Where is Jennifer Kesse? | Full Episode
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- A young woman vanishes from her Florida condo - security footage captures a phantom figure calmly parking her car. Is it the kidnapper? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. Watch more full episodes of "48 Hours" on Pluto TV.
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You guys need to make one on the Disappearance of Maya Millete
Please
One thing I'd like to point out, Jennifer Kesse was most likely required to undergo a background check in order to rent an apartment.
The safety of the individuals living in that community should have been priority #1. The owners of the apartment complex should be held accountable for their gross negligence.
God Bless Jennifer s family and friends and I am praying for KESSEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THIS IS JUST HORRIBLE AND I AGREE WITH THE PARENTS.PLEASE LET JENNIFER COME HOME SO HER POOR FAMILY NEED CLOSURE. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THOSE POLICE WHO were the investergators in d start.they should have been fired.
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It always amazed me the police will tell you that the first 24 hours are the most important hours, then they tell you to wait the person just ran away or is out cooling down.
As a parent that is infuriating.
Indeed! They are so backwards.
THIS!!!!
Indeed. But that primarily relates to situations where they know someone has been abducted, and particularly children. If the police went all out every time some adult was missing for a few hours then they'd literally be doing nothing else.
@@simonw1313 people don’t understand this because they only see the instances where there was a delay in investigating and then there was a bad outcome. No one sees the tens of thousands of “missing people” that resolve themselves by just waiting a few hours. It’s definitely a problem and as a former cop I remember clearly that we investigated immediately in cases where the evidence seemed like something sketchy happened, but that took a backseat to other more life/death calls that had to be dealt with - like domestics violence, robberies, fatality car wrecks, shootings, etc. It’s simply a matter of having enuff resources to send out a detective every single time - but then again, most issues with law enforcement come down to lack of time/money to train effectively, but hood equipment, deploy officers every time you’d like to, etc.
People that have never done the job forget cops are just real people at work with the constraints that every other human has of time , money, resources
@@WideAwakeHuman - Totally. It's easy to decide in hindsight that this case should have been went after with a load of resources but at the time it looked like ten thousand other cases where the person thought missing comes home safe and sound.
I mean it's not like her house was busted open, or three was blood in the house or outside it. There was no signs of anything untoward happening. The only cases I'd throw resources at immediately without evidence of a disturbance/crime are when young children go missing.
The mgmt of the condo complex should be sued for negligence.
Security was their selling point. Some women complained about the workers living on the grounds.
A former housekeeper id'd the photo as Chino.
A group of workers occupied a unit across from Jennifer.
And yet, the mgmt has no records of those people living & working at their complex?!
I lived for 20 years in a similar type condo. Condo management was shoddy the whole time. SMH
@@paulabuck5976
I would have complained to the stakeholders, and had the onsight management team fired.
I am hopeful that the family will take legal action against the owner/stakeholders for negligence and anything else that would be applicable.
What was very interesting to me, was the former housekeepers identification of Chino. Even if he was not involved, the housekeeper put that person (on video) in the same category as maintenance workers.
A lot of these places hire illegal immigrants to care for the gated community they probably paid them below minimum wage since they lived in the empty apartments
100% correct....and I guarantee you that the transient construction workers living unsupervised all over the complex were involved!!!!
@@fiftygirl4845 for sure!
I never realized so many people are murdered until I started watching these types of programs. I was so trusting as a very young person.
It’ll seem like a lot more than it actually is if you watch these programs all the time, that’s just pretty much natural. Whatever happens in life try not to completely lose your trust, because to be vulnerable in the most genuine way is to truly live and connect fully with others and to deny yourself of that is really pretty sad in a way
@@showmevids1984 ive not gone completely bonkers about trust just less naïve. I get what you're saying though.
@@heaven7360 I'm always on high alert around anyone 😂 I can't help it.
Same about dating online and meeting up 🫢 now I’m much more aware of danger
@@missruzl14 I think that's one the best part about these programs. They teach you to be aware of your surroundings and less naive. While also raising awareness for what happened to the victims.
Just a public service announcement for everyone : I live in Florida and every neighborhood and condo is gated. (Seemingly) And lots have security guards. I’ve never not been able to get through a gate. It’s super easy. Don’t think because you live in a gated community that you are any safer. Don’t let your guard down. That type of “security” is an illusion.
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That statement is pure nonsense... Every obstacle in someone's path to committing a crime is a deterrent .. If your logic made any sense, then why put doors on your house since people can kick it down or a windows, or a gun since they can ambush you? stop with the pee brain nonsense. I guess a cop patrolling the neighborhood dont make it safer since criminals can always wait until he leaves or on the other side of the neighborhood and then act.
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Yep. I was a delivery driver for six years in both Florida and Arizona where so many communities are gated, but probably 90% of the gate keypads use the same generic codes or code patterns that are easy to guess. In the rare case that doesn't work you can just wait off to the side for the next person to come and follow them in, lol. If there's a guard, they're usually an elderly person working alone who can't hear what you're saying and can't see your license plate. Imo gates are more of a status symbol and have nothing to do with actual safety. Or, as the old joke goes, the gates keep the crazies IN instead of out.
@@shimmeringchimps3842 you are right about the status symbol. The retired people in my neighborhood banned together and clamored for a gate. Why? People who didn’t live there were walking in the neighborhood. 😂 It’s a beautiful waterfront community with a park on the water. People would take their after dinner stroll and view the water. They never did anything wrong. But they didn’t PAY to live there.
The wannabe gatekeepers shut up really quickly when I pointed out that if we put up a gate all of our streets became private. And that meant that the homeowners were responsible for upkeep and maintenance. No more phone calls to the city for repairs. But they really shut up when I pointed out how much their dues would be because they wanted private streets.
Turns out they loved money more than exclusivity! Every few years the idea comes up again but once I point out the increased dues no one wants a gate anymore.
Gated communities are really pointless but people do like them because they appear “posh”. I’ll never understand this phenomenon. 🤷♀️
Her abductor walked in the direction of her apartment because he was going back to work at the construction site. He is wearing painter's clothes.
