Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Snaz on Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:04 pm
From the family website:
January 24, 2010, will mark 4 years since Jennifer was last seen or heard from, presumably Abducted from in or around her Orlando home. We, Jennifer’s family are announcing a NEW REWARD in the amount of $1,000,000 for Jennifer’s SAFE RETURN. The reward will be offered until 2/24/2010. We know that someone in this world knows what has happened to Jennifer.
If there is the miracle that she is still alive, we have great hope that this new reward will finally convince someone who knows where Jennifer is to come forward. As we have always asked, please contact the Kesse family Tipline at 407-722-2162, your clergy, a lawyer, the media, police, anyone you trust to get the information to the authorities so Jennifer may be brought home to us.
Jennifer’s Family and friends as well as authorities will not give up on her, will not go away and will, until Jennifer is found, do everything in our power to end Jennifer’s most certain pain she has been through these past 4 years. The unconditional love we have and show for Jennifer will never wane, it will only grow from now and forever. The person(s) responsible will for this heinous crime must look inside themselves to in someway let Jennifer’s whereabouts or fate be known and NOW is the time, for Jennifer’s sake and no one else’s. Make the call, as hard as it may be, MAKE THE CALL.
http://jenniferkesse.com/
January 24, 2010, will mark 4 years since Jennifer was last seen or heard from, presumably Abducted from in or around her Orlando home. We, Jennifer’s family are announcing a NEW REWARD in the amount of $1,000,000 for Jennifer’s SAFE RETURN. The reward will be offered until 2/24/2010. We know that someone in this world knows what has happened to Jennifer.
If there is the miracle that she is still alive, we have great hope that this new reward will finally convince someone who knows where Jennifer is to come forward. As we have always asked, please contact the Kesse family Tipline at 407-722-2162, your clergy, a lawyer, the media, police, anyone you trust to get the information to the authorities so Jennifer may be brought home to us.
Jennifer’s Family and friends as well as authorities will not give up on her, will not go away and will, until Jennifer is found, do everything in our power to end Jennifer’s most certain pain she has been through these past 4 years. The unconditional love we have and show for Jennifer will never wane, it will only grow from now and forever. The person(s) responsible will for this heinous crime must look inside themselves to in someway let Jennifer’s whereabouts or fate be known and NOW is the time, for Jennifer’s sake and no one else’s. Make the call, as hard as it may be, MAKE THE CALL.
http://jenniferkesse.com/
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Justice4all on Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:10 pm
Dateline report on Jennifer's case from May 13, 2006.
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Justice4all on Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:15 pm
I hope Jennifer is found soon. It has to be heartbreaking for the family to have gone four years without knowing what happened to her.
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by FystyAngel on Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:04 am
Jennifer Kesse – Went Missing 4 Years Ago Today - $1 Million Reward
Jennifer Kesse (MISSING Jan. 24, 2006) Orlando FL.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/01/24/4586842.htm
Despite threats, search goes on
BRADENTON, Jan 24, 2010 (The Bradenton Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
Drew and Joyce Kesse's lives changed forever on this day four years ago.
Their daughter -- and oldest child -- was abducted near her Orlando condominium.
Jennifer Kesse, a 24-year-old financial analyst, left her home on Jan 24, 2006, to go to work.
She never made it. There were no signs of struggle at her condo.
Since Jennifer's disappearance, her parents, who live in Bradenton, have turned their vehicles into mobile billboards with images of Jennifer and phone numbers, hit the national television circuit, and started a Web site flooded with images of her and information about her case.
They've done it all in the hopes that someday Jennifer might be found.
Her story has even been featured on the Maury Povich and the Montel Williams shows, which are replayed heavily abroad, according to her father.
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"People are aware of Jennifer," said Drew Kesse. "She's all over." Yet while many people have reached out to the family with words of encouragement, the intense media exposure has come at a price.
There have been countless threats, Drew said, in written form on the guest book at www.jenniferkesse.com and a some by phone.
Pictures of a smiling Jennifer with sandy blonde hair and green eyes have been copied off her family's Web site and used on dating and adult Web sites.
A man in Ghana heard Jennifer's story and said he was holding her for $6.2 million.
Another man, Andrew S. Haley, made a video toting himself as the "Catch Me Killer" on YouTube and claimed to kill 16 people, including Jennifer, according to an indictment filed last year in Hall County, Ga. He offered to give clues to see if people could catch him.
