Weve created a community powered by horror fans like you and we need you in it. A few days later, on January 26, 2006, came the first big break in the case. Even as they continue to search for her, Jennifer Kesse's story is a complete mystery, and it remains to be seen what becomes of this all. Theories abound as to what happened, with many suggesting she was killed by a male coworker whose advances she had spurned. The day Jennifer's car was found, search crews looked through the wooded area near Huntington on the Green. As CBS pointed out, the day Kesse went missing, workers happened to be laying carpet nearby making that tip noteworthy. Joyce told Dateline that the hardest part is being in limbo. 3. This week marks 17 years since the 24-year-old vanished in 2006 but there have been no arrests made. 2010 The Thought & Expression Company, LLC. But there are a few places where things dont match up or facts that dont seem to align: Obviously the biggest disconnect is that Kessler knew and worked with Cummings. This week, the Kesse family, now living back in Bradenton, are beginning their seventeenth year without Jennifer. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. When Government Agencies Secretly Work in the Field of the Supernatural and the Occult, About That Time Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Supposedly Saw Aliens on the Moon. Happenings before Jennifer disappeared. Jenns parents said it appeared she had gotten ready for work that morning and left, just like any other morning. Jennifer Kesse's father says nothing was found during a search of an Orange County lake. 2. I overslept, which is pretty normal, Jenn always got up earlier than I did anyway, and so she would always call and wake me up or at least text me, Rob said. However, it is pretty clear that Kessler had some personality or psychological issues, and its possible she didnt need a logical motive to attack. Later that evening, the last person to speak on the phone with Jenn was her boyfriend. In fact, she'd just moved. Creepy Catalog is owned by the Thought and Expression Company, a small, independent media company. Drew and I are in our 60s. What is Known About Kimberly Kessler?In 2012, Kimberly Kesslers mother reported her missing. Her family reported her disappearance to police, but they initially thought shed left on her own. The person has been described as the luckiest person of interest ever due to the fact that in every frame of the video (images taken every three seconds) their face is obscured from view by fence posts. By In the years since Jenn vanished, Rob has gotten married and had two children. He also expressed more frustration with the Orlando Police Department. As he explains, they would need authorities to help approach any potential suspects because trying to do it on their own would ruin a future prosecutor's case. 5. Campos allegedly told Adam that shes likely eaten up by alligators already.. Adam testified that he viewed an email between Kesse and Campos during which Campos reportedly was unhappy that she refused to date him. Jennifer's case was recently profiled on the Oxygen series Up & Vanished series. But what we got was a mess. Thats why we started Creepy Catalog in 2015 as a place for creepy content and creepy people to congregate. On right, how Jennifer may look today. They called Jenns brother, Logan, who was at the gym, and the three of them drove two hours from their home in Bradenton, Florida, to Jenns condo in Orlando. She was the first person Id go to when I needed advice, or just when I wanted to tell her something interesting or funny.. They'd actually just gotten back from a getaway to St. Croix about a week before she went missing. Jennifer Kesse. Jenns family told Dateline their frustration with how local authorities handled her case grew over the years and in 2018, they decided to take the investigation into their own hands. Something wasnt right. There was no sign of a struggle or break-in at her apartment or the parking lot or her vehicle, but its possible a woman would have seemed non-threatening. Police found her car a few days later. Something was there.. She was last seen leaving work at around 6:30PM. When investigators reviewed the stores surveillance tapes, they saw a familiar face exit the vehicleit was Jennifer Sybert, the co-worker who was the last person to have seen Cummings. At the time she vanished, she was living in Orlando. The investigation into the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse more than 16 years ago has been given to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for a cold case review. Two days later, her black Chevy Malibu was discovered outside a different condo building about a mile away. It had been a long day, coming back from the Caribbean, and we were both tired, Rob said. Jenn was spontaneous and adventurous, Rob said. A legal team and a handful of investigators, including Mike Torretta, have been helping them sift through the files for months. Founded in 2010, Thought Catalog is owned and operated by The Thought & Expression Company, Inc. For over a decade, we've been at the bleeding edge of media, pioneering an infrastructure for creatives to flourish both artistically and financially. Kesslers general physical description could match that of the person seen walking away from Kesses vehicle. Police were informed within two hours. Two months prior to her disappearance, Jenn had purchased her first condo at Mosaic at Millenia Condominium in Orlando. It submerged our lives for so long. Wright interviewed Chino inside a prison in 2009. On June 10, 2010, the FBI took over the case from the Orlando Police Department, and Jennifer Kesse remains on the FBI's . Allen says it was the last time he ever heard from her. The best they could tell is that they were shortsomewhere between 53 and 55. There were intense efforts to enhance the footage, even enlisting the help of NASA, but the person could not be identified. 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. The main theory at the moment is that she was abducted, possibly by human traffickers. 