Also does it look like he's hair was in a bun or held up?
@@TechReviews2010 Looks like a backwards hat to me.
If her abductors stayed and lived in those apartment units, they have definitely left more than enough dna inside those rooms. It really infuriates me that nobody talks about taking dna samples of the rooms. Do those 16,000 pages include dna samples of the rooms???????? 😡
@@arwin4318that's what I asked. The apartment across the hall? Did the do forensic testing there?
@@marshapieroni6677 apparently they’ve dropped the ball and never done forensic testing inside those rooms 😡
The apartment complex should be held responsible for not having paperwork on the construction workers when they were not only working there but living there as well.
Right. Fairly sure it was their worker. They facilitated him (? +) with accommodation, access to the residents, departure without records, and no employee data.
My father was a detective, he used to tell me that a murderer can never hide, sooner or later he will be caught and I hope he will be caught. One day
A lot of them do hide. They live their lives never punished for what they did.
A lot of them leave the country and go back to their origin country , live there and never caught
That is absolutely and sadly NOT true. Zodiak Killer got away with everything. There's plenty of killers that get discovered after they die peacefully in old age.
The ones that do get caught. Only because someone sells them out. Or they were spur of the moment types. The ones that don’t. Had planned. Perhaps she was picked at last second
Very true :) they just need to find her body And that’ll hold the key
It's been 17 years and still nothing. It's so sad and scary that someone can be a victim of such a heinous crime and there be no evidence for 17 years and counting. I pray the family finally gets answers
50% of murders in America go unsolved. 80% of missing people are never found. Statistically it's "normal". On a personal level it's devastating.
how do you know it was heinous if there is no body and no sign of foul play . for all you know, she met some hot latin guy and went to peru... Where ever she is, she is not in pain
@@bjvu9460that’s highly unlikely…
@@bjvu9460 It does seem kind of weird that there was no blood or signs of a struggle, that being said i don't believe she ran away.
what heinous crime?
I am shocked to hear that random workers were allowed to live in vacant apartments. How unsafe, so scary. I am so sorry for Jennifer's family and friends.
Ain’t gonna lie, this case gives me pause with the management where I live! 😮
An upscale gated community hiring illegal immigrants is a little surprising to me, but nearly all of the different apartment complexes that I've lived in had a crew of illegal immigrants that lived on the property that would do make-readies. Amazingly, the federal and local law enforcement officials never seem to punish the companies that knowingly hire these criminals.
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This happens everywhere. We have traveled my entire life and I have stayed in thousands of hotels, they always allow construction workers to stay in vacant rooms. When I was 10, my mom's friend went down to thw lobby (in the early 90's) and was grabbed by 2 men, beat and raped. We called the police after an hour and they never checked the parking lot. She was there the entire time. She showed back up hurt and we took her to the hospital. The van was gone after the let her out. They said it was some of the workers. Never allow anyone e to walk around a hotel alone at night. So dangerous
@@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_ they only look upscale through the outside. Most of the apartment are disgusting. And cheap labor i'm sure.
I was raised in Orlando and lived there nearly all my life. Jennifer Kesse disappeared when I was in high school. My very protective Mother refused to allow me to take a job once because it was located near the area Jennifer went missing. Her story truly haunted the entire city. Posters of Jennifer are still up throughout the area. My heart will always be heavy about this case.
Like I said, it ain't their family member missing. If some cop went missing, do you think they would of taken the situation just a little more seriously, every cop in the State of Florida would of been hunting for him on day one of the disappearance. Don't you get the picture now?
@@alexanderbreglia7282 I also believe ACAB but like why are you replying so aggressively to this nice person 😂
@@alexanderbreglia7282oh I agree. It’s the brotherhood of cops. Sickening.
@@alexanderbreglia7282 how do you expect the police to sort out what was likely done by some illegal immigrant day laborer? Ask them for their drivers license and proof of insurance? This is what open borders gets you 😂😂
@@joyshreve1621I don’t think that’s all that aggressive. Just the truth.
Out of all cold cases this is the one I hope is finally solved. Growing up in Orlando and seeing her face posted on every corner (still so many posters to this day) has always haunted me. Sending my utmost support to the Kesse family + friends, and their never-ending search for Jennifer despite so many difficulties with the investigation and OPD. The people of Orlando are here for you, hopefully this is the year that justice is finally served ❤
I grew up in the area as well (East Orlando) and this scared us so badly. I remember seeing her image everywhere. I pray they find her one day.
I grew up their too
The father ruined it. The guy should have stayed out of it from the beginning, the father is prideful, and demanding by looking at him talk telling the police "get to work". Have some humility guy
There's no time for humility if your child is missing.
@christinialovine4203 you're gonna be telling the police "get to work" like you're their boss, as if you're a king and police are your slaves and this will happen. Have some humility OR do your own policing. This crime would have been EASILY SOLVED, they already have video of the person driving her car. A short guy wearing painter outfit. How many painters who are under 5' 5 are out there? They can line up all the construction worker, narrow down the height that matches, and interrogate them against each other. Easy fix. Attitude is EVERYTHING in life. Not just towards police, but towards everyone including delivery drivers, nurses, etc. Treat them with respect and they'll return the favor. You don't want to be humble? Stop asking for their help.
I came to Orlando in 2011, a police officer approached my table at a restaurant I was at and asked if Ive ever seen her. He gave me a card with all her information on it. I can honestly say, after becoming a resident I realize this is one of the few cases the Orlando police actually kept searching for, even years later.
I can't imagine wondering your whole life whether your child is alive or dead and in worse case scenario, wondering where they're buried. It has to be absolutely devastating to not ever get answers.
sadly I think they know at this point she's dead but they live with the torture of not knowing what happened to her, where her body is, and who did this. just awful
Wonder if she was fed to an alligator. Best way to get rid of a body in Florida. If you live in Hawaii it would be a volcano. Dumping the body at sea works too as long it is way out so the sharks can take care of it and never washes to shore.
