Michael Torretta: I always told the Kesses what I like to do with this investigation is put a puzzle together -- one piece at a time. The distinct lack of evidence and leads in the investigation means no one is sure what happened to Kesse, even12 years afterher disappearance. Louis Bolden: Technology then was not what technology is now. Unfortunately, no. Over the past 17 years, we have spent over $700,000 but we cant look at that. Come home soon, the post said. After years of working for the Kesses, private detective Michael Torretta says he has a new theory as to what he thinks could have happened to Jennifer. 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. She spoke with her boyfriend, Rob Allen, on the phone around 10 pm that night. Michael Torretta: I want to do my best and bring Jennifer Kesse home to them one day. This person has never been found, but has been identified as a person of interest in her investigation. In 2008, Detective Wright and Sergeant Brennan analyzed the surveillance tape with "48 Hours.". They also couldn't count on getting any reliable forensic evidence from Jennifer's condo. Michael Torretta: I'm looking through these 16,000 documents for something that might have been missed by the Orlando PD, the FDLE, maybe even the FBI who have had parts in this investigation. Peter Van Sant: And what did that tell you? And that's the end. Sgt. Tami: He was pleasuring himself in the corner of my patio. But despite extensive searches, few clues to her alleged abduction have ever been found. Now we have some of our own questions we'd like to ask. We want closure. 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. My heart is here. The woman claimed that Chino often approached her in the parking lot late at night when she returned from work and made her feel uncomfortable. Influencivenews; . Didn't appear that it was a car theft. Jennifer Kesse, then 24, vanished from her new condo in Orlando, Florida on January 24, 2006. I would say 75 percent of the time somebody was there . ", Drew made a dark prediction about her fate, telling The U.S. Sun: "We doubt very much that Jennifer is still alive. And I said, "are you kidding me?". Anyone with information into Kesses disappearance can call the Kesse Family Tip Line at 941-201-4009, or Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477). by Sarah Jae Leiber Oct. 21, 2020. Joyce Kesse: We all along have felt that she was abducted in the morning. Joel Wright [2008] We know there was quite a bit of a renovation going on inside her complex. 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. During the week she was gone, her brother and several friends had batched it in her condo. And then at 10 p.m., she talked to Rob. In 2018, Orlando Rolon became the Orlando police chief. She graduated with honors from the University of Central Florida and landed a. Jennifer Joyce Kesse was born on May 20, 1981 to parents Drew and Joyce Kesse. The effort our investigators have put forward to get us to this point has been incredible. Drew Kesse, who in the past has been vocal about what he feels are missteps by investigators, thanked the new team for their tireless efforts. Lauren McCarthy: She was always on the radar with everybody. This meant there were. Drew Kesse accused the Orlando Police Dept. Therefore, the only ones left were the laborers who were working on her condo complex expansion. Monday marks 16 years since Jennifer Kesse disappeared. "It is Jennifers best opportunity to be found now, 17 years later. Surveillance video showed someone walking near the car, and has been sought as a person of interest. Drew Kesse: In my mind, it was "that person took my daughter. They can then be seen walking away from the car; however, frustratingly, their face was obscured by a fence. Kevin Dean and Gary Winter are the editors. It didnt take this long. And Chino is 5'9" -- taller than the figure's height estimated by police. 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. As the desperate hours went by, Sergeant Roger Brennan and his team of investigators searched the streets of Orlando looking for Jennifer Kesse. Colleen: I don't recall formally meeting her. DETECTIVE WRIGHT: how did you get into the condo? I didn't like it. And also had people of different heights walk by. I'm not with you " and a little insecurity. Det. 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. Drew Kesse: It was never secured by Orlando Police. Peter Van Sant: Now you were the maintenance man there. A tip can be left anonymously. 