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. I hold onto that memory, her voice, and her laugh. News 6 is Getting Results. Family members and friends began the search immediately. The family said they are excited about what now might be possible under FDLE. I cant even imagine how horrific of a person you have to be to abduct someone or harm someone. There was nothing amiss at Jennifer Jenn Kesses condo in Orlando, Florida on the day she vanished 14 years ago. Thomas is originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania and worked in Portland, Oregon before moving to Central Florida in August 2018. Her parents made the two-hour drive from their home to Jennifers condo, where they found signs that shed recently showered. Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live. Construction was ongoing, she had said she was afraid of some of the construction workers, and there were few other residents living in the building. Jennifer Kesse, meanwhile, was abducted after leaving her apartment on her way to work on the morning of Jan. 24, 2006. 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. Since then, the best clue investigators have found is grainy surveillance video showing a man parking a car, then walking away from the Huntington on the Green apartment complex. There's been a lot of discussion about how the construction company kept poor records of employees working at this site, so perhaps this isn't an answerable question. The day before she disappeared, Kesse had left Allen's home to drive to work. Do investigators know where Kessler was on the days leading up to and including the day Kesse went missing? Jenns parents also stayed at the condo, for months, in an effort to make a statement that finding their daughter was the number one priority. At a press conference, investigators said they had reason to believe Cummings was no longer alive, but they had not found her remains. Sure enough, it was Jennifers car. which would lead into a deeply strange vanishing that remains totally unsolved. It was alleged that at one point after their breakup he drank himself senseless for two weeks and was inconsolable.. You may unsubscribe at any time. Over the years, a GoFundMe page has raised more than $100,000 to help bring them closure. The residence seemed to all be in rather perfect order, with nothing out of place, no signs of anything amiss. Andrea Cavallier is a Digital Producer for Dateline NBC. In the meantime, her bank account remained untouched and police were unable to successfully ping her cell phone. The 24-year-old intelligent, adventurous spirit, who always wore a smile, had a bright future ahead of her. There was no response. They Never Told Her Family. We kept in touch and it just blossomed from there.. It was about 10 p.m. Monday when they spoke, Rob told Dateline. Jennifer Kesse disappearance: 17 years since she vanished | 11alive.com Kesse had expressed uncertainty about the safety of her apartment building before she went missing. Jennifer Joyce Kesse seemed to have everything going for her. No one has identified this POI parking Jennifer's car, and Jennifer has never been found. When they reached their 20s, their bond grew and their social circles merged. But there was no evidence in that car, not any that was recorded in the police reports, private investigator Torretta told Dateline. Her family said it was completely out of character for Jennifer not to call if she was going to be late for work. The door had been locked and nothing was out of the ordinary for someone who had gotten ready for work that morning. 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. Jennifer Kesse's father shares dark fears over his daughter's fate as Seventeen heart-shaped balloons were left . The tiniest bone. The Kesse family told Dateline that while they were at Jenns, workers were in the condo across the hall installing new carpet. If we can just find that, it might be the key we need to move forward and get to the bottom of where Jenn is and what happened to her.. There would be other ominous clues, such as witnesses saying that they had seen the missing womans car driving erratically or that there had been strange men lurking about her condo before her disappearance, but none of this has led anywhere. From all appearances, Jennifer Kesse of Orlando, Florida was a happy, successful, well-adjusted 24-year-old woman with a bright future. Was Jennifer Kesse Found? We knew right away that something was wrong, Drew Kesse told Dateline. It was just strange enough and had just enough possibility to catch my attention. Her family says they are now getting new leads in her disappearance. Blow dryer out. Orlando police said a person of interest was caught on surveillance video driving Kesses car, but was never found. ORLANDO, Fla. - Tuesday marked 17 years since Jennifer Kesse disappeared in Orlando. Jennifer Kesse was a successful young woman with a good job and a loving boyfriend . Over the course of the day, Jenn was in touch with her parents, her brother, Logan, and Rob. Drew and Joyce took legal action against the Orlando Police Department in order to gain access to Jenns case files. She wouldnt just up and leave.. Clothes on her bed. Even though FBI and NASA assisted in investigating the photos, they were unable to even determine the persons gender. Went outside of her condo locked the door on the way out. To lose the two most important people, other than my mother, in my life, was devastating.. Investigators believe that the person is between 53 and 55 tall and was wearing clothing that appeared to be similar to coveralls worn by painters or construction workers. Drew Kesse has been vocal about what they feel have been missteps by Orlando police in the investigation. Here's the recap. She never arrived. Jennifer Kesse disappearance: 17 years later, family says they have new But no one treated me like that. On her wanted poster, Kessler is cited to be 53 55, the exact height range suggested for the person seen abandoning Kesses vehicle. Jenns mother, Joyce, told Dateline she felt fortunate that their family was able to all speak to Jenn that day. The Kesse family told Dateline they wont ever stop searching for their daughter or for answers. 