She Left for Work and Was Never Seen Again

In January of 2006, 24-year-old Jennifer Kesse left her condo in Orlando, Florida on her way to work. She never showed up, and she has never been seen since.

On this episode "Nancy Grace" recorded just days after she vanished, guest host Jane Velez-Mitchell talks with Jennifer's parents and her then-boyfriend along with investigators and reporters to try and piece together the last few hours leading up to her disappearance.

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Kesse Family - I lived in Metro West during this timeframe. My complex was not that far away from her condo. My complex always had construction workers there and they too made me feel very uncomfortable. They would stare at me and they always paid attention and it was very obvious. The complex I lived in was called The Gates of HarborTown. It’s now called HarborTown. PLEASE find out if those workers were affiliated with the workers at your daughter’s condo. PLEASE. I’ve commented on news stories on the past in hopes of someone in your family reading and taking this and paying attention to this. During this time frame there was a heavy presence of construction workers at various apt complexes but they all run in the same circles.

[Ena]

I think about Jennifer multiple times a week. I have my degree in criminal justice and for some reason this case haunts me above all others. We want answers so much.

[josephohene]

You need to pray anytime you step out from the house for work and back. What a society!!!

[mamacitabambi]

This case has haunted me for years... I often think about Jennifer, and pray for her and her family. Her family is so determined to find her, and her father is driven. I hope she's eventually found...

[lawandawillis]

I live here in Orlando and remember this story...there's been atleast 4 or 5 more women who has gone missing after her as well and no bodies are found...i would have to agree with the human trafficking

[Jay-n]

15 year's already, I remember hearing about it when this happened.

[MsLiz]

So sad 😔 she's been missing for 15years now I remember when this happened. The video of the guy who returned her car still haunts me because each camera view his face was blocked from view by the metal gates

[ec-po]

Hasn’t this woman been missing for some time. I feel like I’ve heard this story before. Prayers for her family

[truecrimenut]

Wow… I actually remember this case from when it happened. I live in Ontario Canada though, and never heard about the case after that. I can’t believe she has never been located. It’s horrible for her family…. How do people just disappear off the face of the earth?? 🙏💔🇨🇦

[roxanaobrien]

Single women always have to be extremely aware of their surroundings and be cautious everywhere they go and with strangers they meet....I hate to think that something sinister may have happened to her...kidnapping/death/human trafficking... but its all too real.
I pray she's alive and gets found...

[AnnBearForFreedom]

The "dog trace from her car back to her condo" isn't exactly accurate, because it could be a trace from her condo TO the car. The dog only knows the scent exists, but can't determine the DIRECTION of the scent trail.

[jazxsims]

I live here in Orlando and there are still posters up of her. I always wondered why they couldn’t find her.

[PrincessDie]

Oh my goodness, I'm from Australia but I think about this all the time, even now years after she went missing. It's really haunting. It's good this has come back on YouTube, it's important to keep the case alive. God bless to her and her loved ones.

[fernfreeman]

Jennifer never left for work, she never made it to her car, and none of her coworkers fit the description on the video.
It is clear the killer or someone who participated in the cover-up, walked back to the condo, it's a 15-minute walk, it's proof he stayed ther, worked there or both. She was abducted in the hallway seconds after locking her condo door ar roughly 7:30, as she had a meeting that morning; she never made it to her car. She was taken to a vacant condo used by construction workers, assaulted, likely murdered, and then taken away in a separate vehicle. Her car was not used in the abduction, it was simply moved a mile away to confuse the police, the K-9 confirmed this. There is therefore no "window" for the crime to have been committed, the car is really of very little use to set up a timetable.
The police never checked the vacant condo(s) used by construction workers, some were undocumented, for DNA or other evidence. Some left shortly afterwards and there's no record of them. The complex should have been cordoned off, all tenants & workers investigated and all condos checked for evidence; this wasn't done.
Jennifer Kesse, IMO, was abducted and murdered by worker(s) in the complex itself, the same ones who were making jokes, stared and made lude comments. It was therefore sexually motivated crime.

[tacob]

They are making it seem like she's been missing a short period but she's been missing for years.

[jessonthecase]

Whoever took her needs to bring her back to her family. This is outrageous can’t even go to work without being abducted smh

[silverstuff]

This happened 15 years ago. Why is it being put up on YouTube now?

[indigenousaquarian]

Jennifer Kesse has been missing since 2006! Orlando police department failed big time in my opinion!

[raymondkymsuttle]

What an utterly bizarre segment. She’s got the parents there & then asks a psychologist what they’re going through? Wtf???!!

[samwitch]

They should have left the car and monitored it to see if anyone /suspect had come back to look at ...