@@TheCompbuzz A volcano? Like one that isn’t active?
@@viablue8143😂😂😂
@@viablue8143lol right
My mother has been missing from Denison Texas for 9 years. Basically all of the information they have is from me. They haven’t done anything. They think that since it’s been 9 years, it’s irrelevant. So disheartening and disturbing for my family. I don’t think we will ever seek closure. The sergeant actually told me to my face “i know your angry, I understand your pain and what you are going through”, ugh yeah okay.
I'm so sorry you have to live this way. I hope you get answers about your mother one day 🙏🏽
You guys didn't contact the State Police? Or the State's Attorney General's Office?
@@just.j5302 There’s nothing we can really do about it. There’s a Texas Ranger that is “assisting” with the case. Nothing has been done though. I’ve done everything I can do. We also don’t have 25k+ to hire a private investigator and a reward.
So sorry you have to go threw that it's really not fair🙏🙏💛💛
And they will continue to do nothing. they move on to the easy cases, and they just do not care. they are cops should be all you need to know
I believe the person who took her, watched her and knew her every move. Her family said she was always safe, called her family while walking to her car at anytime of the day. I pray she is found and brought home so her family can grieve her
It was cops most likely. Think about it
@@dustycole5331that actually crossed my mind 😢
I doubt they will find her after all this time.
@@dustycole5331yeah you could be right......
.......cos the police force is crawling with cops who are 5' 3".….....🙄
So odd, workers living in the condos and a worker having keys to all the condos.
Bizarre.
I hope this family finds their daughter.
The incompetence of the police department in this case is sickening. They are why this case is unsolved. I feel that it was a construction worker.
If you can do a better job.. get in there an do it
The construction company said they did not know who was working there that day...how unreal is that!!!! They don't know who they hire & where they are sent to work? She was allready scared of those guys.
Nothing is more frustrating when police don't take cases seriously in the beginning... Tragic. :(
I agree. I was just thinking the same thing. Cops did not do their jobs. I realize They can only do so much and they need leads and the publics help. I also think it was one of those workers. I remember watching this video before and i thought it was that boyfriend, but i dont think he did it. Oh ya, Chino.
When the brother said the workers weren't very helpful and annoyed, if he told the cops, they should have worked right then.
Take care.
@@RideoutMr Florida construction is known for using illegal immigrants for cheap labor.. they aren't in the books.. so why keep any kind of records on who is on the payroll..
My dad was a truck driver growing up. When we first moved to Orlando, he actually met someone close to the Kesse family and put her missing poster on his truck for years. It really kills me to know nothing has progressed since ‘06. We need to put this case under a microscope
NOTHIN up to now?
No
I think shes in heaven
And THE CULPRIT will one day HAVE TO RESPONSIBLE for what he did to her.
thanks to your dad for trying to help ❤ good folks still exist everywhere we’re just always inundated by the negative unfortunately
@@dennywidya if not by man.. they will still answer.. call it God, Karma.. they will be dealt with accordingly
The detectives should have rounded up all those workers. They failed this family. Whoever let those workers stay in that apartment has blood on their hands because they allowed them to stay there. My heart goes out to the parents, brother and friends. Heartbreaking 💔
The workers had motive, access, a secluded location and the means to dispose of her body. I'm confident one or more of them are responsible for her death.
We are alls waitings for update s on this case ECT. Folk's !! Chino knows mores than he is sayings ECT . A child rapest is someone goings tells you the truth s ECT as polygraph test unreliable ECT. These people's knows how's toos beat the system s folks ECT let's get after this case people now's accountability justice for Jennifer Kessie !! As all's these oid cold cases , as disapearance s ECT.
As police department dropped the ball's ons this case at the starts as ends !!! No evidence there at a total loss !! There's not goings ins as questions just anyone's workings in this condos,evens ifns the worker s are are elego ,as that's oks downs here's Florida ECT. So sads indeeds for families !! Now's ! Stills the police department don't have a clues today's !!!!!!!ECT.whom are police servings as protecting s ????ECT.
The police have no blame more on
@@carmengogeidnas9670 What was the motive?
That one girl LET Chino into her house, and he sat on her couch?! Baby girl, stop being nice to everyone.
RIGHT! I don’t care if he’s nice to you, that is a really dumb thing to do.
This case has haunted me for years. I pray they can find her one day. Her parents are an example of pure love and resilience. They are not giving up on their fight to find her.
You are not alone. I lived close to Jennifer and it still haunts me.
I live in Maine and there's still a missing 3 year old girl named Ayla Reynolds from about 8 years ago who hasn't been found, and she went missing in the middle of the night from her parents home, and I do believe one of the parents is responsible for her death because toddlers just don't up and dissappear from their homes while everyone is sleeping, especially without any noises being made, and it bothers me to this day that her body still hasn't been recovered.
Shes dead😭
Me too. I was moving to Orlando that year and remember always been impressed with the beauty of her face. She was so young and had everything going for her. I couldn’t believe how days then years kept passing and the case was never resolved. No important clues, no suspects. Nothing! How? Why?
@@wrz2k143they won’t destroy any structure to find remains unless there’s an actual confession. This case will only get resolved if someone confesses or there evidence found directly incriminating someone
This case has always drove me crazy. I really want it to be solved!
*driven
@@January. Grammar patrol? Get a life...🤣
I am absolutely annoyed at the PDs incompetence. They should have rounded up all of the workers and questioned them all.
@@natsarimthings3147yes.
Solved?? She’s dead.
You’re welcome.
When you hear about the lack of proper investigation by law enforcement in the initial days of the case, it’s truly shocking and disheartening. This family deserves better. Our communities deserve better.
Pretty amazing how the perpetrator got so lucky not just once but over and over. Broad daylight in a big city and no one in Jennifer's condo heard or saw anything, no one at the other complex heard or saw anything when the car was dropped off, perp didn't miss wiping a single fingerprint nor shed a single hair anywhere in her car, he never got the urge to joke or brag to a friend/coworker/gf who might turn him in, the one security camera just so happened to only catch the back of his head and one of his legs, and 14 people trampled into Jennifer's condo after the disappearance, destroying any possible evidence there. I mean, this guy's luck and timing is absolutely impeccable. And like the best friend said, so casual. How horrible for Jennifer's family and friends.
