Jennifer Kesse's condo

Mosaic at Millenia

This is an aerial image of Kesse's former condo complex. Her parking spot was on the northern side of the building.

Kesse's car

On January 26th, 2006, Kesse's black Chevy Malibu was found in the parking lot of the Huntington Green Court apartment complex on Texas Avenue.

It is believed that the killer parked her car in the complex at around 12 p.m. on January 24th before leaving the scene on foot.

The police did not find anything of note in the vehicle. There was no sign of a struggle, and all of the fingerprints belonged to Kesse.

A number of her items are still missing. These include her brown purse, iPod, Verizon LG cell phone, work briefcase, and driver's license.

Shortly before her disappearance, Kesse and her boyfriend went on vacation to Saint Croix in the Caribbean.

While she was away, her brother Logan and his friends stayed at her condo. However, when they were leaving, one of Logan's friends mistakenly left his phone behind.

Notably, this phone was also missing.

This suggests that Kesse had the phone with her and that she was planning on mailing it that morning. It also strengthens the theory that she was attacked after she left her residence.

Coordinates: 28.488371, -81.409915

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Huntington Green Court

At around 12 p.m. on January 24th, 2006, a surveillance camera at Huntington Green Court captured a person of interest walking along the outside of the fence by the swimming pool.

Although the timestamp on the video footage reads 13:00:27, this is because the clock on the surveillance system had not been adjusted for daylight savings.

The suspect parked the car and then walked south on Downing Street.

Surveillance footage

This is an enhanced image of the surveillance footage. To increase the size and resolution of the footage, we ran the video still through an AI resizer tool.

As you can see, the suspect's face was obscured by the fence.

The police believe that the man in question is short, standing at 5'3" to 5'5" tall. He also appears to be wearing painter's trousers or something similar.

Although it looks like he is wearing a hat or sporting a bun, the fence makes it impossible to say with any degree of certainty.

It is also important to note that the surveillance system at the complex was pretty old and degraded. As a result, normal colors may have appeared white.

Notably, the suspect did not attempt to hide his face. Instead, he calmly walked out of the main complex before heading south along Downing Street.

Path

After leaving the car, the suspect walked south, which is the direction that someone who was walking back to the condo complex would have taken.

If the killer was a worker at "Mosaic at Millenia", then it is likely that he walked along Downing Street, turned right onto Tom Jones Street, and then headed west along Americana Boulevard.

Abduction

Kesse's parking spot was on the northern side of the building.

One witness claimed that they saw a car driving erratically near Conroy Road at around 7.30 a.m. on the morning of January 24th.

If this car did belong to Kesse, then it suggests that she was attacked in the parking lot or shortly after she entered her car.

In these kinds of attacks, the abductor will shock and overwhelm their target by physically assaulting them or threatening them with a weapon. The sudden, violent nature of the attack will often paralyze the victim. By the time they fully grasp what is happening, it is often too late.

If the witness account was correct, then it is likely that her abductor was trying to drive the vehicle and keep her subdued at the same time. For example, she may have been forced down into the passenger footwell.

Jennifer Kesse is still missing

Kesse was 24 years old when she went missing. She was 5'8" and weighed around 135 lbs.

On the right, you can see a photograph of her brown bag, which was never recovered.