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. Roger Brennan [2008]: It didn't appear that it was a robbery. Peter Van Sant: Where were you the morning of January 24th, 2006? But she says no one ever followed up with her. Joel Wright | Orlando Police Department: It appeared that somebody was fighting over control of the car. The former University of Central Florida student had graduated in 2003, and had only recently started her new job as a finance manager. has never closed the Kesse case, the family, frustrated by the agencys efforts, has launched its own investigation. Joyce Kesse: Jenn shared every detail about the trip. We immediately started asking everybody walking around if they had seen anything. She had just gotten promoted," her mother Joyce Kesse told "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant. But for the friends and family of 24 yea. [Takes a deep breath with tears in her eyes]. Joyce Kesse: A lot of your day laborers are, um, not here, uh, legally. Peter Van Sant: Do you know of anyone who might have been involved in Jennifer Kesse's disappearance? Advertisement. The rest of the home looked like a maid had been there . She was a beautiful person. She did look familiar. And their conversation didn't end well. Orlando Police release age progression photo of #JenniferKesse in hopes of getting new leads http . Lauren McCarthy: She was extremely safety conscious. But she says he fled in a white van. "She had just bought her first condo with her own money," said Jennifer's father, Drew Kesse. Where is Jennifer Kesse? Peter Van Sant: What's intriguing based on your investigation is the men that were in the apartment across from Jennifer's were putting down carpet that day. Roger Brennan [2008]: As we were driving around the area around her complex, we were trying to identify different areas that her vehicle may have been seen. THE devastated family of missing Orlando woman Jennifer Kesse insists new hope has been breathed into the heartbreaking attempt to find her. Missing persons cases are often some of the most difficult for law enforcement to investigate and solve. Sgt. Jennifer Kesse's family has undergone years of investigation and is nowhere near giving up until their daughter is found. Chino [talking to a woman in his home]: Mi amor. Joyce Kesse [2008]: She slept for sure. To this day, Jennifer Kesse has not been found, dead or alive, and the people who love her have fought tirelessly for answers, a fight that included receiving over 16 thousand pages of police records on the investigation, and these pages held more clues which has only fed the fire of this mystery. And that was part of the development of him as a person of interest. She graduated in 2003 and immediately received several job offers, and she decided to take a position at Central Florida Investments Timeshare Company in Ocoee, Orange County, Florida. Peter Van Sant spoke with several women who lived at the same condo complex as Jennifer Kesse. Joyce Kesse: Her travel bag. There's nothing in there that indicates that there were problems at the Mosaic. Peter Van Sant [2008]: What do you believe happened? . Jennifer Kesse was last seen leaving work in Orlando, Florida on January 23, 2006. If you need help with the Public File, call 407-291-6000. In fact, everywhere they looked, everything seemed normal. At the time she vanished, she was living in Orlando. 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. Even the FBI, who was called in to help, could only determine that they stood between 53 and 55. Kesse was enjoying her job and had recently been on holiday with her boyfriend, seemingly having no personal problems that would force her into disappearing. Ashley: He had the opportunity to tell me and he didn't. But he learned Chino used to live in another building at Jennifer's condo complex and was a former maintenance worker there. Kesse was last seen at her Orlando condo near Mall at. I stood in a courtroom alone while a judge declared her deceased. Lauren McCarthy: The searches were massive. Peter Van Sant: You were there at the same time as Jennifer Kesse. Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/TNS/Alamy Live News. Michael Torretta is the Kesses' private investigator. Michael Torretta: What I'm thinking is Jennifer comes out. Her family has been tirelessly searching for the Tampa Bay-area native for the last 17 years and said new help from state law enforcement is her "best opportunity. Rob Allen: My best friend said to me after the trip, he's like, "Oh you're in love and you just don't want to admit it.". Found the resolution to each, I know who really killed Chanin, her husband did not, I have so many questions about this story. Ashley says she never was suspicious of Chino until one day nine months after Jennifer vanished, when Chino suddenly disappeared and moved out of the complex in the middle of the night. No one has seen or heard from her since. We were very frantic. And you could sense that, and you can feel that . Roger Brennan [2008]: This is the interior of Jennifer's car as we found it. Produced by Chris Young Ritzen, Tamara Weitzman and Gabriella Demirdjian. But under the agreement, the Orlando Police Department would no longer lead the investigation. It's actually a complex that's been known where stolen cars were -- would be recovered from. And then, Tami says she caught a "peeping Tom" a man she believes was a worker at the complex. Kevin Harris was an aspiring hip-hop artist when he was gunned