Jennifer Kesse

On Jan. 23, 2006, her family knew that something horrible must have happened to her. Although there is some grainy footage of a person of interest and Kesse’s abandoned car was later found, her mysterious disappearance nonetheless continues to elude investigators.

On the evening before that January day, the 24-year-old Floridian returned home from work and chatted with her family over the phone. She called her boyfriend Robert Allen around 10 p.m. and then went to bed. Then, texts and calls to Kesse went unreturned throughout the following day. Coworkers were surprised that she didn’t show up to work. By 11 a.m., her parents drove from Tampa to Orlando to check if she was home. They found her car missing, but everything else seemed normal.

Footage was retrieved from her apartment complex surveillance system, which showed an unidentified person dropping off Kesse’s car at noon on the day of her disappearance. Unfortunately, any distinguishing characteristics of theirs were obscured by the apartment’s gate. Journalists covering the case reported the mysterious figure was thus “the luckiest person of interest ever.”

In the following years, police have found Kesse’s abandoned Chevy Malibu but not much else. The car yielded a latent print, which was deemed “too minuscule” to reveal any helpful information. Additionally, none of the valuable items in Kesse’s vehicle had been taken, which suggested that her unsolved disappearance wasn’t instigated by a robbery.

Authorities pivoted from a lack of evidence to the acquaintances and friends of Kesse’s who might know more. Kesse’s brother and boyfriend both investigated one of Kesse’s ex-boyfriends on their own, but he was quickly ruled out. An older work colleague interested in Kesse was also cleared as a suspect.

The Disappearances of Pamela Hobley and Patricia Spencer

For over fifty years, the Halloween disappearances of teenagers Pamela Hobley and Patricia Spencer have left the small town of Oscoda, Michigan, mystified. 

On the 31st of October 1969, Pamela and Patricia skipped afternoon classes at school. Pamela had told her mother and three sisters that she would head home after attending her high school’s homecoming football game and a Halloween party. When her family returned from trick-or-treating, Pamela was nowhere to be seen. Her mother then contacted other parents, who informed her that Pamela never arrived at the party, and neither did Patricia. A missing person investigation soon began, and during the first week, it was speculated that the girls were runaways. However, Pamela’s sister doubted this was the case. The teenagers were close to their families, and neither took their purses, identification or clothing when they left, indicating that they did not disappear voluntarily.

Initially, the teenagers were reportedly seen walking from Oscoda High School. However, decades later, in 2013, a witness came forward and said he picked up the girls as they were walking along River Road. The authorities have stated that they don’t believe the witness to be involved with the disappearance. As the decades have passed by, there have been several leads that have led to nothing and sadly leave the case to go cold.