Mysteries in the History of NASA: Conspiracy or Complete Garbage? There was nothing amiss at Jennifer Jenn Kesses condo in Orlando, Florida on the day she vanished 14 years ago. Eventually she was indicted on a first-degree premeditated murder charge for the death of Cummings. Was Jennifer Kesse Found? Jennifer Kesse was 24 at the time of her disappearance and by all accounts was a successful young woman. 27.07 - MU Plus+ Podcast - Flames of Prophecy, 29.07 - MU Podcast - Contract with the Goddess, 29.06 - MU Podcast - Italian Disco Abductions, 27.06 - MU Plus+ Podcast - Secret Vaults of Time, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Queen's Ghost, Small Lake Monster, Space Caterpillar and More Mysterious News Briefly, A Haunted Book and the Most Haunted Bookshop There Is. Our hearts continue to go out to the entire Kesse family, and our detectives will continue to investigate any new leads. After seeing Jenns story on the news, a resident of the Huntington on the Green condominiums, reported seeing a black Chevy Malibu that matched the description of the one Jenn owned. The last person to speak to Jennifer was her boyfriend, in a call shortly before 10pm on the Monday night. 1 min read. I remember talking to my dad on the drive up and he told me, You know, youre the boyfriend, theyre going to look at you, Rob told Dateline. Nothing was done, no investigation, Jenns father Drew said. She was always, you know, a big sister and I know for a long time, I was the annoying younger brother, but as we got older, we grew closer, just naturally, Logan told Dateline. Police searched the area with dogs, horses, and search parties. Family members and friends began the search immediately. Well find it somewhere.'. And I have the hope that Ill hear it again.. For her disappearance and for the fact that its gone on this long without answers.. We had a bit of a disagreement. Kesse was 24 when she went missing. Kesse says its a theory he thinks about because whoever took his daughter only took her and not a single item of her personal belongings. If she knew she would be five minutes late for work, she would call them thats just who she is.. 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant spoke to Drew and Joyce Kesse, Jennifers parents, and the investigator they hired. Torretta spoke to her and said she told him she saw a man drive a pickup truck to the lake that Tuesday in 2006, take out what appeared to be a six to eight-foot piece of rolled-up carpet and dump it in the lake, watching it sink. New Theories Into Disappearance of Florida Woman on 48 HOURS Every Friday, we send out an email with the scariest horror movies and TV shows streaming that weekend along with creepy news, updates from the horror movie pipeline, and links to the best scary content on the web. After this, they said they arent sure there is anything left they can do. Rather frustratingly, the mysterious strangers face was obstructed by a combination of poor camera quality and a fence post in the video. Created Jan 10, 2018 4.7k Members 7 Online , updated They maintain an on-going Go Fund Mepage that has raised more than $80,000, out of a $200,000 goal, to pay for their private investigations. She wouldnt just up and leave.. Clothes on her bed. Her parents went ahead and moved into her condo, so they could help with the investigation. Deputies investigating new tip in Jennifer Kesse case They returned on January 22, after which she spent the night at his house and headed off to work on the morning of January 23. While Kessler had used stolen identities for years before her arrest, the identities she had used were reportedly taken from grave stones and were not from any other known living or missing people. Three days later, Keeses vehicle was found in an apartment complex parking lot less than a mile from where she lived. But because they are retired, they dont have the power to make an arrest. We, her family Drew, Joyce, and Logan, and friends believe she was taken the morning of Tuesday, January 24, 2006, from in or around her Orlando, Florida home. Over the past 15 years, Orlando police and Kesses family have worked to exhaust every lead. At that point, Chino was serving an unrelated sentence for statutory rape. Surveillance video showed somebody parking Kesse's car there, but the person's face was blocked by a fence post. The agreement, he explained in an update online, meant the police would over a four-month period create and send a digital file of the case information to the family in exchange for $18,000. There were no signs of struggle or forced entry. Jennifer Kesse: Why Has This Missing-Persons Case Never Been Solved? Kesse was nowhere to be found, nothing appeared stolen from the car, and there wasn't any evidence to suggest any sort of struggle. Is it possible she was employed by the construction company working on Kesses building? She drove to work that morning from her boyfriends house in southern Florida. The nightmare to not know. Two days later, Jennifer's car is found at a nearby apartment complex. Its notable that despite the fact that an unknown mans sweater was found in her laundry hamper, her condo was never treated as a possible crime scene. There are no signs of her whereabouts and only a grainy surveillance photo of an unidentifiable person of interest.. Help Find Missing Jennifer Kesse In October, the CBS show 48 Hours Investigates dug into the case and where it stands. Something. ORLANDO, Fla. It has been 15 years since the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse and there are still few clues about what happened to her on the day she vanished. Copyright 2021 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved. (Drew Kesse) ORLANDO, Fla. - Drew Kesse, whose daughter Jennifer Kesse has been missing since Jan. 24, 2006,. Her Black Chevy Malibu was found abandoned one mile away