Jennifer Kesse Missing: New Evidence And New Leads Connect To Old Names In Casey Anthony Saga
Orlando, FL- Jennifer Kesse, the newly promoted mortgage process engineering manager for Central Florida Investments, parent company of Westgate Resorts was an upstart.
Recent BOC article coverage can be found here, here and here.
After interviewing with upper management for other advancement roles within the company- her new position was actually created For Her.
Was this a forward and prophetic corporate strategy based on mortgage industry trending data?
Was her promotion a result of Jennifer’s own market analysis and efficiencies recommendations to the suits on the top floor?
Yes and Yes.
At 24 Jennifer Kesse was the youngest new manager among her peers in their respective management roles at CFI.
While she did not have the subordinates they did reporting to her directly, the initiative she was leading and launching was going to save the firm almost $900,000 annually. The installation and rollout of a new debit system interface allowing timeshare owners to pay fees, mortgages and incidentals by ACH automatically was a corporate priority for Westgate Resorts.
Which is why on the morning of Tuesday January 24, 2006, the day after she returned from a brief trip with her boyfriend Robert Allen- when Jenn did not show up to her office in Ocoee, there appeared to be immediate concern.
According to Jennifer’s outlook scheduling calendar she did not have an interoffice meeting until the afternoon.
By 11:15 her parents living two hours away in Bradenton were called to see if she had some sort of family emergency.
The exact escalation of events within CFI leading up to the phone call and who made it are being withheld for investigative reasons.
By noon, a trifecta of calamitous and simultaneous events takes place.
Drew, Joyce and Logan Kesse, speeding from Bradenton to Orlando in a respite from paralytic panic reach the property manager of Jenn’s new condo at Mosaic On Millenia and learn her car is not parked in her spot. She is not inside.
A self-confessed admirer and now CFI lateral management peer, Johnny Campos arrives 4 hours late to the Ocoee office.
The only suspect ever declared to date in Jennifer Kesse’s disappearance is parking her vehicle while captured on 3 separate closed circuit cameras at the Huntingdon Tavern On The Green Condominiums and apartments. It is less than a few blocks from two large CFI warehouses and within a mile of several CFI owned properties.
By late afternoon The Kesse’s, Rob Allen and Jennifer’s closest friends were using her condo as a command center to develop immediate and organized searches for her.
Detectives Julius Glenn Gause II and Joel Wright of the Orlando Police Department respond to the scene.
Detective Gause assures the Kesse’s that Jennifer had a fight with her boyfriend Rob Allen, who is now standing in her living room vehemently disagreeing with his investigative assessment. Who can blame the guy?
Gause’s opinion was reached without ever interviewing a single person who was not on-scene, and was sure she would be back by tomorrow.
In a mandatory meeting called at the request of Central Florida Investments CEO David Siegel and conducted by Chief Financial Officer Tom Dugan, it was announced that Jennifer Kesse, a respected and valued member of the management team had been reported missing.
Dugan adamantly assured all that the company would encourage employees to join any organized search efforts to find her.
Jennifer did not return as Gause predicted.
Her car did however, and on January 26th her case was declared a criminal investigation.
The First 48… Months
Upon the classification of Jennifer’s case as a criminal investigation, J. Glenn Gause told the Kesse’s that his partner Detective Joel Wright asked what he considered a dumb question during a briefing.
As a result, Gause informed- he kicked him off the case and requested new partner Det. Emmett Browning.
While such a move would obviously be outside of Det. Gause’s authority, it is more likely the pair were reeling from the Internal Affairs investigation that ensued after they knowingly interviewed John Evander Couey after his arrest for the murder of Jessica Lunsford.
Shortly after Couey’s confession to Citrus county detectives was thrown out of court because it violated Couey’s Miranda rights, Gause and Wright decided to inform their Orlando PD sergeant that they interviewed Couey following his arrest in Citrus County on the chance he might be a suspect in the Regina Armstrong murder because he grew up in Orange County. They claimed he actually confessed to the Lunsford murder.
The confession was not recorded and at no time did either detective inform the Citrus investigators or their OPD supervisor of the visit itself- let alone Couey’s statements made to them.
That is, until they learned his original confession in the Lunsford case was inadmissible.
Interviewing an incarcerated man who is represented by an attorney with charges pending in a potentially related case without permission, notes, or a recording by veteran detectives is outrageous.
John Cuoey was 5’4”, 125 lbs with a flag tattoo. The suspect composite from direct witnesses in the Armstrong case was a man around 40, 6 ft tall with medium build and a mermaid tattoo on the opposite arm.
They were lucky their actions did not derail the prosecution of both cases. The second alleged confession was also thrown out and reprimands to both detectives remain private in their respective employee records. Regina Armstrong’s murder in 1985 remains unsolved.
John Evander Couey died of natural causes on death row awaiting execution for the rape and murder of Jessica Lunsford.
Patented Police Work- Who Knew?
Detective Emmett Browning, Jr and J. Glenn Gause II will lead the investigation into Jennifer Kesse’s disappearance by keeping the single most promising clue from the very folks that could help the case instantly. The public.
Browning and Gause made the investigative decision not to release video footage of the man parking a victim’s vehicle within 24 hours of her missing persons report.
They were 48 hours into the case they now assumed was a lovers rift. The case had since turned into a criminal investigation and thought it wise not to engage the public’s efforts in locating an individual seen on video in a very distinctive uniform less than one day earlier, a mile from her home.
I am aware that is a run-on sentence. How could one possibly break that up and convey how ludicrous that was?
There were no obvious signs of foul play in Jennifer’s condo or her car. An entire complex watched as the car was removed. How could they possibly have ruled out that Jennifer was abducted and held against her will?
Might a tip on the immediate suspect have saved her life?
They had time to make the 6 o’clock news and blast the web.
Fresh eye witnesses, fresh leads – what a break!
Fresh fizzle was the way this was going with these two.
