Death of Kenneka Jenkins
Kenneka Jenkins, aged 19, was found dead inside a latched freezer of the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. The medical examiner’s report found Jenkins’ death to be accidental. Alcohol and topiramate found in her system were thought to have hastened the effects of hypothermia sustained by Jenkins remaining inside the freezer. The family’s attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, filed a USD 50 million lawsuit against the hotel and others.
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Kenneka Jenkins, aged 19, was found dead inside a latched freezer of the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, after attending a party there on September 8, 2017. The medical examiner’s report found Jenkins’ death to be accidental. Alcohol and topiramate found in her system were thought to have hastened the effects of hypothermia sustained by Jenkins remaining inside the freezer. The family’s attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, filed a USD 50 million lawsuit against the hotel and others. The autopsy report found no illegal drugs in Jenkins’ system, but her blood alcohol level was found to be 0.
112. Her whereabouts remained unknown until she was found in the hotel’s freezer and pronounced dead at 12: 48 a. m. Sunday. There was no sign of trauma other than a small cut on her foot, and the temperature in the freezer was 34 °F approximately two hours after the doors had been left open. The freezer, which was on and working, was described as a walk-in freezer within a walk in cooler, and was part of an unused kitchen. Lights were apparently turned off in both chambers when she entered them.
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