As of this posing, the judge in the case has not made a ruling. It also means retesting evidence the Kesses say has not ever been retested. Over the course of the day, Jenn was in touch with her parents, her brother, Logan, and Rob. She has never been located. The nightmare to not know. 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. Orlando police said a person of interest was caught on surveillance video driving Kesses car, but was never found. 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant spoke to Drew and Joyce Kesse, Jennifers parents, and the investigator they hired. We were there for my roommates trade show, and it was also just a fun single boys weekend, you know? Sure enough, it was Jennifers car. Cummings vehicle was found on Tuesday, May 16 in the parking lot of a Home Depot in Yulee, Florida, about 12 miles from her workplace. Jennifer Kesse, 24, disappeared from Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 24, 2006. They sued the Orlando Police Department in 2018, asking for a copy of the case files. 3. 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. At the time of her disappearance, Jennifers building was undergoing major renovations and many of the construction workers were undocumented immigrants who were actually living in unoccupied condos on the premises while working there. They hired a private investigator. Her disappearance continues to grab national attention. Tuesday marks 17 years since Jennifer Kesse disappeared in Orlando. The Kesse family told Dateline they wont ever stop searching for their daughter or for answers. (And, as a commenter mentioned in my recent post about the missing/murdered Krnak family, most cases are built on circumstantial evidence.). Jenns family is urging the public to utilize any and all social media private messaging to contact their investigative team with tips and leads in the case. . VIDEO: Jennifer Kesse: Investigation into Orlando womans disappearance turned over to FDLE Jennifer Kesse: Investigation into Orlando womans disappearance turned over to FDLE. This has taken everything out of us, emotionally and financially, Drew Kesse said. Kesse was last seen at her Orlando condo near Mall at Millenia. This week marks 17 years since the 24-year-old vanished in 2006 but there have been no arrests made. Kesses family filed a lawsuit in 2018, asking the court to allow a private investigator to obtain the Orlando Police Departments records on the case. In that second, I knew something was wrong.. That person is the key, Torretta said. Kesse was 24 years old at the time of her disappearance. As CBS pointed out, the day Kesse went missing, workers happened to be laying carpet nearby making that tip noteworthy. But she didnt come back. During that presser they also announced that Jennifer Sybert was actually named Kimberly Kessler; she had been living under a fake name and using a fake Social Security number. Investigators found Kesses car at Huntington on the Green Condominiums, about a mile from her home. 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. For her disappearance and for the fact that its gone on this long without answers.. There were still puddles of water in the shower. There was no question, Logan told Dateline. 10 Tampa Bay reached out to the Orlando Police Department on Monday. They gave two managers permission to go inside her condo to check for anything unusual. Sunday, May 13, the day before she was reported missing, was Mothers Day and Cummings birthday, and she was supposed to meet her ex-husband at a local store parking lot to pick up her three young children. Jennifer Kesse was a successful young woman with a good job and a loving boyfriend . 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. Example video title will go here for this video. Im unsure if Kessler had any known connections to Orlando or the areas or places Kesse lived, worked, or frequented. It was January 24, 2006. And made it as far as her car. Two months prior to her disappearance, Jenn had purchased her first condo at Mosaic at Millenia Condominium in Orlando. Police arrested Sybert on Wednesday, May 16 at an Interstate 95 rest area in St. Johns County, Florida. If we know who he or she is, we can find out where Jennifer is.. Jennifer Kesse, 24, went missing from her newly purchased Orlando, Florida, condo on January 24, 2006 Her family marked the 15th anniversary this month by announcing that they 'hope' to solving. 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. No one has seen or heard from her since. The case centers on Jennifer Kesse, who disappeared on January 24, 2006, when she didn't show up for work. Drews investigative team began searching that area with their own private cadaver dogs and were alerted to something. She complained to her parents of leering looks and catcalls and whistling, (which) made her feel very uncomfortable, the private investigator told Van Sant about the construction workers. Adam testified that he viewed an email between Kesse and Campos during which Campos reportedly was unhappy that she refused to date him. She chatted to her parents, brother, boyfriend and some friends on the phone at home that evening. 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. Dailymail.com Reporter Thats when I decided to travel, start my career. Family members and friends began the search immediately. 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. We dont know anything. On October 5, 2020 Kessler was again in the news. My mind just didnt go there. 