Investigators informed the Kesse’s they would not be processing Jennifer’s condo because there were too many people in it and it had not been preserved. Drew Kesse told Detective Gause that he was in contact with some family friends employed in international security and law enforcement in different jurisdictions and he was told the scene should be processed and known prints and samples could be eliminated from any unidentified.
Gause responded by telling the bereft father of a missing daughter if he got one more call or one more question about his investigation he was going to start arresting people.
Gause and Emmett, otherwise known as “Gammett” by colleagues for their years of friendship and joining the Orlando Police Department patrol together in 1981 worked the case through August 2007 without ever interviewing a single person at Jenn’s work, developing a suspect or releasing the footage of the suspect parking the car.
The duo felt they had a better offer they could not pass up. Hard to Imagine, I know.
“The right opportunity came up and you don’t know if you’re gonna get another opportunity like that,” Gause said.
Upon their departure, it was discovered by Orlando Police that neither officer kept a note, recording, binder, or interview outline on the Kesse case and if they had, they emptied it from all files of their cases within OPD.
Gause wished the Kesse’s luck and his hopes in finding Jennifer.
“If They don’t find her this hunting season, they definitely will by the next.” – Glenn Gause
With homicide cases in the collective rearview for the pair, they set forth with new employer Aqmi Strategy Corp.
Putting their combined 50 years of investigative prowess to work in white collar crime via the private sector was the plan.
They probably should have started with the new boss.
Aqmi Strategy Corp- a division of Mirabilis Ventures was about to expose one of Orlando’s more notorious billionaire frauds by way of an international security incident. A retired Orlando Police captain and a former secret service agent were detained in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while allegedly conducting security detail for presidential hopeful Dr. Oscar Kashala. Kashala is a Harvard educated Congolese national.
Frank Amodeo, a felonious, disbarred Georgia bankruptcy attorney and equal opportunity bilker of the DINK and COCOON sets formed Aqmi under the Mirabilis umbrella in 2004.
After fake-buying the Trump Tampa Tower and raising the US Treasury’s eyebrows following rumors that the real reason for being in the DRC was to raise foreign capital for US interests surfaced, the IRS and Mr. Amodeo became acquainted. Although those particular rumors were likely started by the opposing parties who detained the the team in the first place, an American security detail contracted by a major pharmaceutical executive running for office in the Congo is going to get a look.
Amodoe is currently on the hook to the IRS for $181 million in unpaid payroll taxes and serving 22 + years for conspiring to commit wire fraud, obstructing an agency proceeding, impeding the IRS and failing to remit payroll taxes.
Dr. Kashala failed in a second bid for the African nation’s presidency in 2011.
In 2009 following an informal inquiry by officials within The Orlando Police Department, new investigators received an 80 page report on the Kesse case compiled by the original investigators Glause and Browning.
How it got there and upon whose request has not been disclosed.
“Better late than never” might be one of those axioms I stop using.
Gammett currently works with several colleagues from the defunct and bankrupt Aqmi days as independent security consultant for Center For Security Solutions.
Detectives Browning and Gause’s legendary dogged determination to solve cases has made them experts in Cold Case Management. Their “patented” concept of methodical Cold Case organization and review has a proven success rate. Their irrefutable investigative skills has made them equally effective in handling Internal Affairs cases, completing thorough, fair, factual and concise investigations.
Largely devoid of any of the aforementioned but chockfull of spurious, you can read Gammetts full bios here.
Detective Sergeant Rich Ring buoyed Jennifer’s case until Joel Wright and new partner Detective Roger Brennan picked it back up.
First order of business sixteen months later- release the vehicle video and declare a suspect.
I will spare the details of how much difficulty these detectives went through reconstructing a two year old investigation without the proper background from the first team at bat.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity to Blink on Crime, a source inside the OPD confirms the files removed from the Kesse case included reports like her cell phone records and ping studies.
To their profound credit the parents of Jennifer Kesse, Drew and Joyce pushed a bill through the Florida Senate to mandate standard operating procedures and other practices that would preclude anyone walking off with the case files in adult missing person’s cases in Florida.
The Jennifer Kesse Tiffany Sessions Missing Persons Act was signed ceremoniously into law on October 28, 2008 by Governor Charlie Crist.
Bill 502 expanded the authority of The Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Missing and Endangered Information Clearinghouse (MEPIC) to provide assistance in missing persons investigations for those under 26 and over the age of 26 that are believed to be endangered.
In it’s first three years in existence, the Act has helped 716 adult missing persons cases including Jennifers.
The disappearance of Jennifer Joyce Kesse brought some of the largest volunteer search efforts for a single person in both Florida and the United States to date. David Siegel, the president and CEO of Westgate Resorts and Central Florida Investments offered a $100,000 reward for Jenn’s return through March 8, 2006.
In July of 2008 the disappearance of 34 month old Caylee Anthony catapulted the Orlando landscape back onto to the screens of the nightly 14 minute intro recaps of her case.
With no similarities in the victims or any known associations to the cases outside of the fact they were last seen within a few miles of each other there was no way they were related.
Except One. Peter Benevides.
Big profile, big reward, big name- Peter “Pedro” Benevides pledged a $100,000 reward for the return of a living Caylee Marie Anthony.
Background is Foreground With A Skyview
In December 2008 Florida’s statewide prosecutor Bill Shepherd reviews Jennifer’s case. Prosecutor Shepherd’s office is only tasked with reviewing cases that may require multi-circuit jurisdictions and the possibility or probability of PONZI SCHEMES.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Shepherd served seven years in the Office of the Attorney General of Florida. He was appointed in 2007 by former Attorney General Bill McCollum as Florida’s Statewide Prosecutor and was responsible for leading eight offices throughout Florida in the investigation and prosecution of multi-circuit criminal activity. Shepherd’s focus was on RICO prosecutions in the area of white-collar crime, mortgage fraud, securities fraud, healthcare fraud, ponzi schemes, corporate and private embezzlement, money laundering, narcotics trafficking and gang-related crimes. He also worked in the Office of the State Attorney in Miami as an Assistant State attorney from 1996-2000.