from her home in Orlando. The private investigator believes she may have been abducted by a construction worker. Instead of moving, Logan traveled back and forth between Florida and California, and got his real estate license. Her disappearance continues to grab national attention. Jennifer Kesse's family was back in court Thursday after suing the Orlando Police Department in an attempt to obtain records of their missing daughter's case. We only know that Kessler had been known to live in Oviedo and other areas around Orlando, where Kesse lived. According to private investigator Torretta, the person without a face is a person of interest and the main focus of his investigation. Her co-worker Jennifer Sybert was the last person known to have seen Cummings before she and her vehicle disappeared. She had complained of inappropriate remarks and catcalls from them, and it was also found that she had been approached by a manager where she worked, who she had turned away, but questioning of these potential suspects turned up no evidence of wrongdoing. While there isnt any evidence that Kessler and Kesse ever met, I do have a few questions Id like to have answered: Have investigators ever looked at Kessler as a possible person of interest in the Kesse case? In 2019, the family won their legal battle and received more than 14,000 pages of electronic files and hours of video from the Orlando Police Department. She locked her door. We were a close-knit family. Jennifer is loved by us, her family, so many friends as well as strangers around our country and the world, the family wrote. When she went off to school at UCF, Logan visited on weekends just in time for the college parties. Happenings before Jennifer disappeared. Jennifer Kesse Breaking News: Witness Statement Points To Someone At Work- Kesse Family and OPD Press Conference Scheduled Quote: Adam had been working for Central Florida Investments for eight years before being fired for asking his bosses to investigate the alleged harassment perpetrated against him by his supervisor, Johnny Campos, since the . As CBS pointed out, the day Kesse went missing, workers happened to be laying carpet nearby making that tip noteworthy. She chatted to her parents, brother, boyfriend and some friends on the phone at home that evening. Her 2004 Chevy Malibu was found two days later about a mile away from her condo. Additionally, within this article, the video above is from November 2019. Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse - Wikipedia Drew and Joyce took legal action against the Orlando Police Department in order to gain access to Jenns case files. Nothing seemed out of place, but Kesse, her purse, phone, and vehicle were missing. If stealing identities wasnt what Kessler was doing, some reports suggested shed lashed out at Cummings because she was jealous of her. In January of 2006, Jennifer took a trip with Allen to St. Croix, a Caribbean Island in the Virgin Islands chain for a romantic getaway. Over the course of the day, Jenn was in touch with her parents, her brother, Logan, and Rob. ORLANDO, Fla. - It has been 15 years since the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse and there are still few clues about what happened to her on the day she . He was reportedly agitated and excused his lateness by claiming hed received a traffic ticket, but this was allegedly never verified. Chino said he didn't know what happened to Kesse and passed a polygraph, according to CBS. The door had been locked and nothing was out of the ordinary for someone who had gotten ready for work that morning. I wont stop looking for her, Logan said. It also means retesting evidence the Kesses say has not ever been retested. ORLANDO, Fla. - Tuesday marked 17 years since Jennifer Kesse disappeared in Orlando. Investigators went about focusing their efforts on the complex, poring through video surveillance footage, and that was when they hit a potential lead, when they found footage that showed an unidentified person, approximately 5'3 to 5'5, tall, parking Kesse's car, sitting in the car for about 30 seconds, and then getting out and walking away. We feel like she got ready to go to work, Jenns mother, Joyce Kesse, told Dateline in a 2006 interview, just 100 days after her daughter was reported missing. On January 23, 2006, Jennifer Kesse had just returned from a vacation with her boyfriend in the Virgin Islands. Published: 8:55 AM EST January 24, 2023 Updated: 6:13 PM EST January 24, 2023 ORLANDO, Fla. Where is Jennifer Kesse? And by lunchtime, he was worried. Monday marks 16 years since Jennifer Kesse disappeared. But despite extensive searches, few clues to her alleged abduction have ever been found. Kesse was 24 years old at the time of her disappearance. Her parents made the two-hour drive from their home to Jennifers condo, where they found signs that shed recently showered. Privacy Policy. Jennifer Kesse was last seen leaving work in Orlando, Florida on January 23, 2006. According to CBS News, they had a disagreement on the phone with the long distance part of their relationship taking its toll. Theories abound as to what happened, with many suggesting she was killed by a male coworker whose advances she had spurned. You may unsubscribe at any time. Video surveillance showed an unidentified person parking the car and walking away from it. The hosts of the "Unconcluded" podcast are investigating leads in the case of missing Orlando woman Jennifer Kesse. Eventually, investigators come to believe that Kesse got ready and left for work as usual on the morning of January 24, locking her apartment door behind her, and was abducted as she walked to or got into her car. This post is really different from what I usually write up, and Im a little worried Ill get roasted for it, but Im eager to hear what you all think. They made fliers and distributed them around the