Drew Kesse and the Jennifer Kesse Story. Jennifer Kesse was a beautiful, vibrant, 24-year-old when she vanished from her Orlando home on January 24, 2006. Despite numerous searches and years of police work, no arrests have been made and Jennifer has never been found. Since May 25th is National Missing Children’s Day, I’m taking a look at this topic on the show and I’ll be speaking with Drew Kesse, Jennifer’s father, who said that even if the Florida police and the FBI have given up hope, he never will and he’s never stopped searching. He’s now an influential activist for missing children and be sure to check out his website because it has lots of resources for those families in a similar situation (http://www.kesseonline.com).
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Finding the Missing. Drew Kesse and I will also be talking about a controversial proposal sent to me by a fellow who claims that the US possesses — RIGHT NOW — the satellite technology that would watch us all 24/7 to find any missing person and solve most crimes. Hmmm…what could go wrong with that!!! I love the idea of finding the missing; but at what cost? Should be an interesting conversation.
Bonnie’s Blog of Crime: How Missing Children’s Day Came About. Bonnie Kernene, from the informative Bonnie’s Blog of Crime, is back with us; and we’re going to talk about the case that inspired Missing Children’s Day — the Etan Patz case. The FBI says there are 800,000 children reported missing each year and we need bloggers like Bonnie to shine a light on them and keep them in our line of sight.
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Show Resources:
Drew Kesse: www.findjenniferkesse.com and www.jenniferkesse.com; http://www.kesseonline.com/
National Missing Children’s Day: http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1305
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: www.ncmec.org; 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
Missing-Child Clearinghouse Program: http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/ServiceServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1421
Polly Klaas Foundation: www.klaaskids.org
Amber Alert Pgm: www.amberalert.gov