The results of the Statewide Attorney recommendations are unknown.
After a review of Jennifer’s case by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the request of Drew Kesse in 2010, her case was again in the hands of OPD. Detective Patrick Schneider and Sgt Det Richard Lane were the lead investigators at the time of this publication, Following Schneider’s retirement, the case is now led by Sgt. Theresa Sprague.
According to a statement given to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office by the now infamous Roy Kronk, he was under the impression that the reward posted by Benevides for locating Caylee was set to expire. Not his original statement to Detectives John Allen and Yuri Melich of course, but he gets there.
On December 11, 2008 the remains of Caylee Marie Anthony were recovered off of Suburban Drive in Orlando. Kronk never realized that it was only payable if Caylee were found alive.
Two weeks later a discovery of a different kind befalls a local couple walking their dogs in a Windermere neighborhood.
What is believed to be the pepper spray pouch and attached mail key of Jennifer Kesse was recovered.
The names of the advertent couple and precise location are being withheld by www.blinkoncrime.com for investigative reasons.
The couple tried for weeks to contact the established crimeline tip line as well as Orlando Police before turning the item over to Windermere Police with a note. The note said the finders thought it may be part of the Kesse investigation but they had been unsuccessful reaching detectives. After a last try in late January, detectives returned her call.
It was not until BOC analysts came across a work order request from Jennifer’s condo maintenance staff requesting a replacement key and new mailbox assignment prior to her disappearance the connection was made to Jennifer’s case.
The key in her vehicle, the key attached to the fob of the spray holder pouch and the existing key to the mailbox number assigned to Jenn are identical. The pouch is an exact duplicate of several purchased by Jennifer’s parents for her as well as extras for her girlfriends, when she moved on her own.
Drew Kesse has an exact duplicate purchased in tandem on his keychain today.
In January 2009 Pete Benevides registered a Limited Liability Company under the name Skyview Funeral Home , LLC with a PO Box in Clermont, FL. He does not own a funeral home, is not licensed to conduct funeral services and the entity was dissolved a year later for not receiving an annual report.
Considering the fact that Benevides was outed as the benefactor for Caylee Anthony’s memorial service by Dominic Casey, Anthony family private investigator and head of security for the event, one has to wonder if Skyview Funeral Home’s business model is focused more on laundry services.
Not for long though. At precisely the moment the Memorial Service is taking place at First Baptist Orlando, the United States Treasury descends on the Orlando business interests and assets of Mr. Benevides and his co-horts in “Project Rumpelstiltskin”.
On February 10, 2009, orchestrated presumably upon received intelligence, “There’s gold in them thar hills” is not just the dream bubble of Parker Schnable of Porcupine Creek.
Through an ongoing criminal investigation sparked by “unspecified illegal acts “ as sworn by Noel Martinez, Jr, Special Agent IRS- USSS Financial Crimes Task Force , it seems the cast of Gold Rush missed the glory hole by a few thousand miles. Federal agents however, hit the Orlando bedrock without the need for excavation.
Javier Fernandez, Angel Sanchez, Luizia Trindade, Luiz Trindade, Skyview Aviation, Pedro Benevides, Luis Hernandez, German Cardona, Daniel Rojo Filho, Evolution Market Group, Superior International Investments Corp, Brittany Sprague Benevides, Michael Clark, Heather Perkins, DWB Developers, their officers and registrants therein watched their 9 vehicles ranging from a $270K motor coach, Audi A8 and custom Lamborghini drive away without them under an REM forfeiture complaint.
Unbeknownst to them at the time, the nearly 400 gold bars stashed in 3 different states were also seized between February 9th and 11th in addition to bank accounts totaling over a few hundred million dollars, wired from multiple international locations.
Additional seizures of an undisclosed amount of gold and silver were seized from 3 safes in a warehouse owned by Ralph Munyan of Clearwater.
Several notices of civil actions referencing sealed criminal cases and John Doe participants as co-conspirators are pending against all. It is likely they will be put on hold until the completion of all criminal investigations and subsequent complaints. The sealed cases to date are in Oregon, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Colorado and Nevada.
Further coincidences between the Benevides et al clan and involvement with the Casey Anthony case include the fact that pass through accounts referenced in the seizure filing and the first Caylee Marie Anthony Trust were closed at the same bank within one business day of each other.
The first four days of transactions including opening deposits of the first Anthony Trust have never been revealed publicly. One thing is for certain. If Mr. Benevides or anyone attached to the criminal matter used those derived funds for any purpose related to Ms. Anthony or Mr. Baez, we are all going to know about it at some point, the individual payments and transactions of these accounts have only been partially released in support of the warrant.
The seizure action brought by the United States Attorney has been ordered “stayed” with 90 day updates in order to allow the pending criminal investigations to proceed against all the above defendants, both named and as yet to be named.
On September 16, 2009 Pedro Paul Benevides was arrested on Federal charges of cocaine smuggling after two of his pilots were arrested in Pensacola and fingered him as the mastermind.
Benevides was remanded to the Orange County Jail through February 2010 where he was released after charges were dismissed against him when a witness against him changed their story. It is not known if Casey Anthony, who was also housed at the Orange County Jail and Benevides were leaving notes at the library for one another ending in ~FLUSH~.
On February 11, 2010 Pete Benevides was released from custody, still under investigation by the Feds for his and his associate’s involvement in an alleged ponzi scheme that has bilked over $450 million dollars from investors around the world. However, with a heavy concentration of folks seeking damages for same around every corner of the neighborhood, it can’t be the same hitting the in and out burger in Orlando these days.
On February 19, 2010 based on an informant tip, OPD conducted a search behind the Knights Inn on South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando. Both that site and the location on 72000 International Drive are known former business addresses of Filho, Hernandez and Benevides.
Until last month Pete and Brittany Benevides, Luis Hernandez, Daniel Filho, unspecified John Doe’s and Angel Hernandes managed to dodge subpoenas in the pending civil actions. Luis Hernandez and the Benevideses maintain homes and offices in Leesburg, Astatula, Clermont, Orlando and Windermere. The pending class action civil suit process servers were headed off by security at every gate.
