WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE SEARCH?

After two years and two months, searches have slowed down into more of an investigation to be quite honest with you. We do get new leads every single day and still from multiple places. Family tip line, crime line, called directly in to TV stations, a lot of different ways. We do thank the public and the people for caring and keeping their eyes open. It has not died down. The case is more active now than it ever has been. The police have told us that. But, it's a challenge to them. They've also told us that it's the toughest case that they've ever worked on. And, it's the toughest thing that we've ever dealt with to be honest with you. But we are kind of status quo. We have a suspect that we can't find- the person who parked her car and walked away is a suspect.

ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE PERSON SEEN IN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WALKING NEXT TO A FENCE?

Correct. When you see the still shots, that's the same person who parked her car, got out of it and walked away. That person is just as close to being found as Jennifer is. It's a very strange situation, and I have to say that much.

YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU RECEIVE NEW LEADS EVERYDAY. HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING NEW ON THIS SUSPECT?

I dealt with one today on the suspect personally. But, it's a mixture. I have to say it's probably 60 or 70 percent Jennifer type things and probably 30 percent on the suspect.

IS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT THE LOCATION WHERE HER CAR WAS FOUND?

It is known as a high crime and drug ridden complex. It's a very tough area of town. It's probably one of the toughest in town unfortunately. It was also known as a place for stolen cars to be dropped. It was very well known for what it is.

WERE THERE ANY FINGERPRINTS FOUND IN THE CAR?

They did find fingerprints in the car, and I believe that there may be one - what they call- a latent print. But, it was not associated to anyone as of yet. It's a hard to deal with print. They do have what they say is "other evidence" but nothing has hit any databases yet.

WHAT ABOUT THE "OTHER EVIDENCE?" IS IT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE?

They haven't shared it with us. At this point, that might be the only thing they haven't shared with us is exactly what they took or found in the car. I can tell you that there were no bodily fluids, no blood or anything such of that. I think it was more fibers and dirt and things of that nature that they may not be telling us about. We do know that things were left in the car, and it's very well known. We know things of value were actually left in the car that could have been pawned very easily. So, the car wasn't taken for robbery or anything like that. We truly believe it was taken away from Jennifer's condo to make it look as if she went off property.

I WENT TO YOUR WEBSITE AND SAW THAT THERE WAS INFORMATION ON A MISSING PERSON'S LAW?

Yes, in fact, it moved ahead today. It looks like it's going to happen this session. It's an offshoot of Projectjason.org. Jason Jolkowski from Nebraska went missing nine years ago. He went to take the garbage out to the curb and wait for a ride to work at the end of his driveway and when his ride came, he was gone and never found. His mother basically started the laws that we're trying to pass for all the states and get someone in each state involved. It is a law in nine states. Two weeks ago, it became Patricia's Law in New Jersey after Patricia Viola, who I think is missing six years now. She was in her kitchen and disappeared into thin air and never heard from again.

Florida is very progressive. It is ahead of most states. We do have a fingerprint database and a DNA database and an unidentified human remains database up and running and willing to take in anything. The problem that we have is, there is no state law requiring that any agency fill the databases, which I think, personally, is a little absurd. If we've spent the millions, and we continue software upgrades, then we need to have laws to make them put in information so we can solve crimes.

There are three basic components to the law that we are doing. Number one, I'm trying to make them realize that Jennifer was an adult and that should not be discriminated against. If she was under the age of 18, the FBI would be involved and all the stops would be called out and the Amber Alert would be on and everything. But, Jennifer went missing as an adult. Adults, unfortunately, are allowed to go missing. But, you have to look at the situation. I did not want any age limit, but we basically had to settle on up to the age of 26. They went on insurance requirements.  Any person can call in a person missing, and the police must take the report. In Florida right now, only a direct family member can call the person in missing. We are changing the law so anyone can. We are also putting policies and procedures and information that every single missing person application has to have and it has to go into a database within two hours of the report. The police have the opportunity to legitimize it or not. If they think it's wacky or off the wall, they don't have to. But, most cases will go directly into a database within two hours.

And then the third thing is, if after 90 days, if the person is not found, DNA must be taken from the mother, if possible, and as well as finding the victim's. DNA has come an incredibly long way. Just two years ago, we used to have to have the root of the hair for DNA testing. But, we no longer have to have that. We can have just the hair and they can test that. They can test away all they want on that. It's really moving rapidly. We were very lucky in the state of Florida that all the databases were not behind. All of the information is actually in that, and it has become available. The problem is that we don't have people recording it. So, this is going to make the police report everything and get everything into the databases. And then it works it's way up from the city, up to the county, up to the state, up to the federal through the databases. Technology starts solving cases for you, as well as the investigation on the streets. That's the way it's going and that's what the bill is. We've made it through all the committees that we have testified in, and we've been up there four times already. It's been read twice on both sides of the house now, and it's just waiting for it to be agendized on the floor for a vote. Every vote has been unanimous. We have not had one descending vote in any committee. We are excited. We really can't help Jennifer at this point because she is in all of the databases but there are people who follow everyday and the quicker we can react, the more we can recover and that's what we are trying to do.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD?

What I really think that we need to get back to within the investigation is Jennifer's distinguishing marks. Two weeks ago, I was asked to find a picture of her and her best girlfriend together. I was going through about 2,000 college pictures of Jennifer. She has a four-leaf clover tattoo on her hip that I did not know about until after she was taken. Her mom let me know about that. I found the pictures of it actually- we had never had pictures of it. And, I found pictures of it when she was at the tattoo shop having it done. After two years and two months, if by chance Jennifer is still out there or when someone finds unfortunately someone on the side of the road or wherever that they do, there are distinguishing marks of her cleft chin. She also has green eyes that can be blue at times. She has a chicken pox mark to the right side of her right eye. She had elbow surgery on her left elbow and she has marks of that as well as three pinholes because she rejected the pins and they came out of her skin. She does not have a straight nose. We only have beautiful pictures of Jennifer, but she does have acne so if she does not have makeup on, she will have acne. And, she's blind as a bat so if she no longer has contacts or glasses, she's going to be squinting away. I don't expect Jennifer to be looking the same, i guess is what I'm saying. She even has a mark on her left finger- as if I was going to flip the finger to someone. I have a mole and Jennifer has that same mole on the same finger at the same place as I do, which is really weird.

I think if we have to stress anything, we have to go back to that because if a coroner, police or people when they read about bodies found somewhere then maybe they can associate it. And, it is not a shamrock, it is a four-leaf clover. If you can imagine, there is a difference.

I WILL POST A PICTURE OF JENNIFER ON THE WEBSITE...

Actually, we've learned her picture is fair game. Jennifer's picture has been posted on adult websites, dating websites, trying to get dates. And, our family has been threatened since Jennifer's been gone which is the most absurd. In fact today, we heard from the prosecutor that they will not be prosecuting. But, everyday is active. After two years and two months, I truly believe we will find Jennifer whether it's for the good or the bad. We hope for a miracle but we're obviously ready for the worst. But, I truly feel that we are going to find Jennifer, and she knows that. She knows that we will not stop.

For further information, please visit JenniferKesse.com

Twenty-four-year-old Jennifer Kesse went missing on January 24, 2006 from Orlando, FL. And now, over two years later, the family is still searching for new leads. Her father, Drew, spoke with Crimejunkies to share the latest news...

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Ht: 5’8                            

Wt: 125lbs

Eyes: Green                   

Hair: Sandy Blonde

SOURCE: JenniferKesse.com