Father’s pursuit for missing daughter heats up with new evidence in case that’s no longer cold

06.07.2025    Fox News    4 views
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 government have reported a new break that could breathe new life into a formerly cold scenario Jennifer Kesse vanished from her Orlando condo complex after leaving for work on the morning of Jan stumping both state and federal investigators as bureaucrats 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 described Fox News Digital And they stated 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 without delay tried to reach his daughter relying on a family rule that they would inevitably answer each other's calls but her phone went straight to voicemail I knew something was wrong straightaway Kesse stated Kesse and his wife Joyce swiftly 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 EPISODE THAT HAUNTED FAMILY DREW AUDIBLE GASP The parents right away called the Orlando Police Department to document Jennifer missing They looked around her apartment shrugged their shoulders and announced She had a fight with her boyfriend supposedly she ll be back Kesse stated 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 assessment into Kesse's disappearance and requesting documents pertaining to the search MISSING JENNIFER KESSE'S FAMILY HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR DOABLE DNA EVIDENCEOPD the City of Orlando and the mayor's office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital s request for comment The lawsuit resulted in the first triumphant request for records involving an ongoing episode with the city handing over pages of materials involved in the scrutiny Drew Kesse compiled a organization of members of law enforcement including former U S Secret Organization 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 disclosed that they no longer consider Jennifer s episode cold Kesse explained It is developing 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 incident to his own squad of investigators and new equipment removing previous roadblocks pertaining to evidence HUNT FOR MISSING MIDWEST NEWS ANCHOR FOCUSES ON FIGHT OVER UNSEALING EVIDENCEThe association inquired NASA to enhance guard 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 wagon was unveiled We have film of that car being parked Kesse informed 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 observers previously shared 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 carriage 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 realizable suspect was photographed parking Jennifer Kesse s conveyance 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 certain 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 ASSOCIATION ON X I want to know where Jennifer is Kesse mentioned 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 officers completely put Jennifer s disappearance together hopefully very soon we ll keep working Kesse explained Fox News Digital We keep moving forward with the leadership hopefully to bring her home someday Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin contributed to this account

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