The State of Florida was happy to be served on their behalf at the request of the plaintiffs attorney.
* It is this author’s intention to present the parties associations, conduct and occurrences to the relevant time periods and commonalities to the case of the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse and by no means should be considered a complete background or biography. Y’all are itching to know how any of this is connected as it is or you’re asking yourself- did Blink drink her Google juice today? I get it. Stick with me, read on.
Encumberance And Conveyance, In Deed
The first investigative interviews conducted at Central Florida Investments, Jennifer’s employer were in May 2009, or so the management team thought. She had been missing three years and 4 months.
What they did not know is a work colleague of Jennifer’s called them on his own to tell OPD what he knew in the months before that. “Adam Frank” referred to previously on BOC, not his real name as he is a material witness in the case, called police in an effort to stop the harassment he was enduring at work since Jennifer disappeared. Adam overheard a confrontation between Johnny Alberto Campos and Jennifer Kesse the morning of January 23rd, 2006.
For the first time exclusively on www.blinkoncrime.com, we have uncovered additional witnesses to corroborate the interactions between Jennifer Kesse and Johnny Campos leading up to and including the days following her disappearance.
On or about the day after Jennifer’s disappearance, Johnny Campos asks Frank to drive him to an impromptu meeting at the new Lake Eleanor Office. When the pair arrived, Campos told Frank he would meet up with him in about 30 minutes in the cafeteria.
Adam Frank watched as the manager of the branch, Linday Hernandez met Campos at security and the pair headed to her office.
Linday Hernandez, A Venezuelan national, is a business partner of Peter Benevides in more than one venture, and her husband Luis Hernandez is and was a former principal in several business interests including currently held properties.
Mr. Hernandez as previously noted is under Federal criminal investigation in multiple states and a defendant in several civil actions resulting from those alleged activities. Linday Hernandez is not named individually in the ongoing federal or class action civil matters to date, however, companies which she has or had a principal interest in, are.
A recent financial filing of the couple requesting significant debt relief and a stay from a foreclosure sale on their Windermere residence was filed in Ms. Hernandez’s name only. Luis Hernandez’s whereabouts are unknown.
Witnesses inside the investigations of both Jennifer’s case and the Federal inquiry describe the relationship between Linday and Campos as “confident” and friendly with Linday visiting the Ocoee branch frequently ending in an offsite lunch for the two.
An additional witness interviewed by BOC and wishing to remain anonymous provided an account describing how Campos approached him with a scheme for making quick cash. Several timeshare owners were asking to renounce their weeks without compensation as long as they did not pay annual fees. It was alleged Campos saw it as an opportunity to rent the week out, covering the fees, without ever telling the owners. Westgate/CFI had folks with access keeping track of unoccupied timeshare properties. Who accessed them and by what means remains to be seen.
A simple keycard report would be able to tell that information for the timeframe of Jennifer’s disappearance easily. It has not been requested to date.
The Ponzi Peninsula
In May 2011 a tip was received from a Columbian national and former resident of the United States claiming to have had to leave the country due to immigration issues.
Dimitri Duran Soto is also a former realtor and mortgage broker for Sky Land Realty Group and DPG Realty after a failed cleaning business venture in 2003. His real estate license in Florida has been revoked. Mr. Duran Soto is a trained architect and is currently working as such in Columbia.
It was the intent of BOC to withhold Mr. Soto’s name but he has since posted a request for the person who he believes may either be responsible or knows who is, for what happened to Jennifer Kesse as he claims was told to him.
Soto told police while he was discussing seeing the Kesse’s on TV, a friend of his claimed to have seen Jennifer in a white pickup truck sitting between two men with a look he described as “like, help me” when the vehicles were next to each other at a traffic light turning left onto International Drive South.
That evening Soto printed out a flyer from the Kesse website and showed it to him the next day to confirm.
At the time he says he felt his friend did not come forward and neither did he because they both had what he termed immigration issues. He was afraid of deportation.
Upon return to his native country, Soto learned his friend had taken care of his status but had not yet informed police of what he knew. Soto reached out, and was put in touch with OPD.
The January 6th search conducted and organized by Orlando Police and FDLE in the area of the 13000 block of International Drive was based on the account of Soto’s friend, however, a posting of Mr. Soto’s indicates there may be more to it.
Soto’s friend describes the pickup he was now watching in his rearview mirror makes a right turn just before the Partners Credit Union onto a dirt road leading into the woods and property searched recently- unsuccessfully.
However, the dirt road access which is commonly known to many ATV riders in the area is also a way to access the undeveloped plat #723 owned by Luis Hernandez and Pedro Benevides.
The BenHen parcel has not been searched nor seized because of it’s purchase prior to any allegations of ponzi.
Considering the fact that the last known person to have had a public disagreement with a missing woman arranges an impromptu meeting with a woman whose husband, and by way of a marital asset so does she, owns a parcel in the direct vicinity of a recent search area OPD felt credible is worth a conversation- no?
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My dang media player won’t work this time. I’ll have to wait for the podcast, darn it.
Just was thinking, though, about the thugish cops who bungled the investigation.
Can you just hear Gammett saying, “hey, hey, Mom and Dad. She’s had a fight with her boyfriend and we’ll see her in the morning.”
Rob Allen, standing in the room, “she did NOT have a fight with me.
I just raced up here to see if I could help. This is a serious situation!”
Unflickinbelievable.
Here ya go
http://scaredmonkeysradio.com/audio//20120306sBlink.mp3
B
Ooh, I also have pink belts! Ok, kidding… I’ve reread some and I think I’m almost there. As a veteran through Morgan and Love, I’m here to stay – I just hope you’ll put up with me.
PS – We cross “Morgan’s Bridge” daily and I think of you and all you do for women who can no longer speak for themselves. Then I hope I can be a voice and speak to women who DO still have a voice.
Thank you for everything you’ve done for Charlottesville – thank you for everything you’ve done for the voiceless.
