Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse

Jennifer Kesse
Kesse in January 2006 before her disappearance
Born	Jennifer Joyce Kesse (1981-05-20)May 20, 1981 New Jersey, U.S.
Disappeared	January 24, 2006 (aged 24) , Orlando, Florida, U.S
Status	Missing for 11 years, 9 months and 3 days
Nationality	American
Education	University of Central Florida
Known for	Missing person
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Parent(s)	Drew and Joyce Kesse

January 24, 2006 (aged 24) , Orlando, Florida, U.S

Jennifer Joyce Kesse (born May 20, 1981) is an American woman who lived in Orlando, Florida, and has been missing since January 24, 2006. Her disappearance puzzled investigators and an aggressive search for her was conducted in the area surrounding her home. Shortly after her disappearance, her car was discovered a little over a mile from her home at a nearby apartment complex. Captured footage from a nearby security camera showed a person parking her car and walking away; however, this person was never identified. The case received state and national press attention at the time of her disappearance.

A graduate of Vivian Gaither High School in Tampa, Florida, Kesse attended the University of Central Florida in Orlando, graduating in 2003 with a degree in finance. She was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority (her former sorority sisters have led many searches to find Kesse). Before her disappearance, she had recently bought a condominium and was working at Central Florida Investments Timeshare Company as a finance manager. The weekend before her disappearance, she had visited Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, with her boyfriend on vacation. After returning from vacation, on the morning of January 23, 2006, Kesse drove straight from her boyfriend's home in south Florida to her work in Ocoee, Florida, and returned home to her condo in Orlando later that evening.

Jennifer Kesse was last seen on January 23, 2006, at approximately 6pm, leaving her place of employment, Westgate Resorts, in Ocoee, Florida. That evening she made several calls to family and friends; the last call around 10 p.m. was to her boyfriend. Typically, Jennifer would call or text her boyfriend every morning on her drive to work to talk and wish him a good day. On the morning of January 24, Jennifer never called or sent a text message. Any call to Jennifer's phone went directly to voice-mail. When Jennifer failed to arrive at work that morning, her employer contacted her parents, who immediately made a two-hour drive from their home to her residence. Her parents noticed that her car was missing, but upon entering her condo, they saw nothing that looked out of the ordinary. Evidence at her residence, including a wet towel and clothes laid out, indicated that Jennifer was at home the morning of January 24 and had showered and dressed for work. Friends and family began passing out fliers of her that evening, and the Orlando Police Department began organizing search parties to scout the surrounding area on foot, horseback, boat, helicopter, and ATV.