Lauren McCarthy: The searches were massive. Chino: I met Jennifer Kesse. And I said, "are you kidding me?". Returning on Sunday, she stayed the night at her boyfriends home and then drove straight to work on Monday morning, January 23, 2006. The Kesses are offering $15,000 as a reward for valuable information on where Jennifer could be at this time. Michael Torretta: There's never been one quarterback on this case. Drew Kesse accused the Orlando Police Dept. She did look familiar. Jennifer Kesse - Disappeared JOYCE KESSE: Where is she? Joel Wright: Unfortunately, the witnesses couldn't say which way the car went once it got out onto the surface road. But I would never rule someone out just because they passed a polygraph. Jennifer Kesse Was Just 24 When She Went Missing. Because there were posters There were billboards. 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. I don't hear helicopters in the air.". Peter Van Sant [2008]: Did you sense somebody knew something? The cops thought they had a further break when they learned that surveillance footage had captured an individual driving Jennifers car into the parking lot. It was so out of character for Jennifer to not respond, her friends and family rushed to her condo. And how fast can we find that person?". Ashley: I always wanted to ask him. Her car was found a few days later nearby but despite reward offers topping $100,000, Kesse has never been found. The surveillance video took a photo every 3 seconds and each time, the person's face was obstructed by a fence post. "She had just bought her first condo with her own money," said Jennifer's father, Drew Kesse. At first, the Kesses say police infuriated them by not taking their daughter's disappearance seriously. In fact, Chino had done work in Jennifer's condo just one week before she disappeared. He is pictured with her above Credit: Facebook/Find Jennifer Kesse 4 Jennifer vanished when she was 24 back in 2006 Credit: FBI Her father Drew's push to have the case looked at by state officials was given the green light last month. Sgt. Ashley says, at first, she didn't reach out to police. And Chino is 5'9" -- taller than the figure's height estimated by police. But for the friends and family of 24 yea. At the time she vanished, she was living in Orlando. Peter Van Sant: Why is what the woman at the Mosaic told you important? They also couldn't count on getting any reliable forensic evidence from Jennifer's condo. They held up signs, just as they had done the day Jennifer went missing, with the desperate hope that someone passing by knew something. We've seen it time after time again with long term Missing persons cases. Joyce Kesse: As you can imagine we were basket cases. Based on this evidence, police investigators believed that she had left her home and was abducted, either on the walk to her car, or while she was traveling to work. Peter Van Sant: You had nothing to do with her disappearance? Sgt. has never closed the Kesse case, the family, frustrated by the agencys efforts, has launched its own investigation. Roger Brennan [2008]: The Orange County Sheriff's office received a call about Jennifer's vehicle being in the Huntington on the Green condominiums approximately 1.1 miles away from her condominium. Peter Van Sant: What did you see the first time you walked in? Michael Torretta: That was one of the most shocking parts of this investigation. FL - Jennifer Kesse, 24, Orlando, 24 Jan 2006 - #13 Lauren McCarthy: Jennifer is super funny, super witty person. Det. Det. - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com New Theories Into Disappearance of Florida Woman on 48 HOURS Kevin Harris was an aspiring hip-hop artist when he was gunned downoutside his recording studio in Los Angeles. But there was still no sign of Jennifer, and at the time, the police concluded that there was no evidence of a struggle. She had a stable job working as a finance manager for Central Florida Investments Timeshare Company in Ocoee, Florida and was the proud new owner of a condo in nearby Orlando. Back in 2008, the Kesses told "48 Hours" that while the condo appeared to be in order, they did notice that Jennifer's purse, keys and cellphone were missing. Jennifer was last heard from alive after she spoke on the phone with her boyfriend, Rob Allen, on the evening of January 23, 2006. By that evening, though, with friends and family members distributing fliers, the Orlando Police Department organized extensive search parties to look for her and her vehicle, to no avail. And now with the case files in their possession, they are more determined than ever to keep their daughter's story alive. Her car was found Jan. 26, but little evidence has been found indicating . No one has heard from her since. In many of these instances, the person involved may well have seemed to just vanish from the surface of the Earth, leaving behind almost no evidence of what happened to them. At the time of her disappearance, Jennifer worked as a finance manager at Central Florida Investments Timeshare Company in Ocoee. Jennifer Kesse has not been seen since 2006. In fact, everywhere they looked, everything seemed normal. ", Peter Van Sant: Do you believe anyone realistically has been working this case in recent years?". Jennifer Joyce Kesse - The Charley Project A profile of Kesses disappearance on the CBS show 48 Hours lead to renewed interest in the case. Michael Torretta: When you talk about challenging investigations, this is the one. If you have any information about Jennifer Kesse's disappearance, please visit the "Find Jennifer Kesse" Facebook page. Jennifer Kesse was 24 at the time of her disappearance and by all accounts was a successful young woman. Rob Allen: You've got the bug. Orlando, Florida - Home of Mickey Mouse and sunny beach vacations, a city that 60 million people flock to every year whether it's for the theme parks or just the sun and heat that South Florida is kno. 2023 Cox Media Group. The 24-year-old simply vanished and no one has ever been arrested. Joyce Kesse: Her travel bag. And then at 10 p.m., she talked to Rob. Private Investigator Michael Torretta says he has gone through the more than 16,000-page case file at least three times. With personal items laid out, her room suggested that Jennifer had showered, dressed, and left for work. However, the family has said as recently as 2022 that they are still working to get the complete unredacted file from the city. Using Jennifer's apartment as their headquarters, they began their own media blitz. Seventeen years ago, Jennifer Kesse disappeared in Orlando in a high-profile case that made national news. And in fact, weeks later he did. She's dragged into the other apartment. If you need help with the Public File, call 407-291-6000. When they came up with no new leads, he made the unprecedented decision to finally release the files to the Kesses. They want the police department's files?" 