Authorities did catch him, but he never killed anyone. He faces charges of making false statements.
"It's weird crap," Drew said.
But it hasn't all been like that.
On their Web site, one person writes, "My heart goes out to your family. I can't even begin to understand how you feel." Others ask questions about Jennifer: "The folks on the forum are starving for information about Jennifer, everyday things, that might seem unimportant to most people. ... Did she have long term goals? What is her favorite color? What is her favorite take out food?" People in more than 60 countries have contacted the Kesses to say they've heard Jennifer's story, Drew Kesse said.
The threats begin Things took a sinister turn, however, when someone began making veiled threats on the family's Web site.
"I know what you drive. I see where you live. I go where you go. ... I hope you're not in an accident," read one entry in the guest book, obtained through court documents.
Threat after threat followed. The last being just last week. Drew Kesse said he has removed 100 pages off the Web site from the same person.
"Don't threaten someone's family who has been taken and we don't even know where she is now. Don't do that to my family," Kesse said.
A man also left threatening phone messages a couple of years ago on the family's Bradenton voice mail, saying "You're gonna pay," and that the Kesses' son was next, according to court documents.
The Orlando Police Department forwarded telephone logs to Bradenton Police and the case was forwarded to the State Attorney's Office in Oct. 2007. They named a 27-year-old Ferndale man as a suspect, but he has never been formally charged, according to reports.
The state declined to file on the case at the time because the voice on the machine "was left in a distorted manner," according to court documents.
Drew Kesse continues to block the IP address of the threatening poster's computer, but the suspect, or suspects, continues to get new IP addresses, he says. When it was traced back to a residence by a Webmaster and prosecutors, it matched the same location that the Kesses received the harassing phone calls, he said.
Last month the Kesses filed injunctions in court to protect themselves.
However, Manatee County Circuit Court Judge Janette Dunnigan denied the motion for the injunction because the identity could not be proven and the threat was not considered credible by legal standards.
Dunnigan declined to comment for this story because the decision was made in closed chambers The State Attorney's Office also declined comment.
Protection in the law? According to local authorities, nothing in state law protects the Kesses from harassment online.
Florida currently does not have a menacing threats law for electronic media, according to legal experts.
While the state does have a cyber stalking law, the threats have to be considered credible -- meaning the person has to have the means to carry out the action and the threat must explicitly state harm or death against a person's life.
As for the online threats the Kesses are receiving, Mark Lipinski, a criminal defense attorney based in Bradenton, said the language in the threats has to be more explicit and credible to prosecute.
"He's being menacing, but there's no statute in Florida that would cover that," he said. "It's close. It's inching toward the line, but it just isn't enough." Investigators are also challenged in placing a person behind the keyboard if they won't cooperate in an interview.
Bradenton Police Department Detective Jim Curulla said aside from the language sometimes not meeting requirements, it's difficult to prove who is sitting at the computer.
"When you go to do family interviews and everyone lawyers up, you can't prove who's using the computer and it's unfortunate," he said. "That's why the state can't prosecute. They can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt who's doing it." "Everyone feels bad for the Kesses and everyone's trying to help, but unfortunately everything I've sent over to the state gets declined." With that in mind, Drew Kesse is supporting a proposed bill in the upcoming session of the Florida Legislature that would include a provision focusing on online threats to kill or do harm to a person or their family. The violation would be a second-degree felony.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Janet Adkins R-Fernadina Beach.
"The intent is to bring the legislation into the 21st century and be able to include things like e-mails and sites like Facebook," said Larry Williams, a legislative aid to Adkins.
The bill, HB317, is divided into two parts and features an addition to the Florida state law on threats.
The first half focuses on threats being made during domestic violence, but it's the second portion of the bill that makes online written communication -- even if its anonymous -- that contains threats to kill or do bodily harm to a person or their family members a second degree felony.
"It's going to give teeth to the police and say you can't do that," Kesse said.
Lipinski said the bill would need to be reworded to include menacing language rather than threats for harm in order to make a difference in a case like the Kesses.
Fletcher Baldwin, a law professor at the University of Florida who specializes in cyber crime, said a law specifically dealing with online threats is long overdue.
"We turned the corner long ago. You have to have different focus when dealing with online threats. Invasion of privacy is not the issue here. You put yourself out in the public arena and you threaten people's lives. That's not right," he said.
