in Summer Bay and harasses Chloe, Jesse becomes protective of her. A Home and Away publicist revealed that "Jesse has a soft spot for Chloe, and viewers will find out whether she feels the same." Producers created a car crash stunt to celebrate the show's 4,000th episode. It was revealed that the episode was a "big milestone" and that a character would be killed off in the crash. The story developed into a hit and run style crash, with Chloe being killed off and Jesse driving the responsible vehicle. This formed part of Jesse's departure from the series and Jesse is sent to prison after he confesses to causing Chloe's death. Storylines 1996–2000 Jesse is first seen when he rescues Selina, Shannon (Isla Fisher) and Curtis Reed (Shane Ammann) from a group of criminals. Jesse settles into the area and begins a relationship with Selina. Selina becomes suspicious when Chloe tells her Jesse mentioned the name Rachel as true love while under hypnosis. When confronted, Jesse reveals that Rachel is his daughter and he has not seen her in several years. When Jesse's ex-girlfriend Kylie Burton is arrested, he becomes Rachel's guardian. Jesse later moves in with Travis Nash (Nic Testoni) and Lachlan Fraser (Richard Grieve), during this time Jesse goes into partnership with Alf at his bait shop. When Kylie returns, Jesse is reluctant to let Rachel go and plans to flee the state with her during the custody battle. After Selina and Irene flag down the bus, Jesse sees sense and returns for the hearing which he loses. Jesse is devastated when Selina dumps him for her former flame, Steven Matheson (Adam Willits). After a few short flings, Kylie and Rachel reappear. Jesse and Kylie fall in love again and become engaged to be married. The event is marred when Kylie is arrested and later imprisoned. Tragedy strikes when Kylie dies in custody of a drug overdose, leaving a devastated Jesse to raise Rachel (now Sara Mumcu) alone. After the bait shop is burned to the ground and he is accused of it, Jesse opens his own business—a garage. Jesse at first refuses to do any illegal work but is forced to when Mick Dwyer (John Brumpton) persistently threatens him. When constable Joel Nash (David Woodley) gets wind of this, Jesse and Mick flee and a high-speed car chase ensues. The cars crash and Joel is left trapped,