To think that only 1% of cold cases get solved....really frightening. Poor family.
Hopefully that number will increase with all of these advancements in DNA. These criminals who think they have gotten away with their crimes should be watching their back😏
@@goldiebelle. This is not a joke. In Mexico we have a rate of 98% impunity. That's why we receive courses about security in our homes. Nobody is allowed to have a gun in Mexico, so we have bats, knives, etc. Well, you can have an old and not useful at all resemblance of a gun which equals no gun.
A lot of the time due to police incompetency and/or lack of urgency. It's really sad and disturbing
Thats going to CHANGE rapidly in the near future with NEW Ground breaking Advanced Genealogy technologies. (See Bloodline detectives...Nancy Grace )
@@goldiebelle It certainly will.
I lost my daughter 2002. It is the worst pain you will ever feel. You lose the very soul within you. Noone understands the loss of a child until you go through it! I really pray for this family to have some closure. This breaks my ❤ ✝️
sending love
Sending you love and keeping you and your beautiful daughter in my prayers ❤
sorry to hear that , definitly must b vry tough
stay strong
I am so very sorry for your loss and send you my heartfelt condolences. Although it's very hard, I hope that you can keep some happy memories to refer to and perhaps have some cheerful photos around you, to remember her by. You are honouring your daughter's memory and should be praised for this.
I am so sorry for your loss. Sending love to you x
If you’re a parent, this hits differently and is beyond heartbreaking. 💔😢 I pray they find her soon. 🙏🏻
Find what? It's been over 10 years
@@solidfuel0Don’t be so bloody obtuse
After all your praying so far , has it helped at all ?
I definitely don't mean any disrespectful toward this young lady who died.
I just always find it very very interesting all the people in the comment section talking about prayers. Just curious how prayers and " god " all works ?? Does this " god " pick and choose the prayers that he listens to or chooses to answer??
I mean whenever something good happens, people say thank "god " but when it doesn't seem to work , it is either "god" must of wanted with him or just a RIP . Which is another thing I don't understand. Rest in peace but what other way does a person rest in death ??
There are innocent children being molested by priest who is supposed to be very close to this "god " but still this " god " allows that to happen???
Anyway , how has all the praying worked out so far ???
@@dewalt4595
Because they talk ( pray ) instead of praying and taking action.
If you're a believer GOD will always provide a way to get out of a bad situation
You just have to identify it.
It is called DISCERNMENT.
You have to be close to Christ to acquire this gift.
What a heartbreaking story. This poor girl. It’s horrible to think you’re safe at home when there’s really danger lurking around you in every corner.
One (or more) of the construction workers 100%. Why didn't the police question ALL of them immediately???
Because she wasn't their daughter.
@@canufi6my That is a good point. 🎯
@@canufi6my sums it up nicely.
The police have to have probable cause to arrest a person.
@@sr2291 They didn't have to start by "arresting" anyone. They should have/could have spoken to the construction workers- the ones living directly across from her apartment. It's simple, interviews should have been done immediately.
I’m assuming that damp towel in the bathroom was not seized as evidence. Another woman commented that she had come home one time and it appeared that someone had showered in her shower. The parents commented that when they got to the apartment the shower was wet and the towel was damp. How much time had passed since Jennifer would have gotten ready for work that morning? Should the shower have been dry by then? I’m just wondering if someone other than Jennifer showered in that shower.......
Exactly, i remember this thing
YES, I think that it's entirely possible that the killer could have taken a shower, and not Jennifer. If they were on the ball, they should have checked that bathroom and the towel for DNA. If the towel is in evidence (which it SHOULD be!) they need to have it analyzed.
if it was the illegals across the hall, why wouldn't they have showered in their own shower? 🙄
I believe the crime took place in her apt.
Someone who is familiar with a nearby complex to dump her car, and used lunch time to do so.
Once I heard the family used her apt as a command center, I knew the scene was ruined.
They should hold the owner of the condo building accountable. How can the owner of the building let strangers come in and out like that? Those migrant workers are long gone. They are lucky to even find Chico. I got a feeling that either Chico did it or he knows who did it.
Blame the immigrants 😂😂😂
@@milkshake1993 Nobody said they did it, but they are certainly among the suspects.
Yeah with rape convictions.
I'm not from the US but I remember my mother always used to say to me and my sister to not walk alone near a construction site when we were children.
Later looking back during my more idealistic years during college I used to think how prejudiced that advice was.
Nowadays being an adult with more experience I finally can understand how right she was.
I hope the family can m find justice, Jennifer seemed like such a great girl.
That's the problem, everybody's so concerned with being called racist or whatever else, they ignore things and needlessly put themselves in danger.
I'm a grown man with a wife and 2 kids, I'm going to teach, mainly my daughter, that she absolutely needs to judge people.
Don't treat somebody badly because they MIGHT do something, but *always always always* keep it in your mind, as to be prepared.
People don't want to work construction because it's generally very hard work, but it pays well, so the industry gets filled with the outcasts that can get a good job even with a background.
Not every construction worker is a criminal, not every criminal is violent, and not all violent criminals are always looking to hurt somebody.
Astute observations based on evidence aren't any "ism" it's strictly self preservation, critical thinking, and logical reasoning.
Again, do not treat someone badly because they MIGHT do something, but always expect statistics to be accurate.
@@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916Hear hear
@@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916 oh but your username. My goodness gracious me.
I believe one of the workmen saw a chance and a lifetime to do something nefarious and evil towards her. When people don’t do their job it can cost someone their lives. The police officers, the security guard who was supposed to log their names and license plate #’s 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ They all failed her, horrible!!! 🙏🏾🕊️ RIP Jennifer, it’s been way to long for her to be alive 😫
I don’t think she’s dead it’s possible they had trafficked her
@@mpalmer7800 the statistics dont support that. Its extremely unlikely.
