Kenneka Jenkins Death Scene Photos Are 'Indecent,' Lawyer Says

By Emma G. Gallegos in News on Oct 20, 2017 8:11PM

Kenneka Jenkins / Facebook

The lawyers for the family of Kenneka Jenkins said that police photos of the 19-year-old at the scene of her death in a hotel freezer raise more questions about her death.

Rosemont police said that they plan to release photos of Jenkins today, but they already released some particularly sensitive photos to the family yesterday, according to the Sun-Times. Family attorney Larry Rogers Jr. described them as "of a personal, private and indecent nature."

"Frankly, the photos depicting how Jenkins was found raise more questions about what happened to her than they answer," said Rogers, in a statement after seeing those photos. "The pictures are graphic and disturbing images and inexplicably show portions of her body exposed."

According to a Rosemont police report, Jenkins was found with the jeans and jean jacket that she had on in surveillance videos from the Crown Plaza Hotel. But when her body was discovered in the hotel freezer, the shirt underneath her jacket "was pulled up exposing her breasts." She was lying on her side, face down, with her right shoe off and a small cut on her foot.

Her death was ruled an accident by hypothermia by the Cook County medical examiner, and police have tried to tamp down rumors that foul play was involved.