WATCH: Cops Release Footage of Teen Who Was Found Dead in Hotel Freezer
Police have released
footage the shows a Chicago teen stumbling through a hotel before she
was found dead in a walk-in freezer.
The surveillance video from
the Crowne Plaza in Rosemont was released last week as speculation over how
exactly Kenneka Jenkins last moments played out ran rampant across the internet
and among anguished family members of the 19-year-old.
Police hope the footage
will put to rest any fears that foul play was involved.
Jenkins was found dead last
Sunday morning after attending a party at the hotel. In the video, police
say the seemingly intoxicated teen can be seen stumbling into a kitchen area.
However, no footage of
Jenkins actually walking into the freezer has been released.
"Despite request for
all evidence, we have only been provided snippets of video, none of which shows
Kenneka Jenkins walking into a freezer," an attorney for the family said
in a statement. "The family has not been provided any video or other
evidence of Kenneka Jenkins walking into a freezer."
The family has previously
questioned the police department's version of events in which Jenkins was alone
when she entered the freezer. Speculation also surrounded a Facebook Live video
in which the teen can purportedly be seen prior to her death.
Some viewers of the
Facebook video say they are able to hear a woman screaming in the video.
Jenkins' mother, Teresa
Martin, has remained especially visible since her daughter's death began making
headlines, in part because she felt like faster reaction on the part of
authorities following her disappearance might have made a difference.
Martin says she showed up
at the hotel herself to try to find her in the hours after she didn't come home.
"I said could somebody please look into the cameras to see if they see my
daughter in the hotel...manager said there's nothing we can do," she told
reporters at a press conference Sunday.
Twenty-four hours later,
after filing a missing persons report, the family got the news Jenkins was
found dead in the unused freezer.
"Serious questions
remain as to how she ended up in a Crowne Plaza Hotel freezer and why it took a
day and a half for the hotel to find Kenneka," the
attorney's statement said.
The hotel later released a
statement saying, "The Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel and Conference
Center holds the safety, security and well-being of our guests and employees as
our top priority and concern.
"We are saddened by
this news, and our thoughts are with the young woman and her family during this
difficult time. The hotel staff will continue to cooperate fully with local
authorities. All further questions should be directed to the Rosemont Police
Department."
Source: Insideedition
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