@@mpalmer7800possible. But highly unlikely.
She,s "not" the first blonde haired...blue eyed......an intelligent girl etc................Great prospects..........to go missing down around that area..................human trafficking IS "prolific" in america.........especially around Pensacola.................mexico...............these people KNOW what their doing etc..........saw Dr Phil recently about a girl who was bred and born to be sexually abused..........she admitted some are born for it etc..............Sadly...........and some ARE taken.............doesn,t bare thinking about........feel sorry for JK family...........must be going demented.............
@@mikimiyazaki well 20 years later no body found ? It’s looking more possible an illegal worker took her back to Mexico but alive today ? Not a chance
My nephew was born just 3 days after she disappeared just a few miles away from where he lived and I came to visit and her posters were EVERYWHERE the eyes could see. Her friends and family and strangers made it difficult to go anywhere without seeing her posters. My nephew is almost an adult and its so hard to believe she has never been found or anyone who has been held accountable. She was such a beautiful woman with such a brilliant future and taken away from world too soon. I pray one day she is found.
I was in Orlando too in 2006 and especially on the West side I remember seeing those flyers all over the place and her smile always stood out so much. Her face has never left my memory 😢
I was gonna say, I lived in that area back then and remember the posters as well. They were as you mentioned, EVERYWHERE
She is DEAD!! how clueless can you all be ... SHE is DEAD!
Haven't finished watching this but did anyone carry out infrared scanning of the areas under construction? She may never have left the complex.
the biggest mistake in this case is that the orlando police didnt investigate the nearby workers at the time of the crime
Totally insane that there were no interviews done with the occupants in the condo across from Jennifer. There also should have been crime scene investigators that collected DNA samples
They didn't even inspect the condo the workers lived in! There could have been evidence in the condo if she was harmed there. It's so disappointing that they didn't follow up with everyone who lived there who could have possibly harmed her.
So many cops need to stick to directing traffic...
I was friends with Jennifer's cousin Barbara in college and she still posts about Jennifer often. It's awful how this case is still unsolved and what the family has gone through for so many years.
Soooo sad, poor girl and her family...😢
What’s her cousins name that you’re friends with ?
well she seems alive..you know..there is a certain glow in the faces of the people who are alive and this glow is not observed in the faces at the pictures of the people who have died ...(you can see it by yourself, by comparing two pictures) ..I hope I am right...
@@dzetagamma4287 what?
I don't understand why they didn't make her case a cold case instead of saying she was dead. I'll never understand that.
I’ve followed this case since it happened, as a fellow Orlando resident. I actually worked across the street from her condo complex, at the mall, when it happened. I check every year hoping for an update. It’s coming up on the 18 year anniversary and they haven’t had a moment of peace since this happened. It’s time for an answer
The mall and the apartments are about 5 minutes from the hood so I’m not suprised
Missing persons cases are just the creepiest things ever. Just suddenly and mysteriously becoming unaccounted for.
It's absolutely wild, like the universe just swallowed her up!!
I have no doubts that she is dead, may she rest in peace 🙏
Wow, Jennifer's brother just got right there questioning people. What a great guy!
Yeah, you could see "grief" written all over his face! Very different from the boyfriend who didn't seem very sad to me.
@@Analysis_Paralysis Do you really think her boyfriend at the time didn't get on with his life? Maybe he's married after all these years. And the brother is her blood, there's a big difference between the two of them.
@@JuditaHoffman. Getting on for you means not being bothered when remembering the death of a loved one? Strange.
There are people who become sad, even decades later, when they speak about the violent death of a friend or a lover.
I noticed that too. The boyfriend did not care..
I lived in a secured community. You could only enter if you told the security person where you were going. That being said... When my daughter was about 10, some guy had come up into the area we lived in. I was living like 3 buildings away from the security shack but on the outgoing road. My kids were out playing right in between the buildings. She was playing with a couple of her friends from the other building. Well you know that scream a child does that you know deep in your heart something is wrong and you race out to find your child crying? Yes my daughter and her friends were all crying and screaming. When we asked what was happening, they told us that a guy in a brown car tried to grab my daughter. My husband ran after the car. He didnt get the person. But this was during a time when a couple other little girls went missing. We called the police and filed a report. Because of that, they investigated why the gate was left open, and security guard got in trouble. Anyways, after a while we were sitting in the house watching the news when they showed the guy who they suspected of taken the other 2 girls. They showed his car and then the guy. My daughter lookes at the tv and said Mom, Dad thats the guy who tried to grab me. We were like OMG.. called the police back to let them know, but by this time they had already knew. As when he was caught he had pictures of the 2 girls he had already taken and a picture of my daughter. The other 2 girls were found but it was to late for them. I vowed never to live in a gated community again.. they dont listen to anyone and the security guards think they own the whole world. The security guard came up to my door, and didnt even apologize for leaving the gate open.. He yelled at me for calling the police.. So please dont think if you live in a gated community you are safe.. You are NOT.. stay safe and make sure your surroundings are safe and nothing bad stands out..
So you will never live in a gated community ever again?? That's a weird way of thinking. Maybe not THAT gated community but why all gated communities?
@@zariballard When it comes to my Children, Their safety is of the utmost importance and this experience had a lasting effect on security people. My friends in the neighborhood I live in Is so much better, and i trust my friends a lot more than these want to be cop security guards...
This can happen anywhere any time ❤❤ gated or not I'm glad your daughter didn't get taken so scary I hope she's OK now all the best did you move after that ????
@@donna8703 “when it comes to my children, their safety is my utmost importance” Ma’am…we live in a very scary world with predators everywhere! If your upmost importance was your child’s safety…..WHY would you not be outside watching your 10 year old daughter?? I have a daughter and son who are 24 and 19 now. I couldn’t imagine letting them play outside with their friends in a “gated community” or a damn trailer park at 10 years old without adult supervision!
That’s sad to say I know, however that’s unfortunately the world we live in!
