JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — New information has been uncovered in the case of Kimberly Kessler, the woman suspected of murdering Joleen Cummings, a missing Nassau County hairstylist and mother of three.
Evidence released in the case includes numerous interviews with people who knew Kessler, many of whom, it turns out, had questions and doubts about her sometimes "bizarre" behavior.
Bill Dunn is a doctor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He was Kessler’s landlord for about a year before he says he had to terminate her lease.
"She had quite a bit of obvious personality disorder," Dunn said. "She had no furniture in her apartment, she would not allow me to give her furniture."
He told a Nassau County detective that Kessler became too dangerous and too paranoid to keep around. He said he didn't feel safe being around her alone.
"She certainly believed these delusions. She's in jail, you said?" Dunn asked the detective.
"Oh yes, we do not want her to get out, she’s using different names, people who have died, using their names," the detective said.
When Kessler rented from Dunn, she went by the name Jennifer Sybert
"She’s pretty smart, she knows what she’s doing," the detective said.
"Yeah I mean she is scary smart," Dunn said.
Documents show detectives tracked down the real Jennifer Marie Sybert, who had died as a teenager in a car accident in June 1987. The real Sybert was from Butler County, Pennsylvania where Kessler also grew up.
In other interviews, detectives were told Kessler would allegedly find aliases off of gravestones in cemeteries.
Evidence of her internet browser history shows she researched deceased individuals online through “victimpedia”.
Evidence also shows she maintained other aliases on social media, like her Facebook page for the name “Mia Stone," but she deactivated some Facebook pages in the weeks leading up to her arrest.
There is a screenshot from her cell phone showing job applications under the name Marie and with a different address out of Bartram Park.
Evidence shows she read obituaries, including one where she circled a name.
There are also two screenshots from her phone with lists of names, but no explanation.
Ann Morgan, a co-worker of her alleged victim, Joleen Cummings, tells a detective that Cummings was suspicious of Kessler in her final days, who she knew only as Jennifer Sybert
"I have a feeling that there is something about her that I don't trust," said Morgan. "[Joleen said] I want to go online and look up criminal people and see if Jennifer's name pops up."
Most recently in court, the defense team for Kimberly Kessler argued once again against the release of more evidence by the prosecution. They also tried to argue that Kessler was mentally incompetent.
They’ll revisit those motions when they return to court in a couple of weeks.