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Investigators: 'Person Of Interest' Photo Not What It Seems

Posted: 11:56 am EST February 9, 2006Updated: 5:15 pm EST February 9, 2006

The parents of Jennifer Kesse were visibly shaken Thursday. For the first time, they visited the place where their missing daughter's car was found.

Jennifer's parents went to the Huntington on the Green condos, where investigators found Kesse's car two weeks ago, and where a person of interest was videotaped.

The Kesses had a difficult time walking through the condo complex. It was also tough for them to hear the best lead in their daughter's case, pictures from a surveillance camera, may not be what police first thought.

"It's extremely hard. I have a very uneasy feeling being here," said Jennifer’s mother, Joyce.

Exactly two weeks after their daughter's car was found parked at the Huntington on the Green condos, Joyce and Drew Kesse wanted to see the complex for themselves.

"We know her car was here. Whether she was here with it or the car was dropped, I don't know. I guess that's part of all the mystery, too," Drew Kesse said Thursday.

Another mystery is the person of interest seen in surveillance video walking past the pool gate of the condos right around the time the car was left there. At first, police thought he was wearing light-colored clothing. But then crime scene investigators working with the surveillance camera noticed their own dark uniforms also appeared light.

"That kind of concerned them and they started looking a bit more at that camera," explained Sgt. Barbara Jones, Orlando Police Department.

Detectives aren't even sure if the person of interest is a man or a woman. They're asking the public to focus less on the person's clothes and more on the body style or hair style. Police even canvassed salons asking workers to pay attention.

"A stylist might be able to look at that person and identify that particular hair style if they can and are familiar with it and done it recently," Jones said.

Jennifer's parents know that one little tip might be the one to break the case and find their daughter. With national media now in town covering the story, the Kesses can't believe that person of interest still hasn't come forward.

"Look at the area around here. It's open. This person walked right by here," Drew Kesse said.

Thursday, several groups of volunteers were out searching wooded areas. Again, they found nothing. The family is organizing another massive volunteer effort for this weekend.

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