Jennifer Kesse, 24, Missing Since January 24 (Orlando)

The search for missing Jennifer Kesse continues as police conducted a grid search of the wooded area near her residence.

Earlier in the day, Kesse’s car, 2004 Chevrolet Malibu, was found abandoned at the corner of Texas and Americana at the Huntington on the Green apartment complex.

For More on this missing persons story go to Missing & Exploited

John Q. Kelly on Rita Cosby (1/25/06): “These are the three boys that took her in the car and were the last ones with her and admitted to it”

Rita Cosby Live & Direct for January 25, 2006 (Jossy Mansur & John Q. Kelly)

Joining us now tonight to sort through some of this exclusive information is Jossy Mansur with Aruba‘s “Diario” newspaper, and also here with us is Holloway family attorney John Q. Kelly.

Jossy, let me start with you. What do you make of this line of questions? What do you think investigators going for?

JOSSY MANSUR, MANAGING EDITOR, “DIARIO”: I think that they selected the 20 candidates, more or less 20 candidates, when they went over all the questioning that the FBI had done of them. And these 20 gave some kind of declarations that they found interesting and they want to follow up on.

COSBY: Now, you understand there‘s something connecting the tip that we talked about on the show last week, Jossy, about the sand dunes, the lighthouse, tying to this. Walk us through again what that original tip was that led investigators to go back to the sand dunes, back to the lighthouse.

MANSUR: Well, in the last month, the police were very busy talking to many friends of Joran‘s that they found of interest. And one of them apparently gave them some very, very reliable information that they‘ve been acting on. That‘s why they‘ve been searching over at the dunes behind the lighthouse and also on the ocean, searching for a fish net.

COSBY: And how did this tipster get that information? Do we get a sense that he came forward or they went to him?

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John Q. Kelly and Beth Twitty on The Abrams Report (1/25/06): “I mean you know we were at such a disadvantage from the beginning. It’s just incredible”.

The Abrams Report for January 25, 2006 (Beth Twitty & Attorney John Kelly)

ABRAMS: A couple of hours ago before we got this late news we spoke with Natalee’s mother, Beth Holloway Twitty, and to her attorney John Kelly. I began by asking Beth what she makes of Aruban authorities asking questions in Alabama.

BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY’S MOTHER: Oh boy, it’s hard to sort through it all. I mean you know when I’m listening to the things that have happened over the last eight months and you know when you just hear things as simple as how the FBI is allowing the Aruban officials here in the United States to conduct these interviews and you know they’re presented even in, you know in English, it’s just amazing to me, and I think of how difficult it was for the FBI in Aruba when they were not even allowed in the interrogations and they’re presented in Dutch. I mean you know we were at such a disadvantage from the beginning. It’s just incredible.

ABRAMS: Beth, I want to ask you about a comment that you made back at the end of October about the possibility of getting these additional statements from Natalee’s friends and I want to ask you if your view on this has changed.

You said they have all the statements that they need from the FBI regarding the students being on the island that evening. They just need to look at them. They do not need to be advertising for these students to contact them. They have the statements. There’s nothing else that they need.

Do you still feel that way?
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Fireworks in Aruba? And it’s Not Even the 4th of July

Karen Janssen had made comments that there could be “some fireworks” at the end of the month. Dave Holloway these days after the nearly eight month roller coaster ride called the ALE and the Natalee Holloway investigation says he looks at such comments as “cautiously optimistic.”

Dave Holloway said some encouraging evidence in the search for his missing daughter, Natalee, may surface by the end of the month – but he isn’t getting his hopes up.

“Not like I used to,” Holloway said in a telephone interview Wednesday evening. “After 10 or 12 false leads, you tend to be cautiously optimistic.”

The case’s prosecutor has reported that there could be “some fireworks” at the end of the month, Holloway said, but the official did not indicate why. Holloway said it might be related to a new search of the sand dunes around the beach where Natalee was last seen before she disappeared last May.

One really has to wonder why such statements are even made? With less than a week to go in January, the fire works clock is ticking. One would think at this point with all the retractions of “something bad happened”, that maybe Aruban officials would just produce some results instead of saying they will and building up false hope.

In an interview with The Meridian Star, Dave Holloway was quick to point out some of the myths and untruths that were being printed in the tabloids of late.

Finally, the checkout-line tabloids have had a steady stream of stories on Natalee since her disappearance, but Holloway pays them no mind.

“None of them are true,” he said. “I’ve read the last three I’ve seen, and I can tell you I’ve never talked to a psychic or busted into a club.”

For all the false hope, dead end leads and retracted comments out of Aruba it would be rather difficult to believe that fireworks would occur in late January. It would be welcome news, but then again so was the thought that the three suspects would be brought back in for questioning. The roller coaster ride for Dave, Beth and both families is just terrible. Let’s hope this comment from Aruba isn’t just another case, “of the boy who cried fireworks”.

(Meridian Star article)

Beth Twitty going to Houston for Gathering with Texas EquuSearch and other Missing Person Families

Special Announcement Beth Twitty

Impromptu Gathering

Natalee Holloway’s mother, Beth Twitty and Texas Equusearch would like to invite the public to an impromptu gathering on Friday, January 27, 2006, 7-10pm at the M Bar http://www.monmain.com located at 402 Main St, Houston, TX, 713/222-1022. Beth Twitty, will be the guest of honor and speaker. $20 at the door/covers food: cash bar: DJ. We look forward to seeing you there! Please contact TES for any details 281/309-9500. This is a fund raiser to help support the tireless search efforts of Texas EquuSearch.

Beth Twitty will be speaking about her new safety program as well as earlier in the day she will be attending Teketria Buggs’ school and be doing a presentation with the kids. Teke was the little girl that TES found deceased on December 15.

Also speaking will be other family members with missing or deceased persons such as Barbara Rigsby, sister of David Pettiet, found in October, 2005. Teke’s mom will also be in attendance along with the lead detective from the Ft Bend Sheriff’s Dept that did a great job during the investigation. Members of the Houston Crime Stoppers and the Houston Corporate Paralegal Association will also be present. News Show 48 Hours will be there as well as local media to report on the event.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.