Rob Allen: You've got the bug. Peter Van Sant: Hey, how are ya? It wasn't a great feeling. Joyce Kesse: Police kept insisting that Jennifer went out in the middle of the night And we're like, "you don't understand that is not how our daughter's brain works.". Continue with Recommended Cookies. Roger Brennan | Orlando Police Department [2008]: The most frustrating thing's not knowing where Jennifer's at Not knowing where to look next We can sit around and discuss different ideas and different theories, but not having a concrete, solid avenue to go down to bring resolution to the family is the most frustrating part of this case right now. Lauren McCarthy: [emotional] seeing that tape of Jennifer's car that was probably the worst moment. Detective Wright also found an anonymous Crime Line tip that was reported during the first week of the investigation that suggested Chino might have been involved in Jennifer's disappearance. It didn't appear that is was a carjacking. Jennifer Kesse failed to report to work on Jan. 24, 2006. I have examined the footage extensively, and I can relate the following info. Det. The Kesses have taken on the investigation themselves after being frustrated with the lack of results from law enforcement. Det. When they came up with no new leads, he made the unprecedented decision to finally release the files to the Kesses. The surveillance footage does tell us that there was about 30 seconds of time when the person was inside the car. Discover our four plan options. Jennifer Kesse was very close with her entire family, but she was a true Daddy's girl. That is how we knew something horrendous had happened," Joyce Kesse said. Footage from nearby surveillance cameras showed a grainy image of someone parking Jennifer's car, sitting in it for about 30 seconds, getting out of the car, and walking away. So, I'm heading now to his last known address where I'm hoping we can find him. Jennifer Kesse's parents refused to give up. Jennifer Kesse was a successful young woman with a good job and a loving boyfriend when she simply vanished from her Orlando, Fla., condominium. Did he know more than he had admitted? Anyone? Con's: It does not explain why a worker who lives there would remove her from the Mosaic at Millenia in her vehicle to harm her elsewhere. Detective Joel Wright was one of the original investigators. Two days after Jennifer Kesse went missing, her black Chevy Malibu was found in another condo complex parking lot approximately 1 mile away from where she lived. Kesse was 24 years old at the time of her disappearance. To report information about the case, visit theFind Jennifer Kesse Facebook page. Fifteen years have passed since Jennifer Kesse vanished -- years of anguish for her family and friends, but they are determined to keep Jennifer's story alive. New Theories Into Disappearance of Florida Woman on 48 HOURS Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of the 24-year-old. That same morning a man/woman dropped Jennifer's car off at an apartment complex within walking distance of Jennifer's own after seemingly wiping the car of all finger prints. Jennifer had shared with family and friends that the workers made her uneasy. Colleen: We were a gated community. Her brother's friend left his work phone in the apartment and Jennifer's brother asked her to mail it to him when she returned to the apartment. Sunday marked 15 years since she . In January 2006, 24-year old Jennifer Kesse. An upcoming episode of "48 Hours" on CBS will feature the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse. Again, the case stalled. Workers that live there would certainly be aware of her presence and her car parked in its numbered spot. But she says once workers started living in empty apartments around the complex, she felt uneasy. That was the last time he would ever speak to Jennifer again. The family of amissing Florida woman who vanished nearly 15 years agohopes new clues may finally lead to answers about what happened to her,FOX News reports. She just lit up the room, Joyce Kesse told FOX News. She spoke by phone with her boyfriend, Rob Allen, who lived in Ft. Lauderdale - three hours away from Orlando where . If Jennifer Kesse stopped for car trouble, why did police not find anything wrong with her car? Drew Kesse: I think they wanted to open the trunk in front of him to see his reaction if, in case Jennifer was in there. And then there's the fact that it appeared like Jennifer had gotten ready for work the next morning. Kevin Dean and Gary Winter are the editors. Later that afternoon, Jennifer also called her brother and her father. And despite evidence that she was at her condo that morning, police pursued a theory that Jennifer may have been abducted the night before. And Chino is 5'9" -- taller than the figure's height estimated by police. Brennan shared evidence photos. Logan Kesse [2008]: [emotional] It's your sister, it's your family, it's your blood. Kesses family went to her unit around noon on Jan. 24 and did not see anything out of place. Sgt. "I couldn't believe it. MU Plus+ Podcasts. Doreen Schechter is the producer editor. Joel Wright [2008] We know there was quite a bit of a renovation going on inside her complex. But the call did not go well. Then, two days after her disappearance, police found Jennifer's car. "You have that initial hope like we found the