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. Shower was wet. Theres really nothing Jenn wouldnt tell us.. Kesse was in love with her boyfriend, Rob Allen, with whom she'd been in a long-distance relationship for the last year. On Friday, the sheriff's office said . The Orlando Police Department originally investigated the case. Jenns purse, cell phone and iPod were nowhere to be found. Two days after Jennifer disappeared, someone who lived in an apartment complex a little over a mile from Jennifers condo noticed that a car parked outside their building resembled Jennifers 2004 black Chevy Malibu as had been shown on the news. Immaculate apartment, except for the bathroom being a mess, of course, that was typical, Joyce said. 'Jennifer, we love you in a place where theres no space or time.'. They tried to contact Jenn, and around 11 a.m. when she still could not be reached, her employer -- who knew Jenns father -- decided to call her parents. Rob, along with Jenns parents and brother, were all ruled out as suspects right away, according to the familys legal team and private investigator, Mike Torretta. Jennifer Kesse's family bore witness to another dismal milestone in Florida this week as the recurring date of her disappearance marked 12 years. Shes the most responsible person I know. A police dog was able to trace a scent that led from the car back to Jennifers building, suggesting that the person who dropped off the car returned to the site of her abduction. VIDEO: Jennifer Kesse: Investigation into Orlando womans disappearance turned over to FDLE, Jennifer Kesse: Investigation into Orlando womans disappearance turned over to FDLE, Reality star Honey Boo Boo inside speeding car involved in chase with deputies in Georgia, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies after brain aneurysm at 61, SEE: Brightline reaches maximum speed for first time, Florida bill guts local governments power to protect tenants, Local woman who allegedly killed terminally ill husband at hospital out on bond, records show. A wet towel convinced them that Kesse had slept in her apartment, gotten up and showered in the morning, and then disappeared. They believed shed been living out of her vehicle and parking at different locations around the area. Incompetency at its best. 6. On January 23, the day she returned to work after her vacation, a coworker reportedly claims he overheard a conversation between Campos and Jennifer in which Campos was allegedly upset she went on vacation with her boyfriend, only for Jennifer to tell him what a wonderful time shed had. He had a meeting at 9 a.m., but when it was over, he tried to call Jenn again, this time to tell her about something that had happened in the meeting. Friday marks 14 years since Jennifer Kesse vanished. 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant spoke to Drew and Joyce Kesse, Jennifers parents, and the investigator they hired. But no, she would not do that. He was so brokenhearted, Drew said. There were still puddles of water in the shower. Kesse is one of three high-profile, unsolved missing person cases involving women who vanished from the Orlando area between 2006 and 2011. She failed to call or text her boyfriend the following morning as was her usual routine. 16:06 EST 25 Jan 2021 Logan, an avid soccer player, began to hang out with Jenns guy friends, who also played soccer. We hear you like all things creepy we do too. She was the oldest of two children, and is said to have been best friends with her little brother, Logan. Jennifer Kesse: New clues revealed nearly 15 years after Florida woman The condominiums are about a mile from where Jenn lived. The Kesses have continued to doggedly search for new clues and have a Facebook page and GoFundMe page dedicated to finding answers, even as the police have distanced themselves from it all. Copyright 2023 ClickOrlando.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. We dont know anything. They told us it was an active case. But I knew I had nothing to hide. (Drew Kesse) ORLANDO, Fla. - Drew Kesse, whose daughter Jennifer Kesse has been missing since Jan. 24, 2006,. To this day, Jennifer Kesses case remains unsolved and is one of the most mystifying high-profile missing-persons case in American history. Logan and Jenn were not only brother and sister, they were best friends. No one.". Drew paused, softly laughed, remembering the one thing that he actually hadnt known about his daughter. Prison photos of Kessler since her arrest show her in prison-issue jumpsuits and with her hair parted down the center and pulled back tightly in a ponytail or bun. The next morning, when her boyfriend called her office, he was told that Jennifer had not arrived. Or, a Top Secret Human Experiment Gone Wild? Its possible that Kessler had intended to steal identities and was looking for women whom she physically resembled. However, unwilling to accept the fate of previous years - where meaningful breakthroughs have long been absent - they have a new plan to find their missing daughter. Missing: Jennifer Kesse | Timeline | Uncovered Police attempted to interview many of the 100 or so construction workers but turned up no leads. Jennifer Kesse disappearance: Family says it's 'close' to answers in 15 Kesse was a graduate of Gaither High School in Tampa. 16:19 EST 25 Jan 2021. The Monday after getting back was Jan. 23, 2006. The family took over the investigation in 2017 after they successfully sued Orlando Police for Kesse's cold case files which they said were 'gathering dust', with no new information filed since 2010. Surveillance video showed somebody parking Kesse's car there, but the person's face was blocked by a fence post. Detective Joel Wright, who was a lead investigator on the case, has said of this: I believe Jennifer got ready for work. Van Sant says its believed they were day workers or perhaps even been undocumented workers who disappeared after Kesse vanished. And I wont stop until someone is held accountable. Both Kessler (when she was younger and had lighter hair) and Cummings somewhat physically resemble Kesseblonde, attractive, pointier chin, etc. Kesse was nowhere to be found, nothing appeared stolen from the car, and there wasn't any evidence to suggest any sort of struggle. They told detectives Jennifer had previously complained to them about building workers who made her uncomfortable. 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. UPDATE: New details about about Jennifer Kesse from the Up - reddit The last person to speak to Jennifer was her boyfriend, in a call shortly before 10pm on the Monday night.
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