Jennifer Kesse

On the morning of January 24, 2006, 24-year-old Jennifer Joyce Kesse prepared for work at her condominium in the Mosaic at Millenia complex in Orlando, Florida. Her employer, Central Florida Investments, grew concerned when she did not arrive at work or answer calls. Her family, alerted by the company, contacted Orlando police.

Jennifer's car, a black Chevy Malibu, was found the next day at the Huntington on the Green apartment complex, approximately 1.2 miles from her condo. Security cameras at the Huntington captured a person of interest walking away from Jennifer's car at approximately noon on January 24. In an extraordinary stroke of bad luck, the individual's face was obscured in every frame by the fence posts along the walkway, making identification impossible.

The investigation revealed that Jennifer's condo showed signs of her normal morning routine—the shower had been used, her clothes were laid out, and her toiletries were packed for a trip she had planned. Construction workers at her complex, many of whom were transient laborers, became persons of interest but could not be fully investigated due to their mobility and undocumented status.

Jennifer's parents, Drew and Joyce Kesse, took legal action in 2018 to gain access to the police case files, winning a lawsuit against the Orlando Police Department to review the evidence. They subsequently hired private investigators. Despite extensive searches, rewards, and publicity, Jennifer Kesse has never been found. The case remains one of Florida's most frustrating unsolved disappearances.