Thinking about it, I don't think the OPD has any information that would help an investigator anyway, at least not beyond what was divulged to the Kesses.
While I think you are most likely correct, sometimes I'm not so confident. Just scan through the quote I have linked below. If it is a truthful reply, it leaves the door open to question if all was disclosed to Jennifer's family. (Why I say "if truthful" is because Mrs. Kesse has said that there are somethings they are not allowed to reveal).
Reply Quote from Jenn's Guestbook: Replied on: 11:32am 05-11-2016
a FOB was found and could be Jennifer's but Investigators have that info and have not and will not share because I don't think they know if it is. So????
http://jenniferkesse.123guestbook.com/?page=17
(The link works. Just scan down the page looking for the reply date. If sometime has passed since my comment, you may need to try a few pages back. It's still easy to find, though--quickly scan through each page looking for the reply date).
It's not like the location of that second tower means anything. It was a quick switchover and back ("can't be in two places at once"), and the location it switched to is mostly irrelevant. It helps slightly in that the car was probably not moving away from it but could very well have been.
It certainly is not that situation we've read about regarding the searches where someone says oh, that's the tower, let's search in fields around it. It doesn't work that way.
And since phone switched right back to let us assume the local tower the other tower's location wouldn't point to anything anyway regarding searching. So unless there is a pattern indicated in tower locations you just have let us say a group of pings in immediate area and they stop. That just doesn't provide any information other than the car wasn't driven far before the phones were disabled.
But he says "maybe" 11 pings. If I understand you correctly, the "quick switchover and back" would take care of three pings. What about the other eight? Are you saying it is most likely that the phone kept doing "the quick switchover and back" between the same two towers in groups of three pings: say we have 9 pings instead of 11, would we have three "quick switchovers and back"?
And I think I do understand about each tower having a radius and for good coverage, the radius of several towers should overlap. That way, as one is traveling about, if a building or something blocks your signal, a second tower should be able to keep you covered without interrupting the call. Eventually, as you travel, you would exit the coverage range of one tower and enter the next--still being covered by an overlapping circular radius of various towers.
So, if that is correct, maybe I do understand what you mean; and how that indicates the phone didn't go far at all. Also, if we consider we accounted for nine pings, then the last two could account for the "final event" ping from each phone. (This would involve assuming the ping study showed to Mr. Kesse was a combined study for both phones).
I will say if the briefcase is not missing and the new shoes are not in the briefcase, then that would be something I do not expect. But I guess I wouldn't expect the briefcase not missing and iPod missing either. In fact the CD player I think is mentioned specifically as pointing to not a robbery yet the iPod is said to be missing. In the briefcase, understandable. Not in the briefcase, not so much, unless it was actually stolen.
So a hard list of what was found in the car, versus what is "missing", would be somewhat helpful but only in terms of helping to profile a suspect. I don't think anyone is going to come down on a robbery gone awry no matter what is missing. And her bank cards not used anyway.
I would like to know why LE held on to what was in the trunk of Jenn's vehicle, but not what was in the interior. But, I agree. The motive wasn't robbery. (She must have had something on her feet, though--for anyone who thinks she went out. Whether of her own free will, or not. Unless the condo is truly the scene of the crime).
Interviews with the construction crew that may or may not have taken place? I doubt OPD has anything useful there. The remainder of porential interviews investigators could do anytime. The people are known, there's nothing OPD has that's useful. You can talk to everyone and see what they have to say, don't need OPD's take on whether they passed a polygraph or not.
True, this. And probably the best idea. Although, I can see where it might be helpful to know what they had said previously.
One thing that I want to mention, here. I'm sure Mr. Kesse said that what he was mainly after was the tips for the first two weeks. (I could probably find a link for this if you think it would be helpful. It was something I read right after the 12 year missing presser).
If you do any research on the searches, you will discover that after about the first two weeks, law enforcement was down to following tips from psychics. Most of the searches done prior--in my opinion--were in areas of the city where Mr. Kesse believed Jennifer would never, ever go to. Especially not alone, after 10 o'clock in the evening.
So, I dunno know--maybe he believes LE was so bent on tracking down that look-a-like prostitute, they missed a decent tip?
Phone calls? I would think that Jennifer's estate (her parents) would have access to her last phone billings and see what calls might be listed. I don't think OPD would have any more info than that.
Yeah, they would have her cell phone bills; and probably Travis', too. Also, the home phone records would at least show the time and duration of any long distance calls. Plus, they would have had access to her answering machine.
My advice would be not to waste money on a let us say FOIA on steroids against OPD, use the money for an investigator. You'd get started a lot sooner and get farther anyway.
Good advice. I do think he has his own people working on the case at the current time, and that they have been for at least some period of time. I don't think there is much they can come up with, and that is why they would like to review what law enforcement has: i.e. the tips.
Keep in mind, they are only looking for their daughter. They don't give a hoot about anything else. Unfortunately, I don't think it is possible to go about it in that way. But I really, really, really hope I'm wrong.
Jennifer deserves a miracle.