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Stolen Beauty

January 11, 2009 10:17 AM

Two missing women, two investigations - do they have one common link? "48 Hours Mystery" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

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by QQQQIIIIIIIIIWWWWW April 27, 2013 10:43 PM EDT
In the segment on Jennifer Kesse's disappearance, Peter Van Sant stated the the man in the video is 5'3" - 5'5". How many men are there that are that short?! (besides Tom Cruise) If it is a man and he was working with the construction crew at the condo complex, it seems he would have stood out.
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by theedrstrangelove February 4, 2013 4:44 PM EST
more missing/murdered white women syndrome stories.
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by digerdoodle January 26, 2013 6:14 AM EST
Forgot to Add....on the 1st I posted about the Military...Israel Keyes was in the Military in Washington State for approx. 3 years...and often bragged about his services there....so the military gait...upper body..all fits I. Keyes
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by digerdoodle January 26, 2013 6:14 AM EST
Forgot to Add....on the 1st I posted about the Military...Israel Keyes was in the Military in Washington State for approx. 3 years...and often bragged about his services there....so the military gait...upper body..all fits I. Keyes
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by digerdoodle January 26, 2013 5:23 AM EST
I do not feel Tara knew him or had any ties to him at all..............HE TRAVELED RURAL ROADS ONLY.....He would fly into a large city and ALWAYS rent some type of vehicle......and the FBI has not supenoed all airports and rental's (car) to turn over records to better trace his travels right now to the T'......he said that way no-one would know any car or vehicle he used...HE ALWAYS CUTS HIS CELL PHONE OFF, where there can be no pings to be traced.....often uses the victim's phone and sometimes makes harassing calls to other family members because he gets his kicks from following the crimes from the media....they said this made him in some weird way know he was smart and he could do perfect crimes....but he got his HIGH as he stated from watching all coverage on TV or he ran the Vermont on his computer for all coverage......He seems to like or plan in small towns, and some victims are linked to areas that few people go to...his favorites was walking trails, parks, and his favorite was anywhere around a boat dock or where boats were?????....I read where at 1st they did not think Tara's car had been drove...it looked like she had just come home and went inside, but later a LE officer discovered her driver's seat was way back and that there was no way Tara could have drove the car that far back...NOTE************ I. Keyes is known to take his victims vehicles.....and NOTE AGAIN....All cars of his known victims have been returned in a day or in 2 days.........NO FINGERPRINTS, NO DNA...NOTHING.
I do not feel Tara knew him or had any ties to him at all..............HE TRAVELED RURAL ROADS ONLY.....He would fly into a large city and ALWAYS rent some type of vehicle......and the FBI has not supenoed all airports and rental's (car) to turn over records to better trace his travels right now to the T'......he said that way no-one would know any car or vehicle he used...HE ALWAYS CUTS HIS CELL PHONE OFF, where there can be no pings to be traced.....often uses the victim's phone and sometimes makes harassing calls to other family members because he gets his kicks from following the crimes from the media....they said this made him in some weird way know he was smart and he could do perfect crimes....but he got his HIGH as he stated from watching all coverage on TV or he ran the Vermont on his computer for all coverage......He seems to like or plan in small towns, and some victims are linked to areas that few people go to...his favorites was walking trails, parks, and his favorite was anywhere around a boat dock or where boats were?????....I read where at 1st they did not think Tara's car had been drove...it looked like she had just come home and went inside, but later a LE officer discovered her driver's seat was way back and that there was no way Tara could have drove the car that far back...NOTE************ I. Keyes is known to take his victims vehicles.....and NOTE AGAIN....All cars of his known victims have been returned in a day or in 2 days.........NO FINGERPRINTS, NO DNA...NOTHING.
I also read about the search Tim Miller done, but no body was found at the house that was burnt by ARSON!!!!!!!!!!!!......When I read that my mouth just fell open...and I'm not just saying this...My mouth dropped down.........but 3 or 4 Cadivar dogs alerted to a body or water or lake on this property where the house was burnt????????????......I got in contact with Tim's office the next day via e-mail.....and I have given his office many reasons and why I feel and etc....I also told him of this I. Keyes and how I feel he was Tara's kidnapper.....I told him details of the Essex couple and when he confessed he told LE that their bodies could be found in an old barn or farmhouse about 3 miles from their home.....and that the Police did a 11 week extensive search in a landfill there...due to .THE HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN THIS APRIL!!!!...I feel I. Keyes knew and planned on taking this couple there because he knew it was going to be torn down...or DID HE PUT A BID ON IT TO DO THIS JOB since he was a construction owner????...they found no bodies in the landfill but did reveal, they found DNA of human decomposition in what was known as the basement area of this barn or home.................so if 3 or 4 of Tim's Dogs alerted to this body of water....I can put money on the table at some point and time Tara's body was there and if I. Keyes was watching this on his computer or whatever...He saw that and knew they were getting close to true evidence
I feel he may have moved her remains to the house, then burnt it down..it was ruled ARSON...Keyes was known for ARSON even as a child growing up
...Israel Keyes DNA is now entered into the data base..Authorites could see if the print found on the glove matched I. Keyes DNA
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by nowayshirlock December 26, 2012 9:13 PM EST
The latex glove with DNA in it seems a little too good to be true. As some of the people they were looking at and that she was dating were police officers have they considered that it could be planted to throw off the cops. A police officer would know if they found DNA that did not match he would be off the suspect list. A glove with both a finger print and DNA left right in front of the house. Seems very suspect to me.
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by cmon_people11 December 20, 2012 2:06 PM EST
I just said that I watched this twice and the video reminds me of Israel Keyes. His m.o. was to lure women out, especially pretty women. He had a similar build, and hair color.He did not have an imposing presence and I think this is why women maybe did not feel threatened by him. They have to look at him. He was all over the country. Saddened every time I see this. Bless the families.
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by robojoe8 November 17, 2012 3:24 AM EST
Has anyone ever thought about them being over the border to be sold as prostitutes? That's where I would focus my attention if I was the detective handling the case.
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by MrDurka July 8, 2012 11:03 PM EDT
I dont really see any link between these cases, I imagine in a country as big as the US people disappear every day. I do however find the lack of forced entry or evidence of a struggle in both cases gives me an uneasy feeling. I think it's very possible your suspect in either or both cases may be or may be posing as a person of authority, ie a cop. The very fact that Jennifer was so meticulously careful about her safety reinforces this feeling, she wouldn't take any chances. Hope theses girls get justice, it's sickening.
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by justanopinion2me June 11, 2012 1:11 AM EDT
I am so sad about these two ladies disappearances and I'm wondering if there has been any updates to their stories? I just finished watching this episode for the first time.
I do have an opinion and that is it will be very hard for the police to track down an illegal if it was in fact an illegal that may have taken Jennifer K. because they are very transient and there is no paper trail. But I do believe someone knows something and it would be a good idea to check all the apartments where the workers were staying with cadaver dogs and search dogs.
Technology today makes it easier to enhance and play with videos and photos there should be a way to get a better look at this pig. The other thing is someone else made a comment here about checking other cameras in the area I wonder if they did that?
Once again I have to say I would like to know if there has been any progress in these cases because they have really caught my attention and I think its because I live my life very similar to how Jenifer lived hers because I was stalked and terrorized.
Anyway I wish the families and the friends of both these women the best and pray that they finally get some closure.
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