car, it's only going to be a matter of time before we find Jennifer," said Jennifer's boyfriend, Rob Allen. If it was a worker living in one of the vacant apartments, tracking those workers down is going to be a challenge. I just can't give it up unless I know of a stronger alibi, because 14 years later there still aren't any answers as to what happened to Jennifer Kesse, and it had to have been someone. Chino: I even did a lie detector test. Michael Torretta: When you talk about challenging investigations, this is the one. It does not explain the logistics of two vehicles. Det. Explore the latest news & podcasts. The next morning was when Jennifer didn't show up for work and didn't answer her phone. In 2018, Orlando Rolon became the Orlando police chief. It's another challenge in the Kesse family's search for Jennifer, but Drew Kesse says they will never stop looking. Around noon on the day Jennifer disappeared, one of the cameras captured a person driving Jennifer's car. We immediately started asking everybody walking around if they had seen anything. At every turn, the detectives kept coming up empty and the case was going cold. Obviously, I'm not an expert on the subject, and follow it as a casual. Colleen, who asked to only use her first name, moved into the complex two years before Jennifer disappeared believing it was a safe place to live. After months of wrangling, a settlement was reached and the Orlando Police Department handed over the file - more than 16,000 pages. They immediately moved into Jennifer's condo to be close to the investigation. The man/woman who dropped off the car was caught on camera, but his/her face was obscured by fencing in the foreground of the surveillance video. We had a guard house. Doomsday death & deception: Nancy Grace investigates Cult Mom Lori Vallow. If it was a worker who lived at Mosaic, why did they choose abduction near or at her car instead of the condo unit itself? The car was moving erratically, the witness told FOX News. Jennifer Kesse seemed to have it all. When detectives reviewed surveillance video from the complex where Jennifer Kesse's car was discovered, they saw a person parking her car. He was familiar with the case. It is surprising that the police investigation never came up with the right person from Mosaic. 4 . I am also of the opinion that it was likely a man, based purely on the fact that this would be an uncommon crime for a woman to commit. Det. The Kesses are now working with a private investigator to comb through every bit of information with fresh eyes with the hope that it may lead them to Jennifer. There have been no arrests, no named suspects, and a grainy image of a person parking her car remains the most important clue as to who may have abducted Jennifer. Chino was then asked about the pictures -- the ones that the housekeeper said may have looked like him: DETECTIVE WRIGHT [2009 audio tape]: you know the photos that you looked at earlier the guy walking by the gate? 3. Lauren McCarthy and Jennifer were best friends since childhood. Joyce Kesse [2008]: She slept for sure. Maybe he tossed his sweater in the hamper before passing out. Joel Wright: It told me that he passed the polygraph. Peter Van Sant [2008]: What do you know about this person's height? This tip was especially interesting to him because on the day Jennifer went missing, there were workers laying down carpet in the apartment across the hall from Jennifer's condo. And he, denied any kind of wrongdoing. Joel Wright [2008]: It's difficult to tell. Pro's: It explains why the abduction was so well-planned without witnesses. On Tuesday, January 24, 2006, Jennifer Kesse's parents received a call that Jennifer didn't show up for work. The hit Broadway musical Wicked is officially coming to the big screen! The canvassing started then and then it got more intense as the days went on and we eventually had horses and helicopters and everything else up in the air looking around. The detective based his theory that Jennifer Kesse was abducted in her car that morning based on her vehicle being seen driven erratically out of the Mosaic at Millenia complex. Chino: I met Jennifer Kesse. It's something that you watch on TV. It explains why none of Jennifer Kesse's items were left on the ground near her car indicative of a struggle. Michael Torretta is a private investigator who works for the Kesses. Joyce Kesse: A lot of your day laborers are, um, not here, uh, legally. I do not recognize that person. And we've come up with a height between 5'3" and 5'5". Peter Van Sant: Do you know of anyone who might have been involved in Jennifer Kesse's disappearance? We were hopeful that someone would recognize just the gait or just the general appearance or the stature or maybe the hairstyle or some aspect of this individual but that didn't happen. North Carolina Cop, Wife Found Shot Dead in Fayetteville Home, We Have Zero Leads: $80,000 Reward Offered for Information Leading to Man Who Gunned Down Texas Family, Missing: 18-Year-Old Mom Takes Toddler Son From Dads During Supervised Visit, missing Florida woman who vanished nearly 15 years ago. "There are people out there who know exactly what happened to Jennifer Kesse," says Michael Torretta, a private investigator hired by Kesse's parents. But it is highly unpopular. Surveillance footage shows an unknown individual parking Kesses