down. ORLANDO, Fla. - On a January evening in 2006, Jennifer Kesse chatted on the phone with her parents and boyfriend from inside her Orlando home before disappearing without a trace, stumping. And despite evidence that she was at her. Rob Allen: You have that initial hope, like, OK, we found the car, it's only going to be a matter of time before we find Jennifer. When they came up with no new leads, he made the unprecedented decision to finally release the files to the Kesses. It was only on January 26 that a tenant of a nearby complex saw Jennifers story on the news and informed authorities that her car was abandoned in front of their apartment the day she went missing. So, of course, every one of its episodes goes above and beyond to provide us with every bit of factual information surrounding a case to help us form our own opinions, and its episode entitled Where Is Jennifer Kesse? is no different. It was so out of character for Jennifer to not respond, her friends and family rushed to her condo. Jennifer Kesse was a successful young woman with a good job and a loving boyfriend . Her family has been tirelessly. Michael Torretta: We all have kids that this could've happened to and as parents we need to help out each other. They held up signs, just as they had done the day Jennifer went missing, with the desperate hope that someone passing by knew something. Joyce Kesse: We asked them for several years to make her case cold because there's more resources available for cold cases. "I have had five this week - its the time of year with it being the date of her disappearance but it never stops. It's OK. "You have keys to all the apartments. It was like being hit with a ton of bricks. The investigation and the hunt for what happened to Jennifer continues today. There's a lot of information that could have been developed that I believe wasn't in the most critical hours of this investigation. Then finding out that the lead detective on Jennifers case did not write a single report or any document since 2010, 12 years!! [TRENDING: Roller coaster ride of temperatures in Central Florida with new front | Attorney general reviewing complaints against Volusia hot tub company | Ask Trooper Steve: Why does Florida not have a front, rear license plate? Judy Tygard is the executive producer. Joel Wright [2008]: It's difficult to tell. 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. As the hours went by, their panic became unbearable. He called Jennifer and asked if she would mail it to him. When he showed her that security camera photo of the unidentified suspect, she gave him a possible new lead. Joyce Kesse: It's very, very hard to move forward. When we asked about Jennifer Kesse, Chino quickly reiterated that he was innocent. Jennifer Kesse has been missing for 17 years: Her family hasn't stopped the search Claire Farrow 1/23/2023 Like Comments Where is Jennifer Kesse? Joel Wright [2008]: Now the clothing looks to be maybe someone who is a painter or some type of worker. Louis Bolden: People just wanted to help them. Detective Joel Wright was still trying to solve this confounding mystery. The next morning, her boyfriend became concerned when she failed to call or text him; unusually for Jennifer, her cellphone went straight to voicemail. 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 known for. Her parents also continue to pursue leads, hoping to one day either find her or her remains. Evidence photos obtained by Fox News suggest a. Police say they did not believe Jennifer's case met the criteria for declaring her missing. When her parents arrived at the condo, they discovered nothing was out of place. "She will remain 24 forever," Jennifer's father, Drew Kesse, told The Huffington Post. Louis Bolden: You could go to any part of town, and everyone knew Jennifer Kesse's name and they knew her face. But the Kesses refused to give up on Jennifer. ! Kesse wrote at the time. And now with the case files in their possession, they are more determined than ever to keep their daughter's story alive. And they said, "Well you ruined the crime scene." Peter Schweitzer is the senior producer. Less than 10% of white American men are shorter than 5'7. . She was on a cloud. Jennifer Joyce Kesse seemed to have everything going for her. Rob Allen: You've got the bug. In 2016, she was declared dead by the state of Florida. Jennifer Kesse was reported missing after she didn't show up to work on the morning of Jan. 24, 2006, according to WKMG. 