You blaming the security guard is total BS!
id love to know the name of this case
It's almost like she knew her fate with how careful she was.
the strength those parents have is unparalleled. i am so sorry for the family and friends. how evil can people be
This is so heartbreaking. There's no way a parent can ever give up on trying to find a child.
Ever
Amen!
i would think it was mental health if not for the guy parking her car
people do it everyday so what are you talking about
Total incompetence by the police. They didn’t secure the crime scene, probably didn’t listen when they said she felt unsafe around the construction workers and the brother mentioning something didn’t feel right. They had the bf come 200 miles to open the car truck to get his reaction to seeing his dead girlfriend. Killer or no killer, you’re reaction is going to be nervous and horrified. They are the reason this didn’t get solved.
My gut feeling that I get from watching this program is that she was abducted by a immigrant worker in the building (that had links to a sex trafficking cartel).
I believe the motive for Jennifer's abduction is for sex trafficking.
The police department should be sued for gross negligence.
I don't think it's anything about sex trafficking I think he was just a lone sexual predator that worked at the complex that had been stalking multiple women. He probably had a gun grabbed her and forced her to walk to her car and drive away at gunpoint. Or he took her into one of the empty Apartments SA and killed her. I think he did use her car to move her body
I remember hearing about Jennifer on the show Disappeared. I pray her family one day receives answers. I can’t imagine how they feel not knowing where the loved one is after all these years.
It’s 100% someone who was working on the construction site.
If the police had’ve been quicker off the mark, the person would have been caught.
I agree, I’ve watched so many documentaries on Jennifer yet each one releases something new. I believe when she left for work a man or some men overpowered her from the construction site.
Why not the boyfriend?
@@mtio2807 Because he had a strong alibi. He was two hundred miles away.
No, I feel it was her coworker. Guy was said to be constantly trying to date her and was rejected. The day she went missing that same coworker uncharacteristically showed up late for work.
When Jennifer went missing, I lived in a gated condo community. I lived there with my son who was in college, and was gone during the week, and only home on weekends. I started having an uneasy feeling because of some of the neighbors would hang out in the parking lot, one of them once followed me to my front door, and just casually walked by. I knew he was looking to see what unit I lived in. We moved soon after. Sad to say gated communities are not any safer because you never know who is inside the gates, either your neighbors, or people working in the area. Ladies, please be careful always, even in your homes, you can never be too safe. I always think about this case, I hope the family can someday find out what exactly happened to Jennifer.
Exactly....nothing is foolproof, no matter how it's sold or promoted to us.
Thank goodness you got out of dodge when you did.
That’s proper scary! 😮
Men can be victims too. Everyone watch out.
This one will always get me . I was a little girl and remember all the posters and hearing about it daily on the news for a long time . Praying for her and some new information soon 🙏
Sounds like the biggest mistake was the police not questioning the construction workers or searching for evidence in the vacant apartment they stayed in.
Her best friend truly broke my heart. Hope she and the family get some answers in this life time
Yes, she loved her so deeply and genuinely!
She is still hurting like it was yesterday.
@@marivipalomino6975 She is. I hadn't thought of it that way, but you are exactly right.
Look how young and full of life the girl looked.
What's weird blanket comment
I don't think it's weird. He is correct. She was young and looked vivacious in her pictures. Very sad case.❤
@@UsernameUnkwn21 Cliché
@@marygoff3332 "Vivacious" is a quality that gets the attention of crime show producers.
Let's face it she was hot. When an attractive woman goes missing there's usually only one reason as dark as that is...
I first heard of this case about 10 years ago and often think of what could have happened to this poor girl. Just heartbreaking that they still have no answers
Still can't believe they haven't found her 😢
I remember seeing Jennifer’s case for the very first tine years ago on “Disappeared”. It broke my heart to know her whereabouts are still unknown.
My thoughts and prayers go out to her parents and closed friends. ❤
Back when true crime was good!
It’s pretty much guaranteed she is in a shallow grave within a few miles of that condo complex.
I remember her case because about the same time in Georgia we had a local beauty queen who went missing. At some point some UA-cam wacko claimed responsibility for both of them but it turned out to be a hoax. The beauty queen’s remains were found recently, 15-17 years after she disappeared. The two guys responsible are currently on several different trials in several counties. I doubt her family will ever know the real truth, but at least they now know she is gone and they somewhat know what happened. If Jennifer was hurt by a transient laborer as it seems to may be the case, who knows where this person is now. How disheartening for her family. Hoping they get some sort of answer somehow. How I wish today’s technology existed back in the early 2000s.
This show is just as addictive as Forensic Files and Unsolved Mysteries.
Glad to know am not alone. I watch too much 48hrs
@@rankzkate I'm addicted to these types of shows and now I'm paranoid, seriously. You just don't know who to trust nowadays, unfortunately.
try watching pretty much anything on ID *investigation discovery* 🤓
But miss Gene Galusha and Peter Thomas and Paul Winfield. Bill Kurtis is always a treat. 😉
@@edyann I have watched since the 90s. And can honestly say. I don't feel any more worried about people today then I did back then.
Just me i guess. 🤷
This story has always stuck with me along with Maura Murray. I hope I see the day that they receive justice.
This all happened in Orlando, Florida. For all of you not from this area there are more than a few gator parks here. If a serial rapist/killer got ahold of her and after 17 years it's not hard to figure out what happened to her. Since I moved here in 1987 there seems to always be a serial killer or 2 hunting women here.
Jeeze I remember watching this case over 10 years ago on 48 hours- can’t believe it’s been this long and it still hasn’t been solved. This case and the Jodi Huisentruit case have never left me. No idea why. I consider myself a true crime fanatic and know so many stories yet these 2 cases stick out. I hope to see these solved in my lifetime. Both families deserve justice and answers 🖤✨
There are 3 cases that I will never forget, Brooke Wilberger ( a beautiful young lady who had just finished her freshman year at Bringham Young University. She was abducted in late May 2004 in Oregon while doing her summer job), Natalee Holloway and Jonbenet Ramsey. Brooke's case was solved (and her remains were finally located in 2009) and I think we all "know" who is responsible for Natalee's disappearance. I still hope that someday we will get definite answers about who killed Jonbenet..
