Family Of Chicago Teen Who Froze To Death In Hotel Freezer Reaches $10M Settlement

Essence Magazine:

By Melissa Noel ·Published December 20, 2023

A $10 million settlement has been reached with the family of Kenneka Jenkins, a 19-year-old who died in a freezer at an Illinois hotel six years ago.

Jenkins was at the hotel for a party in September of 2017, when according to NBC Chicago, a combination of alcohol and medication used for treating epilepsy and migraines reportedly made the young woman disoriented and led her into

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