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. . Lauren McCarthy [at the 2008 gathering]: There's just no other place I could be today. She deserved that. The pair grew up in Tampa, Florida, and Jennifer is described as having been an adventurous dynamo with a thirst for knowledge. In 2008, on the second anniversary of Jennifer's disappearance, family and friends gathered on a street corner in Orlando. Joel Wright: I put just the name Chino into a leads tracking system and one tip did come up. And I think she got up for work as she normally would. By the time they took it seriously, we had 14 people in the condo. We, her family Drew, Joyce, and Logan, and friends believe she was taken the morning of Tuesday, January 24, 2006, from in or around her Orlando, Florida home. Joel Wright: It told me that he passed the polygraph. Peter Van Sant [2008]: Do you think the car was cleaned by someone? To this day, Jennifer Kesse has not been found, dead or alive, and the people who love her have fought tirelessly for answers, a fight that included receiving over 16 thousand pages of police records on the investigation, and these pages held more clues which has only fed the fire of this mystery. Based on interviews with people who lived at the complex, he believes that up to 10 construction workers were living in an empty apartment just across from Jennifer's. Peter Van Sant: There's no list of names of who was staying in which apartment? Security footage installed at the complex captured an individual seen driving and parking Jennifer's car on day she went missing. But Torretta struck out when he tried to find those workers who he believes lived in the vacant apartment across from Jennifer. Jennifer Kesse was deemed dead by the state of Florida in 2016. Sometime later, a study of photographs of the hood of the car concluded that the dust on the vehicle had been disturbed and appeared to indicate that an individual had been slammed into the car hood. The former University of Central Florida student had . Michael Torretta is a private investigator who works for the Kesses. But when police checked security cameras, it looked like they finally caught a big break. Sgt. Matt Reeser joined WFTV in 1998 as a news photographer and has worked for television stations in Kentucky and West Virginia. This station is part of Cox Media Group Television. There was no sign of a struggle at her home, and no evidence that anyone other than Kesse had been in the condo on the morning of January 24. Wright also re-interviewed another maintenance worker who had done repairs with Chino in Jennifer's condo. So, I did. Joel Wright: She did look at the photo and said, "That looks like Chino.". But there were no big headlines and Torretta presses on. The investigators looked into everyone that they could think of. 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. It will take time, talent, money, and luck; however, we welcome the renewed effort," they said. But upon further investigation, police realized the cell tower data was misinterpreted, and she actually wasn't out that night. There were no signs of a struggle. In 2016, it had been 10 years since Jennifer went missing. In 2019, local police came out with a dive team, but no carpet was found. Tronnes said she slipped and fell into the bathtub in a tragic accident, but detectives say he murdered her when she threatened to cut off the cash flow for his housing renovations. After all the interviews and reviewing the case file, Torretta says he now has a new theory as to what could have happened to Jennifer Kesse. Jennifer Kesse was first reported missing on January 24, 2006. Though her car was later found, the 24-year-old woman has yet to be found. She evenbought a condo in the months leading up to her disappearance. They have now received everything and we are moving forward, although the sad part is that we have discovered that over the last 10 to 12 years, no investigations have looked at Jennifers case. But, when police tried to identify the phantom figure, they hit a roadblock. The Kesses are offering $15,000 as a reward for valuable information on where Jennifer could be at this time. Now her uncle, Bill Gilmour, describes the restless nights since then and his emotional journey to find peace, in a new book "Aftermath of Jennifer Kesse's Abduction: An Uncle's Inspiring Journey and Other Stories of Hope." Joining Nancy Grace Today: OK, call the police again.". They, in turn, told Rob. The next morning, though, Jennifer waivered from her routine. Then Torretta spoke to a woman who did not want to appear on camera. Two days later, her car was found at Huntington on the Green condominiums at Texas Avenue and Americana Boulevard, about a mile away from her complex, Mosaic at Millenia. January 24, 2006, Jennifer didn't show up for work. - 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. it was like she walked in the night before and just dropped her suitcase right where it was. Det. "I had one this morning from someone claiming they know who did this. And that's what I'm doing. Drew Kesse: We were probably on the road within 5 minutes. And just please think of Jennifer . Her ex, recently upset and wishing to get back together with her, was cleared. Read more: Full details on the Jennifer Kesse disappearance SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The family of missing woman Jennifer Kesse marked the start of another year with no answers. 