My heart is very heavy tonight and I’ve felt sick to my stomach since reading all of this. All I could think was, “Poor baby, poor baby, you poor dear girl”. Jennifer’s age is right between my own two beautiful daughters’ ages, so I know very well how lovely this age can be. I have followed this from the start, but always held out hope she would be found alive. Gazing at the lovely pictures of this young woman in full bloom, so vivacious and alive with such a joie de vivre shining from her eyes and contemplating the unthinkable simply shatters the heart. My mind cannot fathom the depravity. There are no words to describe the depth of my sympathy for her family.
I believe this goes far far higher than put out here, and I suspect you (Blink) know that. Be very careful of that security company. Good cops know from dirty cops. Where those two Mutt and Jeff characters landed is not an accident. There’s at least 2 more there that come up smelly and not just “Mutt and Jeff”.
There is a high probability after reading this that a legal case can be made that Mutt and Jeff (the 2 dirty cops) likely know what happened to Jennifer. How bout getting subpoenas for them, put them in a room, and beat the … I mean question them. Likely the security company is going to play interference to protect them. But then, a media stink could start.No one bungles cases that badly when working together. I’ve seen this “Bobsey Twin” stuff go down at banks where massive fraud takes place.
I believe that the 80 page report came from some sort of discussion like that-
I was not half as pizzed until I read the current bio. What a load of feces.
A detective is a civil servant in a position of public trust, period. They need to be held to that standard in their employ.
People think it is a compliment to have Mr. Kesse tell me he has learned more about his daughters case since I started working on it in January than he had in 6 years. I take no pride in that, these poor people have been through hell on earth and just want to recover their child.
B
Obstruction of Justice. That’s what my anger and dismay in reading this caused the fury to rise and want to choke the crap out of those two dirty cops …OK I’ll calm down, IMO there is a legal case to be made for obstruction of justice. ALso. Accessory to murder after the fact. Jennifer’s parent’s are likely looking into that. Those 2 are not going to get away by saying they were incompetent, they are going to have to prove they were not involved in a coverup. By the time this is over, are we going to find this / them involved with child porn too, and terrorism financing? Because the security company is one, and the cocaine trail is the other.
To date, all I can say with confirmed certainty is that Campos is personally and professionally acquainted with the targets of an international criminal investigation, who have had millions of assets seized in an ongoing investigation in violation of the RICO statute at a minimum.
B
Gotha borders Windermere and both are near Cricketeer Arms Pub.
First detectives effed up. Didnt release video, didnt intvw coworkers, process her apartment
and took the case files (if there were any!)
They worked the case from Jan 2006 until August 2007 when they took a job for a dude who happened to pretend to purchase a Trump Hotel.
You said they took it right as they were about to expose the biggest ponzi scheme ever.
**Was the owner the actual scheme they were uncovering?
He draws attn in the Congo, gets in deep spit with the IRS.
Its fair to assume the original detectives flew the coup because they knew they were going to get in trouble for sucking it up in Jennifer’s case.
It is possible they did not know this new boss was crooked, but it is also possible they did know and it had something to do with the lack of effort and/or their reasoning behind taking the case file.
It wasnt until Dec2008 that the state prosecutor took it over.
J
Caylee was found on 12/11/2008
2 weeks later- the couple finds her keys and pepper spray.
THE KEY AND PEPPER SPRAY WERE FOUND THE SAME MONTH THE STATE PROSECUTOR TOOK OVER THE CASE!!!!!
They were finally able to hand it over to someone in LE, but it didnt get into the right hands.
WTFUDGE?
“It is like “Hey I think I just saw Morgan’s Metallica shirt” But no one would listen to them, didnt try to verify it was hers…nada
Sometime in 2009, the case files magically re-appeared.
In 2010, DREW KESSE asked the FBI for help. They supposedly tried but didnt have any luck.
WHY????
THEY NONE OF HER CO-WORKERS HAD BEEN INTERVIEWED, HER ARPARMENT WASNT PROCESSED, c
THEY HAD NO IDEA HER KEYS HAD BEEN FOUND!!!!
So the case then goes back to OCPD.
Will finish in a bit.
36. Rose says:
March 6, 2012 at 7:30 pm
are you sure this is not bigger than Campos?
Nearly everyone and everything is bigger than Campos.
B
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So, maybe Campos was ordered to make Jen go away. Despite his ‘feelings’ for her, he was ordered to shut her up.
We are going to need to not make direct accusations please. There are no charges pending in this case to date.
I realize you are just voicing a potential opinion, I would just ask that we all word our comments without any direct allegations to a particular named individual. Nicknames of folks ok
B
Great job, Blink!
I have to admit I’m still stuck on the found mail key.
How did the couple who found the key know it could be related to Jennifer’s case? I have to admit that I never read anything about a missing mail key in the media and I’m really curious about this discovery.
If I had been the one to find it, I would never have known the importance of a cast away key and most certainly would not have tried so hard to contact Crimeline or law enforcement.
Isn’t Windermere where Chris George’s family lives? And Don Wood with Child Watch who organized the original public search for Jennifer?
They did not KNOW it was hers, they wondered based on seeing the Kesse’s discussing Jenn carried pepper spray.
Yes, Chris’s mom lived in Windermere at the time, and I admit when I saw the dates I ran everything through his case file for any matches and there were none. Meaning, could any of the bad guys here be associated with what happend to him-
B
Thank you for everything you do to bring awareness!
Well my dearest B, you never disappoint!
Gammett need investigating, and I mean like yesterday and to the nth degree!!! Along with CFI top dogs. OMG, dirty, dirty, dirty.
Something smells really bad here, like it’s been swimming with the fish for a loooong time…..
And to those who may be reading – remember there is no statute of limitation for murder!!!!!