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. Drew Kesse: We have film of the car being dropped off . He thinks it was one or more of these workers who abducted her on January 24, 2006. She was declared dead by the State of Florida. - Lytt til S3 Ep113: Jennifer Kesse: The Man Behind the Fence (Part 2) fra Crime Weekly direkte p mobilen din, surfetavlen eller nettleseren - ingen nedlastinger ndvendig. And that was part of the development of him as a person of interest. But the Kesses refused to give up on Jennifer. . OK, call the police again.". Sgt. And what about that photo taken by security cameras? Jennifer Kesse's Car Was Recovered Barely A Mile From Her Home - But No After years went by with no breaks in the case, Jennifer's parents sued the Orlando Police Department to get Jennifer's case file and won. Judy Tygard is the executive producer. A tip can be left anonymously. Drew Kesse: That was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life. Copyright 2023 ClickOrlando.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. To this date, Jennifer is considered to be missing and endangered by the Orlando Police Department, the FBI, the Orange County Police, and several other agencies. Ashley: He came over to my condo quite a bit. Her parents also continue to pursue leads, hoping to one day either find her or her remains. But when they did, no leads were discovered. Peter Schweitzer is the senior producer. They have a photo of the person parking her car, but his face is obscured by the fence. She evenbought a condo in the months leading up to her disappearance. Jennifer went missing in Orlando, Fla. on Jan. 23, 2006. The disappearance of Jennifer Kesse 23 photos But, by early evening, when there was still no sign of Jennifer, police officially declared her missing. When he showed her that security camera photo of the unidentified suspect, she gave him a possible new lead. Sgt. Colleen: I don't recall formally meeting her. On the morning of January 24, 2006, Jennifer, 24, left her apartment and headed to work -- but she never made it there. Peter Van Sant: Where were you the morning of January 24th, 2006? Joel Wright: [2008]: When that car was found, we jumped all over it. The navigation of the cases needs needed seasoned professionals, so we are humbled by their continued work and commitment to finding Jennifer, the family said. Tami: From the very beginning there were some uneasy things that I kind of brushed off that were red flags. Peter Van Sant: You were there at the same time as Jennifer Kesse. Wright also re-interviewed another maintenance worker who had done repairs with Chino in Jennifer's condo. Her parents have never stopped distributing thousands of flyers and begging anyone with information to come forward. Jennifer Kesse's Parents Mark Missing Florida Woman's Birthday - HuffPost From surveillance cameras, the authorities were able to see that someone, who was not Jennifer, had calmly driven her car and left it exactly where it was found at around noon on January 24. Advertisement. In 2018 they sued to get the Kesse investigative file, and a judge ruled in their favor in 2019. Jennifer's car had been seen the morning she disappeared. Windermeres Feather & Quill restaurant closes, SEE: Brightline reaches maximum speed for first time, Heres a good way to get yourself killed: sheriff says after group of motorcyclists flee deputies, Update: Westbound lanes closed after multi-car crash on U.S. 192, according to traffic report, JoJos ShakeBAR to open Orlando restaurant this month. Jennifer Kesse's father says nothing was found during a search of an Orange County lake. She had just returned from a 5-day trip to St. Croix with her long-distance boyfriend of one year. But it did. The disappearance of Jennifer Kesse - CBS News Less than 10% of white American men are shorter than 5'7. Peter Van Sant: Hey, how are ya? If you have any information about Jennifer Kesse, report a tip to the Orlando Police Department. Jennifer Kesse, 24, went missing from her newly purchased Orlando, Florida, condo on January 24, 2006 . Jennifer is definitely the most loyal person I've ever been friends with or probably ever known. As usual, when Jennifer left at around 6 p.m., she called her father while driving home. It's about Jennifer. We have had things to do with the case needing to be worked on for about a year now, its just been about getting it to the right people who have the ability, knowledge, desire and experience to do it right. Louis Bolden: Technology then was not what technology is now. Orlando Police originally investigated the case but the family quickly lost faith and demanded action. . The next morning, her boyfriend became concerned when she failed to call or text him; unusually for Jennifer, her cellphone went straight to voicemail. Joyce Kesse: I think that my heart stopped Sheer panic. Around noon on the day Jennifer disappeared, one of the cameras captured a person driving Jennifer's car. Jennifer Kesse, of Orlando, who went missing Jan. 24, 2006, at 24 years old. 3. And they kept saying, "Nope, her case is extremely active. "You have keys to all the apartments. They said they recognized the clothing and persons gait. What was concerning about this was the area it was located is not an area frequented by Jennifer. The Kesses have dedicated their lives and weathered enormous financial hardship to finding the truth of what happened to their beautiful 24-year old daughter on that January morning in 2006. Tipsters may also call the crime line anonymously at 800-423-8477. Therefore, the only ones left were the laborers who were working on her condo complex expansion. The housekeeper said the phantom figure's walk, clothing and hair style resembled a man she knew from the complex named Chino, but she could not be sure it was him. Drew Kesse: So, at this point in time, the only people that are truly investigating what happened to Jennifer is us and our team. Anyone with information or who would like to donate to search efforts may do so at Findjenniferkesse.com. Her face was everywhere. TRANSLATOR [2009 audio tape]: Yes, she remembers the case. The FBI took over Jennifers case in mid-2010, putting her on their Most Wanted/Missing List, where she still remains. The Strange Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse || Caught On Tape Jennifer Kesse disappearance: 17 years later, family says they have new Come home soon, the post said. July 10, 2021 / 11:06 PM My heart is here. Joel Wright: However, the logs that we went through didn't appear to be complete. This week marks 17 years since the 24-year-old vanished in 2006 but there have been no arrests made. 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?