'We just want her found' Amid the threats and spectre of court injunctions, the Kesses travel each year to Orlando to raise awareness about Jennifer's disappearance and educate others about safety.
The annual safety event, which was held Saturday, has grown each year to include free fingerprinting and IDing to anyone at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando.
This year a group of individuals is offering a $1 million reward leading to Jennifer's safe return by Feb. 24.
"Somebody knows. We just try to keep awareness up everywhere. The leads are better than ever before," Drew Kesse said.
Orlando Police Department Sgt. Barbara Jones said the detectives have received more than 1,000 tips in the case.
"Whatever comes in we sort through and follow up. Anytime you get media coverage, you'll get some. Some of it will be good and some of it will be bad," she said. "Of course the tip we need unfortunately hasn't come in yet. Jennifer is still missing." And despite the threats they've received, the Kesse family will continue to look for Jennifer.
"Tell me something else to do and I'll do it. We have unconditional love for Jennifer, Kesse said.
"It doesn't matter about us. We just want her found. It's all about love for Jennifer. Period." Anyone with any information about Jennifer can contact the Crime Line at (407)423-8477 or the Orlando Police Department at (407)246-2470.
Jennifer Kesse (MISSING Jan. 24, 2006) Orlando FL.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/01/24/4586842.htm
Despite threats, search goes on
BRADENTON, Jan 24, 2010 (The Bradenton Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
Drew and Joyce Kesse's lives changed forever on this day four years ago.
Their daughter -- and oldest child -- was abducted near her Orlando condominium.
Jennifer Kesse, a 24-year-old financial analyst, left her home on Jan 24, 2006, to go to work.
She never made it. There were no signs of struggle at her condo.
Since Jennifer's disappearance, her parents, who live in Bradenton, have turned their vehicles into mobile billboards with images of Jennifer and phone numbers, hit the national television circuit, and started a Web site flooded with images of her and information about her case.
They've done it all in the hopes that someday Jennifer might be found.
Her story has even been featured on the Maury Povich and the Montel Williams shows, which are replayed heavily abroad, according to her father.
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"People are aware of Jennifer," said Drew Kesse. "She's all over." Yet while many people have reached out to the family with words of encouragement, the intense media exposure has come at a price.
There have been countless threats, Drew said, in written form on the guest book at www.jenniferkesse.com and a some by phone.
Pictures of a smiling Jennifer with sandy blonde hair and green eyes have been copied off her family's Web site and used on dating and adult Web sites.
A man in Ghana heard Jennifer's story and said he was holding her for $6.2 million.
Another man, Andrew S. Haley, made a video toting himself as the "Catch Me Killer" on YouTube and claimed to kill 16 people, including Jennifer, according to an indictment filed last year in Hall County, Ga. He offered to give clues to see if people could catch him.
Authorities did catch him, but he never killed anyone. He faces charges of making false statements.
"It's weird crap," Drew said.
But it hasn't all been like that.
On their Web site, one person writes, "My heart goes out to your family. I can't even begin to understand how you feel." Others ask questions about Jennifer: "The folks on the forum are starving for information about Jennifer, everyday things, that might seem unimportant to most people. ... Did she have long term goals? What is her favorite color? What is her favorite take out food?" People in more than 60 countries have contacted the Kesses to say they've heard Jennifer's story, Drew Kesse said.
The threats begin Things took a sinister turn, however, when someone began making veiled threats on the family's Web site.
"I know what you drive. I see where you live. I go where you go. ... I hope you're not in an accident," read one entry in the guest book, obtained through court documents.
Threat after threat followed. The last being just last week. Drew Kesse said he has removed 100 pages off the Web site from the same person.
"Don't threaten someone's family who has been taken and we don't even know where she is now. Don't do that to my family," Kesse said.
A man also left threatening phone messages a couple of years ago on the family's Bradenton voice mail, saying "You're gonna pay," and that the Kesses' son was next, according to court documents.
The Orlando Police Department forwarded telephone logs to Bradenton Police and the case was forwarded to the State Attorney's Office in Oct. 2007. They named a 27-year-old Ferndale man as a suspect, but he has never been formally charged, according to reports.
The state declined to file on the case at the time because the voice on the machine "was left in a distorted manner," according to court documents.