@@maria_haarajoki her brother no doubt. He’s a freak
As a parent, your child dying before you would be the worst. These parents are just stuck in limbo. They are actually *_waiting_* to be able just to acknowledge she *_is_* dead.
I lost my youngest daughter on Christmas eve 2011. She was an elite athlete and was found dead. 😢😢 cause of death undetermined
@@blueskiesmom1323🙏Im so sorry 😞
@@blueskiesmom1323 sorry for your loss. May Christ Jesus comfort you 💞👑🙏🏿
@@blueskiesmom1323 I can't imagine what you've gone through as a parent ... I'm sorry you're daughter died before her time and that they still really after all this time can't determine cause of death .
How could they not determine what happened ?
If they did a proper autopsy normally they should be able to find out what she died from ?
Once again I'm sorry you have had to deal with this nightmare .
I hope you will get answers and some more closure soon . Sending you big hugs and wishing you get answers .
@@stacydyle6301i lost my daughter 2002. She was 4 yrs old. Losing a child is the worst pain you ever feel. You just die inside, you float through life. I feel so bad for these parents.
My prayers are with her family and all other families who have missing loved ones.
What makes them think that she wasn't sold ? Human trafficking?
She'd have left.
Her family must have spent a fortune on that detective , with him supposedly reviewing 16,000 pages 3 times ? ...
plus all his other work , interviewing others , etc . ... wow .
Also how is it the police never knew that the apartment across from her was occupied by a bunch of the maintenance workers ?
I think this detective is right on target about what happened to her .
Hopefully this case will be solved soon .
17 years is too long to have no closure .
Yes!! Why didn’t they search the apartments workers lived in?? It’s crazy.
Was thinking that same thing. Even now, there could be dna in the flooring depending on what kind it is
Personally I don't think much of the hired detective.
@@moonflower9403 oh wow. That’s true.
@@moonflower9403 that depends because if she had carpeting these places often replace the carpeting .
But yeah they could look in crevices around the woodwork ; and I don't know if they went around the apartment with Lumisol or not ... but they certainly should have .
No witness, No dna, no body, no suspect. I mean how is this case is going to get resolved? So sad.
It isn't unless a third person exists who knows what happened comes forward. The family perhaps need to accept the unacceptable and get on with their lives and stop wasting time and money on gumshoes.
Who ever done this is very smart smarter than the police 😢😢
Someone has to make an anonymous tip. It would be a weight off their chest and give this loving family some closure.
Thank you for a excellent video. Love your videos ❤❤❤❤
Florida seems to be a magnet for crime. Having lived there, I can say it is one of the creepiest, most frightening, transient criminal ridden places I will never step foot in again.
It starts with the government and trickles down... pretty is as pretty does, but ugly is to the bone.
No it’s not
This case has always been such a mystery. They realized she was missing so early and have a video, so frustrating!
Her parents are amazing❤
Crazy that the most important camera footage only records in intervals and in each of the two crucial frames the gate posts cover the perp's face.
I moved to Orlando in 2017 and I remember seeing her posters all over John Parkway and Conroy. Hope they find her… this case has always made me feel uneasy . Be safe guys! 😢❤
the not knowing of any outcome is the worst thing a person can ever experience in life, besides obviously losing a loved one.
Jennifer’s case, along with Sabrina Aisenberg’s, will always be one of the top two cases I’d like to see solved in my lifetime. It is just so senseless, rare, and horrifying that someone could disappear at the hands of a stranger, without a trace.
Those two and Jennifer Odom for me! Assume you’re in FL as well? 😊
@@coolbeans-plantbased707 don't forget Zachary Bernhardt. Another from Florida. Haunting
@@coolbeans-plantbased707 So funny - I never even thought about both being from Florida. I’m in Kansas, but by coincidence, both cases have always weighed heavily on me.
@@MA__ohhhh I have not heard of him! Will look into it now.
@@maclainenoxon4586I hear you! I could name so many other not from here as well. Such sad stories!!!! Maura Murray. Oh Asha Degree and Jeilani Day were sad cases as well. So sooo dang many gone too soon! 😢
This is a case I want to see solved so badly! I feel for her family! If the Kesses are still actively investigating, they should request public help to keep searching areas! I live an hour from Orlando and willing to help. My husband and I drove by the Mosaic apartments on our way to IKEA last year and it was so haunting. Praying for her family 🙏
Very unsafe living conditions
"To meet the Kesse's is to love the Kesses"
What a heartbreaking story
It was really astonishing to hear a Black man say that because he, of all people, should have known that they were the most average privileged White family you could imagine. Being privileged doesn't equal to being decent, he seems to mistake their lifestyle for virtue.
@@Analysis_Paralysis well he’s successful in life so he doesn’t need to shame himself by playing the “white people owe me cause I’m black game.” Every thought about that? Food for thought
@@Spooky_515 A shallow take is "food for thought"? Certainly not.
Your comment is not only racist, but also classist. Congratulations!
@@Analysis_Paralysishow do you know he mistook privilege for virtue? Do you know them?
@@yuelingchu4361 Understanding English is helpful in understanding the meaning of statements. Try it! 👍🏻
It will magically enable you to understand concepts and the world without knowing 7 billion people. Mind-blowing, I know!
I am utterly devastated for this family and for those who love Jennifer 💔😢. As a parent, I simply cannot fathom the pain and angst STILL being endured 🙏
The fact that you can disappear off the face of the earth without a trace is terrifying. Hope this gets solved and soon. Every single Construction worker around where she lived shouldve been questioned....were they?.........who knows......I highly doubt it
It is bone chilling and maddening that there is someone (or someones) who could hurt this beautiful woman and go on with life like nothing happened. I can't begin to imagine what her family and loved ones went through and are going through. I pray against hope that she's alive and they get her back but at the very least, I hope they find her and get justice.
