Father’s pursuit for missing daughter heats up with new evidence in case that’s no longer cold
Nearly two decades after a Florida woman vanished from her apartment building without a trace leadership have informed a new break that could breathe new life into a formerly cold development Jennifer Kesse vanished from her Orlando condo complex after leaving for work on the morning of Jan stumping both state and federal investigators as leadership raced to catch her abductor About an hour and a half into the workday I received a call from her work Drew Kesse Jennifer s father stated Fox News Digital And they announced Hey Jennifer had a meeting this morning it s not like her to show up Do you know where she is MISSING FLORIDA WOMAN JENNIFER KESSE'S FATHER HOPES FOR ANSWERS YEARS AFTER Kesse straightaway tried to reach his daughter relying on a family rule that they would unfailingly answer each other's calls but her phone went straight to voicemail I knew something was wrong directly Kesse revealed Kesse and his wife Joyce speedily made the two-hour drive from their home in Tampa to Orlando where they located their daughter s apartment empty with several outfit choices laid out on the bed DETECTIVES TRUE CRIME PODCAST HELPS DIG UP BREAKTHROUGH IN DEVELOPMENT THAT HAUNTED FAMILY DREW AUDIBLE GASP The parents at once called the Orlando Police Department to assessment Jennifer missing They looked around her apartment shrugged their shoulders and noted She had a fight with her boyfriend apparently she ll be back Kesse mentioned They walked out And that was Jennifer s last chance More than a decade later the family filed a lawsuit against the City of Orlando OPD and the mayor s office citing a botched analysis into Kesse's disappearance and requesting documents pertaining to the search MISSING JENNIFER KESSE'S FAMILY HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR MANAGEABLE DNA EVIDENCEOPD the City of Orlando and the mayor's office did not this instant respond to Fox News Digital s request for comment The lawsuit resulted in the first triumphant request for records involving an ongoing situation with the city handing over pages of materials involved in the assessment Drew Kesse compiled a crew of members of law enforcement including former U S Secret Arrangement and FBI agents to continue advancing the search for his daughter GET REAL-TIME UPDATES AT THE FOX NEWS TRUE CRIME HUBIn November the Florida Department of Law Enforcement FDLE took over the scenario with any leads into Kesse s disappearance eventually running cold Until last month when Kesse received a call from FDLE telling him that investigators had obtained new DNA evidence and using a list compiled by Kesse s club narrowed down their persons of interest MISSING CALIFORNIA MOM S FAMILY DIGS FOR HOMICIDE COVER-UP OR CLEANUP AS POLICE EYE PERSONS OF INTEREST FDLE reported that they no longer consider Jennifer s incident cold Kesse reported It is operational They are on what they need to do and they truly believe that they are getting somewhere FDLE declined Fox News Digital s request for comment citing the ongoing examination Kesse credits the break in the affair to his own gang of investigators and new machinery removing previous roadblocks pertaining to evidence HUNT FOR MISSING MIDWEST NEWS ANCHOR FOCUSES ON FIGHT OVER UNSEALING EVIDENCEThe gang demanded NASA to enhance protection footage revealing Jennifer s car was removed from her apartment complex on the day of her disappearance reemerging three days later at a separate condo parking lot one mile down the road with the driver s face obscured by a nearby gate where the carriage was unveiled We have film of that car being parked Kesse reported Fox News Digital A person stays in it for seconds gets out and walks away Kesse hopes the use of artificial intelligence will lead investigators to identify the person of interest Additionally two onlookers previously published seeing Jennifer and a man fighting while in the front seat of her black Chevy Malibu Records obtained by the family also indicated the hood of Jennifer s van was covered with dust from ongoing construction at her condo complex and indicated signs of a struggle SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER An unidentified person of interest and workable suspect was photographed parking Jennifer Kesse s wagon and walking away The unidentified person was approximately -foot- to -foot- and was wearing white clothes similar to a painter or a manual worker a missing persons flyer from the FDLE says Prior to Kesse s disappearance she had complained about selected construction workers that were working on her apartment complex and were making her uneasy For now the family is anxiously awaiting any new information that could potentially reveal what happened to Jennifer FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME CLUB ON X I want to know where Jennifer is Kesse revealed Dead or alive Anyone with information about Jennifer s disappearance is encouraged to contact FDLE s Orlando office at - or OROCColdCaseTips fdle state fl us In light of Jennifer s disappearance the Florida House of Representatives unanimously passed The Jennifer Kesse and Tiffany Sessions Missing Persons Act fundamentally reforming how missing persons reports are investigated in Florida by requiring law enforcement agencies to enact written policies for handling such cases Until functionaries decisively put Jennifer s disappearance together hopefully very soon we ll keep working Kesse communicated Fox News Digital We keep moving forward with the officials hopefully to bring her home someday Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin contributed to this assessment
