Father’s pursuit for missing daughter heats up with new evidence in case that’s no longer cold

Nearly two decades after a Florida woman vanished from her apartment building without a trace leadership have informed a new break that could breathe new life into a formerly cold incident Jennifer Kesse vanished from her Orlando condo complex after leaving for work on the morning of Jan stumping both state and federal investigators as government raced to catch her abductor About an hour and a half into the workday I received a call from her work Drew Kesse Jennifer s father reported Fox News Digital And they explained Hey Jennifer had a meeting this morning it s not like her to show up Do you know where she is MISSING FLORIDA WOMAN JENNIFER KESSE'S FATHER HOPES FOR ANSWERS YEARS AFTER Kesse straightaway tried to reach his daughter relying on a family rule that they would consistently answer each other's calls but her phone went straight to voicemail I knew something was wrong without delay Kesse commented Kesse and his wife Joyce hurriedly made the two-hour drive from their home in Tampa to Orlando where they discovered their daughter s apartment empty with several outfit choices laid out on the bed DETECTIVES TRUE CRIME PODCAST HELPS DIG UP BREAKTHROUGH IN SITUATION THAT HAUNTED FAMILY DREW AUDIBLE GASP The parents right away called the Orlando Police Department to document Jennifer missing They looked around her apartment shrugged their shoulders and mentioned She had a fight with her boyfriend supposedly she ll be back Kesse reported They walked out And that was Jennifer s last chance More than a decade later the family filed a lawsuit against the City of Orlando OPD and the mayor s office citing a botched scrutiny into Kesse's disappearance and requesting documents pertaining to the search MISSING JENNIFER KESSE'S FAMILY HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR PRACTICABLE DNA EVIDENCEOPD the City of Orlando and the mayor's office did not forthwith respond to Fox News Digital s request for comment The lawsuit resulted in the first flourishing request for records involving an ongoing affair with the city handing over pages of materials involved in the study Drew Kesse compiled a crew of members of law enforcement including former U S Secret Provision and FBI agents to continue advancing the search for his daughter GET REAL-TIME UPDATES AT THE FOX NEWS TRUE CRIME HUBIn November the Florida Department of Law Enforcement FDLE took over the matter with any leads into Kesse s disappearance eventually running cold Until last month when Kesse received a call from FDLE telling him that investigators had obtained new DNA evidence and using a list compiled by Kesse s unit narrowed down their persons of interest MISSING CALIFORNIA MOM S FAMILY DIGS FOR HOMICIDE COVER-UP OR CLEANUP AS POLICE EYE PERSONS OF INTEREST FDLE revealed that they no longer consider Jennifer s scenario cold Kesse reported It is evolving They are on what they need to do and they truly believe that they are getting somewhere FDLE declined Fox News Digital s request for comment citing the ongoing examination Kesse credits the break in the event to his own organization of investigators and new machinery removing previous roadblocks pertaining to evidence HUNT FOR MISSING MIDWEST NEWS ANCHOR FOCUSES ON FIGHT OVER UNSEALING EVIDENCEThe unit demanded NASA to enhance protection footage revealing Jennifer s car was removed from her apartment complex on the day of her disappearance reemerging three days later at a separate condo parking lot one mile down the road with the driver s face obscured by a nearby gate where the car was uncovered We have film of that car being parked Kesse informed Fox News Digital A person stays in it for seconds gets out and walks away Kesse hopes the use of artificial intelligence will lead investigators to identify the person of interest Additionally two bystanders previously informed seeing Jennifer and a man fighting while in the front seat of her black Chevy Malibu Records obtained by the family also indicated the hood of Jennifer s van was covered with dust from ongoing construction at her condo complex and indicated signs of a struggle SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER An unidentified person of interest and attainable suspect was photographed parking Jennifer Kesse s bus and walking away The unidentified person was approximately -foot- to -foot- and was wearing white clothes similar to a painter or a manual worker a missing persons flyer from the FDLE says Prior to Kesse s disappearance she had complained about certain construction workers that were working on her apartment complex and were making her uneasy For now the family is anxiously awaiting any new information that could potentially reveal what happened to Jennifer FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME UNIT ON X I want to know where Jennifer is Kesse announced Dead or alive Anyone with information about Jennifer s disappearance is encouraged to contact FDLE s Orlando office at - or OROCColdCaseTips fdle state fl us In light of Jennifer s disappearance the Florida House of Representatives unanimously passed The Jennifer Kesse and Tiffany Sessions Missing Persons Act fundamentally reforming how missing persons reports are investigated in Florida by requiring law enforcement agencies to enact written policies for handling such cases Until functionaries absolutely put Jennifer s disappearance together hopefully very soon we ll keep working Kesse stated Fox News Digital We keep moving forward with the officers hopefully to bring her home someday Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin contributed to this record