Drew Kesse continues to block the IP address of the threatening poster's computer, but the suspect, or suspects, continues to get new IP addresses, he says. When it was traced back to a residence by a Webmaster and prosecutors, it matched the same location that the Kesses received the harassing phone calls, he said.
Last month the Kesses filed injunctions in court to protect themselves.
However, Manatee County Circuit Court Judge Janette Dunnigan denied the motion for the injunction because the identity could not be proven and the threat was not considered credible by legal standards.
Dunnigan declined to comment for this story because the decision was made in closed chambers The State Attorney's Office also declined comment.
Protection in the law? According to local authorities, nothing in state law protects the Kesses from harassment online.
Florida currently does not have a menacing threats law for electronic media, according to legal experts.
While the state does have a cyber stalking law, the threats have to be considered credible -- meaning the person has to have the means to carry out the action and the threat must explicitly state harm or death against a person's life.
As for the online threats the Kesses are receiving, Mark Lipinski, a criminal defense attorney based in Bradenton, said the language in the threats has to be more explicit and credible to prosecute.
"He's being menacing, but there's no statute in Florida that would cover that," he said. "It's close. It's inching toward the line, but it just isn't enough." Investigators are also challenged in placing a person behind the keyboard if they won't cooperate in an interview.
Bradenton Police Department Detective Jim Curulla said aside from the language sometimes not meeting requirements, it's difficult to prove who is sitting at the computer.
"When you go to do family interviews and everyone lawyers up, you can't prove who's using the computer and it's unfortunate," he said. "That's why the state can't prosecute. They can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt who's doing it." "Everyone feels bad for the Kesses and everyone's trying to help, but unfortunately everything I've sent over to the state gets declined." With that in mind, Drew Kesse is supporting a proposed bill in the upcoming session of the Florida Legislature that would include a provision focusing on online threats to kill or do harm to a person or their family. The violation would be a second-degree felony.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Janet Adkins R-Fernadina Beach.
"The intent is to bring the legislation into the 21st century and be able to include things like e-mails and sites like Facebook," said Larry Williams, a legislative aid to Adkins.
The bill, HB317, is divided into two parts and features an addition to the Florida state law on threats.
The first half focuses on threats being made during domestic violence, but it's the second portion of the bill that makes online written communication -- even if its anonymous -- that contains threats to kill or do bodily harm to a person or their family members a second degree felony.
"It's going to give teeth to the police and say you can't do that," Kesse said.
Lipinski said the bill would need to be reworded to include menacing language rather than threats for harm in order to make a difference in a case like the Kesses.
Fletcher Baldwin, a law professor at the University of Florida who specializes in cyber crime, said a law specifically dealing with online threats is long overdue.
"We turned the corner long ago. You have to have different focus when dealing with online threats. Invasion of privacy is not the issue here. You put yourself out in the public arena and you threaten people's lives. That's not right," he said.
'We just want her found' Amid the threats and spectre of court injunctions, the Kesses travel each year to Orlando to raise awareness about Jennifer's disappearance and educate others about safety.
The annual safety event, which was held Saturday, has grown each year to include free fingerprinting and IDing to anyone at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando.
This year a group of individuals is offering a $1 million reward leading to Jennifer's safe return by Feb. 24.
"Somebody knows. We just try to keep awareness up everywhere. The leads are better than ever before," Drew Kesse said.
Orlando Police Department Sgt. Barbara Jones said the detectives have received more than 1,000 tips in the case.
"Whatever comes in we sort through and follow up. Anytime you get media coverage, you'll get some. Some of it will be good and some of it will be bad," she said. "Of course the tip we need unfortunately hasn't come in yet. Jennifer is still missing." And despite the threats they've received, the Kesse family will continue to look for Jennifer.
"Tell me something else to do and I'll do it. We have unconditional love for Jennifer, Kesse said.
"It doesn't matter about us. We just want her found. It's all about love for Jennifer. Period." Anyone with any information about Jennifer can contact the Crime Line at (407)423-8477 or the Orlando Police Department at (407)246-2470.
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Snaz on Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:28 am
This is so sad..... I could understand it somewhat if the Kesses had behaved the way the Anthonys have..... but they have not. They have behaved with grace and tried to maintain their own privacy while keeping their daughter in the forefront to keep her from being forgotten... and hopefully bring her home one day.
If the Florida state law cannot protect the Kesses (who, btw, are NOT supporting OR enabling a murderer) from online harrassment, why do they A's (who ARE supporting AND enabling a baby killer) think it should protect them???