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. JOEL WRIGHT [at the 2008 gathering]: Maybe the right person will see us. There were hundreds of people that came out. Joel Wright: [2008]: When that car was found, we jumped all over it. Jennifers boyfriend, Rob Allen, had a solid alibi. NEWS REPORT: For the past two days dive crews have been out on the water. She says they never talked about Jennifer's disappearance. Joel Wright stated he believes the abduction took place in the morning due to a tip he received on Thursday, the day Jennifer's car was found. There was a belief that James Hataway, now in prison on a different abduction, could have been the suspect; he's about 5-10 (height) and the suspect on video is probably not much taller than 5-5, so ultimately little came of that. A week before she was last seen, Kessehad also visited the Virgin Islands with her boyfriend. Det. A profile of Kesses disappearance on the CBS show 48 Hours lead to renewed interest in the case. The Investigation In February 2006, investigators found Jennifer Kesse's black. Sgt. The Kesses are offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to Jennifer's whereabouts. Immediately, those who knew her knew something was terribly wrong. of negligence in the investigation. Roger Brennan [2008]: We didn't come up with any solid leads of anybody who saw Jennifer, saw anybody park her vehicle here. 3. Michael Torretta: Yes. Peter Van Sant: Why is what the woman at the Mosaic told you important? Michael Torretta: It's impossible to find those individuals. Then, in an attempt to get more clues, her car was photographed and taken in for a thorough forensic examination. I do not recognize that person. Who knows what would've happened if this heinous crime hadn't been committed? Det. And he, denied any kind of wrongdoing. That night she talked to family, friends and her boyfriend as well. Det. Logan Kesse [2008]: It didn't feel right. Sgt. "They are feeding off the work my guys have done for the past few years. Get todays headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: Copyright 2023 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved. "We got a phone call," said Joyce, "'Was Jennifer OK?'". Det. When they arrived at the condo in the early afternoon, a building manager opened Jennifer's locked apartment. And then is abducted by those individuals across the way. Do you, This was definitely in IL because we are friends with, Hi. At the time Allen lived in Fort Lauderdale, three hours away from Orlando where Jennifer lived. This has been backed up by the FBI who also are down and checked out the figures. ", Peter Van Sant: Do you believe anyone realistically has been working this case in recent years?". The U.S. Sun has reached out to Orlando Police for comment. She was very aware of her surroundings. July 10, 2021 / 11:06 PM I have a meeting. The hole in our heart is forever there until we have an answer. 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. 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. Jennifer spoke on the phone to her parents and boyfriend in her Orlando apartment before disappearing without a trace, never to be seen again. Using Jennifer's apartment as their headquarters, they began their own media blitz. 24-year-old Jennifer Kesse was last seen in Orlando, Florida on January 24, 2006. In the years since her disappearance, her family and law enforcement have continued to search for clues to her whereabouts. They had no better luck with the forensics inside Jennifer's car. Residents at the complex stated the car had been parked in the lot for several days. Drew Kesse: I'm like, "Come on! The police concluded that Jennifer had left for work as normal, but she was attacked and abducted as she went to get in her car. Drew Kesse: She just said, you know "there's a lot of workers here and they tend to like just stop when I'm walking by or going to my car. by the walk. Start to work. The next day she did not show up for work. Her Chevy Malibu car was found a mile away in what police suspect was an abduction. When Jennifer didn't come home after 48 hours, the police began investigating her whereabouts in earnest. Drew Kesse: Chino should expect to hear from us. The tip came from people who lived across the street from Jennifer's condo complex, they reported to him that they believe they saw Jennifer's car on Tuesday morning driving erratically out of the . That afternoon Jennifer's brother, Logan, began to question some of the construction workers at the complex. From all appearances, Jennifer Kesse of Orlando, Florida was a happy, successful, well-adjusted 24-year-old woman with a bright future. The 24-year-old has been missing for 15 years after vanishing one morning while heading out to work. You know aliens didn't abduct her. In 2009, Detective Wright interviewed him and asked him about working in Jennifer's condo: DETECTIVE WRIGHT [2009 audio tape]: when you did the work in her unit, uh was she present while you were doing it. Ashley: I remember him being fun and friendly, talkative.
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