Jennifer Kesse

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## Jennifer Kesse

* Living photo
* Age progressed

### Classification

Suspected homicide

**Jennifer Joyce Kesse** was a woman who disappeared from her apartment complex in Orlando, Florida. Her latest age progression depicts her at 33.

## Background

Jennifer was born in New Jersey and graduated high school in Tampa, Florida. She graduated from University of Central Florida in 2003 and earned a degree in finance. At the time of her disappearance, she was employed as a finance manager in Ocoee, Florida, She lived by herself in the Mosaic Apartments complex in Orlando. The weekend prior to her disappearance, she went on vacation with her boyfriend to the island of St. Croix. She spent the night at her boyfriends home, then went straight from there to work on the morning of January 23.

## Disappearance

The last confirmed sighting of Jennifer was on January 23, 2006 at 6pm, when she was spotted leaving work for the day. She spoke to her father on the phone while driving home at 6:15 p.m. At 10pm, she called her boyfriend and spoke with him. She typically called or texted her boyfriend before she left for work each morning, so he found it unusual when she did not contact him on the morning of January 24. He attempted to call her, but the call went to voicemail. Jennifer did not show up to work that morning, which was very out of character for her. Her work contacted her parents, who then drove two hours from their home to hers to check on her. When her parents arrived, they noticed Jennifer's car was missing from her parking space. However, when they entered her apartment, nothing appeared out of the ordinary. A wet towel and clothes were laid out, suggesting that she had showered and gotten ready for work that morning. Jennifer's phone, purse, keys, iPod, briefcase, and outfit from that day are still missing to this day. Her cellphone was turned off, and could not be pinged. This led authorities to believe Jennifer was kidnapped while leaving for work. Jennifer's family and friends hung up missing posters around the city for her, and the Orlando Police Department organized search parties on foot, car, boat, helicopter, horseback, and ATV. Tracker dogs picked up Jennifer's scent from her car and it led back to her apartment. Two days later, surveillance footage from 12pm on January 24 showed a person parking Jennifer's car and walking away from it at another apartment complex about 1.2 miles away from her own. The person driving it is considered a suspect, but the surveillance footage did not show their face, and they were never identified. This person is believed to have abducted Jennifer while she was walking from her house to her car. Since Jennifer's valuables such as her tape deck were still in her car, robbery was ruled out as a motive.

Jennifer had previously expressed that she wanted to move out of her apartment complex because she did not feel safe there. The complex was being expanded, and many of the construction workers would cat-call at her and harass her. Authorities wanted to interview the workers to see if one of them was a potential suspect, but many of them did not speak English, and could not be interrogated. Jennifer's ex-boyfriend and current boyfriend were questioned, but both were ruled out as suspects. Jennifer's computer was examined, and it was discovered that a manager at her workplace wanted a romantic relationship with her, but she rejected him because she did not believe in workplace relationships. He was interviewed several times, but was eventually cleared as a suspect.

Police and many others believe that Jennifer was abducted in the parking lot of her apartment complex. A few believe she may have been a victim of human trafficking.

Several rewards have been offered to anyone who can find Jennifer or for anyone who has any information on her case. In May 2007, Jennifer's workplace offered a $1 million to anyone who could locate Jennifer alive by July 4th. There was also a $5,000 reward for information leading to Jennifer's whereabouts via Central Florida Crimeline. In 2008, the Florida House of Representatives passed the "Jennifer Kesse and Tiffany Sessions Missing Persons Act." This bill reformed how missing persons cases were handled in the state of Florida. Her case received a large amount of media coverage, and is considered a quite notable case by many.

## Characteristics

* Blond hair.
* Green eyes, which may appear blue on occasion.
* Wore contact lenses.
* Dark eyebrows.
* Skin tags on outer left hand.
* Birth mark on left hand middle finger.
* Strawberry birthmark on her ribs.
* Cleft in her chin.
* Quarter-sized shamrock tattoo
* Surgical scars on inner left elbow.

## Clothing and accessories

* May have been wearing a diamond necklace.

## Sources

* Jennifer Kesse at the *Charley Project*
* Jennifer Kesse at *NamUs*
* Jennifer Kesse on Wikipedia
* Jennifer Kesse at FBI's Most Wanted
* JenniferKesse.com
* *48 Hours*