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. . Her purse, phone and keys were not inside. Both Drew and Jenns mother, Joyce, tried to call their daughter, but their calls and texts also went unanswered. No one.". Theres really nothing Jenn wouldnt tell us.. On June 10, 2010, the FBI took over the case from the Orlando Police Department, and Jennifer Kesse remains on the FBI's . When questioned about the vehicle, several residents confirmed it had been parked there for several days. "So we will fight tooth and nail and yell from the mountain tops until someone hears us and FINALLY acts," Drew added. Michelle Parker was 33 years old when she went missing in November of 2011. Dailymail.com Reporter, Have you seen Jennifer? Jennifer Kesse Breaking News: Witness Statement Points To Someone At Work- Kesse Family and OPD Press Conference Scheduled Quote: Adam had been working for Central Florida Investments for eight years before being fired for asking his bosses to investigate the alleged harassment perpetrated against him by his supervisor, Johnny Campos, since the . Jennifers co-workers would tell her parents that she had not come to work, after which they decided to go to her condo and check up on her. In an open letter to their daughter on the 15th anniversary of her disappearance, the Kesses said they remain 'relentless' in their pursuit of answers. Thats why this is so ridiculously difficult to deal with. How Might Kessler Be Related to the Kesse Case?While it might at first seem like a stretch, I think its conceivable Kimberly Kessler could be tied to the Jennifer Kesse case. 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.. Biology, nature, and cryptozoology still remain Brent Swancers first intellectual loves. Kesse was nowhere to be found, nothing appeared stolen from the car, and there wasn't any evidence to suggest any sort of struggle. It was alleged that at one point after their breakup he drank himself senseless for two weeks and was inconsolable.. Is it possible she was employed by the construction company working on Kesses building? Although a married man, other workers allege that Campos made it very clear that he desired a relationship with Jennifer but was rebuffed because not only did she have a boyfriend, she refused to date coworkers as a matter of policy. Jennifer Kesse was last seen leaving work in Orlando, Florida on January 23, 2006. They hopped in the car with their son and drove to her condo. In speaking with Floridas Fourth Estate last year, Kesses father revealed a theory that his daughter may have been taken by human sex traffickers. 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. A couple hours later, after shed failed to appear for an important meeting at work, her employers contacted her parents, who hadnt heard from her, either. The next day, Jan. 24, 2006, Kesse's parents got a call saying she hadn't shown up for work. From January 2005 until January 2006, Rob and Jenn traveled back and forth between Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale to see each other, and also traveled together internationally as much as they could. If she knew she would be five minutes late for work, she would call them thats just who she is.. Kesse's family said. From all appearances, Jennifer Kesse of Orlando, Florida was a happy, successful, well-adjusted 24-year-old woman with a bright future. But what we got was a mess. Something wasnt right. Jenns luggage from her trip was still in the front hall, untouched. She Was Never Seen Again. She also had a long-distance love with boyfriend Rob Allen, who lived around 3 hours away in Ft. Lauderdale, but with whom she was very serious, finding time to see him every weekend. 2010 The Thought & Expression Company, LLC. While Kessler had used stolen identities for years before her arrest, the identities she had used were reportedly taken from grave stones and were not from any other known living or missing people. Do investigators know where Kessler was on the days leading up to and including the day Kesse went missing? More Controversy on the Roswell Affair: An Alien Accident? One of the Strangest Mysteries in the History of NASA: Conspiracy or Complete Garbage? Jennifer Kesse was a successful young woman with a good job and a loving boyfriend when she simply vanished from her Orlando, Fla., condominium. 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. 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. Her disappearance remains a mystery. This week, the Kesse family, now living back in Bradenton, are beginning their seventeenth year without Jennifer. Stars Veronica Burgos John Hardy Andrew Kerr See production, box office & company info I know that as the boyfriend, Im prime suspect number one, Rob said. The tiniest bone. Her Black Chevy Malibu was found abandoned one mile away from her home in Orlando. It was all very odd, and police were notified, but they at first assumed that she had merely run off on her own and did not think that there was any solid evidence that something was amiss. But despite extensive searches, few clues to her alleged abduction have ever been found. She drove to work that morning from her boyfriends house in southern Florida. Jennifer Kesses father, Drew Kesse, said: 'We have great hope that this year were going to know, maybe not exactly what happened to Jennifer but where we need to go and what we need to do', as reported by My Sun Coast. In 2016, Jennifer would be officially pronounced dead, but her family fought this, and in the meantime fought the State of Florida for access to the case files, finally in in March of 2019 receiving more than 16,000 pages of documents and 67 hours of video and audiotape, but this has not led to any breakthroughs. A coworker named Adam said that a few days before Jennifer disappeared, Campos was upset she was dating her boyfriend rather than Campos. I hold onto that memory, her voice, and her laugh. Investigators went about focusing their efforts on the complex, poring through video surveillance footage, and that was when they hit a potential lead, when they found footage that showed an unidentified person, approximately 5'3 to 5'5, tall, parking Kesse's car, sitting in the car for about 30 seconds, and then getting out and walking away. Instead of moving, Logan traveled back and forth between Florida and California, and got his real estate license. Here's the recap. But when I woke up that day, there was nothing.. The day before she disappeared, Kesse had left Allen's home to drive to work. They maintain an on-going Go Fund Mepage that has raised more than $80,000, out of a $200,000 goal, to pay for their private investigations. In the meantime, her bank account remained untouched and police were unable to successfully ping her cell phone.