“The death of any child is tragic but the death and circumstances surrounding Ms. Stephens said Friday that “none were supported by facts.” Jenkins’ death sparked accusations on social media of foul play.
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On Friday, police released audio recordings, hours of video surveillance footage and a series of graphic photos showing Jenkins’ body on the floor inside the freezer.Īn attorney for Jenkins’ family said the photos were disturbing and raised more question about what happened that night, CNN affiliate WBBM-TV reported. “There is no evidence that indicates any other conclusion,” Stephens said. Investigators concluded Jenkin’s death was accidental after retracing her path to the cooler that contained the freezer where her body was found, reviewing hours of surveillance video and interviewing most of the people that were at the party that night. RELATED: Death of teen found in hotel freezer ruled an accident.RELATED: Police release surveillance video of Chicago teen found dead in hotel freezer.
Jenkins was forced to drink alcohol or consume any narcotics while at the hotel.” Stephens III with the Rosemont Police Department said in a statement.
“Our detectives reported no signs of foul play throughout the whole investigation,” Chief Donald E. Police in Rosemont, a suburb northwest of Chicago, had been investigating the death of 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins since her body was found September 10 after she attended a party at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel. While all leads and theories were investigated by our department, what we have reported throughout the investigation and again, today, are facts,” their Friday statement from Police Chief Donald Stephens III said.Authorities have closed the investigation into the death of a young Chicago woman whose body was found in a hotel’s walk-in freezer, saying it was accidental and there was no reason to suspect foul play. “While there were many theories, rumors and much speculation floating around social media regarding the death of Ms. They interviewed 44 people and wrote 135 reports.
Despite all the speculation, police said Jenkins’ death was nothing more than a tragic accident. Things like her friends getting paid to have her raped from Jenkins being the victim of an organ trafficking ring were hot topics on the internet. Jenkins’ death went viral on social media, with many peddling conspiracy theories. “It represents the last effort of the victim and is followed almost immediately by unconsciousness and death.” “It is concluded that paradoxical undressing might be explained by changes in peripheral vasoconstriction (narrowing of blood vessels supplying the extremities) in the deeply hypothermic person,” the article said. The publication cited a 1979 article from a scientific journal. Sometimes, people who are freezing to death try to take their clothes off. “Frankly, the photos depicting how Kenneka was found raise more questions about what happened to Kenneka Jenkins than they answer,” Rogers said in the news release.Īs the Chicago Tribune noted, there might be a reason - and not a sinister one - as to why Jenkins’ shirt was over her chest. When she was discovered in the freezer, the shirt beneath her jacket “was pulled up exposing her breasts,” the police report said. Earlier, she had attended a party on the ninth floor with her friends. 10, nearly 24 hours after she went missing. Jenkins, 19, was found in the freezer at Rosemont hotel freezer Sept. Larry Rogers Jr., another attorney for Martin, revealed the images were “of a personal, private and indecent nature.” They were “graphic and disturbing images (that) inexplicably show portions of Kenneka’s body exposed,” Sam Adam Jr., a lawyer for Jenkins’ mother Tereasa Martin, said in a statement, according to a Thursday report by the Chicago Tribune. The Jenkins family saw the pictures the day before police closed the investigation. While police said there was no foul play involved, that Jenkins’ death was a tragic accident, her mother and lawyer remained unconvinced. Death photos from the scene showed Jenkins was missing one shoe and her shirt was pulled over her chest. The investigation into the death of Chicago teen Kenneka Jenkins was closed by police Friday, but not everyone was convinced that the case should have been shut.
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