vehicle at the apartment complex around noon on January 24. Maybe Jennifer didn't want her boyfriend to know she let him into the apartment and let him sleep it off and whatever happened occurred later, or maybe it happened then and he had time to sober up and plan it out. Manage Settings So, makeup, curling iron all that stuff all over the vanity wet shower, wet towel. It looked as though two people were fighting over the steering wheel.. Here is a link to the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUwhUPGXeUE It seems that the victim's apartment complex was under renovation at the time and that some of the workers might have been illegal immigrants from central and south america. "It's very, very hard to move forward," Joyce Kesse says. When he showed the woman the security camera photo of the unidentified person, she told him it resembled a man she knew from the complex known as Chino because of his hair, clothing and the way he walked. "Jen shared every detail about the trip," Joyce Kesse said. He also learned that 10 months after Kesse disappeared, a person was seen dumping a rolled-up piece of carpet into a lake not far from her condo. Drew Kesse: It was never secured by Orlando Police. The Kesse family . Those closest to Jennifer would confirm that, not . Wouldn't they have known there were many empty units? Maybe Jennifer Kesse was murdered by her ex. Even though there is no facial features to look at, the HOTG video gives a good description of the POI build and height. I can see that young version of myself doing something dumb and thinking he was mostly harmless, and letting him in to my apartment without telling my boyfriend because of insecurity. Louis Bolden: At the time, we thought, "They want what? It looked like someone was thrown down on the top of the hood arms spread out and then dragged back almost like off the hood to the point where you can almost see fingers scribbling down the hood, Drew Kesse told FOX News. It's actually a complex that's been known where stolen cars were -- would be recovered from. When Detective Wright found Chino, he was serving time for a statutory rape charge. Unless Jennifer Kesse's car went in the opposite direction when she left for work on the morning of January 24, 2006, then this abductor really did a lot of walking or bus travel that day, especially in order to get to the location where he/she encountered Jennifer Kesse. She might not have had a chance to fight back, Torretta told FOX News. "She was on a cloud." Sgt. I think it's a win-win for all. Mom and Dad mentored her through her car and home purchases, and Drew Kesse managed the punch list of her newly constructed abode. Didn't appear that it was a car theft. Joel Wright: She did look at the photo and said, "That looks like Chino.". I would say 75 percent of the time somebody was there . This is where things get unpopular. The news of the actress' admittance comes after her film WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN premiered this spring at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival. Then Torretta spoke to a woman who did not want to appear on camera. Louis Bolden: The community just rallied. At around noon on the day Jennifer went missing, the person drove into the parking lot, sat in the car for about 30 seconds and then walked away. My heart is here. Anyone withinformation about Jennifer Kesse's disappearance, is asked to visit the "Find Jennifer Kesse" Facebook page. Join Nancy Grace for her new online video series designed to help you protect what you love most your children. But somehow they all woke up one day and said: We need to make Jennifer Kesse disappear. Det. The Kesses told police that Jennifer had complained to them about the workers at the building who occasionally made her feel uncomfortable. Peter Van Sant: The last time police officially questioned Chino was back in 2009. Joyce Kesse: It's very, very hard to move forward. It explains how the workers knew she arrived back on the night of January 23rd from her vacation. Unconcluded is a real-time investigative true crime series focused on the 2006 disappearance of Jennifer Kesse (Orlando, FL). The case centers on Jennifer Kesse, who disappeared on January 24, 2006, when she didnt show up for work. Click here to watch. Fed up, the Kesses then made a dramatic move. She was not depressed, and she did not abuse alcohol nor do drugs. MU Podcasts. She had a younger brother named Logan, and the Kesse family moved to Florida when Logan and Jennifer were a bit older. Ashley: He had the opportunity to tell me and he didn't. Joel Wright: I knew that Chino had been arrested for a sex crime. Drew Kesse: And we just wish that one person that knows something in Orlando would just finally say it. Jennifer Kesse was a fun-loving, responsible and career-minded young woman. "She just said, 'There's a lot of workers here and they tend to stop when I'm walking to my car. She's locking the door and never sees it comin She probably was attacked immediately upon exiting. Subscriptions. It makes a lot more sense than some of the other theories thrown around the case. And made it as far as her car. Peter Van Sant: How often would you socialize with him? When police searched the lake, nothing was found. On Monday January 23, 2006, after she returned from her trip, Jennifer Kesse called her mom that morning on her way into work. Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse - Wikipedia Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse Jennifer Joyce Kesse (born May 20, 1981) is an American woman from Orlando, Florida, who has been missing since January 23, 2006. The DNA testing they did on the car was inconclusive, but the car did lead to a very important clue. In 2016, after 10 years had passed since Jennifer disappeared, she was declared dead by the state of Florida. Det. Rob Allen: Because someone must have seen something. It seemed like she almost disappeared out of thin air. One of the first things he did was go back to the scene of the crime and speak to people who lived at Jennifer's complex. Joyce Kesse: I think that my heart stopped Sheer panic. More than 15 years after Jennifer Kesse vanished, her parents Drew and Joyce Kesse are leading the investigation into their daughter's case. Rob Allen: That's just not something that even came in my mind. Lauren McCarthy: For me, every milestone that I've had without her has been like a tug of war with my emotions. Con's: There are many. But according to Torretta, the police files don't list everyone who was questioned. They want the police department's files?" In the days leading up to her disappearance, Jennifer went on a vacation with her boyfriend, arriving back in Orlando the day she was last seen and going straight to work instead of stopping by her apartment. Theories. Magnus: One of your theories is that she may have been taken by somebody who'd been watching her, stalking . They feared that time was running out. But the Kesses refused to give up on Jennifer. Jennifer Kesse was first reported missing on January 24, 2006. Joyce Kesse [2008]: God love Jennifer. Her parents did notice, however, that Jennifer's phone, keys and purse were missing. I had never heard of that happening. One week before Jennifer Kesse disappeared, she took a weekend trip to St. Croix with her boyfriend Rob Allen. On the two-year anniversary of Jennifer Kesse's disappearance, her family and friends gathered on a street corner and held up signs, just as they had done the day Jennifer went missing. I mean, we probably have at least three times more in boxes of this. One theory is that Kesse may have been attacked by a construction worker at her condo. In January 2006, 24-year old Jennifer Kesse had everything going for her. Before we left, Chino even agreed to talk with the Kesse team. Drew Kesse: We have to find her as quickly as possible because the more time that passes the less chance we have and the worse it's going to be. Drew Kesse: Joyce used to complain to me, she's like, "call them. I have a meeting. Colleen: I don't recall formally meeting her. There were no signs of a struggle. This May for Mental Health Awareness Month, the Talking It Out Virtual Arts Festival will present its 2nd Virtual Film Festival in Support of Mental Health Awareness. The only peice of evidence ever uncovered was Security Camera footage of the likely suspect parking her car. She spoke to her friend, parents, and boyfriend on the phone the night before she disappeared, and was reported missing the next morning when she didn't show up for work. Jennifer's car had been seen the morning she disappeared. Roger Brennan: [2008] We printed out pictures and then we brought them out here. First published on October 24, 2020 / 10:14 PM. Drew Kesse: I'm like, "Come on! FOX News recently obtained evidence photos that suggest a struggle occurred on the hood of the car. The rest of the home looked like a maid had been there . To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. -. One of the people he spoke to was a former housekeeper at Jennifer's condo complex. Investigators then went to check the security cameras at Jennifer's condo complex, but there weren't any -- just a security guard who was supposed to log names and license numbers of visitors. And, how fast can we find that person?'" In November 2019, local police came out with a dive team to search the lake where an eyewitness said the piece of carpet was dumped. We just want an answer.". And the name Chino came up again -- that maintenance worker at Jennifer's complex. The abduction did not take place at Mosaic. And now with the case files in their possession, they are more determined than ever to keep their daughter's story alive. With the HOTG surveillance video and dog track back to Mosaic, I would have thought police would have focused their investigation at Mosaic, especially after the car was found. to be broadcast Saturday, Oct. 24 (10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Almost three years after Jennifer Kesse's disappearance, Detective Wright decided to take a fresh look at the case and interviewed people on audiotape. And the HOTG video shows someone who seemed to have trouble being able to park her car around noon on January 24, 2006. Ashley: I remember him being fun and friendly, talkative. But to the Kesses' frustration, the person caught on that camera could not be identified. Det. And he says there is nothing in the files indicating that police ever spoke to them. The tip was anonymous and suggested Chino may have been involved in Jennifer's disappearance, but it's unclear if police had looked into it or talked to Chino at all.
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