I pray Jennifer is found and brought home.... one way or the other. She deserves to rest in peace if she is no longer alive. And her family deserves to have her home..... one way or the other.
If the Florida state law cannot protect the Kesses (who, btw, are NOT supporting OR enabling a murderer) from online harrassment, why do they A's (who ARE supporting AND enabling a baby killer) think it should protect them???
I pray Jennifer is found and brought home.... one way or the other. She deserves to rest in peace if she is no longer alive. And her family deserves to have her home..... one way or the other.
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Justice4all on Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:53 pm
Drew Kesse continues to block the IP address of the threatening poster's computer, but the suspect, or suspects, continues to get new IP addresses, he says. When it was traced back to a residence by a Webmaster and prosecutors, it matched the same location that the Kesses received the harassing phone calls, he said.
It's messed up that the same person has harassed them over the phone and over the internet and nothing can be done about it.
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by awaiting justice on Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:52 pm
I cant believe this... these ppl are true crime victims who have lost their daughter who was a fine member of society... This is unbelieveable..
It should be a crime that someone cud be so heartless and victimize this family.. Even if its not a "leg'l" threat.. these actions are clear indicators that anyone who cud do that, is a menace to society, whether they show the means to carry out anything..
Also, i have hoped that 48 hours or dateline wud show this story and im not sure that they have... I realize there has been some media cobverage also thru AMW but that pic they have of the guy isnt a great lead, but someone may have a feeling of who it may have been.. thoses arethe leads i guess they are looking for...
It should be a crime that someone cud be so heartless and victimize this family.. Even if its not a "leg'l" threat.. these actions are clear indicators that anyone who cud do that, is a menace to society, whether they show the means to carry out anything..
Also, i have hoped that 48 hours or dateline wud show this story and im not sure that they have... I realize there has been some media cobverage also thru AMW but that pic they have of the guy isnt a great lead, but someone may have a feeling of who it may have been.. thoses arethe leads i guess they are looking for...
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Justice4all on Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:11 pm
AJ, I think the only time Dateline has shown this story was when they did a 7 minute segment on it in 2006. I don't think 48 Hours has done anything on it. I embedded the Dateline clip in the second post of this thread, but you have to have "Always allow HTML" set to yes in your preferences to see it. You can also watch it at the following link. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/12791172
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Justice4all on Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:10 pm
Jennifer Kesse
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jennifer Joyce Kesse (born May 20, 1981) is a woman who lived in
Orlando, Florida, and has been missing since January 24, 2006.
Early life
A graduate of Vivian Gaither High School in Tampa, Kesse attended the University of Central Florida in Orlando, graduating in 2003 with a degree in finance. She was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority; her former sorority sisters have led many searches to find Kesse.
Disappearance
Orlando police have released few clues publicly in the case, but have photos of a "person of interest" with whom they would like to speak. The person is seen in frames from a security video at the complex where Kesse's car was found. The frames were taken the day Kesse was reported missing. The FBI was called in to help determine the person's size and gender, but could only say the person was someone who was about 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-5.
Police also said at a February 21 news conference that they believe someone other than Kesse drove her car to the complex where it was found. They have not called the "person of interest" a suspect, but only say he or she is someone who was in the area when the car was dropped off.
The reward for information leading to her recovery was $115,000. An anonymous donor, however, set a deadline of March 19, 2006 for $100,000 of the reward, which would only have been given for the safe return of Kesse. The $15,000 remains available through Central Florida Crimeline.
The missing woman has received national press attention in the United States, first by news reports in her home state of Florida, then by national exposure on Good Morning America on February 8. Over 1,000 people helped in a search party which first met at the Mall at Millenia southwest of downtown. On February 13, Greta Van Susteren, on her Fox News show, interviewed Kesse's parents with John Walsh from America's Most Wanted. As a result of the exposure, Kesse's story is now on the America's Most Wanted website, which broadcast the case in mid-February 2006. When she disappeared, Kesse had relocated permanently to Orlando. She was working at Central Florida Investments Timeshare Company in nearby Ocoee and recently bought a condominium, where she was believed to be last seen. She was expected to come into work on January 24, but never showed up. On January 26, Orlando police found her Chevy Malibu in an apartment complex about one mile from her residence.