St. Jude, patron saint of desperate causes, pray for us. We petition you to intercede on behalf of Jennifer Kesse to our Blessed Virgin who suffered the loss of our Lord Jesus Christ whose breath is the very wind of the world. We know if Jennifer is no longer with us, she is in His more merciful hands. Please bestow your grace on Blink in her efforts to restore Jennifer to the arms of her loving family. You continue to answer our petitions and we honor you with prayer. Thank you. Amen
“Sword of truth fly swift and sure, that evil may die, and good endure.”
Luis Hernandez Ins Co is at 8204 S Orange Blossom Trail
http://www.yellowpagesgoesgreen (dot) org/Orlando-FL/Luis+R+Hernandez-Insurance+Agent/953053
that’s right by Sand Lake Rd (Cricketeer Arms)
Benevides & business were at 219 S Orange Blossom
http://www.floridaucc.com/UCCWEB/DebtorListing.aspx?sst=&sov=2&sot=Filed/Lapsed%20Compact%20Debtor%20Name%20List&st=Abc+blueprint+inc&fn=200000164067&rn=28446&ii=Y&ft=&epn=
how could Pete “be open about being from Venezuela” as this blog says when he is from Falls River?
http://www.bloggernews.net/120671 (article on CA reward) He also indicates who Blink, as well as Mutt & Jeff, should be careful of. Perhaps the latter team was.
Sorry B. mea culpa.
No problem, and your not the only one, lol.
Just need to keep it tidy in the corners even
B
Wow, this poor woman found out something sinister was going on and paid for it with her life.
What a horror she must have endured. Clearly the cops were involved in the cover up as well. Disgusting.
B- I know you don’t want the compliments that Mr. Kesse had to learn more about his daughter’s disappearance from you then from what he had learned for the 6 years prior to your involvement, but for Jenn- I am thankful. Thankful that someone has taken it upon themselves to help get answers. It’s comforting to know that more and more will lead to solving this for JENN.
One other question that I had…. when was Mr. C’s car allegedly “totaled” or in the “junkyard”… just curious if it was around the time that “Adam” was fired/ went ot police…
It was within weeks of interviews by more than one party that mentioned Campos- but almost 2 years before “Adam” was fired.
B
Blink, I’ve read the report again and have a few questions that I hope you can answer. The report mentions that a keycard report of unoccupied timeshare properties during the time of Jennifer’s disappearance has not been requested. Do you know, or can you disclose, why it has not?
I do not know. I have a feeling that it has to do with a later Federal investigation by the Labor Board that resulted in a significant payout to timeshare workers
Also, what would make the couple that found the mail key make the connection to Jennifer? It wasn’t disclosed that her mail key with the pepper spray was missing was it? Was her name or the name of her condo printed on the key? I just can’t make this connection.
The Kesse’s frequently discussed Jennifer carrying mace/pepper spray. Neither her name nor condo number where on the keys. The finders are very respected and established members of the community who just happened to follow the case, and if I mention any more flags it will defeat the purpose of keeping the location withheld for now.
Last, why was there a work order for a replacement mail key and new box assignment before her disapperance? Was she originally assigned 2 keys, or was the key that was found in her car the replacement key? Why would she also ask for new box assignment?
She had a key break in a MB. Management provided her with replacement keys for a new MB number immediately rather than have someone work on the lock mechanism in the broken one. She did not request a new mb number, it was given to her to expedite.
B
(article snip)
“However, the dirt road access which is commonly known to many ATV riders in the area is also a way to access the undeveloped plat #723 owned by Luis Hernandez and Pedro Benevides.”
#723 is a vacant, residential zoned property:
http://www.ocpafl.org/Searches/ParcelSearch.aspx/PID/282424584400723
Aerial view of #723:
http://paarcgis2.ocpafl.org/ObliqueView_SQL/default.aspx?pid=282424584400723
can’t figure out how to link the mapped location, but searching by ID# at this site will outline the location on a map:
(ID# 24-24-28-5844-00-723)
http://paarcgis.ocpafl.org/Webmap4/default.aspx
Blink, the parcel is northEAST of Partners Credit Union, so either the witness was driving north on International Drive to see a right hand turn or he was driving south and it appeared to be a right turn because he was looking in his rear view mirror?
Correct, he was driving North on SOUTH International (from a left turn) and would have seen a right turn in his rearview mirror. There are a few sort of access dirt roads along the way I found further north so it is possible he may have been off on the particular point of entry.
Again, I am on a short leash, but I would give Pace Mills Dr a lookey look.
B
I haven’t posted in quite a long time but I received this article on Twitter today. I live in Bradenton & Jennifer is definitely not forgotten here by anyone that I can say. I am fascinated by the four men in the pic dressed in sports sweats possibly tennis since one of the men has his sweater tied tennis style around his neck; although the sneakers look like they have cleats in them which would mean golf & in Orlando there are schools for both. Here in Bradenton we have the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy. I tried to enlarge the arm on the one fellow since it appears to have a name on it perhaps the business he works for or the sports manufacturer & then I look at the hats & all I can think of is a religious order. But my money is on golf.
Its sad LE appeared to have such tunnel vision & wasted precious time especially with the pics so important if anyone knows the people in them.
We are all praying for Jennifer & her family.
All I can say is wow. After reading about Mr. C, I thought this was just a scorned suitor type situation, which I can see now is not the case. I’m still struggling with the Casey Anthony connection here–I see that the Benevidos guy is connected to both cases, but why? What was his relationship to C.A.? There are so many players I think I need a flow chart. I don’t understand your response to the commenter who asked if one of the players families sponsored a Cricket team. What does Gotha mean? I know you can’t be 100 percent specific, but I’m confused.I just can’t believe all of the layers to this case. I hope this case is resolved soon. So incredibly sad. Thanks for the hard work and sharing this info, you are awesome!