The Kesse case has always been the one of the most perplexing and interesting missing person cases to me. The incredible timing of the suspect’s walk in the surveillance video is just uncanny.
What do you mean? "Incredible timing"...
Just asking. Not second guessing you -
My little sister was murdered and her body was found and returned to us. The person that killed her was never caught, but my mom did have her and could grieve her death. I’m so sorry for the pain that each one of these people have suffered. Please read Psalm 37:9,-11, 29 & Revelation 21:3,4. These have brought our family comfort and hope.
I'm glad you got her body back ❤❤😢😢😢 heartbreaking makes me bloody angry the police didn't catch them just means loads more woman can be assaulted and killed 😢😢😢😢
I am sorry for your loss.
Why was your little sister murdered?
@ AndiK. Please show some respect and kindness.
As a long time resident of Orlando and following this case since it happened, it just boggles my mind that she has not been found and that the police department not only in Orlando but everywhere never give much importance to find a missing person as soon as they disappear. I will never understand that Yeah they always say the "first 24 hours are critical to find a missing person".
This case has literally haunted me the first time I heard it years ago.
The video of her car is haunting. Lots of prayers for this family.
she is with the guy you would be praying to so why are you praying again? I cant imagine that you believe in God and the only way to meet him is to die but you would rather her still being here on earth alive. Must not believe in God as much as you think ... Pray to someone you have no intentions of meeting ehhh
That one selfish, ugly and despicable act devastated the entire family.
This is so heartbreaking!
@48hours i love the work you put in videos
The most sinister ССTV footage I've ever seen in my life. This man slipped away like a demon.
💯
I was thinking the same. It’s absolutely terrifying.
When I heard about this case as it happened initially, it just hit a chord and stuck with me in such a profound way, I still can't explain it. It's all I thought about for a long time and I turned the facts that had been reported over and over in my head. This case is completely premeditated. Someone knew she had been out of town and they knew her schedule as well. No screams, no blood or evidence, her car parked at another location to cause a diversion and no evidence there either, and no new leads or evidence in years. It just feels like this case was meticulously planned. I thought it was someone or a group from the construction workers for years. But I just don't see some random guys able to pull it off so cleanly. It is mind boggling.
I think about the Kesee family often. The police were just terrible in this case. I cannot imagine refusing to share information with a family that has just suffered such a terrible loss. It actually makes me wonder if they weren't involved somehow... Shame on them for adding to the heartbreak and not doing there jobs with any integrity whatsoever.
Years had passed, and this case had slipped to the back of my mind. I was watching TV last year and her name was mentioned and I just started crying and said, "Oh my God, she's still missing?" It is so frustrating, almost like a puzzle that you know can be completed, but you just can't figure out the last couple of pieces. I am always sending the family love and prayers for healing, acceptance, and peace. I hope with all of my heart that she is located during their lifetimes so they can at least have relief from wondering where she is. Jennifer will always have a place in my heart.
You'd think the construction workers would leave something behind. This seems like maybe human trafficking. Those guys are pros.
@@lizzyyork That's exactly what I thought.... human trafficking..... so scary and sad. Reminds me of the story of the woman who disappeared off the cruise ship..... and I think for the same reason.
I’m feeling the human trafficking also but in a different angle. Human trafficking gone bad!! Kinda like she’s buried under a construction side where she would never be found. There was a mafia boss that disappeared many years ago that was very looked at. Don’t remember his name.
I think it may have been anyone in the complex, who may have seen her leave, then return, from her trip. ..broke into her car while she was on her trip. Left it unlocked until her return. Hid in her car minutes or hours before she would leave for work. Then as she drove to work, the criminal ambushed her from behind the drivers seat. Law enforcement literally had the killer from day one. They literally had a closed system of possible suspects, because of the gated community. Yes, a random person can gain access to a gated community, but it was not someone who just happened to be in her gated community that morning; it was someone who lived there, or, a worker, or, management person el. All law enforcement had to do was carefully comb thru each and every person who worked and lived there who could have had info about the details of her upcoming trip, or , had a view of her front entrance or into one of her windows, where they would see her leaving for work every day at a certain time, leaving for her trip, returning from her trip, etc. ...did le ask her friends if they knew if anyone in the complex had asked Jennifer for a date or expressed interest in her? ... Could have been a resentful person she had rejected, who lives in her complex, and he became obsessed a bitter, watching her with her boyfriend. Or, someone, maybe a worker, wanted her car and some money to travel across the country, but there was a struggle in the car and he killed her by mistake during the struggle. ..
Absolutely right.
I hope they get the answers ❤️
I cant imagine the pain Jennifer's loved ones have gone through all these years. Im so sorry.
This is one of a few missing persons cases that I’ve been obsessed with and completely baffled by, over the years. I really hope this family, and the others, get the answers they deserve.
To be real, if I was a construction worker trying to do my job and some kid came up and started questioning me, I wouldn’t cooperate either. He isn’t the cops, he doesn’t have authority or the right to harass people.
I pray they find out what happened to her this case is truly heartbreaking
The management of this complex definitely has some responsibility. They knowingly allowed (probably undocumented) workers to live all over the complex in any vacant condos, without even recording their names. That's unbelievable.
You’re assuming they were undocumented. It’s ignorant for you to assume.
It's disgusting, on multiple levels.
Absolutely. What is horribly is that because it was likely an illegal immigrant, there will be zero trace of them being in America…. 😢 I really hope they find her… 😞
Is it though? Not surprised
@@ljones2087being undocumented isn’t disgusting.
Words leave me -beyond despair and sadness for the family
A worker had been watching her and took her. I lived in a complex years ago where whenever I'd go in and out, the maintenance would always stop and stare. I'd go off on em to where they'd stop, but then I eventually left. It's sad when you decide to live in what you think is the safest places, you're not. Smh 😢 these parents deserve to find their daughter!
Lol.. people stare at others every second of the day. I am shocked that most people arent abducted since staring at someone leads to these types of things in your small mind. You werent worth the troubles and they stopped admiring you, thats it.. Get over yourself!!!