Special Preview: The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole

0:00Hey, it's Natalie. And if you're enjoying the murder diaries, I've got another podcast you should check out. It's the new Crime House original series, The Final Hours, hosted by Sarah Turnie and Courtney Nicole, all about the last moments before someone goes missing. You might also already know Sarah from her podcast Voices for Justice and Courtney from her popular true crime Instagram account Crime with Court. With Sarah having lived through the pain of her sister going missing and Courtney having seen firsthand how crime can impact a family, the two come together to bring lived experience into every case, looking not only at what happened, but what led up to it. Each episode of The Final Hours examines the moments just before a person disappears, the routines, the timelines, and the small details that often get overlooked. Because every disappearance has a moment where everything still seems normal, a text that doesn't raise concern, a routine that goes unchanged, a door that closes, just like it always has, until it doesn't. The Final Hours puts those moments under microscope

1:00and this preview of The Final Hours, Sarah and Courtney are examining the 2006 disappearance of Jennifer Kessie, who vanished on her way to work, leaving behind a mystery that still haunts investigators today. And if you like what you hear, follow The Final Hours on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts to listen to the full episode. It's 2006. A new chapter is just beginning for 24-year-old Jennifer Kessie. She recently bought her first condo in Orlando, Florida, and while she's had a boyfriend, Rob, for about a year now, they aren't quite ready to move in together yet. The relationship's long distance, Rob's three hours away and for a lottery. Jennifer doesn't love it, but she's embracing it. They see each other on the weekends and during the week. She seems to enjoy her independence. She's got a job she loves, a financial analyst at a time share business, which she's crushing, by the way. She's gotten two promotions in her first year at the company. That's how she can afford that new luxury condo.

2:02And she's got a great group of friends and family that really adores and supports her. Her family is about two hours away in the Tampa Bay area. She and her younger brother Logan are super close. She's got a solid group of girlfriends from her sorority days back at the University of Central Florida. She's popular, a leader, responsible, and not afraid to be assertive or speak her mind. Everything you'd expect from a young, hungry professional who's undoubtedly going places. Most of all, she's got a really great head on her shoulders. Yeah, and the one thing that kept coming up about Jennifer was she was super mindful of her own personal safety. The kind of student who would carry pepper spray in her purse while walking across campus. Someone with a, you can never be too careful type of attitude. Maybe that's because she heard this story growing up. Many years back when they lived in New Jersey, her parents drew and joys were held at gunpoint. I don't know too many details about that, but when something like this happens to the people you love,

3:02you take your own personal safety a lot more seriously. And that's exactly what Jennifer did. She saw it as a cautionary tale. Now living alone and not super close to her boyfriend and family, Jennifer was extra aware of her surroundings. Her new condo, the mosaic at millennia, wasn't in the nicest part of Orlando. Sure, it was a gated community with on-site security, but it was still in the process of being built when she moved in, which meant a lot of strangers, particularly construction workers, coming in going from the property at all hours of the day. And Jennifer mentioned the uneasiness she felt to her family and her boyfriend Rob, on more than one occasion. You know, I think Jennifer did the right thing by expressing her concerns to family and friends. Smart, it's very smart. I still do that, you know, 27 years old. But when a woman lives alone, she becomes a target for predators. But I think that's one of the scariest aspects is that she did all the right things. Yeah, she did everything right. You know, living alone, you do become an easy target, especially, you know, in Jennifer's case

4:04where she's in a condo and it's newly built. So there's tons of people kind of coming and going and you can kind of become an easy target. And I feel like that goes for any woman, you know? Yeah, unfortunately. Thank you for listening. To check out the rest of this episode and so much more, make sure to follow the final hours with Sarah Terny and Courtney Nicole. Just search for the final hours wherever you get your podcasts. There's also a link in this episode description. New episodes drop every Monday. USAA knows dynamic duos can save the day like superheroes and side chicks or auto and home insurance. With USAA, you can bundle your auto and home and save up to 10%. Tap the banner to learn more and get a quote at USAA.com slash bundle. Restrictions apply. It's tax season. And at LifeLock, we know you're tired of numbers. But here's a big one you need to hear. Billions. That's the amount of money and refunds the IRS has flagged for possible identity fraud. Now here's another big number. 100 million. That's how many data points lifelock monitors every second.

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