You have to read the entire comment and my response, I think whatever you are viewing on you need to scroll
Thanks
B
Okay converted the x/y coordinates to longitute/latitude . . . green arrow indicates location of parcel
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=28.38263,-81.46601&hl=en&ll=28.379243,-81.470919&spn=0.055731,0.067034&sll=81.46601,28.38263&sspn=70.465323,274.570313&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A
Nice Job. I think Bing has a better detail on this one if you prefer:
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=28.38263+-81.46601&mkt=en-US&FORM=BYFD
sorry, one more thing in reference to the car parker in what could be a cricket uniform. a lot has been made of the cricket connection, but maybe that’s just a moot point? if professional criminals are responsible for this, why would they leave such an obvious clue, i.e. letting someone dressed very distinctively park her carin full view of security cameras? is the car parker just a random dude who was approached to park the car for a payoff and told to keep silent?
Well it makes for a solid alibi for anyone that is not the person that parked the vehicle.
B
Sorry B- I Forgot the JUST MY OPINION.
I will be more Careful and NOT make ANY direct accusations…as that’s not what I was intending to do.
also, I WAS spanked as a child and think its the only reason I didn’t grow up as a brat! Momma loved the wooden spoon. Sibling and I laugh about it to this day.
Blink, in your opinion do you feel an arrest ever? And/or, do you think this will lead us to Jenn?
I think that we have our best shot at both right now.
B
Over the years I developed a thought that there are 2 basic personalities that become cops.. Those who were bullies growing up and those that were picked on by bullies when they were growing up. In that, there is balance.
We just need a group of good detectives to ride over the bad guys to get some truth. The best weapon against a bad cop is a meat eating prosicuter, especially a federal one who is seeking corrupted cops linked to very rich and powerful people who can give a prosicuter a win in court..
A wise prosecutor once told me that good cops don’t always make good detectives and vice versa- it is not a successful system.
B
Again or should I say still, well done. This is a 5 or 6 reader for this old brain. I have confidence that you know what you are doing even if I don’t know what you are saying. lol
Gotha is a “town”, borders Windemere.
I assume they have a cricket team. I won’t register for Sportsville (or anywhere but here) so can’t look further.
About first detectives, other things can be more motivating than money.
Like your kids ass in a sling you mean?
B
Is there any agency on LE’s current investigative team with the capacity to offer a witness protection program?
Not one and that possibility had been officially excluded.
B
@Blink. exactly.
Blink, do you think whatever happened to Jenn happened in her apartment after her last phone call, or do you think it happened in the morning? Just trying to piece some things together, re-reading older posts and this one too. I listened to the Pretzer show and when I heard you use the word “recover” in reference to this case, my heart sank. How much of a threat could this young girl have been to a criminal operation?
I do not think Jennifer was harmed in her condo.
B
Question… Did Jenn’s BF ever indicate that she had ever discussed criminal activities at work? Or even with her parents? I mean, a topic of this magnitude surely would have been mentioned, wouldn’t you think? Also, help me follow something here.. Was Benveniudos supposedly missing persons reward accounts in an effort to launder money? How would that work, theoretically?
1. Never. To your point there is no doubt in my mind that if Jenn ran across something like this Dad would be her first call.
2. Benevides’s involvement in the Anthony case outside of what I have written in the piece, is completely off limits for me for now.
In general- ANY payments to any person from any of the accounts listed in the REM are subject to receipt from “funds derived from illegal activity”.
B
B- money has been tight and I have been avoiding going out and buying new contact lenses.
Looks like I need to go buy them really bad because First-time has an icon that’s a tad lighter brown shade than mine
I thought your response below was in regards to what I’d written!
Which is the reason you just received an apology from me & likely had no idea what I was apologizing for, lol.
A good reminder to me though – I need to use nicknames and probably quote whatever post I am referring to.
first-time says:
March 7, 2012 at 7:53 am
36. Rose says:
March 6, 2012 at 7:30 pm
are you sure this is not bigger than Campos?
Nearly everyone and everything is bigger than Campos.
B
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So, maybe Campos was ordered to make Jen go away. Despite his ‘feelings’ for her, he was ordered to shut her up.
B says”
“We are going to need to not make direct accusations please. There are no charges pending in this case to date.
I realize you are just voicing a potential opinion, I would just ask that we all word our comments without any direct allegations to a particular named individual. Nicknames of folks ok
B”
Thanks, Blink, the Bing map set to Bird’s eye view is so much better than the google.
When you said Pace Mills Dr, did you mean Paces Mill Dr or the dirt road named Paces Mill to the right of parcel#723 which runs north/south starting up by the edge of the Marriott Grande Vista Resort golf course?
Sorry, yes wpg.
If it is ok with you- may I answer a private post on the tail of yours which was not from you?
To Haga:
Hypothetically because I would not be in a position to discuss specifics, yes.
Many times LE will use a piece like this to install cameras and surveillance equipment in advance if they have a concern that evidence may be moved as a result.
B
Long time reader… I am giving my husband this website to keep in the event that I ever go missing. He is to contact you immediately! Blink, your skills amaze me. There is nothing worse for a parent to not know what happened to their child that is missing, no matter how old that child is. You are truly an advocate for justice!! Keep it up!
lol, thank you
B
After spending over two hours going over the printout of Blink’s article. I have a strong feeling that Jen was accidentally given some information that would blow the whole crooked scheme out of the water. Someone realized that she had the incriminating info and could create real problems. Therefore, they put in motion the steps necessary to keep her from ever talking or doing anything to expose them.
I believe they knew how close she was to her family and she might share with them what she found. To that end, someone had Campos set up a meeting with her somewhere with the idea that he needed to give her some additional information prior to the morning meeting. This was just to get her to a place away from her condo.
Campos never showed up, but the bad guys did. They probably used a weapon to keep her quiet, moved her to another vehicle and transported her to the place of her death. Her automobile may have been picked up by an order from those involved and taken to a detail shop for cleanup and delivery.
I also think the OPD detectives found some information and were paid off to misdirect the investigation and destroy the records of what they had found.
hmm, just thinking about it all and mullin it over. maybe jc and cohorts did not want jenn in her newly promoted position,they wanted someone more corrupt.