Jennifer Kesse is still considered missing and endangered by Orlando Police, FBI, Orange County, Florida Police, FDLE, NCIC and NCMA. The person of interest has now been made into a prime suspect with the release of video captured the day of Jennifer's disappearance of that person driving her car, parking it, getting out and walking away, never looking back. The car was parked in the Huntington on The Green condominiums visitor's parking lot. On Friday, August 16, 2008, it was reported that the Orlando Police Department has now assigned a full-time detective to Jennifer Kesse's case.
Full details can be found at FindJenniferKesse.com. There is still a $10,000 reward from the family on the identity and whereabouts of the Prime Suspect as well as a $15,000 reward from Crimeline in Orlando for information leading to Jennifer's whereabouts. The Kesse Family tip line, which the Family owns and retrieves tips from daily, is 407-722-2162 and the Crimeline number is 1-800-423-TIPS (8477).
In media
In August 2007, it was reported that her photo (which had been extensively distributed) was being used on dating websites.
On April 3, 2008, the Orlando Police Department released two new photos: one showing Jennifer Kesse's four-leaf clover tattoo (which is on her left hip just below her bikini line, about the size of a quarter) and a brown purse that she was believed to be carrying when she was abducted.
On Friday, May 2, 2008, The Florida House of Representatives unanimously passed Senate Bill 502 - "The Jennifer Kesse and Tiffany Sessions Missing Persons Act". It is now on the way to the Governor's desk for his signature. This Act was the direct result of the Kesse and Sessions Families working with Florida lawmakers to ensure that the missing persons laws in Florida are enhanced.
On Tuesday, July 1, 2008, the television series 48 Hours Mystery had a special episode featuring Jennifer Kesse's case. The episode was entitled "Vanished".
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Kesse
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jennifer Joyce Kesse (born May 20, 1981) is a woman who lived in
Orlando, Florida, and has been missing since January 24, 2006.
Early life
A graduate of Vivian Gaither High School in Tampa, Kesse attended the University of Central Florida in Orlando, graduating in 2003 with a degree in finance. She was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority; her former sorority sisters have led many searches to find Kesse.
Disappearance
Orlando police have released few clues publicly in the case, but have photos of a "person of interest" with whom they would like to speak. The person is seen in frames from a security video at the complex where Kesse's car was found. The frames were taken the day Kesse was reported missing. The FBI was called in to help determine the person's size and gender, but could only say the person was someone who was about 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-5.
Police also said at a February 21 news conference that they believe someone other than Kesse drove her car to the complex where it was found. They have not called the "person of interest" a suspect, but only say he or she is someone who was in the area when the car was dropped off.
The reward for information leading to her recovery was $115,000. An anonymous donor, however, set a deadline of March 19, 2006 for $100,000 of the reward, which would only have been given for the safe return of Kesse. The $15,000 remains available through Central Florida Crimeline.
The missing woman has received national press attention in the United States, first by news reports in her home state of Florida, then by national exposure on Good Morning America on February 8. Over 1,000 people helped in a search party which first met at the Mall at Millenia southwest of downtown. On February 13, Greta Van Susteren, on her Fox News show, interviewed Kesse's parents with John Walsh from America's Most Wanted. As a result of the exposure, Kesse's story is now on the America's Most Wanted website, which broadcast the case in mid-February 2006. When she disappeared, Kesse had relocated permanently to Orlando. She was working at Central Florida Investments Timeshare Company in nearby Ocoee and recently bought a condominium, where she was believed to be last seen. She was expected to come into work on January 24, but never showed up. On January 26, Orlando police found her Chevy Malibu in an apartment complex about one mile from her residence.
Jennifer Kesse is still considered missing and endangered by Orlando Police, FBI, Orange County, Florida Police, FDLE, NCIC and NCMA. The person of interest has now been made into a prime suspect with the release of video captured the day of Jennifer's disappearance of that person driving her car, parking it, getting out and walking away, never looking back. The car was parked in the Huntington on The Green condominiums visitor's parking lot. On Friday, August 16, 2008, it was reported that the Orlando Police Department has now assigned a full-time detective to Jennifer Kesse's case.
Full details can be found at FindJenniferKesse.com. There is still a $10,000 reward from the family on the identity and whereabouts of the Prime Suspect as well as a $15,000 reward from Crimeline in Orlando for information leading to Jennifer's whereabouts. The Kesse Family tip line, which the Family owns and retrieves tips from daily, is 407-722-2162 and the Crimeline number is 1-800-423-TIPS (8477).
