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Family of Teen Found Dead in
Freezer to Get $6M Settlement

Dec 13, 2023 5:31 PM CST

Family of Teen Found Dead in Freezer to Get $6M Settlement

Kenneka Jenkins' mother sued Chicago-area hotel after 2017 death

(Newser) - The family of a 19-year-old woman found dead in a Chicago-area hotel's walk-in freezer will receive more than $6 million in a settlement disclosed as a lawsuit was due to go to trial. Kenneka Jenkins' body was found in a freezer in an unused kitchen at Crowne Plaza Chicago...

Police Officially End Investigation Into Death of Kenneka Jenkins

Lawyers: Pics of
Kenneka Jenkins' Body
'Raise More Questions'

Oct 21, 2017 3:32 PM CDT

Lawyers: Pics of Kenneka Jenkins' Body 'Raise More Questions'

But police have officially ended the investigation into her death

(Newser) - Authorities on Friday officially closed their investigation into the death of Kenneka Jenkins , who was found "frozen solid" in a freezer in the unused kitchen of a Chicago-area hotel Sept. 10, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. According to the Chicago Tribune , Rosemont police—after a thorough investigation that included interviews...

Cause of Death Determined
for Teen Found in Hotel Freezer

Oct 7, 2017 5:30 AM CDT

Cause of Death Determined for Teen Found in Hotel Freezer

Kenneka Jenkins' death is ruled an accident

(Newser) - A Chicago teen's strange death has been ruled accidental. Kenneka Jenkins was found dead in the walk-in freezer of a Chicago-area hotel on Sept. 10. Speculation swirled in the immediate aftermath, fueled in part by videos that sprung up on social media . But the Cook County medical examiner's...

Police Release
Kenneka Jenkins Video

Sep 16, 2017 9:37 AM CDT

Police Release Kenneka Jenkins Video

Surveillance footage shows her alone in kitchen

(Newser) - Police have released surveillance video of Kenneka Jenkins, the Chicago teen whose death in a walk-in hotel freezer after a party last weekend has led to protests and theories that she was murdered. The footage , which appears to be from a motion-activated camera at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Rosemont,...

Activist: Video Shows
Kenneka Jenkins
Walk Into Freezer Alone

Sep 15, 2017 6:20 AM CDT

Activist: Video Shows Kenneka Jenkins Walk Into Freezer Alone

(Newser) - A Chicago activist says he has seen proof that some of the darker theories surrounding the death of teenager Kenneka Jenkins are untrue. Andrew Holmes says he has watched surveillance video that shows the 19-year-old walk into the Crowne Plaza hotel's walk-in freezer by herself, the Chicago Sun-Times reports....

Surveillance Video Will Be Released to Kenneka Jenkins' Mom

Cops Make Concession in Case
of Teen Found Dead in Freezer

Sep 14, 2017 12:10 PM CDT

Cops Make Concession in Case of Teen Found Dead in Freezer

Surveillance video will be released to Kenneka Jenkins' mom

(Newser) - There are still more questions than answers in the death of Kenneka Jenkins, the Chicago 19-year-old found dead in a hotel's walk-in freezer over the weekend, but officials have agreed to release surveillance video from the Crowne Plaza hotel in Rosemont, Ill., to Jenkins' mother. The move came amid...

Party Video Adds Twist
to Mysterious Freezer Death

Sep 12, 2017 5:33 AM CDT

Party Video Adds Twist to Mysterious Freezer Death

Police are identifying people in it as Kenneka Jenkins investigation continues

(Newser) - Police in suburban Chicago investigating the death of a 19-year-old found inside a walk-in freezer at a hotel are studying a Facebook Live video that has now gone viral. The video reportedly was taken inside a room at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Rosemont on Friday night during a party...