area, pleading for answers. The Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse - Stories of the Unsolved This has taken everything out of us, emotionally and financially, Drew Kesse said. Kesse is one of three high-profile, unsolved missing person cases involving women who vanished from the Orlando area between 2006 and 2011. Jenns purse, cell phone and iPod were nowhere to be found. Jennifer Kesse's family bore witness to another dismal milestone in Florida this week as the recurring date of her disappearance marked 12 years. Authorities arrived and confirmed the car was Jenns. Two days later, her black Chevy Malibu was found at an apartment complex in a high-crime area of Orlando, about a mile from her condo. Jennifer Kesse, 24, went missing from her newly purchased condo in Orlando, Florida, on January 24, 2006. Despite our 16-year commitment, there are some cases that remain difficult to solve. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. Jenns boyfriend, Rob, and Robs mother, drove up from Ft. Lauderdale as soon as he heard Jenn was missing. Tuesday marks 17 years since Jennifer Kesse disappeared in Orlando. Three and four hours would pass, and wed still be talking.. They gave two managers permission to go inside her condo to check for anything unusual. Van Sant says its believed they were day workers or perhaps even been undocumented workers who disappeared after Kesse vanished. Logan, an avid soccer player, began to hang out with Jenns guy friends, who also played soccer. In 2019, law enforcement divers searched Lake Fischer in unincorporated Orange County after the private eye identified a tip about somebody dumping a rolled-up carpet into the water several months after Kesse disappeared. which would lead into a deeply strange vanishing that remains totally unsolved. In 2007, police released grainy surveillance footage of the suspect who had been driving her car. Shower was wet. Kesslers general physical description could match that of the person seen walking away from Kesses vehicle. Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida. Rob told Dateline he talked to Jenn multiple times a day, sometimes for hours at a time. 6. No confirmed blood, fingerprints, images, or other proof that she was at or in Kesses apartment, complex, parking lot, or vehicle. Since our agreement to produce the documents in this matter, we have worked closely with their counsel and have turned over thousands of pages of documents and hours of recordings for their independent team to review and investigate. Her black Chevy Malibu was gone. Her purse, keys, cell phone, and iPod, which family members said she always kept with her, were missing. Wright was reassigned in 2010; and Florida formally declared Kesse dead in 2016, despite never finding her body. Kesse believes there is someone out there with information about his daughters disappearance. Immaculate apartment, except for the bathroom being a mess, of course, that was typical, Joyce said. Shes the most responsible person I know. However, it is pretty clear that Kessler had some personality or psychological issues, and its possible she didnt need a logical motive to attack. Jennifer Kesse's father shares dark fears over his daughter's fate as Just normal relationship things. The car was in pristine condition, with no sign of a struggle or violence and nothing out of place, with the radio and expensive DVD player she had installed still there. Investigators interviewed a coworker of Jennifers named Johnny Campos but concluded he was not guilty. Both vehicles were reportedly wiped down inside before being abandoned. On Friday, the sheriff's office said . The 24-year-old intelligent, adventurous spirit, who always wore a smile, had a bright future ahead of her. Tracy Ocasio was 27 years old when she disappeared in 2009. The Kesse family organized volunteers to pass out fliers and spoke on local and national TV. Or not that we know of anyway.. Authorities began to investigate the multiple construction workers and day laborers who worked in the area of Jenns apartment complex, which was only half-finished when she moved in two months prior to her disappearance. Anyone who may know something is asked to call the familys tip line, 941-201-4009. Jennifer Kesse's father says nothing was found during a search of an Orange County lake. During that presser they also announced that Jennifer Sybert was actually named Kimberly Kessler; she had been living under a fake name and using a fake Social Security number. If we (the Kesses) did that, wed be in jail.". When I reflect back to that time, I feel numb.. Kesse's father says they reached an agreement with the police agency almost four years ago. We dont know anything. 7. There were still puddles of water in the shower. Other than that, the apartment was completely normal.. After the litigation, Orland Police relinquished 16,000 pages into the hands of the family who are now lead investigators. When viewing surveillance videos, investigators spot an unidentified person parking Jennifer's car at 12pm on the day Jennifer went missing. Jennifer Kesses father, Drew Kesse, said: 'We have great hope that this year were going to know, maybe not exactly what happened to Jennifer but where we need to go and what we need to do', as reported by My Sun Coast. How do you decide, as a parent, when the right time is to give up the search for your child? Joyce said. From all appearances, Jennifer Kesse of Orlando, Florida was a happy, successful, well-adjusted 24-year-old woman with a bright future. The next morning, when her boyfriend called her office, he was told that Jennifer had not arrived. Surveillance footage later revealed a suspect pulling into a parking space in her car around midday on January 24, waiting around 30 seconds, climbing out and walking away.
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