In media
In August 2007, it was reported that her photo (which had been extensively distributed) was being used on dating websites.
On April 3, 2008, the Orlando Police Department released two new photos: one showing Jennifer Kesse's four-leaf clover tattoo (which is on her left hip just below her bikini line, about the size of a quarter) and a brown purse that she was believed to be carrying when she was abducted.
On Friday, May 2, 2008, The Florida House of Representatives unanimously passed Senate Bill 502 - "The Jennifer Kesse and Tiffany Sessions Missing Persons Act". It is now on the way to the Governor's desk for his signature. This Act was the direct result of the Kesse and Sessions Families working with Florida lawmakers to ensure that the missing persons laws in Florida are enhanced.
On Tuesday, July 1, 2008, the television series 48 Hours Mystery had a special episode featuring Jennifer Kesse's case. The episode was entitled "Vanished".
External links
- Website put together by friends and family
- Jennifer Kesse Missing Persons Profile On "America's Most Wanted"
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Justice4all on Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:19 pm
Here are some pictures of the person of interest. Unfortunately, the security camera didn't get a good shot of his face.
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Justice4all on Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:26 pm
awaiting justice wrote:Also, i have hoped that 48 hours or dateline wud show this story and im not sure that they have.
AJ, I just found out that 48 Hours did feature this case on July 1, 2008. Here is the show. They start talking about Jennifer's case about 22:20 into the episode. You can click play and then click on the slider at the very bottom of the video right above the letter O to forward to the part about Jennifer.
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Snaz on Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:42 pm
Search for Jennifer Kesse in south Orlando field is unsuccessful
Police say they didn't find anything that helps them in their investigation into Orlando woman's disappearance
By Amy L. Edwards and Walter Pacheco
3:40 p.m. EST, February 19, 2010
Orlando Police Emergency Response Team performs a grid search Friday in a a field near the Orange Blossom Trail. after police received a tip regarding the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse. (RED HUBER, ORLANDO SENTINEL / February 19, 2010)
After hours of searching at an overgrown field south of Orlando, police confirmed Friday afternoon that they found nothing of value for their investigation into Jennifer Kesse's disappearance.
Orlando police Sgt. Barbara Jones confirmed at 2:40 p.m. that the more than 60 law-enforcement officers who had been walking, digging and sifting at the site had concluded their work.
The primary search area was in thick brush behind the Knights Inn and the McDonald's on Orange Blossom Trail near Oak Ridge Road.
A tip triggered the search, but police would not identify that person or say when the tip was made, stating only that it was "credible."
"There's a reason why they're here," Jones said.
Jones said police have searched this field in the past; however, she said this is the first time they actually performed a dig at the site.
Records show this is the third such search in nine months for Kesse. In the past, the Kesse family knew about them well in advance and helped organize them, but this time was different.
Drew Kesse, Jennifer Kesse's father, received a call just before the dig started, he said. A source tipped off investigators to the Orange Blossom Trail location, and search dogs alerted law-enforcement officers they needed to dig.
Authorities have told them little else.
Kesse was to hold a news conference Friday afternoon.
The operation drew state and local law-enforcement officials, including deputies from the Orange County Sheriff's Office; members of OPD's homicide unit and violent-crime commanders; and officials with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The operation began sometime around 8 a.m.
Authorities used sonar equipment while digging in the field. They cut through brush, sifted through dirt and dumped samples of the soil into red-plastic buckets.
Jones said the officials searched and dug in two separate parts of the field.
The last time anyone heard from Jennifer Kesse was about 10 p.m. Jan. 24, 2006, when she called her boyfriend in Fort Lauderdale. Police think she was abducted at or near the Mosaic at Millenia, an upscale condominium complex on Americana Boulevard in southwest Orange County.
Three days later, her Chevrolet Malibu was discovered at the intersection of Americana and Texas Avenue. The car was about a mile from her condo.
When police unleashed a bloodhound to follow her scent, the dog tracked from the car back to the front door of her condo.
Police have a video image of a man they call a "person of interest" who was walking near where the car was found. They do not know the man's identity.
