House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story

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  • ***Fox News Investigates explores a new true crime story each season*** She had everything going for her: A good job, close friends, a loving family, a boyfriend and a brand new condo. Her family describes her as a strong, fun-loving, career-minded, and responsible young woman. So why did Jennifer Kesse seemingly vanish without a trace? On the morning of Tuesday, January 24, 2006, Jennifer Kesse failed to show up for work at Central Florida Investments, where she was a finance manager. Jennifer was known for her reliability, but on that winter morning 14 years ago, nobody heard from Jen. And that meant something was terribly wrong. In this podcast, hosted by crime reporter Cristina Corbin, she travels to Florida to uncover new leads, conduct exclusive interviews, and examine evidence in recently unsealed police records. Years later, the Jennifer Kesse case is anything but cold. In fact, the investigation, by some accounts, is only just beginning.
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  • House of Broken Dreams Trailer

    House of Broken Dreams Trailer
    Nov 6 2020
    She had everything going for her: A good job, close friends, a loving family, a boyfriend and a brand new condo. Her family describes her as a strong, fun-loving, career-minded, and responsible young woman. So why did Jennifer Kesse seemingly vanish without a trace?

 On the morning of Tuesday, January 24, 2006, Jennifer Kesse failed to show up for work at Central Florida Investments, where she was a finance manager. Jennifer was known for her reliability, but on that winter morning 14 years ago, nobody heard from Jen. And that meant something was terribly wrong.

 In this podcast, hosted by crime reporter Cristina Corbin, she travels to Florida to uncover new leads, conduct exclusive interviews, and examine evidence in recently unsealed police records. 
Years later, the Jennifer Kesse case is anything but cold. In fact, the investigation, by some accounts, is only just beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    2 mins
  • Gone - E1

    Gone - E1
    Nov 11 2020
    Where is Jennifer? The 24-year-old finance manager fails to show up for work. Family and friends launch a desperate search in Orlando, retracing her final steps. Where and when was she last seen? This episode is marked explicit for language. FNI Season 1 - The Derby City Betrayal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • The Evidence - E2

    The Evidence - E2
    Nov 11 2020
    Police uncover surveillance video showing a mystery figure abandoning Jennifer’s car on the same day she was reported missing. Who is this person? And evidence obtained exclusively by our team suggests a violent struggle on the hood of Jennifer’s car. FNI Season 1 - The Derby City Betrayal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    24 mins

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Heartbreaking & Intense Story

My heart aches for the Kesse family, I wish I could hug them all right now, as I wept several times just trying to imagine the pain of not only losing a daughter, but how she was taken always in the back of the family's minds, and the fact that this killer or killers walk free today, probably leaving more devastated families in his/their wake. I have no doubt her killer was among the maintenace staff employed at her complex. It seems to me that the ownership of the complex did quite a bit of CYAing so as not to be liable for what happened to Jennifer, and that is the most disturbing part. The only part that confused me is why the family did not send their own dive team into the lake after their dog team had 2 dogs alert on that location. A lot can happen to a carpet with a body in it, in the murky lake waters of 14 years. The first search yielded nothing, and when the police came back out after the dog team hired by the Kesse's was out there, and their dogs did not hit they just washed their hands of it. The lake was not explored any further. Why didn't the Kesse's bring in their own dive team? Was it private property or something else that legally prevented them from doing so? The eyewitness story sent chills up my spine. I have no doubt there was a body in that carpet. It may not have been Jennifer, but it was a body. Why else would someone throw it in a lake? A regular ole dumpster would have done the trick for disposing of an unwanted rug. Maybe I was distracted during the explanation for this but otherwise I am just left wondering why this didn't happen. I truly hope they recover Jennifer's body at some point, and that the perpetrator is dealt justice here on earth for the Kesse's to witness, but they can be assured that he will face justice at the hand of our Maker in the end.

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A fascinating and tragic story

I have followed the Jennifer Keese story for years, always hoping she will be found. I was so interested to hear this podcast. I found it very engaging and full of new information I hadn’t known. Unfortunately, the version on Audible had a recording of the same episode for every “episode,” so I had to listen to it through another provider. If Audible fixes that, I recommend it.

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