Blink my mind is exhausted. I have read, reread, skimmed and read. What a piece. I do not even know where to start. Every time I come back there are 10 more post….I will never catch up. I haven’t even listened to the podcast because I am trying to absorb what has been written. Yikkes…. I have to wonder about Jennifer’s position and her connection to the ACH introduction to her company. Was there a possible opportunity for a scam there? These people running these ponzi schemes are nothing more than sophisticated con artist. Was there a possible connection for a scam with the ACH program at CFI? What did JC actually do for CFI? Jennifer and JC had lateral yet seperate positions, how if any did their positions affect the other? Why would Jennifer be dangerous to these type of people? Could it be simply a favor for one bad guy for another bad guy. I am still trying to get beyond white pickup trucks, Sanchez, Oregon and airplanes. Has anyone looked for Luis in Oregon (just kidding sort of)? My post probably shows the confusion my mind is experiencing now, but can you blame me?
No.
In fact, I am reminded of much.
B
if i have this right…. jenn’s new system would collect time share payments thru a card,if jc was renting “for his pocket”, would the new system interfer with his extra income ?
best work ever B…as usual, questions answered=more questions……answers, answers, answers…
A tall directive Jeff- humbled.
B
Little consolation I’m sure to them, Blink, still, in you, the Keese’s IMO got a kickass “stand-in” for their lost girl. Everyone who helps them becomes in some way a spiritual part of their family. Everyone who hurts them, becomes spiritually linked to her murderers. Karma.
There are 2 IJ’s in FL who might be able to ID the fat one with the right hand “devil horn” gesture … can’t seem to place the face, but seems familiar. It’s definitely cricket (as I was born in England I can smell it a mile away) and if so… then it’s likely Brit-Arab.
Its in my nature to give everyone the benefit of the doubt when they make mistakes. I always naturally stop myself before casting blame and remind myself that they are human and everyone makes mistakes. Afterall, hind sight is 20/20.
That’s what I have done several times today and instead I am having to remind myself- “Hey! the attitudes and behaviors allegedly demonstrated by investigators early on in this case- if true- are unacceptable.
I do not care how long you have been doing your job
how tired you are
how many cases you solved
that some may see you as the best in the crime solving business
There were certain things that(allegedly) occurred
and
certain things that (allegedly) did not occur in this investigation.
Things that are unacceptable.
It is very disheartening to know that if something happened to one of my loved ones, I would have absolutely no baring on what is done to find them.
I have never had a loved one go missing (thankfully). But I do know what it feels like to have something enormous riding on the actions of someone else.
Furthermore, that person having an attitude of “dont tell me how to do my job” that gets visibly annoyed when you question how they’re doing their job, make any suggestions or simply ask them to do something.
Although I understand the reasoning behind keeping the families in the dark about investigations in order to preserve it…it often inhibits the only people the victims have dedicated solely to finding them.
Of course the Kesse’s assumed any leads being called in were being sent to the right person. THAT RIGHT THERE INFURIATES ME TO HIGH HEAVEN
It is seeming like the state of florida dropped the ball in this case.
The Kesse’s, Jennifer deserve far better. Everyone does.
B, thank you and your team for all of the work that you do. Thank you so much.
I agree with Blink (from what I’ve learned thus far – also from Blink) that any inklings or knowledge Jennifer would have had regarding illegal activities/fraud at CFI would have been discussed with her father and NEVER with JC. Therefore, putting aside the white truck siting as a false siting, I think its very possible this was still a crime of passion that JC committed on his own and then used his connections to clean it up, possibly lying to them saying he had to commit this crime to quiet her about the illegal activities in order to elicit their help. Just a thought here, what do y’all think?
Blink – great work, I know the Kesse’s must feel enormous relief already knowing you and your readers still care so much about thier daughter. Thanks for this and all you do everyday on behalf of victims everywhere.
Prayers for the Kesse’s.
@Nana2 – regarding your comments on the picture of the 4 men: it is my understanding the right-side portion of this pic is shown only to COMPARE the “cricket” uniform that is similar to the outfit being worn by the person of interest on the left-side. The left side was a “still” taken from the security surveillance video of the person who parked Jennifer’s car. The people shown in the pic on the right-side are not persons of interest nor associated with this case, just used as a tool to compare the outfit that could be associated with a sport, assumably “cricket”. Hope this helps. I’ve notice others have also made this assumption, that the right-side pic shows “persons of interest” so I felt it was important to clear this up. If I’m wrong on this, please feel free to correct me.
Warmest regards.
“Witnesses inside the investigations of both Jennifer’s case and the Federal inquiry describe the relationship between Linday and Campos as “confident” and friendly with Linday visiting the Ocoee branch frequently ending in an offsite lunch for the two.”
Blink, not sure what you mean by “confident”.
Is it possible JC would have confided in her about his emotions and thoughts regarding Jennifer, specifically during the 3 days/3 nights Jennifer was away in St. Croix?
Did Jennifer ever meet her?
wpg-
That word was a direct quote from someone who does not speak English as their first language.
I took it to mean that they were friends that might share confidences with one another, but I don’t know to what extent. Yes, Jennifer met her.
B
Wow Jennifer’s parents were called at by 11:15 and here meeting was
not scheduled until 12:00.Do you think someone got a little nervous,that is very telling IMO.What did they already know?
@Sweetie_Pi and @nana2 and others,
Regarding the picture of the 4 people in sports uniforms:
**It’s TWO pictures side-by-side.
**The picture on the left is the one from the “parker” of Jenn’s car.
**The picture on the right (with three individuals) is a photo from cricket, just for comparison, to make Blink’s point that the “parker” may well have been wearing a cricket uniform. The individuals in that photo are not of interest in this case. And their sport is not in doubt, as Blink selected a known cricket photo.
**The shoes in one or both photos were emphasized and colored black by BOC.
Blink, I hope you don’t mind my attempt to clarify, but the way the two photos morph together into apparently one has caused some confusion on both threads.
Hope this helps.
Thank you lizzy
B
B, in light of this new info, I have to ask again – have the contents of Jenn’s convo with her manager as they were leaving work that fateful last day ever been revealed?
I know, run on sentence!
Nothing non-business centered or alarming.
B