There is a $1 million reward for Jennifer Kesse's safe return.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-jennifer-kesse-search-over-20100219,0,5894775.story
Police say they didn't find anything that helps them in their investigation into Orlando woman's disappearance
By Amy L. Edwards and Walter Pacheco
3:40 p.m. EST, February 19, 2010
Orlando Police Emergency Response Team performs a grid search Friday in a a field near the Orange Blossom Trail. after police received a tip regarding the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse. (RED HUBER, ORLANDO SENTINEL / February 19, 2010)
After hours of searching at an overgrown field south of Orlando, police confirmed Friday afternoon that they found nothing of value for their investigation into Jennifer Kesse's disappearance.
Orlando police Sgt. Barbara Jones confirmed at 2:40 p.m. that the more than 60 law-enforcement officers who had been walking, digging and sifting at the site had concluded their work.
The primary search area was in thick brush behind the Knights Inn and the McDonald's on Orange Blossom Trail near Oak Ridge Road.
A tip triggered the search, but police would not identify that person or say when the tip was made, stating only that it was "credible."
"There's a reason why they're here," Jones said.
Jones said police have searched this field in the past; however, she said this is the first time they actually performed a dig at the site.
Records show this is the third such search in nine months for Kesse. In the past, the Kesse family knew about them well in advance and helped organize them, but this time was different.
Drew Kesse, Jennifer Kesse's father, received a call just before the dig started, he said. A source tipped off investigators to the Orange Blossom Trail location, and search dogs alerted law-enforcement officers they needed to dig.
Authorities have told them little else.
Kesse was to hold a news conference Friday afternoon.
The operation drew state and local law-enforcement officials, including deputies from the Orange County Sheriff's Office; members of OPD's homicide unit and violent-crime commanders; and officials with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The operation began sometime around 8 a.m.
Authorities used sonar equipment while digging in the field. They cut through brush, sifted through dirt and dumped samples of the soil into red-plastic buckets.
Jones said the officials searched and dug in two separate parts of the field.
The last time anyone heard from Jennifer Kesse was about 10 p.m. Jan. 24, 2006, when she called her boyfriend in Fort Lauderdale. Police think she was abducted at or near the Mosaic at Millenia, an upscale condominium complex on Americana Boulevard in southwest Orange County.
Three days later, her Chevrolet Malibu was discovered at the intersection of Americana and Texas Avenue. The car was about a mile from her condo.
When police unleashed a bloodhound to follow her scent, the dog tracked from the car back to the front door of her condo.
Police have a video image of a man they call a "person of interest" who was walking near where the car was found. They do not know the man's identity.
There is a $1 million reward for Jennifer Kesse's safe return.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-jennifer-kesse-search-over-20100219,0,5894775.story
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Justice4all on Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:47 pm
Leads exhausted in Jennifer Kesse disappearance
Jennifer Kesse vanished four years ago. Police are out of leads.
Here is a statement issued Thursday:
"The Orlando Police Department met with Drew and Joyce Kesse today to advise them that we have exhausted all viable leads in the investigation into their daughters disappearance. The Orlando Police Department still considers this case to be an active investigation and any new developments in the Jennifer Kesse Missing/Endangered Adult case will be investigated by our Criminal Investigations Division."
The missing woman's car was found and a security camera caught an image of a person walking away from it, but it was not clear enough to make an identification.
Last September, a Specialized Multi-Agency Review Team was brought to Orlando by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to help police with their investigation.
http://wdbo.com/localnews/2010/04/leads-exhausted-in-jennifer-ke.html
Jennifer Kesse vanished four years ago. Police are out of leads.
Here is a statement issued Thursday:
"The Orlando Police Department met with Drew and Joyce Kesse today to advise them that we have exhausted all viable leads in the investigation into their daughters disappearance. The Orlando Police Department still considers this case to be an active investigation and any new developments in the Jennifer Kesse Missing/Endangered Adult case will be investigated by our Criminal Investigations Division."
The missing woman's car was found and a security camera caught an image of a person walking away from it, but it was not clear enough to make an identification.
Last September, a Specialized Multi-Agency Review Team was brought to Orlando by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to help police with their investigation.
http://wdbo.com/localnews/2010/04/leads-exhausted-in-jennifer-ke.html
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Re: Jennifer Kesse -- Missing 1/24/06
by Piper on Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:16 pm
How disheartening for the Kesse family. Where does a family go from here? I can't imagine how alone you would feel knowing your daughter is out there, somewhere. And there seems to be no where else to look for her.
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