Employer Offers $250,000 For Missing Orlando Woman
POSTED: Monday, April 24, 2006
UPDATED: 3:51 pm EDT April 24, 2006
 Jennifer Kesse. |
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An employer of a missing woman offered a $250,000 reward for the safe return of the woman three months after she mysteriously disappeared in Orlando.
VIDEO: $250,000 Offered
Timeshare and real estate mogul David Siegel made the offer with the Kesse family outside his company Monday.Siegel said the reward money is on behalf of Westgate Resorts Co., which is the company that employed Kesse."He said you can call it a reward or you could call it a ransom but the money is only for Jennifer's safe return," Local 6 reporter Louis Bolden said."I've been watching this family for three months standing on street corners and beating the bushes and doing everything they can to get her back and I feel terrible what they are going through and I wanted to put up this reward," Siegel said."Obviously, (Siegel) has a very big and warm heart and understands that abduction of a human being is a very serious act," Jennifer's father, Drew Kesse, said Monday.The reward will be available for one month, Local 6 News reported.On May 24, Seigel will pull the $250,000 reward for good, Bolden said.The Kesses have set up a tip line at (407) 722-2162.The reward has nothing to do with Crimeline, but the family also said residents may also phone tips to that number at (800) 423-TIPS.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
VIDEO: $250,000 OfferedTimeshare and real estate mogul David Siegel made the offer with the Kesse family outside his company Monday.Siegel said the reward money is on behalf of Westgate Resorts Co., which is the company that employed Kesse."He said you can call it a reward or you could call it a ransom but the money is only for Jennifer's safe return," Local 6 reporter Louis Bolden said."I've been watching this family for three months standing on street corners and beating the bushes and doing everything they can to get her back and I feel terrible what they are going through and I wanted to put up this reward," Siegel said."Obviously, (Siegel) has a very big and warm heart and understands that abduction of a human being is a very serious act," Jennifer's father, Drew Kesse, said Monday.The reward will be available for one month, Local 6 News reported.On May 24, Seigel will pull the $250,000 reward for good, Bolden said.The Kesses have set up a tip line at (407) 722-2162.The reward has nothing to do with Crimeline, but the family also said residents may also phone tips to that number at (800) 423-TIPS.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Previous Stories:
- March 14, 2006: NASCAR Helps Kesse Search
- March 9, 2006: 'Unauthorized' Kesse Donation Web Site Questioned
- March 9, 2006: Crimeline Returns $100,000 Of Reward Money In Kesse Case
- March 8, 2006: Donor Pulling $100,000 Reward Money In Kesse Case
- February 19, 2006: Volunteers Continue Passing Out Fliers In Kesse Search
- February 14, 2006: Psychics Used In Search For Missing Orlando Woman
- February 13, 2006: 'Credible' Tip Prompts Apartment Search In Kesse Case
- February 12, 2006: Search Continues For Missing Orlando Woman
- February 8, 2006: Police: Polygraph Being Used In Kesse Case
- February 8, 2006: Kesse Family Makes Appeal On National TV
- February 7, 2006: CSI Teams Back At Complex In Search For Woman
- February 6, 2006: 'Person Of Interest' Sought In Missing Woman Case
- February 4, 2006: Massive Weekend Search Planned For Missing Woman
- February 2, 2006: National Group Wants Volunteers In Search For Woman
- February 1, 2006: Another Grid Search Launched For Missing Orlando Woman
- January 26, 2006: Search Continues For Missing Orlando Woman
- January 28, 2006: New Photos Released In Search For Orlando Woman
- January 28, 2006: $115,000 Reward Offered In Missing Woman Case
- January 27, 2006: Reward Increased In Day 4 Of Missing Woman Search
- January 26, 2006: Woman Remains Missing After Grid Search Of Woods
- January 26, 2006: Missing Woman's Car Found In Orlando
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