Comments on: Stolen Beauty

A Young Teacher And A Financial Analyst Vanish. Are Their Cases Linked?

[brandy67]

I am writing in regards to Jennifer Kesse''s case, about the male or female individual walking in front of the camera, first of all it is definitly a male suspect, when I watched this I picked something very unususal with him being in eye''s view of this camera,and her car? and also walking right in front of it. As if he knew that the camera was there, and how that camera took increments of every 3-4 seconds, and like he walked in front of it intentionally. First of all what was that building where the camera''s are? Was that building far from her conduminum? Does that suspect know that property at all? maybe he worked in that building at one time, or maybe a friend of his did? he could MAYBE know the camera system! he could be very familar with this building. Did the investigators ever investigate anything to do with That property? It just seems alittle weird that he stops the car right in front of the camera system, either he did not have any knowledge at all about that camera or he definitly did! INVESTIGATE!!!!!

[tressie777]

They need to give us an email address where we can put what we think in it that might help the cops. On the video of the guy or girl walking.. the hair is very shiny, just like its recently been washed. Also the shoe the person has on seems to be pretty clear. They can try to find out what kind of shoe it is and check the stores in the town who sells them and look at the videos of the people in the shoe department. Its definitly a young person in the video, the hair is about the same color of Jennifer''s The pants in the videos look more girlish than boyish.

[redhandedjil]

ok, a couple comments on some ideas here, 1. we have a lot of human trafficking in this country, but usually teens, mostly runaways or girls that are believed to not be missed or high profile types. These two would draw too much attention and we see that they have. Also, Jennifer was not seeing someone else, if you watched the show carefully, this was not that kind of girl and you thoughts about attractive women being attracted to strange men and strange things?? Where do you get this stuff? Talk about generalizing. Jennifer was cautious, very homespun and showed no signs of any emotional dysfunction or needy ego. You cannot project your own distorted ideas about women here, you have to go on evidence. As for the suspect being an illegal immigrant? It is clear enough the suspect was white and fair haired, you can see that much. I am a general contractor and I can assure you we don''t wear latex gloves, maybe some painters do out there, but none I know.
And as for the DVD player and the keys, I am sure the keys were taken, they said there were no fingerprints anywhere in the car and the DVD player was not a separate item, they are talking about the cars DVD player. The point was that it was not pulled out, suggesting this was not a robbery. No fingerprints were found at all.
The 22 number theory is interesing though.

[mzbra]

The Florida Investigators should look more into the painters. Find out what company did the work on Jennifers condos, and if they can, the employees that painted. And if they can find that out, to see if they can find a connection between the two abductions. Starting from there.

[tressie777]

Do the cops read this blog? I''d like to know.

[briandylanma]

Apartment door was 226...

[briandylanma]

PittsburghCT the same thing, with the numbers, caught my eye also...Jennifer is the 24th, but she was away ????? that 622, 2226, 226, 10/22, 01/24. I do not know anyyting about numerology, but the numbers did catch my attention. Hopefully they can solve these cases and many others...very sad.

[redhandedjil]

I hate to profile, but I have observed a few things from the video tape of Jennifers suspect. This person had a wedge or cuffed hairstyle, stood about 5''3". No straight man wears such a haircut (or straight woman for that matter) and no gay man would be chasing beautiful women. They were also very slight in build. I think it is possible that this person is most likely a female and gay. This would explain why she was able to get as far as she did, she was not seen as a threat or harmful which gave her access men wouldn''t have. It would also explain the possible obsession with the beautiful women and perhaps the same a resentment a jealose man may have that they would not return such affections? She would also have the advantage that a man would be the main focus of any investigation. How much effort has been put into researching any female contacts?

[pittsburghct]

While I was watching this show this evening, I noticed something coincidental between the 2 women who disappeared

Tara%u2019s room number (as a teacher) was 622

Jennifer%u2019s parking spaces outside her condo was 2226

I believe the date Tara disappeared was October 22

And Jennifer was January 22 if I am not mistaken

Just wonder if there is any connection there with the number 22 since 22 is a significant number for those involved in numerology.

The latex glove from Tara''s disappearance revealed a print and DNA. Workman wear these gloves for some work situations.
The male shown leaving Tara''s car was wearing what appears to be work wear and more specifically, a painters outfit.
Did the police think to try and match the print from the glove with prints that should have been taken from Jennifer''s condo complex where painters were at work?

[natetheguy]

In regards to the connection between the two cases, was there any construction work going on near Tara''s house around the time of her kidnapping?

[lphillips13]

People always think they know more than the cops, there are obciously so many things that may have happened. It could have been a group of illegal immigrant workers at the condo. And the reasoning for no one being able to identify the person in the image is the only one who know hiim could be an american not fessing up becasue he doesnt want to be in trouble for having illegal workers and could be charged for the crime. I beleive the she was seeing someone other than her boyfriend who remember said never told her he loved her. As you know most pretty girs are self cncious and seek comfort from stange people and strange things. I beleive she was going out to see someone she was sneaking around with and things went wrong. Maybe a worker was out drinking late saw her goin to the car bring intoxicated abducted her. Or maybe whoever she was possibly seeing did it. She could have met whoever she was seeing to tell them it was over and they didnt take it well. Which could explain the non struggle.

