Missing Woman's Dad Believes She Was Trafficked

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The FBI conducted lie detector tests on the father and brother of missing woman, Jennifer Kesse. It's been nearly five years since she disappeared.

JENNIFER KESSE'S DAD: Full Interview

WFTV talked to Jennifer's father, Drew Kesse, about the test and whether the FBI thinks Orange County's biggest missing person's case, extends beyond Florida.

Drew thinks there's a 50/50 chance Jennifer was trafficked and is in another country. As for the lie detector test, he said it's crazy.

FBI agents have been going through more than 1,100 tips in the case of Jennifer Kesse. The agency has played a support role since June when the Orlando Police Department asked it to step in.

Jennifer's dad has a feeling he knows why the FBI came on board.

"Maybe we do have to look at the possibility that she was taken and trafficked," Drew said.

Jennifer disappeared on January 24, 2006, from the Mosaic at Millenia apartment complex in Orlando.

"I say, yes, she's out of this country. I truly believe that," he said. "It's not for her car because her car was dropped with valuables. It wasn't for the valuables in the car. She wasn't there. So it was for her."

Jennifer's family members recently became the focus of the investigation. Wednesday, FBI agents hooked up Jennifer's father and brother to a polygraph machine.

"I think it's kind of crazy actually," Drew said.

"They're going to start from scratch and work their way through the case again," polygraph expert Denny Connors said.

"They don't realize the psychological things that happen," Drew said. "It's like what are you trying to get from us. Are you honestly, where's this going?"

WFTV asked an Orlando police spokeswoman why investigators never conducted polygraph tests on family members in 2006. But she wouldn't comment and neither would the FBI.

Drew Kesse said he knows the FBI doesn't suspect he or his family members played a role in Jennifer's disappearance.

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