[tmittelstaed]

Jennifer''s story has some key details missing. For starters, were her car keys recovered from her car? Keys are great for leaving prints and if they were left then they should have the drivers prints on them. And the DVD player should have prints all over it. As for there being no signs of a struggle in the car, that is meaningless. The most likley scenario is that someone at her apartment caught her as she was getting in her car to drive to work, and gave her a *** and bull story about needing a ride, and in a moment of stupidity she fell for it. As soon as she was out of the parking lot the attacker probably pulled a gun on her and told her that all he wanted was to steal her car, then forced her to drive to some secluded area and get out of the car, and when she did the attacker then got out and raped and murdered her. The body could have been then hidden and the attacker drove her car back to what he thought was her apartment complex to try to hide the fact the car was involved in the crime. Instead he got it wrong, sat for 30 seconds worrying if someone might see him, finally got out and walked off. If he was rattled enough to leave the DVD player he might have left the keys too. Later on he could have easily driven back to her body to do a better job of concealing it.

[tmittelstaed]

I think people are forgetting Occam''s Razor here. The most obvious explanation to me for Tara''s disappearance is that she met someone at a bar or online who asked her out on a date, that person then picked her up and drove off with her, then raped and murdered her. I doubt the latex glove has anything to do with anything. Latex gloves are becoming more popular for use in auto mechanics work and other shop work to keep grease off your hands. It could have blown there from someone doing gardening. And why would an abductor bother with wearing gloves if he was driving his own car? This is one of these cases where her body will show up somewhere out in the sticks in the next 20 years or so, and the crime will likely never be solved.

[carolcape]

Jennifer could be held captive in one of those condos. These dogs that found the scent should have been taken right through the building and maybe even yet they can do that. Her boyfriend was the last one to see her, but she did come back to her apartment and her clothing was unpacked. The idea of her mailing a cell phone is bunk. She was probably tired and just wanted to relax and go to bed as she had to work the next day. Not enough was done here in this case, all apartments should have been searched that day. Even if they had to call outside help to do this, it should have been done. Where is Jennifer and Tara? There are certain ways to enhance photos and especially the shoes of the person that was driving her vehicle and who was on video. Someone who was working in that building has to know who he is and hopefully if they keep pushing this big reward they will come forward and give information. Most of these people are in the country illegally and they would want that kind of money, so I believe that is how they will solve this case.

[carolcape]

Just want to make a comment again about Tara, why would her ex be driving around with another officer if he was not on duty. Most policemen can''t wait to have their nite off, they aren''t going to just cruise around with another officer for something to do. Yes, this suicide bit is far fetched, I don''t believe she said that. She had other things going on for her and I am sure that five years with that dude would soon wear off. She was bright and pretty and had admirers. Tara was too trusting. This man that called her many times that evening, that is weird. He leaves his card in her door, what''s his story anyway. What is he covering up. There are too many policemen here in this story and they aren''t investigators, not good. Police have a way of covering up for their fellow officers. An outside police force should be investigating this and maybe even the FBI. Because she cannot be found and it is assumed she was kidnapped, so the FBI could become involved. Sure hope this is solved soon.

[loristaw76]

Has anyone ever heard of "Human Trafficking"? I was wondering if there are people out there that work in the U.S. and pay regular people to find them attractive women for huge amounts of money. Using humans in the *** trade is usually used in different countries, but maybe there are foreigners that come here just for that, to steal people and sell them. Then use these girls as prostitutes and slaves for money. I saw a movie on it before and it is awful. I just wonder if detectives ever look into investigating any leads on that subject. It is just odd that they never find a body. It was just an opinion and hopefully if someone has info on Human Trafficking, they can help find missing women (men and children too!)

[bahntudada]

Jennifer Kesse''s likely abductor appears on a videotape taken by a surveillance camera at an apartment complex about a mile from where the victim lived. Ralph Daugherty posted earlier, informing us that the Orlando police had a photo from this camera showing the likely abductor''s face and that the suspect was probably not wearing white as stated in the broadcast--something about "night vision". Well, if the police do have a better picture of the suspect I think they would have shared it and, remember Ralph, the car was dumped off about 1:00 pm, not 1:00am.

[bahntudada]

Roaeja''s remarks about the DVD player left in Jennifer''s car and sshannon01''s questions about the guest''s cellphone that was left in Jennifer''s apartment helped me to realize just how poorly-written this segment was. I assumed that the DVD player was Jennifer''s and, thus, irrelevant. 48 Hours Mystery also showed a photo of the cellphone, but couldn''t be bothered to explain why anyone thought the victim might have gone out late at night to ship it to its owner (when she hadn''t even had time to unpack from her trip)!

[sassalin]

graceesmom,

Trust me they have looked at all the facts. THERE ARE NONE. They have looked at all the evidence. THERE IS NONE OR VERY LITTLE. You can have all the DNA and fingerprints in the world but without a sample for comparison it cannot help the case.

I am a criminal justice/forensics major in college and solving cases like these are very hard. Stranger murders are the hardest. There is nothing connecting the victim and the suspect except the murder. If they do find a connection it is usually something hard to research like the workers. That person on the video could have been anyone.

As far as the boyfriend, yes, he does sound like someone I would check out further but no one has been ruled out if you read the article. Everyone has an alibi but not for the 30+ hours Tara was missing.

I hope they find who did this so the families and friends can move on.

elauna,

Good idea about the shoes but I would guess no. In real life, not CSI, the video quality is low and cannot be used to blow up the photo. This on the other hand is not really a video but pictures taken every 3 seconds and still cannot be blown up to create an image of any quality.